What makes human and orangutan brains different? Researchers at the National Zoo hope to find out by playing customized computer games with the savvy primates. Explore Subscribe Newsletters ...

As we talk, Knott’s associates are at work in the surrounding forest of Indonesia’s Gunung Palung National Park with GPS units and iPads, following orangutans in their daily wanderings ...

And in 1997-8, fires started by humans in their concessions, plantations and farmlands swept through many of the forests that harbor orangutans. Fifty percent of the forest I was working in at the ...

What should his name be? This baby orangutan was expected next month, but he came a little earlier than expected at the ...

Orphaned orangutans attend classes where they learn to crack open coconuts, avoid predators, climb trees and much more Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

Fire is also a major threat. Conserving orang-utan habitat: We are working in both Borneo and Sumatra to secure well-managed protected areas and wider forest landscapes connected by corridors.

is home to 2,500 orangutans. Learn more about the work being done by the Gunung Palung Orangutan Project and ways that you can help.

In addition, supporting organizations dedicated to orangutan conservation can make a difference. These organizations work on the ground to rescue and rehabilitate displaced orangutans, reforest ...

“What we normally do here at the zoo, not just for this baby orangutan but in general, when we have a birth like this, staff working closely with that animal will collect a small list of their ...

What makes human and orangutan brains different? Researchers at the National Zoo hope to find out by playing customized computer games with the savvy primates. Behold the World's Smallest Monkey ...