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 ...

Kembali the orangutan was able to leave his habitat after swinging in "cartwheel-like motions" Getty This orangutan was just monkeying around! On Thursday, Aug. 29, an orangutan named Kembali escaped ...

Jambi was born only a year ago to his parents, Tua and Sugi, at the Philadelphia Zoo. And now, the zoo is planning a birthday celebration for the baby orangutan. Jambi was the first successful birth ...

Sumatran orangutan mothers differ from one another in how they behave with and take care of their infants and how flexibly they adjust their mothering behaviors as their infants grow. Whilst mothers ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Clinging shyly to his mother, six-week-old Jambi made his public debut Wednesday ...

SEATTLE — An animal keeper at Woodland Park Zoo was seriously injured after being bitten by an orangutan during a routine training session over the weekend. The WPZ said the keeper was taken to the ...

Aaron Gekoski's image of an orangutan sitting patiently at Safari World in Bangkok has won the 2024 Environmental Photography Award competition. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — On Wednesday, The Indianapolis Zoo announced the winning name for the male baby orangutan born in the Simon Skjodt International Orangutan Center on Feb. 20, 2025. Following a ...

When the weather heats up, everyone is trying to find a way to cool down, whether they are human or animal. That includes zoo animals, such as this Bornean orangutan at the San Francisco Zoo. As this ...