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

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

The critically endangered species gets a helping hand from an Indonesian facility as the island’s human population is about to explode Five-year-old Segi, rescued in 2021, learns how to climb at ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — An orangutan appeared to ...

A new study comparing wild and zoo-housed Sumatran orangutans reveals that life in a zoo significantly alters how orangutans interact with their environment. Researchers analyzed over 12,000 instances ...

Researchers have confirmed that the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan, previously thought to live only in Sumatra’s Batang Toru forest, also inhabits a peat swamp forest 32 kilometers (20 miles ...

Orangutans, humans’ close evolutionary relatives, have developed remarkable strategies to survive in the unpredictable rainforests of Borneo. A Rutgers-led study reveals that these apes balance ...

Warwick primatologists, in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute, have shown that young orangutans develop their nighttime nest building skills via observational social learning - by closely ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. As graduates of the Orangutan Jungle School, 14-year-olds Tulia and Zalipa should have all the skills they need to survive in the wild. Now, all ...