Woodland Park Zoo
Woodland Park Zoo: Orangutan
Resource features the orangutan. Provides a brief description as well as information on its classification, range, life cycle and more.
Denver Zoo
Denver Zoo: Sumatran Orangutan
The Denver Zoo provides an in-depth overview of the Sumatran orangutan highlighting its habitat, range, adaptations, diet, physical characteristics, and more.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Kids: Orangutan
Colorful resource for learning fun facts about orangutans with photographs as well as information regarding their physical characteristics and unique features. Audio and video clip included.
Saint Louis Zoo
Saint Louis Zoo: Sumatran Orangutan
Discover fun facts and learn about the habitat, breeding, diet, and appearance of the Sumatran orangutan.
Encyclopedia of Life
Encyclopedia of Life: Orangutans
The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Orangutans (Pongo), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this genus and maps of its global distribution can also be found here.
Encyclopedia of Life
Encyclopedia of Life: Sumatran Orangutan
The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Sumatran Orangutans (Pongo abelii), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this species and maps of its global distribution can also be...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Walking Upright Started in Trees
From ABC News in Science, Will Dunham's article on orangutans covers topics related to the evolutionary process of "bipedal walking," or walking on two legs instead of four.
Encyclopedia of Life
Encyclopedia of Life: Bornean Orangutan
The Encyclopedia of Life presents this in-depth overview of Bornean Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus), including their habitats, size, conservation status, and much more. Images of this species and maps of its global distribution can also be...
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Orangutan
Get to know the Orangutan.. colored photos, description, life cycle, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this animal are given, making this site perfect for younger researchers.
Other
The Sumatran Orangutan Society
This site from the Sumatran Orangutan Society is dedicated to conservation and providing information about orangutangs.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: How to Babysit an Orangutan
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is based on the story, How to Baby-sit and Orangutan. Focus on the spelling words, vocabulary, some geography of the location of orangutans. This is a fun flipchart that your students are...
Defenders of Wildlife
Defenders of Wildlife: Orangutan
Defenders of Wildlife provides the status, description, size, population, life span, range, habitat, food, behavior, offspring, threats, and protection of the orangutan.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: The New Zoos: The Wilder, the Better
Investigate how scientists study the mirror self-recognition of orangutans. Perform an experiment to see how sense of self can become distorted when a reflection doesn't match the sense of body position and movement.
University of Wisconsin
Primate Info Net: Orangutan Foundation International
An overview of the Orangutan Foundation International, headed by Birute Galdikas. It includes a special link to additional information.