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First Footage Of Endangered Orangutan Crossing Road Using Rope Bridge Is A Conservation WinA young male orangutan looks back at the camera as he crosses the rope bridge over Lagan-Pagindar road.

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First Footage Of Endangered Orangutan Crossing Road Using Rope Bridge Is A Conservation WinA young male orangutan looks back at the camera as he crosses the rope bridge over Lagan-Pagindar road.
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First Footage Of Endangered Orangutan Crossing Road Using Rope Bridge Is A Conservation Win

clock-iconApril 24, 2026

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Three Critically Endangered Orangutans Successfully Rehabilitated And Released Into The WildA bornean orangutan is release into the wild from a large metal crate. A team of onlookers watches.

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Three Critically Endangered Orangutans Successfully Rehabilitated And Released Into The WildA bornean orangutan is release into the wild from a large metal crate. A team of onlookers watches.
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Three Critically Endangered Orangutans Successfully Rehabilitated And Released Into The Wild

clock-iconJanuary 19, 2026
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Adorable But Critically Endangered Bornean Orangutan Born In Conservation SuccessBornean orangutan mother with baby snuggled up on the ground

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Adorable But Critically Endangered Bornean Orangutan Born In Conservation SuccessBornean orangutan mother with baby snuggled up on the ground
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Adorable But Critically Endangered Bornean Orangutan Born In Conservation Success

clock-iconOctober 24, 2025
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The World’s Newest Great Ape Is Also Its Rarest, With Fewer Than 800 Left In The WildA Tapanuli orangutan sitting in a tree, eating leaves

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The World’s Newest Great Ape Is Also Its Rarest, With Fewer Than 800 Left In The WildA Tapanuli orangutan sitting in a tree, eating leaves
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The World’s Newest Great Ape Is Also Its Rarest, With Fewer Than 800 Left In The Wild

clock-iconOctober 20, 2025
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Meet Alba: The World’s Only Known Albino Orangutan Still Living In BorneoA white orangutan hangs onto a slim tree trunk in the jungle.

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Meet Alba: The World’s Only Known Albino Orangutan Still Living In BorneoA white orangutan hangs onto a slim tree trunk in the jungle.
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Meet Alba: The World’s Only Known Albino Orangutan Still Living In Borneo

clock-iconJuly 30, 2025
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Orangutan Diplomacy: Malaysia’s New Plan To Give Endangered Primates To Palm Oil PartnersWild baby and mother Orangutan eating young leaf in the forest of Borneo

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Orangutan Diplomacy: Malaysia’s New Plan To Give Endangered Primates To Palm Oil PartnersWild baby and mother Orangutan eating young leaf in the forest of Borneo
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Orangutan Diplomacy: Malaysia’s New Plan To Give Endangered Primates To Palm Oil Partners

clock-iconJune 6, 2024
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What Was The Largest Ape To Ever Live?Prehistoric primates gigantopithecus in nature. Giant orangutan. Digital illustration with ancestor of human.

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What Was The Largest Ape To Ever Live?Prehistoric primates gigantopithecus in nature. Giant orangutan. Digital illustration with ancestor of human.
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What Was The Largest Ape To Ever Live?

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Orangutan Seen Treating A Wound With A Medicinal Plant In World-First ObservationRakus suffered a nasty wound to his cheek, probably in a fight for dominance, but fortunately knew how to stop it getting infected.

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Orangutan Seen Treating A Wound With A Medicinal Plant In World-First ObservationRakus suffered a nasty wound to his cheek, probably in a fight for dominance, but fortunately knew how to stop it getting infected.
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Orangutan Seen Treating A Wound With A Medicinal Plant In World-First Observation

clock-iconMay 2, 2024
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Giant 10-Foot-Tall Apes Once Roamed China Until Their Mysterious DemisePaleoart illustration of Gigantopithecus blacki, the world's largest ever primate ape, by a river in ancient China

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Giant 10-Foot-Tall Apes Once Roamed China Until Their Mysterious DemisePaleoart illustration of Gigantopithecus blacki, the world's largest ever primate ape, by a river in ancient China
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Giant 10-Foot-Tall Apes Once Roamed China Until Their Mysterious Demise

clock-iconJanuary 10, 2024
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Our Curiosity Could Be What Most Distinguishes Humans From ApesTwo children and adult orangutan looking at each other through glass

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Our Curiosity Could Be What Most Distinguishes Humans From ApesTwo children and adult orangutan looking at each other through glass
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Our Curiosity Could Be What Most Distinguishes Humans From Apes

clock-iconMay 31, 2023
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Apes Getting Dizzy On Purpose May Explain Humans' Love Of Mind-Altering Substancesgreat apes dizzy

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Apes Getting Dizzy On Purpose May Explain Humans' Love Of Mind-Altering Substancesgreat apes dizzy
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Apes Getting Dizzy On Purpose May Explain Humans' Love Of Mind-Altering Substances

clock-iconMarch 14, 2023
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Captive Gorillas And Orangutans Are Pretty Rational When It Comes To Making DecisionsResearcher stands outside an orangutan enclosure with a tray with two cups on it

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Captive Gorillas And Orangutans Are Pretty Rational When It Comes To Making DecisionsResearcher stands outside an orangutan enclosure with a tray with two cups on it
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Captive Gorillas And Orangutans Are Pretty Rational When It Comes To Making Decisions

clock-iconDecember 14, 2022
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Orangutans Have Their Own Personal Artistic Styles That Can Change With The Seasonsarticle image

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Orangutans Have Their Own Personal Artistic Styles That Can Change With The Seasonsarticle image
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Orangutans Have Their Own Personal Artistic Styles That Can Change With The Seasons

clock-iconNovember 17, 2021
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Orangutan Retrieves Crying Child's Lost Teddy Then Rips It To Shredsarticle image

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Orangutan Retrieves Crying Child's Lost Teddy Then Rips It To Shredsarticle image
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Orangutan Retrieves Crying Child's Lost Teddy Then Rips It To Shreds

clock-iconAugust 11, 2021
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Orangutans Show "Astonishing" Tool-Making Ability To Bend Wire Into Hooksarticle image

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Orangutans Show "Astonishing" Tool-Making Ability To Bend Wire Into Hooksarticle image
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Orangutans Show "Astonishing" Tool-Making Ability To Bend Wire Into Hooks

clock-iconNovember 12, 2018
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