NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It’s an orangutan! The Audubon Zoo has announced the birth of a critically endangered Sumatran orangutan to longtime inhabitant Feliz and Jambi , a male brought from Germany last ...

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

Indonesia’s deadliest floods in decades have pushed the world’s rarest great ape closer to extinction, as scientists warn that vast swathes of forest critical to the survival of the Tapanuli orangutan ...

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

In our Meet Milwaukee's Animals series, we speak to an animal caretaker each month to share the stats and stories that make some of our favorite animals so ...

Orangutans are the world's largest tree-dwelling mammal, but their rainforests are being cleared for the selling of wood, and for the planting of palm oil plantations. The destruction of natural ...

A December 2025 study reveals flash floods in North Sumatra likely killed up to 10.5% of the Tapanuli orangutan population.

The new arrival, a male, is named Jambi -- after a city on the island of Sumatra, where his species is native. Born to the Zoo’s 31-year-old female Tua and 28-year-old male, Sugi, on June 26, the ...

There’s a term of art among conservationists for animals that appeal to people’s hearts and souls — and inspire them to open their wallets to help rescue them. Polar bears, Bengal tigers, jaguars, ...