Many moms can relate to breastfeeding struggles, because it’s hard stuff—and that goes for all mothers, the human kind and primate. When an orangutan at the Metro Richmond Zoo delivered her baby, she ...

A newborn orangutan is receiving around-the-clock care at a Utah zoo after her mother didn’t show much interest in her, officials said. “There’s a new face in the Great Apes Building,” the Hogle Zoo ...

A zoo in Ireland had to get creative for one of their orangutans who has trouble bonding with her babies. The Dublin Zoo knew that 19-year-old Mujur hadn't been able to nurse in the past. So they ...

The Indianapolis Zoo welcomed a male baby orangutan to its Simon Skjodt International Orangutan Center. This makes it 12 official primates that live at the zoo. The baby was born at 2:30 p.m. on Feb.

Woodland Park Zoo is expecting a bouncing baby primate this summer. First-time parents Batu, 14, and Godek, 15, will welcome their baby in late August or early September, marking the first Sumatran ...

The new arrival, a male, is named Jambi -- after a city on the island of Sumatra, where his species is native. Born to the Zoo’s 31-year-old female Tua and 28-year-old male, Sugi, on June 26, the ...

The Little Rock Zoo welcomed a new orangutan into the world on Friday. The baby was born to the zoo’s 19-year-old Berani and 31-year-old Bandar, two Bornean orangutans. The baby is currently living a ...

In her own research in Uganda, Reddy studied four adolescent male chimpanzees who adopted their younger siblings after their ...

A Utah zoo is caring for a newborn orangutan after her mom didn’t care for her appropriately, officials said. Hogle Zoo A newborn orangutan is receiving around-the-clock care at a Utah zoo after her ...