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 ...

Keepers are celebrating the birth of a critically endangered orangutan at a UK zoo - hailing it a 'milestone step' towards saving the species from extinction. The tiny Bornean orangutan was delivered ...

ANYONE WHO LOVES ALL THINGS ANIMALS MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER REASON TO VISIT OMAHA’S HENRY DOORLY ZOO AND AQUARIUM. AS IF WE NEED ANOTHER REASON, THE ZOO IS WELCOMING THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THEIR FAMILY EARLY ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Los Angeles Zoo has announced the birth of a baby boy Bornean orangutan, the first such primate baby at the ...

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 ...

Cheyenne, an orangutan at the Houston Zoo, died Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, at age 52. The Houston Zoo announced Monday that Cheyenne the orangutan died over the weekend at age 52. In a post on social media ...

For Karin Konoval, the actress who plays the kindly Maurice in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, orangutans have become more than just subjects to study for a role. When Konoval goes to the zoo she sits ...

An Orangutan family living inside the Los Angeles Zoo has welcomed a new baby boy, the first infant to be born at the zoo in nearly 15 years. The baby was born on Oct. 10 to Kalim, his 43-year-old ...

Orangutans in a Dutch zoo may get a high-tech helping hand thanks to a research project that is being likened to a Tinder dating app for apes. The research at the Apenheul primate park, on the ...

Like many who live in the city, Tommy is a second-generation Milwaukeean. And like many parents hope for their children, he has outlived his. At the "very geriatric" age of 43, Tommy has already ...