The LA Zoo on Thursday is celebrating the arrival of its first baby orangutan in nearly 15 years. The baby boy Bornean orangutan was born to 43-year-old mother Kalim and 31-year-old father Isim on Oct ...

The zoo has announced that orangutans Mei and KJ are expecting a baby, reportedly due in January! The zoo will celebrate mom Mei and dad KJ with a baby shower at the zoo on Saturday, Dec. 13. The ...

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The zoo announced that one of its Bornean orangutans, 43-year-old Kalim, had given birth to a baby boy on Oct. 10 Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Zoo has announced the birth of a baby boy Bornean orangutan, the first such primate baby at the zoo in almost 15 years. The unnamed auburn-haired infant was born Oct. 10, ...

The Los Angeles Zoo has a new baby Bornean orangutan, the first in nearly 15 years at the zoo. Bornean orangutans are categorized as “critically endangered” by the International Union for Conservation ...

An Orangutan family living inside the Los Angeles Zoo has welcomed a new baby boy, the first infant to be born at the zoo in nearly 15 years. The baby was born on Oct. 10 to Kalim, his 43-year-old ...

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 ...