The orangutan is "critically endangered," according to the Metro Richmond Zoo, mostly because they have been victims of poaching and deforestation. The species is native to the Southeast Asian ...

SEATTLE — An animal keeper at Woodland Park Zoo was seriously injured after being bitten by an orangutan during a routine training session over the weekend. The WPZ said the keeper was taken to ...

Wildlife trafficking threatens biodiversity, pushing heavily trafficked mammals toward extinction. Urgent action is needed ...

The encroachment on orangutan habitats sometimes forces them into agricultural land where they are in danger of being shot.

“The biggest threat to the orang utan population is poaching, and the Borneo orang utan is categorised as a critically endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature ...