Bornean orangutans are critically endangered and moms are generally only capable of giving birth once every three to five years. An Irish zoo enlisted 30 human mothers in hopes of teaching a Bornean ...

KHQ.COM - Orangutans may be more closely related to humans than scientists previously thought, a new genetic study has shown. The first blueprint of the orangutan genetic code has confirmed that they ...

For months, 30 women breastfed their babies in front of a pregnant orangutan as part of a plan to teach the expecting mother how to care for her newborn at the Dublin Zoo in Ireland. Mujur, a ...

Six and a half million acres. That’s the size of Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, one of the most ancient and biodiverse places ...

Why so long? The little guy is the zoo’s first new orangutan in 15 years. These apes have the longest intervals between ...

Male Bornean Orangutan - Big Cheeks. Image by Eric Kilby from Somerville, MA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Male Bornean Orangutan - Big Cheeks. Image by Eric Kilby from Somerville, MA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, ...

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - An orangutan held in an Argentine zoo can be freed and transferred to a sanctuary after a court recognised the ape as a "non-human person" unlawfully deprived of its freedom, ...

The senior chimp named Betty dealt with chronic arthritis and declining kidney function in her old age Dublin Zoo The Dublin Zoo is mourning the loss of a history-making chimpanzee. According to a ...

According to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the Sumatran orangutan is on the critically endangered list. This distinction means that the species faces an extremely high risk ...

Mother Kalim, 43, and the baby have been bonding behind the scenes and recently made their public debut together at the zoo’s ...