Orangutan

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…

It’s a jungle out there. And for orangutans that have been mistreated, orphaned or attacked by humans, the jungle can be a very scary place. Luckily, some of those orangutans have found respite at Nyaru Menteng Sanctuary in Borneo. Featured in the TV series …

If you search through your bathroom and kitchen cupboards you will almost certainly find a number of products which contain palm oil. Which means that you are indirectly responsible for the burning of the rain forests in South-East Asia. Palm oil is an ingred…

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A Sumatran orangutan has been found severely injured with 24 air-rifle pellets in its body, including 16 in its head, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.  The species is critically endangered as rainforests are rapidly being destroyed to make way for palm o…

By Rebecca Wright, Ivan Watson, Tom Booth and Masrur Jamaluddin, CNN Kalimantan, Indonesia (CNN) Deep within the jungles of Indonesian Borneo, illegal fires rage, creating apocalyptic red skies and smoke that has spread as far as Malaysia and Singapore. Peo…

A baby male orangutan born at Chester Zoo has been pictured in his mother's arms for the first time. The baby orangutan, who has not yet been given a name, was believed to have been born this morning to mother Subis following her nine month pregnancy.  Moth…

An orangutan has been blinded and left suffering from horrendous injuries after being shot at least 24 times with an air rifle. The disgusting attack took place in Aceh in Indonesia and left those who tried to treat the poor primate attempting to pick 16 bul…

An orangutan found blind and riddled with 24 air rifle pellets is in a stable condition today after a team of vets removed three of them from his head.  The male orangutan, named Paguh by his rescuers, was found with 16 metal pellets in his skull and eight i…

Companies that make top brands including Kit Kat chocolate and Dove soap may face fines if they fail to buy more green palm oil under new rules aimed at improving the controversial industry's environmental sustainability. Green groups cautiously welcomed the…