Orangutans make mental maps of where and ... had destroyed vast tracts of habitat, putting the critically endangered Bornean orangutans and the even rarer Sumatran orangutans (population 6,600 ...

The Indonesian government is targeting protected forest areas as part of its plan to convert 20 million hectares (50 million acres) of forest into “food and energy estates,” a move that could result ...

Their small distribution area can be seen on the map. The species lives in a narrowly ... Together with Borneo, it is the only habitat for orangutans living in freedom. Pongo abelii (the Sumatran ...

Orangutans are arboreal, meaning they primarily live in the trees. There are three sub-species of orangutans, including the Bornean orangutan, the Sumatran ... orangutan habitats by more than ...

a Sumatran tiger habitat in Indonesia’s Riau province. Young volunteers at the station interned at a radio station on Java Island, where they learned to broadcast and repair transmitters in the ...

This heartbreaking battle between an orangutan and the menacing digger was featured in an episode of BBC’s docuseries Climate Change: The Facts narrated by renowned naturalist Sir David ...

(CBS12) — Disney's Animal Kingdom is roaring with excitement as a Sumatran tiger cub made his ... although he may not always be in his habitat during all operating hours. His keepers are ...

The orangutan sighting “was definitely because their habitat has been disturbed and is getting smaller,” he said. “Our endangered wildlife could go extinct,” he warned. “It’s a natural ...

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