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

Vivy, a critically endangered Bornean orangutan, has returned to the rainforest with help from The Orangutan Project and the Bornean Orangutan Rescue Alliance Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE ...

A baby orangutan has been rescued and is “on the road to recovery” after he was kept in a “tiny cage" amid “unthinkable” conditions for six months. In an Instagram post on Jan. 8, The Orangutan ...

The release of these three orangutans is the culmination of years of dedication from the team at YIARI." Gavin Bruce, International Animal Rescue Inter-Agency Collaboration Enables the Release of ...

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

Look at those big, beautiful eyes! People online are cheering after a baby orangutan and 16 other wild animals were saved ...

Two baby orangutans have been rescued from being sold in Thailand's capital Bangkok and a suspected trafficker arrested, police said. The orangutans were seized Wednesday night and the alleged courier ...

The video, which was reportedly filmed in 2013 but only released on Tuesday, was shot by International Animal Rescue, an animal welfare charity. Posting the footage on Facebook, the charity wrote: ...

Vivy, a critically endangered Bornean orangutan, is back swinging through the trees after months of recovery. According to The Orangutan Project, a nonprofit that supports orangutan conservation ...