Orangutans learn from their family how to do everything, like build nests, use tools, and behave oneself within the social ...

When CaShawna Wright took her 1-year-old son Cruse on a play date with another mom friend of hers to the Los Angeles Zoo on Feb. 17, she didn’t expect she — and her son and his bottle — would end the ...

Christmas came early at the Memphis Zoo with the much-anticipated arrival of an orangutan baby, a girl named Ruhana ...

The tiny infant was delivered to proud mum Jahe in December, with an expert medical team drafted in to Memphis Zoo to perform ...

The Memphis Zoo announced the birth of a baby girl orangutan to mother Jahe earlier in December, with support from the zoo's ...

The baby hasn’t been named yet, but it is bright, alert, and nursing well. The Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo provided that update Tuesday, saying its baby orangutan has been introduced to its mother’s ...

Meriter, UW Health and Henry Vilas Zoo have teamed up to vaccinate a 3-year-old orangutan named Menjadi against the flu.

An animal park in Belgium has welcomed the arrival of a critically endangered Sumatran orangutan. The male orangutan, named Mathaï, was born on November 28 at Pairi Daiza animal park, spokesman ...

MADISON, Wis. — A 3-year-old orangutan at the Henry Vilas Zoo was vaccinated against the flu last week, officials said.

Orangutans, which are classified as great apes, share 96.4% of human genes, according to the World Wildlife Fund Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the brand ...

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 ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville Zoo is mourning the loss of one if its most beloved animals. Teak, a 36-year-old orangutan, was euthanized on Tuesday after a multi-year battle with heart disease.