Nearly 200,000 people have signed a petition calling on U.K. multinational Jardine Matheson to cancel its plan to expand ...

Vast expanses of orangutan habitat have been lost to palm oil, used for cooking, food products, and cosmetics. Composite Photograph by Tim Laman There’s another factor at work as well.

However, a few zoos have come up with ways to broaden their animals' horizons, and the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington ...

The trouble is that the two great threats to orangutans and to their tropical rainforests -- predation and habitat destruction -- are outpacing these protection efforts. Another clue to the ...

Their answers were edited for length. A: (Chan) The Toronto Zoo’s first-ever outdoor orangutan habitat was officially completed in June 2023. As with any animals getting used to a new space, it took ...

This habitat loss leads to starvation and increased human-orangutan conflict. Many orangutans are killed as agricultural pests, hunted for bushmeat or the illegal pet and performing animal trade.

He noted that some of the orangutans he encountered appeared skinny, with their fur thinning because of malnutrition. Other ...

Engaging with timber companies: WWF is working with companies to mitigate the negative impacts of logging and timber plantations on habitats and orangutan populations. For example, studies show that ...

Part of the mission of the Indianapolis Zoo and others like it is species conservation. All three species of orangutan are increasingly losing their wild habitat to violent deforestation. The growing ...