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 ...

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

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 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.

Migrant male orangutans on Borneo and Sumatra learn about unfamiliar foods in their new home range by 'peering' at experienced locals: intensely observing them at close range. This is what an ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. TANJUNG PUTING NATIONAL PARK, Indonesia - Hoping to unravel the mysteries of human origin, anthropologist Louis Leakey sent three ...

This article is brought to you by Audubon Nature Institute. Among the animals at Audubon Zoo, the orangutans are perhaps some of the most engaging when it comes to interacting with each other, ...

Journalists often must write depressing stories. But thankfully that’s not always the case. In fact, when the job has its perks, it really has its perks. Like when two of us, both devoted followers of ...

An orangutan at a Virginia zoo relied on a fellow mother, a human, to teach her how to breastfeed. The orangutan, named Zoe, did not have natural maternal instincts because she was orphaned at 9 ...

Captive orangutans can use stone tools without minimal direction from humans, researchers reported today. Besides an affirmation of orangutan intelligence, the finding has implications for ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. For the last six months, three orangutans at the Milwaukee County Zoo ...

The father of a newborn orangutan at the Denver Zoo was a mystery to staff until they called in paternity test expert Maury Povich. The veteran daytime talk show host, best known for telling surprised ...