“Sometimes I feel like I’ve chosen the most difficult thing in the world to study,” Cheryl Knott tells me as we sit beneath the rain forest canopy at her orangutan research station in ...

Bornean orangutans can be identified by their shaggy orange-ish red hide that covers almost their entire body- except their face, ears, palms, and soles of their feet. Their long arms are also of ...

The wild male Sumatran orangutan, known as Rakus, was seen chewing leaves and applying the sap to a wound on his face. He then smeared ... Known for their distinctive red fur, orangutans are ...

After peering at the baby's face, the orangutan points to the child's feet and head as she calmly watches him through the window. Breastfeeding Zookeeper Teaches Struggling Orangutan Mom How to ...

Mission Critical explored the challenges that orangutans face in the wild, and the obstacles that scientists, photographers, and explorers face when documenting them in the thick rain forest of ...