Female orangutans are generally solitary, but they travel more and eat less in an apparent effort to ensure their offspring ...

Orangutans may use specific plants for benefits beyond ordinary nutrition. For centuries, humans have relied on the medicinal properties of plants. Now, growing evidence suggests we may not be the ...

After weeks of voting, the Denver Zoo's baby orangutan finally has been named.

As a heat dome settles over the southeast, the Upstate is preparing to see temperatures in the upper 90s and even into the ...

Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance is home to a new orangutan. The zoo's 15-year-old Sumatran orangutan Hesty gave birth to a ...

Makan, a 23-year-old male Sumatran Orangutan living at the Sacramento Zoo, has died from a long-term illness, officials ...

The Sacramento Zoo is mourning the death of Makan, its male Sumatran orangutan.

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Orangutans seek out plants with antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and wound-healing properties, new research shows. Based on 20 years of observations of orangutans in Indonesian Borneo, scientists ...

The Memphis Zoo's youngest orangutan, Ruhana, celebrated her half-birthday on June 16. Ruhana is six months old. Zoo workers set out signs and decorations, a gift bag filled with food and a cake ...