An orangutan in a protected Indonesian rainforest site who sustained a facial wound treated the injury himself, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports earlier this month. The ...

In a small swath of tropical rainforest in northern Sumatra, a corporation’s quest for a rare mineral endangers a rare animal. This conflict pits corporations seeking profit from rare minerals against ...

Vivy, a critically endangered Bornean orangutan, has returned to the rainforest with help from The Orangutan Project and the Bornean Orangutan Rescue Alliance Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE ...

When a wild orangutan in Indonesia suffered a painful wound to his cheek, he did something that stunned researchers: He chewed plant leaves known to have pain-relieving and healing properties, rubbed ...

American photographer Tim Laman won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition on Oct. 18, 2016. Laman, who was selected from 50,000 entries across 95 countries, told the story of the ...

CLEVELAND (WJW) — September marks one full year since the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo shut down the rainforest to break ground on its multi-phase Primate Forest. That also meant moving most of the 600 ...