Orangutans may use specific plants for benefits beyond ordinary nutrition. For centuries, humans have relied on the medicinal properties of plants. Now, growing evidence suggests we may not be the ...

After 20 years of orangutan observations, scientists have discovered that orangutans seek out plants with healing properties ...

Naples Zoo's popular orangutan habitat will welcome two new residents—a mother-son pair of white-cheeked gibbons. Millie, a 22-year-old female, and Kapok, her 3-year-old son, recently arrived from Zoo ...

Measuring performance of Orangutan Protection and Monitoring Unit : implications for species conservation / Jito Sugardjito and Asep S. Adhikerana -- Communication, culture and conservation in ...

Gibbons, commonly called lesser apes, aren’t as well-known as some of their great ape cousins like chimpanzees or gorillas. But the lives of these highly arboreal primates are no less fascinating.

Dr Birutė Galdikas spent almost 50 years studying solitary and elusive orangutans in Borneo, at a time when no one believed it possible. Her pioneering work transformed scientific understanding of the ...

The critically endangered species gets a helping hand from an Indonesian facility as the island’s human population is about to explode Five-year-old Segi, rescued in 2021, learns how to climb at ...