She was born to 30-year-old mother Tara and 39-year-old father Tengku.

Fort Wayne Zoo has welcomed a baby Sumatran orangutan, it announced today. Raya was born Jan. 11 to mother Tara, 30, and ...

Ruby the orangutan is about to give birth at Henry Doorly Zoo. Digital Director {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Ruby is on her ...

When CaShawna Wright took her 1-year-old son Cruse on a play date with another mom friend of hers to the Los Angeles Zoo on Feb. 17, she didn’t expect she — and her son and his bottle — would end the ...

This past December, after months of planning, a specialized team of round-the-clock caretakers, veterinarians, and even human ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When mother CaShawna Wright took her son to the zoo for the first time, one curious orangutan wound up stealing the show. (Photos: ...

An orangutan found a possum in its treehouse bed and forcefully tossed the unwanted visitor out of the enclosure at a zoo in Australia, a video shows. Screengrabs from @j___---h's Reddit video An ...

An orangutan at a zoo in Australia found an unwanted visitor in its treehouse. The ape’s solution? To quite literally throw the visitor out. A video posted on Reddit by user @j___---h on Sept. 9 ...

An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant— the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists reported ...

Depending on different social situations, humans will tailor their communication to suit specific interactions—whether in a group of close friends or among strangers. Now, new research suggests social ...

With their bright eyes and prominent beards and mustaches, it’s easy to see how orangutans got their name; “orang” is Malay for person, while “hutan” means forest. Their similarity to humans doesn’t ...