2+ hour, 59+ min ago  (1081+ words) Deep in the lush rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra, orangutan mothers perform a remarkable daily ritual that showcases their intelligence, dedication to their young, and advanced survival skills. Every single evening, as daylight fades through the dense canopy, female orangutans…...

11+ hour, 24+ min ago  (869+ words) Wild animals sometimes behave like their own physicians. Scientists call this zoopharmacognosy, and the evidence has been piling up for years. Chimpanzees swallow rough leaves whole to scrape parasites from their guts. Bonobos, gibbons, and gorillas have shown similar tricks....

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (140+ words) CBS News June 18, 2026 / 12: 35 PM MDT / CBS Colorado Visitors to the Denver Zoo will have the chance to see the newborn orangutan with his mom, Hesty. The pair were making their public debut on Thursday in the Primate Panorama exhibit. Zoo…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (358+ words) Unfortunately, this single disaster exceeded that threshold several times over in less than a week. A new study on the world's rarest great ape suggests that one brief burst of extreme weather may have wiped out a significant share of…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago  (581+ words) A cyclone that brought catastrophic flooding and devastating landslides to Indonesia wiped out more than 7% of the global population of the world's rarest great apes, a new study has found. Nearly 60 of the 800 Tapanuli orangutans remaining in the wild were…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (568+ words) A new study links November's Cyclone Senyar to catastrophic losses among Tapanuli orangutans, highlighting urgent extinction risks from climate change and habitat destruction. Cyclone Senyar caused devastating floods and landslides in Indonesia, wiping out more than 7% of the world's population…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (455+ words) In the mountainous jungles of Sumatra, Indonesia, one of the rarest and most vulnerable species in the world survives. It is the Tapanuli orangutan, a great ape officially identified in 2017 whose wild population does not exceed 800 individuals. However, the combination…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago  (320+ words) When severe weather strikes vulnerable ecosystems, the damage can stretch far beyond destroyed homes. The natural world often bears a silent and lasting toll that can take months to fully understand. A new study reveals how a single intense storm…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago  (402+ words) JAKARTA - Jennifer, a female Borneo orangutan brought from Taman Safari Indonesia through the International Collaborative Breeding Loan Program, was officially introduced to the Japanese public along with Hayato, a male Borneo orangutan born in Japan. The introduction took place at…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago  (441+ words) More Tapanuli orangutans died in floods on the Indonesian island of Sumatra than scientists first believed, according to a new study. Researchers now estimate that at least 58 Tapanuli orangutans were killed during severe flooding and landslides caused by Cyclone Senyar…...