An orphaned baby orangutan has been rescued after spending 6 months in a 'tiny cage' and 'unthinkable' conditions in ...

Look at those big, beautiful eyes! People online are cheering after a baby orangutan and 16 other wild animals were saved from a smuggling ring in Chumphon, Thailand. Things could've been so bad for ...

The viral video of an orangutan in the coal mining concession highlights the shrinking of its roaming space and the loss of ...

Footage of a seemingly confused orangutan roaming the desolate site of an Indonesian coal mine, meters from excavators, has ...

A baby orangutan has been rescued and is “on the ... Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer , from ...

Cheyenne, a 52-year-old orangutan at the Houston Zoo, died from complications of a kidney infection, the zoo said.

Orangutans are bought online for as little as $109. When they outgrow their homes, they can be confined to cages. Image taken by Alejo Sabugo I’m a scientist and I’d like to think a good one ...

Vivy, a Bornean Orangutan, has made his way back to the rainforest after almost succumbing to malnourishment. As reported by People magazine, rescuers from the Orangutan Project, a non-profit ...

The images, taken last month by a local resident, are from the same province where Indonesia is building its new capital, a ...

You could see why people wanted them -- they are among the most charming creatures imaginable, little balls of cuddly, orange fluff. But the only way to get an orangutan infant is to kill its ...

The name orangutan is a Malay word that translates to “people of the forest” because they have human-like features and share 97% DNA similarity with us. Orangutans spend 90% of their time in ...

Look at those big, beautiful eyes! People online are cheering after a baby orangutan and 16 other wild animals were saved from a smuggling ring in Chumphon, Thailand. Things could've been so bad ...