She also became a founding member of a group creating the first entirely youth funded nature serve and travelled the world to expose animal cruelty through the power of social media. Bella has been ...

Meet eight-month-old orangutan Aisha, who's starting to get curious about her surroundings.

Deep within an Indonesian rainforest, a team of research scientists recorded something that had never been captured before: a Sumatran orangutan they’d affectionately named Rakus carefully treating a ...

Wildlife encounters have a unique power to reshape how people see the world and their place within it. Observing animals in ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Memphis Zoo announced the birth of a baby orangutan named Ruhana, or Ru, earlier this month. The Zoo said the name Ruhana means soul, spirit or essence of life in Sanskrit and ...

NORTH SUMATRA, Indonesia — Welcome to jungle school, where orphaned orangutans are learning the basics for survival that they will need for life in the wild. At the Orangutan Information Centre (OIC) ...

SIPIROK, Indonesia Dec 9 (Reuters) - Before the deadly landslides and floods hit Indonesia about two weeks ago, Amran Siagian, 39, frequently met Tapanuli orangutans on a hill in the region of Sipirok ...

For the first time, scientists have published a detailed report of adoption in these great apes. Rossa, pictured here at nearly 14 years old, adopted her younger sister Ronnie when Rossa was just 12.6 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Los Angeles Zoo has announced the birth of a baby boy Bornean orangutan, the first such primate baby at the ...

The LA Zoo on Thursday is celebrating the arrival of its first baby orangutan in nearly 15 years. The baby boy Bornean orangutan was born to 43-year-old mother Kalim and 31-year-old father Isim on Oct ...