CNN has spent weeks investigating the shadowy, brutal trade in which endangered animals are poached and moved through networks of brokers across borders and seas.

A young monkey sits on a stone pathway holding a large, partially peeled banana with both hands. Instead of immediately ...

In her new collection, Katherine Rundell celebrates the secret lives and super powers of animals, from the French emperor’s pet primate to the snake that weighs two Mike Tysons ...

Learning from mother is key to adult survival for young orangutans, reveals new research. Scottish scientists found that the amount of knowledge a wild orangutan acquires over its lengthy juvenile ...

Orangutan infants spend their first eight years with their mothers, and throughout this time, they can draw on their knowledge. After that, however, orangutans are entirely on their own. To fare well ...

Omaha police are seeking help to identify a hooded suspect caught on camera stealing $930 from a Jimmy John's sandwich shop at 156th and Dodge in the early hours of July 11. Surveillance footage shows ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. On Sept. 8, five infant orangutans were found in an Indian forest, thousands of kilometers from their native range, raising questions about where ...

Eighteen orangutans have been rescued and put into conservation centers amid "devastating" wildfires in Indonesia. The Ministry of Forestry said the figures underline mounting pressure on wildlife as ...

Wildlife filmmakers spend an enormous amount of time waiting for animals to do something worth capturing. Every once in a while, though, the animals decide to create the story themselves. Orangutans ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This brings the total number of orangutans rescued in a month to 15. The apes were saved from plantations in rural West Kalimantan ...