When a wild orangutan leaves its mother after spending many years by her side, it has a mental catalog of almost 250 edible ...

Young orangutans cannot learn their diets alone. A new study shows that watching others gives them the knowledge they need to survive.

Humans could learn a thing or two from orangutans when it comes to maintaining a balanced, protein-filled diet. Great apes native to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia, orangutans are marvels ...

When a wild orangutan leaves its mother after spending many years by her side, it has a mental catalog of almost 250 edible plants and animals, and ...

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She added: "The orangutan diet also prioritises a consistent level of protein, which contrasts with a modern Western diet, which often can be rich in low-cost, energy-dense, protein-poor foods. "Those ...

A facial wound is seen June 23, 2022, on Rakus, a wild male Sumatran orangutan in Gunung Leuser National Park, Indonesia, two days before he applied chewed leaves from a medicinal plant, left, and on ...

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It’s snack time at the orangutan jungle school in Nyaru Menteng. But one lovable male, Beni, is on a very strict diet. Undeterred, he’ll try every trick in the book to get past his keepers. From the ...