BANGKOK, Oct 8 (Reuters) - A United Nations conference adopted a proposal on Friday to tighten controls on the trade of a commercially valuable hardwood known as ramin, which could help save the endangered orang-utan ape.

Many consumer products sold in the U.S. are made from ramin, a wood that provides the habitat for the highly threatened orangutan. Rampant demand for ramin is decimating the orangutan's habitat to such an extent that Asia's largest primate could...

Orangutans, named for the Malay word meaning "person of the forest," are amazing animals. Rarely leaving the treetops, they are the largest animals to live in trees. Having once thrived throughout Southeast Asia, they are now critically...

Orangutans, named for the Malay word meaning “person of the forest,” are amazing animals. Rarely leaving the treetops, they are the largest animals to live in trees. Having once thrived throughout Southeast Asia, they are now critically...