Illegal trade devastates Sumatran orang-utan population Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Lack of law enforcement against illegal trade in Indonesia threatens the survival of orang-utans and gibbons on Sumatra ...

Animal abuse: wild orang-utans systematically shot with air rifles AN orang-utan has been found barely alive, riddled with pellets from an air rifle, some of which have caused him to go blind. But ...

BELOVED orang-utan Karta’s legacy will live on with a guard post named in her honour to defend wild orang-utans from illegal loggers and poachers in Sumatra.

I’d come to Bukit Lawang in northern Sumatra to achieve a lifelong ambition of taking a photograph of an orang-utan in its natural habitat. These glorious beasts, with their brightly coloured ...

This was published 9 years ago Orang-utan trekking in Sumatra, Indonesia: In search of the Sumatran orang-utan Chris Johnston takes his family on a trek through the Sumatran jungle in search of ...

According to legend, the Orang Pendek inhabit remote, mountainous forests on the island of Sumatra. Orang Pendek directly translates to “short person” in Indonesian.

Today, Onrizal is a forestry researcher at North Sumatra University, where he studies the biodiversity of his native island, including the orangutans that likely inspired the stories of the orang ...

Fresh evidence has been found in the jungles of Sumatra supporting claims that a mythical 'jungle yeti' may exist, claim two UK explorers. Adam Davies and Andrew Sanderson found footprints which seem ...