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

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

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

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

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

One of the newborn orangutan twins born at Taipei Zoo earlier this week died early on Wednesday, while its sibling was in ...

One of the newborn orangutan twins born at the Taipei Zoo earlier this week died early yesterday, while its sibling remained ...

Walter the orangutan has made his World Cup prediction. At a zoo in Poland, he chose the German flag over Paraguay's by ...

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 ...

As far as the eye could see, waist-high oil palm seedlings had already been planted in neat rows across the freshly turned ...

NASA’s Swift space telescope is reaching the end of its two-decade run in orbit – unless a satellite launched on 3 July can ...

Blackpool Zoo has provided a heartwarming update on one of its youngest residents, three-year-old orangutan Jarang, highlighting his steady development despite a challenging start to life. In a ...