Biological anthropologist Cheryl Knott and photojournalist Tim Laman have dedicated their lives to the orangutans of Borneo’s Gunung Palung National Park. Together with their children ...

Tempted by the fruit of a strangler fig, a Bornean orangutan climbs 100 feet into the canopy. With males weighing as much as 200 pounds, orangutans are the world’s largest tree-dwelling animals.

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 ...

Ten years ago, I set off for Borneo to study orangutans. I knew how closely related they were to humans, but when I actually experienced the orangutans first hand, I found the similarities ...

A second Bornean orangutan has been born at a zoo. Dudley Zoo and Castle were "excited" to welcome the arrival from mum, 11-year-old Sprout, over the weekend. Sprout's mum, Jazz, 30, gave birth ...

A critically endangered orangutan born at Blackpool Zoo has been named after a mascot for an organisation which supports children with a chronic medical condition. The Bornean orangutan which ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of pitcher plant on the Malaysian island of Borneo, with leaves covered in hairs resembling orangutan fur. This plant, named Nepenthes pongoides ...

Orangutan pitcher plant (Nepenthes pongoides) just discovered in Sabah, on the tropical island of ... [+] Borneo. (Credit: Alastair Robinson.) An international team of botanists report they have ...

The lands are home to the critically endangered Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), and any habitat loss pushes the animal closer to extinction. Mayawana Persada’s concession spans nearly ...