Orangutan young highly depends on the social guidance of their mothers to know the safe food list for consumption.

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

San Francisco Zoo is rehoming its last three chimps and pausing the chimp program to focus on orangutan conservation.

The San Francisco Zoo announced Thursday it will say goodbye to its three remaining chimpanzees as it temporarily shutters its chimp program. At the same time, zoo ...

Two Asian elephants, a zebra and two grey wolves were among the animals that perished at the zoo last year, along with a female chimpanzee and two ...

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

An orangutan at the Little Rock Zoo died earlier this week of encephalitis, the zoo said in a news release. Kota, the zoo's youngest male orangutan, started showing signs of lethargy and continued to ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Little Rock Zoo has announced that the youngest male orangutan at the zoo has sadly passed away. According to staff, Kota the orangutan was born at the zoo on February 23, 2024 ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Hogle Zoo’s Kawan, a Bornean orangutan, is expecting a baby in June. Zookeepers said animal care and health teams have been monitoring Kawan’s pregnancy, which is now nearing ...

Male Bornean Orangutan - Big Cheeks. Image by Eric Kilby from Somerville, MA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Male Bornean Orangutan - Big Cheeks. Image by Eric Kilby from Somerville, MA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — On Wednesday, The Indianapolis Zoo announced the winning name for the male baby orangutan born in the Simon Skjodt International Orangutan Center on Feb. 20, 2025. Following a ...

Like many who live in the city, Tommy is a second-generation Milwaukeean. And like many parents hope for their children, he has outlived his. At the "very geriatric" age of 43, Tommy has already ...