How do orangutans survive?

The findings may also speak to various low-carb, high-protein diets, because essentially weight comes down to caloric intake for these orangutans as it does us, the researchers say. read more

Orangutans in Borneo can survive potential starvation by using their body fat and muscles as energy until a bounty of food is available, researchers find, adding that the results may someday shed light on the eating habits of our earliest ancestors. read more

Orangutans are unusual among primates in having two different types of sexually mature, fertile males, those that have developed the secondary physical characteristics of sexual maturity and those that haven’t. read more

When orangutans do stand, their hands nearly touch the ground. Life in the Trees Orangutans' arms are well suited to their lifestyle because they spend much of their time (some 90 percent) in the trees of their tropical rain forest home. read more