Husky and hairy, with the flaming orange coloring of a bad dye job, the orangutan doesn’t look like the most agile of primates. But in fact these great apes, native to the jungles of Malaysia and ...
Young orangutans master the art of building intricate treetop nests not by instinct alone, but by closely watching their mothers and peers. Researchers tracking wild Sumatran orangutans over 17 years ...
A pair of orangutans have begun exploring two new climbing towers built in their habitat in Melbourne Zoo. Zoos Victoria told Storyful that crews constructed the “tree-mendous” new towers for the ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Climbing trees is one of the essential skills that young orangutans must pick up at jungle school. At first, it seems daunting but eventually, ...
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - In an evolutionary twist, a Dutch zoo is calling on the services of an Olympic gymnast to teach orangutans how to swing through the trees. The zoo Ouwehands Dierenpark Rhenen, ...
Zoo Orangutans Treated to 'Tree-Mendous' Towers A pair of orangutans have begun exploring two new climbing towers built in their habitat in Melbourne Zoo. Zoos Victoria told Storyful that crews ...