Pet orangutans need to undergo rehabilitation to restore their natural behaviors and break their dependency on humans.

Monkey World has become a renowned rehabilitation centre for baby orangutans to be cared for by their own kind. View on ...

A Sumatran orangutan in Indonesia has self-medicated using a paste made from plants to heal a large wound on his cheek, say scientists. It is the first time a creature in the wild has been ...

The vets deliver medical equipment to an orangutan veterinary clinic after it was badly damaged. Kiwi was rejected by her mother in Spain so has moved to Europe's creche for orphaned orangutans.

After flood damage to crucial facilities at an orangutan rescue centre, New Zealand is stepping up, with Auckland Zoo funding ...

But after being rejected by her mother, she was moved to a specialised orangutan creche in Dorset. Now living at Monkey World, a rescue centre set up in 1987, Kiwi is thriving and independent.

Commanding high prices as pets on the black market, baby orangutans can be captured only by killing their protective mothers. These orphans are being raised at International Animal Rescue.

Michaela Strachan and Steve Leonard present a series featuring orphaned and rescued orangutans in Borneo. Steve tries to rescue a baby orangutan being illegally held in a village. Show more ...

He remembers coming across Hope, a Sumatran orangutan who had been shot with 74 pellets. She was blinded, and she had a baby who was a few months old at most. The rescue team drove 12 hours to go ...

The heavier the orangutan, the bigger the dose required ... 2007 UNEP/UNESCO report On the drive to this rescue site I had seen for myself the dramatic impact that the rapid expansion of palm ...