Orangutan

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…

Fani, a 15-year-old orangutan hangs on a wood stick at Orangutan Rehabilitation and Reintroduction site of Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) Samboja Lestari in Kutai Kertanegara regency, East Kalimantan province, Indonesia. (REUTERS) By day, the un…

SEMBOJA, INDONESIA - By day, the unforgiving sun glares off the road beside Ipah's wooden home with blinding brightness as a passing motorbike stirs a swirl of dust. By night, the beams of an occasional truck carrying coal or palm fruits pierce the darkness.…

SEMBOJA, Indonesia (Reuters) - By day, the unforgiving sun glares off the road beside Ipah’s wooden home with blinding brightness as a passing motorbike stirs a swirl of dust. By night, the beams of an occasional truck carrying coal or palm fruits pierce th…

An adorable baby orangutan that had been kept as a pet and tethered to a tree by its neck has been rescued. The footage was taken by a team from International Animal Rescue (IAR) who were alerted to the female orangutan being kept in the Sungai District, Ind…

Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size The Indonesian government has announced what appears to be a drastic measure: to move the administrative centre of this country of 240 million from crazy, overcrowded Jakarta where it has been located sinc…