Orangutan

BALI, INDONESIA - AFP A baby orangutan that was drugged by a Russian trafficker in a failed bid to smuggle it out of Bali will be released back into the wild. The case made headlines in March when suspicious authorities on the Indonesian holiday island stop…

The government of Indonesia filed a lawsuit on Monday against the European Union with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the EU's plan to phase out palm oil-based biofuels. Indonesia is the world's leading palm oil producer, but Europe is concerned with …

Many shoppers have heard about the high environmental costs of palm oil. Take, for example, the fact that much of Indonesias lush rainforests have been cleared to plant palm fruit trees, causing a steep spike in carbon emissions and destroying habitats that w…

By Christopher Hill on Dec 13, 2019 in Africa, Asia, Botswana, Central America, Costa Rica, India, Indonesia, Montana, North America, Regions, South Africa, Travel Miscellany, USA The Sunday Times’ Rich List is eagerly awaited in May every year, as it reveal…

"Climb on me", "climb on you" and "resume play" are among the requests wild orangutans make to each other, researchers say. In the first in-depth study of gestures among wild orangutans, University of Exeter scientists identified 11 vocal signals and 21 phys…

Orangutans have a primitive form of language which they use to communicate, a new study claims.  Various sounds including a 'kiss squeak', 'raspberry' and a 'gorkum' have clearly defined meanings which are understood by the apes.  Researchers from the Unive…

Picture a rhinoceros in the rainforest, add a herd of elephants, families of orangutans swinging through the treetops and tigers prowling the understory, and there is only one place in the world you could be. Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem is one of Earth’s mo…

Selfie-ish tourists, please behave. The Costa Rican government has launched a campaign urging anyone visiting the country to avoid taking pictures with wild animals, an increasingly common practice that can harm biodiversity. The campaign, promoted by Cos…

From Prime Minister Theresa May wiping tears from her face on the steps of Downing Street as she resigned from the post, to the funeral of Zimbabwean politician Robert Mugabe, Reuters has released some of the most captivating images of the last year. The poi…

Animals are amazing Lynch Shannon/Shutterstock Humans may be the top of the food chain, but we’d be nothing without our animals. They make our worlds an easier and better place to live in, giving us reason to pause and smile and in some cases serving as tru…