Humans haven’t been so kind to the rain forest and its denizens in recent decades. Today, orangutans are squeezed into diminishing rain forests in Sumatra and Borneo, an island that Indonesia ...

(AP Photo/Andi Jatmiko) KATINGAN, Indonesia (AFP) — The world's only known albino orangutan has been spotted alive and well in a Borneo rainforest, more than a year after she was released into the ...

Deep in the Borneo rainforest ... care for the orphans and deal with the human crises of life in a rainforest hospital. "Orangutan Diary" features stories of hope as this dedicated team attempts ...

The king of the Borneo rainforest, however, is an ape -- the orangutan. And a Nature Conservancy field scientist has just returned from Borneo with rare good news about the great ape: His team has ...

International Animal Rescue (IAR), which runs a rescue centre in Borneo, warned the orangutan was now on the “precipice of extinction”. “If the current destruction of the rainforest ...

Surabaya (Indonesia) (AFP) – An endangered Borneo orangutan has died at an Indonesian ... Destruction of Indonesia's lowland rainforest and peatland for palm oil plantations and agriculture ...

What an extraordinary creature the orangutan is. But ... people and animals that live in or use those rainforests. The people of Borneo and Sumatra depend on the orang-utan’s rainforest for food, ...

Dedicated organizations such as the Jane Goodall Institute, Rainforest Trust, Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme, Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation and Orangutan Foundation International ...

A female orangutan forages for ripe figs in the ... that have filled in where old-growth trees were cut down. Borneo’s rainforest has been evolving for millions of years, a process that has ...

Christian LeBlanc We Took a 3 Day Borneo Jungle Cruise! (Orangutan Land) Posted: February 25, 2025 | Last updated: March 8, 2025 Deep in the heart of Borneo’s wild rainforest, we embarked on an ...

Borneo was once covered in lush ... to protecting more than 27.4 square kilometers (10.6 square miles) of rainforest. Household logging has also reduced by 90%, according to HIH.