Unfortunately, humans also hunt orangutans. Orangutans reproduce slowly, giving birth to a single infant once every eight years or so. The gestation period lasts for approximately nine months, and the ...

A one-year-old child has been found dead in a car in Earlwood. Police believe the toddler was mistakenly left in a hot car, which was parked outside a childcare centre. The owner of the vehicle ...

Bastarin, out to stop illegal logging and protect the orangutans that live in Gunung Palung National Park, pulled harder on his oar to keep up with the men. He was sure they were illegal loggers, but ...

Again, Sumatra is a huge island, and it is quite helpful to get an overview of how to climb with Orangutans before you enter the dense tropical rainforests. There are eleven national parks in Sumatra, ...

An Incredible Discovery However, it’s not all bad news. The discovery of a new orangutan population in Sarawek, Malaysian Borneo was cause for excitement among conservationists. Led by the ...

Health Canada has issued an urgent advisory for parents and caregivers to stop using infant self-feeding devices sold on AliExpress.ca, citing serious choking and suffocation hazards. Infant self ...

The crisis is long over, but if you were a young family with babies three years ago, scary memories of escalating health worries and retail stores bereft of infant formulas remain. Moms shared ...

Extending into Sumatra’s northern province of Aceh, Gunung Leuser National Park boasts a rich tapestry of wildlife. Here, you’ll find Sumatran orangutans swinging through the trees, Thomas-leaf ...

Look at those big, beautiful eyes! People online are cheering after a baby orangutan and 16 other wild animals were saved from a smuggling ring in Chumphon, Thailand. Things could've been so bad ...

Banner image: Sumatran orangutan in the Leuser Ecosystem, Aceh, Indonesia. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay. FEEDBACK: Use this form to send a message to the author of this post. If you want to ...

When it comes to infant mortality, the United States ranks 54th in the world. That's about three times that of Japan, Singapore or Slovenia. Within the U.S., Ohio is in the bottom 25 percent of ...