1010 WINS- The world's only known albino orangutan is getting an incredible personal island in Borneo to call home. Alba, already an endangered animal is truly one-of-a-kind with her Albinism, a rare ...

FILE PHOTO: An orangutan hold its baby at the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Center in the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo island on January 11, 2004. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad/File Photo By Will ...

You don’t see too many orangutans in the wild anymore; with that in mind, it’s not much of a surprise that they’re considered a critically endangered animal species by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

JAKARTA, Indonesia – The most comprehensive study of Borneo's orangutans estimates their numbers have plummeted by more than 100,000 since 1999, as the palm oil and paper industries shrink their ...

The critically endangered species gets a helping hand from an Indonesian facility as the island’s human population is about to explode Five-year-old Segi, rescued in 2021, learns how to climb at ...

A palm oil company known for turning orangutan habitat into plantation land has helped the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation purchase an island for this critically endangered species. Thirteen ...

Alba, the world's only known albino orangutan, now has her own personal island sanctuary in Borneo to live out the rest of her days safely tucked away from the humans who may want to do her harm.

BANGKOK, THAILAND — Orangutan numbers have declined sharply on the only two islands where they still live in the wild, and they could become the first great ape species to go extinct if urgent action ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A male orangutan on the Indonesian portion of Borneo died after being shot at least 130 times with an air gun and apparently being stabbed and clubbed, in the second known ...

A rare albino orangutan has been rescued on the Indonesian part of Borneo island where villagers were keeping the white-haired, blue-eyed creature in a cage, a protection group said Tuesday. In an ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hunting by people and habitation destruction by oil palm, paper, logging and mining industries helped drive a startling drop of about 50 percent in the orangutan population on ...