Orangutans

Plantations for palm oil are blamed for rainforest destruction, but an artificial palm oil is close.

An orangutan is born at Chester Zoo, months after its mother's pregnancy tests came back negative.

Baby orangutans are learning new skills from their human surrogate parents.

Fears are growing that gorillas, orangutans and others apes could contract the virus.

The possibility of infection in great apes like gorillas warrants the utmost caution, say experts.

Sky lanterns are blamed for a New Year's Eve blaze at Krefeld Zoo that killed rare apes and monkeys.

Police say the fire may have been caused by Chinese lanterns used to celebrate New Year.

The fossilised tooth of a mysterious extinct ape is shedding new light on the evolution of great apes.

Fossils of a newly-discovered ancient ape could give clues to how walking on two feet evolved.

Lawyers for Sandra the orangutan won a landmark appeal in 2014 which deemed her a "nonhuman person".

Can the palm oil industry improve its impact on the environment?

Activists say moving the capital to Borneo threatens indigenous people and Kalimantan's rich wildlife.

Numbers of orangutans in forests where palm oil is farmed have fallen - despite stabilising generally.