Presents information about orangutans, including where they live, what they are like, how they behave, what they eat, how they raise young, and the things that threaten them as a species.

A young orangutan gradually learns from his mother how to take care of himself in the rainforest where they live.

Deep in the Borneo rainforest, a dedicated team of vets and carers have a massive and emotional task ahead of them, to rescue and nurse back to health the jungle's 600 vulnerable orangutans.

"Meet the 35 classmates of Forest School 103 at the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rescue and Rehabilitation Center [in Borneo]. These precocious, red-haired "children of the forest" get the opportunity, through this innovative project led by Lone Droscher-Nelsen and her team, to live wild on a protected island. Orangutan Island is the foundation for the largest primate rescue project in the world. Go with them on their journey to adulthood as they struggle...

Describes how baby orangutans whose mothers have died are nurtured by human babysitters at Camp Leakey in the rain forests of Borneo, until they are ready to live in the wild.

Twins Ben and Zoe are sent to the jungles of Borneo to rescue an orangutan and save his refuge from illegal logging.