A pair of orangutans have begun exploring two new climbing towers built in their habitat in Melbourne Zoo. Zoos Victoria told Storyful that crews constructed the “tree-mendous” new towers for ...

For more than two decades Knott has supervised the research at Gunung Palung, looking at many aspects of orangutan life history but focusing especially on the way the availability of food affects ...

The Indianapolis Zoo welcomed a male baby orangutan to its Simon Skjodt International Orangutan Center. This makes it 12 official primates that live at the zoo. The baby was born at 2:30 p.m. on ...

“Humans are also great apes,” Griese said. The baby will cling to Sirih’s chest or back for the next two years. Like a human newborn, orangutan babies are totally dependent on their mothers. The ...

The vets deliver medical equipment to an orangutan veterinary clinic after it was badly damaged. Kiwi was rejected by her mother in Spain so has moved to Europe's creche for orphaned orangutans.