The baby's mother is named Luna and her father is named Madju. The family of three accounts for half of the Bornean orangutans at Busch Gardens. Researchers believe there are only 104,700 left in the ...
WWF-Malaysia suggests there were more effective alternatives to demonstrate Malaysia's commitment to orangutan conservation.
The cubs are specifically Asiatic lion cubs - which are currently considered endangered. Before they stepped outside, the ...
A "rare" and "critically endangered" animal was born at Disney's Animal Kingdom, and not only is he cute and good news, but ...
An orangutan in Indonesia that sustained a facial wound treated it himself, according to a study published in the journal ...
Johari Abdul Ghani said the "orangutan diplomacy" strategy would gift the endangered great apes to palm oil trading ... said co-author Caroline Schuppli at Max Planck. Rakus was born and lived as a ...
The study, led by Caroline Schuppli and Isabelle Laumer, took place at the Suaq Balimbing research site in Indonesia, which ...
An ape was seen treating a wound using a medicinal plant for the first time. Days later the Sumatran orangutan had ...
Rakus, a male Sumatran orangutan, treated a wound on his face by chewing leaves from a climbing plant named Akar Kuning and ...
Rakus, an orangutan, chewed the leaves of a climbing plant called Akar Kuning before repeatedly applying the juice to a gash on its face. Orangutans rarely eat this plant in this peat swamp habitat, ...
Making a selection Rakus, believed to have been born in 1989, is a flanged male, with large cheek pads on both sides of the ...
A male Sumatran orangutan treated a facial wound with a climbing plant known to have anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving ...