In the meantime, mom and baby are bonding in their habitat ... with their mate,” according to the zoo. There are approximately 14,000 Sumatran orangutans still left on the Indonesian ...

Primate staff at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute’s (NZCBI) campus in Washington, D.C., are mourning the loss of Kyle, a 28-year-old male Bornean orangutan who died ...

Human actions have reduced orangutan habitats by more than 80% over the past 20 years. Deforestation, illegal logging, and mining have been devastating to the ecosystem. Researchers estimate that ...

These orangutans were rescued from various threats, including hunting, illegal wildlife trade, human-wildlife conflict, and ...