There may be Sumatran tigers ... has to be backed up with strong science. The goal of people doing research is to produce better knowledge, better understanding of orangutan ecology and genetics.

Now there are less than 70,000. One of the three orangutan species, the Sumatran orangutan, is down to about 14,000. Schroeder spent half a year with a couple of organizations trying to save the ...

The two populations have been isolated for more than a million years and are considered separate species; the Bornean orangutans are slightly larger than the Sumatran variety. Precious little was ...

Perhaps the best-known resident of Sumatra, though, is the critically endangered Sumatran orangutan ... there is a strong incentive for the local people to support the initiatives.

The talk show host delivered his signature line while revealing the paternity results for a 4-month-old Sumatran orangutan named Siska When the Denver Zoo was ready to announce the paternity of a ...

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran orangutan, Bornean orangutan, gorilla, bonobo and chimpanzee. Areas of their ...

Forty-three is old for an orangutan, which Tommy is; the median lifespan for male Sumatran orangutans is 25 years, and it's 27 years for male Bornean orangutans. For most of Tommy's life ...

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran orangutan, Bornean orangutan, gorilla, bonobo, and chimpanzee. Areas of ...

Orangutans are large apes that have been around for generations and are divided into three species – Borneo (Pongo pygmaeus), Sumatran (P. abelii) and Tapanuli (P. tapanuliensis). The Borneo ...