Palm oil-buying countries will now be able to "sponsor" orangutans in Malaysia to ensure their welfare in their natural habitat. Malaysia has asked the countries that buy its palm oil to adopt ...

but it is also one of only two places in the world where orangutans are still found, along with Malaysia. The footage, which went viral on Indonesian social media, shows the male orangutan roaming ...

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and — a highlight of the trip — an orangutan. The chocolate-colored Kinabatangan River stretches 350 miles through one of the oldest rain forests on Earth. It’s located in Malaysia’s Sabah ...

Biological anthropologist Cheryl Knott and photojournalist Tim Laman have dedicated their lives to the orangutans of Borneo’s Gunung Palung National Park. Together with their children ...