The Kinabatangan River is the last major area in Malaysian Borneo’s Sabah state with a semblance of forest corridor linking ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Two baby orangutans have been rescued from being sold in Thailand's capital Bangkok and a suspected trafficker ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Two baby orangutans have been rescued from being sold in Thailand's capital Bangkok and a suspected trafficker arrested, police said. The orangutans were seized Wednesday night ...

The arrest followed a joint investigation with the US Fish and Wildlife Service and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Orangutans, native to Borneo and Sumatra, are classified as Critically ...

Orangutans are found only in the forests of Sumatra and Borneo, but their habitat is shrinking due to the growth of agricultural land, making them more vulnerable to poaching. Thailand over the ...

Orangutans, native to Borneo and Sumatra, are classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List and protected under the CITES treaty, and are among the most trafficked primates in the world.

Orangutans are native to Sumatra and Borneo, two Southeast Asian islands that are home to some of the world’s most diverse rainforests, and have come under threat as a result of deforestation ...

Another great ape on the list with an alarmingly small population size is the Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis), found only in the Batang Toru Forest in Sumatra, Indonesia. Scientists first ...