Kuala Lumpur – An obese orangutan has been put on a strict diet by Malaysian wildlife authorities after two decades of gorging on junk food handed out by tourists, a report said on Friday. Jackie ...

A cheeky orangutan delighted visitors at Santillana del Mar Zoo in Spain by pulling faces and blowing kisses through the glass. Captured on 15 May 2025 by Lucie Štěpničková from Prague, the playful ...

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 ...

An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant— the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists ...

An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant — the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists ...

Scientists working in Indonesia have observed an orangutan intentionally treating a wound on their face with a medicinal plant, the first time this behavior has been documented. Rakus, a male ...

International Orangutan Day 2023: From history to significance, here is all that you need to know about International Orangutan Day. International Orangutan Day 2023: Orangutan, the old man of the ...

Orangutans are well known as an “indicator ... and testing the apes’ urine that they were still burning stored fat—a sign that they somehow were using up more energy. We hypothesized that ...

Orangutans are well known as an “indicator ... and testing the apes’ urine that they were still burning stored fat – a sign that they somehow were using up more energy.

INTRODUCING ITS NEWEST RESIDENT AND HE IS A CUTIE. HIS MAMA IS INDAH. SHE’S THE ZOO’S 19 YEAR OLD SUMATRAN ORANGUTAN. AND SHE GAVE BIRTH TO THAT HEALTHY LITTLE BOY ON MAY 1ST. THIS IS THE ...

The orangutan, named Zoe, relied on humans to learn maternal instincts. An orangutan at a Virginia zoo relied on a fellow mother, a human, to teach her how to breastfeed. The orangutan ...