The zoo announced that one of its Bornean orangutans, 43-year-old Kalim, had given birth to a baby boy on Oct. 10 ...

WEBVTT THIS WEEK'S HOT AND HUMID WEATHER GIVES US A SMALL TASTE OF LIFE IN A TROPICAL JUNGLE ...LIKE BORNEO AND SUMATRA. THAT'S WHERE AN APE AS LARGE AS A MAN LIVES...BUT NOT ON THE GROUND. NEWS 8 ...

As of this week, these orangutans are being recognized as a distinct species of great ape. That brings to eight the number of great ape species alive today. Two of the others are also orangutans ...

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The unnamed auburn-haired infant was born Oct. 10, making him nearly 1 month old. He and mom Kalim recently made their public debut at the L.A. Zoo.

(AP) MIAMI - The eight-year-old twins love their iPad. They draw, play games and expand their vocabulary. Their family's teenagers also like the hand-held computer tablets, too, but the clan's elders ...

Orangutan means "person of the forest" in the Indonesian language. They are the largest arboreal mammal (which means they live in trees) and you can get to know some of them at Utah's Hogle Zoo. Jenny ...

Orphaned orangutans attend classes where they learn to crack open coconuts, avoid predators, climb trees and much more Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

In a recent study, a team of researchers attempted to predict how the application of two global conservation ideas, Half-Earth and Whole Earth, would impact orangutan conservation on the island of ...

The recent hot and humid weather gives us a taste of life in a tropical jungle--that’s where an ape as large as a man lives, but not on the ground. News 8’s Jack Hubley introduces the orangutan. Click ...