"She’s extremely attentive and has spent the first few days holding her baby close." Experts thrilled after successful birth ...

A rare albino orangutan has been rescued on the Indonesian part of Borneo island where villagers were keeping the white-haired, blue-eyed creature in a cage, a protection group said Tuesday. In an ...

Baby orangutans wear diapers, sleep in cots and are looked after by uniformed nurses at Orangutan Island in northern Malaysia. The center claims to be fighting to preserve the endangered primates but ...

Orangutan Island is an American documentary television series, in the style of the successful series Meerkat Manor, that blends more traditional documentary filming with dramatic narration. The series ...

Chen Chen, Cha Cha, and Daisy discover that the electric fence separating Orangutan Island, and neighboring Palas Island is not functioning properly, and two Palas Island males get across. They are ...

Is reality TV the product of an intelligent design or a reflection of a Darwinian struggle for ratings? In either case, we’ve seen the evolution — or the devolution, if you will — of shows from ...

The Philadelphia Zoo announced the birth of a critically endangered Sumatran orangutan, the first for the zoo in 15 years. Screengrab from Philadelphia Zoo video While 31-year-old orangutan Tua ...

Alexandra Simon is a digital content producer at CBS Philadelphia. Alex started her career at CBS21 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania before joining KARE 11 News in Minneapolis, where she covered breaking ...

A Utah zoo is caring for a newborn orangutan after her mom didn’t care for her appropriately, officials said. Hogle Zoo A newborn orangutan is receiving around-the-clock care at a Utah zoo after her ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

The fact that so much life on Earth is disappearing is a bit sad, thankfully, every now and then some news comes through that ...