Griese and other zoo staff said she’s an excellent mom, handling the baby’s care like a pro. The orangutan family is not totally dissimilar to a human one. Paper plates that read “celebrate” are ...

A family of four Bornean orangutans are the most recent additions to the Naples Zoo. The primate family at the Naples Zoo consists of Deedee, Dira, Randee and Ripley. These primates are known for ...

What should his name be? This baby orangutan was expected next month, but he came a little earlier than expected at the ...

The Orangutan Project 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 ...

Orangutans are great apes, our closest living relatives on earth. They are our cousins, and it is largely because we are all "family," so to speak, that we resemble one another so closely.

As portrayed by Barbie Wu, this great ape has a gift for communicating with humans who are learning to navigate their own ...

The Sumatran orangutan — born on June 26 — is the ... unlike others in the ape family, according to the zoo. The zoo plans to debut the “newest bundle of joy” to the public in August ...

Together with their children, they’ve made it a family mission to reveal new threats to the great apes in their rain forest homes. The Nat Geo WILD show Orangutans on the Edge: Mission Critical ...

Cheyenne will be missed by the entire Zoo family." Orangutans like Cheyenne are an endangered species, primarily found in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra. Deforestation, palm oil plantation ...

Shumaker said, "It's normal for female orangutans to spend time alone with their babies. They don't live in big families or even small family groups." Mila is becoming independent, and this is her ...