As our closest non-human relatives, primates remain some of the smartest creatures in the animal kingdom. And they continue to surprise science with their knowledge. A new research paper published in ...

For the first time, scientists observed a wild animal treating its own wound with a medicinal plant. A Sumatran orangutan, chewed up liana leaves and applied them to his wound. It healed in five days.

Scientists have documented a male orangutan named Rakus using a plant with known medicinal properties to help heal his facial wound. Reading time 3 minutes Humans aren’t the only primates with a ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The Sedgwick County Zoo is celebrating the arrival of a new baby! Tao, the orangutan, gave birth to a ...

Chester Zoo They’re striking in color and in genetics too, since the orangutan is one of our closest relatives in the animal ...

ST. LOUIS — The name of the newest primate of the Saint Louis Zoo pays homage to one of the zoo's partners. Forest, the three-and-a-half-week-old baby Sumatran orangutan, was named after the zoo's ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — On Tuesday, the Indianapolis Zoo introduced its newest resident, a male baby orangutan, to zoo visitors. It was the first time that orangutan mom Sirih has brought her baby into ...

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 ...

Journalists often must write depressing stories. But thankfully that’s not always the case. In fact, when the job has its perks, it really has its perks. Like when two of us, both devoted followers of ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It’s an orangutan! The Audubon Zoo has announced the birth of a critically endangered Sumatran orangutan to longtime inhabitant Feliz and Jambi , a male brought from Germany last ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Sedgwick County Zoo welcomed the newest member to its family over the weekend. Riang, an orangutan ...