According to the World Wildlife Fund, there are three different species of Orangutan, the Sumatran, Borean, and Tapanuli, ...

Since then, a research project has unpicked their biological secret. The species has been named the Tapanuli orangutan - a third species in addition to the Bornean and Sumatran. It is the first ...

The region is home to the Tapanuli orangutans, which were only identified as a new species in 2017. Only 800 of them remain in the wild and they all live in this ecosystem. One scientist ...