In the lush rainforests of Southeast Asia, a remarkable creature swings through the treetops, capturing our hearts with its intelligence, charisma and distinct red-orange fur — the orangutan.

The reddish orange orangutan rubs the mashed up plant on its face. One could mistake this for mindless monkey business, but it is quite the opposite: The wild Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii ...

ViralPress Zoo visitor gives piece of orange to orangutan through glass Posted: December 4, 2024 | Last updated: March 19, 2025 This is the heartwarming moment a zoo visitor offered a piece of ...

(Aug. 19, 2014) – The city of Indianapolis declared Tuesday “Wear Orange for Orangutans Day.” People across the Indianapolis community are encouraged to wear orange. Indianapolis Zoo ...

Husky and hairy, with the flaming orange coloring of a bad dye job, the orangutan doesn’t look like the most agile of primates. But in fact these great apes, native to the jungles of Malaysia ...

Have you ever wondered why orangutans are orange? Or what makes ice form in ‘vines’ on window panes? The answer to these and many other fascinating questions can be found in New Scientist’s ...

See All Key Ideas Only about 100,000 Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) remain, less than half of their original numbers. People are killing the iconic orange apes at rates that could lead to ...

Named for being tiny and sweet like a little orange, Clementine is the first Bornean orangutan born at the zoo in more than 60 years. WATCH orangutan celebrate milestone 50: Dumplin the orangutan ...