A zookeeper described the 43-year-old orangutan who has lived at the zoo his whole life as an intelligent, thoughtful observer.

Once a baby orangutan can confidently move through the trees, they go on to learn general skills, such as nest building, how to interact with other orangutans, what animals to fear and avoid ...

Yet, amid the remaining patches of greenery, numerous orangutan nests could still be spotted.

Orangutans that live in Sumatra usually make their nests in palm forests. But one day in 2014, Panut Hadisiswoyo caught sight of an orangutan riding around the streets of Medan, the island’s ...

occasionally meeting another orangutan for the briefest of interactions before making a nest to sleep in at the end of the day; every now and again they will do something that amazes you ...

identify an orangutan's most recent nest, and more. "I like to teach my guests survival skills in the jungle: how to find fruit, how to hide from the elephants," Farah says. Hiking is not the only ...

Vandu and Raba are two Bornean Orangutans that have spent most of their lives in captivity at the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens, a glaring juxtaposition from the their relatives in ...

Although local communities were aware of orangutans in the area, no formal research had been done. Aerial surveys confirmed the presence of nearly 1,000 fresh nests across the area, indicating ...

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 Feb.