Orangutans can be solitary in the jungles of ... shoulders and hips to see how much fat she was carrying. Kendrick then scored her on a scale of one to nine — with one being emaciated and ...

The obese orangutan is the latest addition to Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre in Purbeck, Dorset and she’s an attraction worth weighting for. Oshine will have to shed weight to get a mate and ...

Before you ask, no, Oshine the orang-utan is not happy about her new diet. After all, when you’re used to burgers, jelly and sweets, a plate piled high with salad is bound to be a bit of a ...

Orangutans in Borneo can survive potential starvation by using their body fat and muscles as energy until a bounty of food is available, researchers find, adding that the results may someday shed ...

The animals gorge themselves, put on fat, and then live off these reserves for the next three to four years. Unchecked logging that is reducing orangutan habitat worsens this already inhospitable ...

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 ...

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.