An orangutan youngster whose birth was captured on camera has been named to remind wildlife fans of the great ape's struggle in its native habitat. The little ape, born at Vienna Zoo in Austria last ...

The Denver Zoo is welcoming the arrival of the newborn Sumatran orangutan to mom Elrina. The baby arrived on Sunday and is believed to be a female. Zookeepers said that mom and baby are thriving in ...

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 ...

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.

Tapanuli orangutans survive only in Indonesia’s Sumatran rainforest where a mine expansion will cut through their home. Yet the mining company says the alternative will be worse ...

West Java, Indonesia - An orangutan turned into a fashion icon when a woman dropped her sunglasses into the animal' enclosure while visiting the Taman Safari Cisaura in West Java, Indonesia in March.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WMCH) – Last week, the Columbus Zoo welcomed a baby female Bornean orangutan into the world, marking the first birth of the critically endangered species at the zoo in over 60 years.

AUDUBON ZOO, MOURNING THE LOSS OF A BELOVED ORANGUTAN. PHYLLIS PASSES AWAY AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS. SHE WAS 36 YEA Audubon Zoo is mourning the loss of one of its female orangutans, Feliz, after a brief ...

The oldest animal at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo died Tuesday morning -- the day before her 52nd birthday. In addition to being the oldest animal at the zoo, Chinta, a female orangutan, was one of the ...

Big news came out of the Sacramento Zoo this month — a 19-year-old Sumatran orangutan Indah, who has lived at the zoo since 2017, gave birth to a baby boy. The last time the zoo ushered in the birth ...

An insistent orangutan child with his mother at the Taipei Zoo. Photo by Shawn Thompson It was a cool, drizzly day in old Taipei today. I was standing at the orangutan enclosure at the Wildlife Rescue ...