Mely the female orangutan had never been taught how to use her arms or legs after her mother was killed and she was captured ...

A baby orangutan has been rescued and is “on the road to recovery” after he was kept in a “tiny cage" amid “unthinkable” conditions for six months. In an Instagram post on Jan. 8, The Orangutan ...

NEW YORK, May 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Orangutan Project, a leading conservation organization dedicated to protecting Critically Endangered orangutans, has issued an urgent appeal to help ...

Every now and then, a story comes along that reminds everyone how deep an animal’s capacity for love truly is. That’s exactly what’s happening at Utah’s Hogle Zoo, where a gentle orangutan named Acara ...

Fleece jackets, piles of hay, a fuzzy stuffed animal sloth and a lot of fruit were on Bobbi Gordon’s shopping list when she became a surrogate mother to a big-eyed, spikey-haired little boy. A handful ...