Three critically endangered orangutans have been successfully released into a national park in Borneo, Indonesia, after they ...

Although there is no conclusive evidence, it has been a persistent folktale that a male orangutans, a species of great apes native to Indonesia seem to display sexual attraction to human females. This ...

WASHINGTON -- The Smithsonian National Zoo is celebrating the birth of a critically endangered species. A male Borean orangutan was born at the zoo for the first time in 25 years, according to a press ...

Wendy Erb has spent countless hours studying orangutans in Borneo's tropical peatland forests in order to learn how male Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) communicate. While doing so, she ...