Proposed projects included an expansion of the Leopard forest, an orangutan exhibit and an African River Safari.

The youngest orangutan at the Oregon Zoo celebrated a milestone on Sunday. Jolene the orangutan turned 3. That’s old enough to be plenty playful and a proficient climber, but the young primate still ...

Two recent viral incidents have sparked a broader debate in China over animal care, safety lapses, and wildlife as ...

A zoo in Alaska has three new residents: a trio of female wolverine kits. Olga, a wolverine living at The Alaska Zoo in Anchorage, gave birth to the furry little ones around Feb. 8, and the zoo ...

The search is ongoing for the owner of a gray-and-white pit bull mix that fatally attacked an 11-year-old toy poodle named Dublin in Santa Monica on Friday evening. A Floridian's worst nightmare ...

An orangutan (not the one pictured) has been deemed safe after biting a zoo worker in Seattle. Chris Tellez via Unsplash An orangutan bit a zookeeper’s hand through a mesh barrier, causing a ...

An orangutan bit a zookeeper’s hand through a mesh barrier, causing a serious injury, a Washington zoo said. The incident happened Saturday, March 29, at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle ...

The orangutan reportedly bit the staffer through ... savings from a former client of his—a widow in her 70s. A 77-year-old man died after being trapped inside a car that plunged 12 feet from ...

SEATTLE — An animal keeper at a Seattle zoo was treated at a local hospital Saturday after being bitten by an orangutan. The Woodland Park Zoo said the keeper suffered a serious but non-life ...

Forty-three is old for an orangutan, which Tommy is; the median lifespan for male Sumatran orangutans is 25 years, and it's 27 years for male Bornean orangutans. For most of Tommy's life ...

Here’s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: the aftermath of hurricane Dorian’s landfall in the Bahamas, students head back to school, confrontations at ...