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 ...

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 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 ...

A beautiful moment showing an orangutan gazing at a pregnant woman's belly was captured at Colchester Zoo in England. Kieran Bettany was able to capture the orangutan admiring his wife's baby bump.

Wild forests that support the endangered orangutan are being chopped down and ... way up in part because it doesn't contain trans fat, which the United States says must be labeled on food ...

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 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 ...

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.

"I am glad that Jackie is a much happier orangutan now," Ambu was quoted as saying in The Star. Officials could not be immediately reached for comment, but Ambu was reported as saying Jackie's ...