A new study of wild Sumatran orangutans by researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior (MPI-AB) has found that ...

The ABQ BioPark celebrated another animal birthday. This time, it looked like it was out of a movie. Bulan, the Sumatran ...

a decades-long fixture at the zoo and matriarch of its orangutan family, officials announced Monday. Feliz died late Friday after a brief illness, according to Audubon officials. Veterinarians ...

They currently have four orangutans who live in two family groups: Batu and Godek share a habitat, and 35-year-old male Heran and 43-year-old female Belawan (Bela) live in the other orangutan habitat.

Orangutans in general are specimens of particular fascination. Auburn-haired members of the family of great apes, they are closer to humans in genetic makeup than many of the other residents of ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A 14-year-old male orangutan is the newest member of the San Diego Zoo family. Labu, who can be seen at the zoo’s orangutan habitat, arrived from the Fresno Chaffee ...

Orangutan mom Sirih gave birth to a healthy male baby this ... He also got a chance to meet the rest of his family. "We introduced them to his dad and his big sister, and those are the two who are out ...

The 44-year-old "was at the heart of our orangutan family for four decades," the zoo added. Team leader Ciarán McMahon, who first met Leonie in 1995 as a young zookeeper, described her as "the ...

The northwest Bornean, called Leonie, was at the heart of the zoo’s orangutan family since she arrived from Rotterdam Zoo in 1984, the zoo said. Dublin Zoo team leader Ciarán McMahon ...

DUBLIN Zoo has announced the sad passing of a "cherished" 44-year-old Orangutan matriarch. Bornean primate Leonie arrived at Dublin Zoo in 1984 and has long been a staple presence of the attraction.