Orangutan

Indonesian police have arrested 185 people suspected of starting the fires that are burning out of control across six provinces, as thick haze of acrid smoke blankets parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The fires rare are also threatening the lives a…

Image copyrightBjorn VaughnImage caption Many parts of Indonesia are burning Almost every year, a smoky haze blankets the South East Asian region - signalling the return of forest fires in Indonesia. For many in this region, grey skies and a lingering ac…

Accusations fly over threat to rarest great ape

To draw attention to the ecological devastation wrought by palm oil farming in Southeast Asia, the Splash and Burn project (previously) creates and documents large-scale art activations. The initiative’s most recent endeavor, titled REWILD and executed with S…

KOTA KINABALU: Rescued animals at the Lok Kawi Wildlife Park were given new toys by volunteers from among AirAsia staff in seven countries and conservation group Animal Projects & Environment Education Sdn Bhd. Representative of the AirAsia team from its …

The lesser ape known as the siamang is the largest of all gibbons, and is native to Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Unkie and Ellie are a siamang couple at the San Diego Zoo who have been together since 1987. In that time, they've produced five healthy fem…

Most human families sulk like orangutans after arguments, live in female-dominated homes like bonobos and, unlike chimps, try to avoid screaming, according to a survey into our most primitive behaviour. More than 1,000 people were asked about their eating ha…

MY TRUSTY COLLEAGUE   By Sir David Attenborough    Catching sight on television of a wildlife cameraman in the wilderness was once not an easy thing to do.  But then, quite suddenly, that changed.  Natural history programmes were followed by short films w…

SEMBOJA, INDONESIA – By day, the unforgiving sun glares off the road beside Ipah’s wooden home as passing motorbikes stir swirls of dust. By night, the beams of occasional trucks carrying coal or palm fruits pierce the darkness. This remote corner of Indonesi…

By night, the beams of an occasional truck carrying coal or palm fruits pierce the darkness. This remote corner of Indonesia is set to be transformed from a forest backwater on the island of Borneo to a global city - a new capital of a country whose 260 mill…