Orangutans are considered semi-solitary great apes, meaning that they have their own individual ranges, and– with the exception of mothers and infants– spend lots of their days alone. However they ...

After completing rehabilitation at the BORA Rescue & Rehabilitation Centre in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Bornean orangutans Ucockwati, 18, and Mungil, 8, were deemed eligible for release Shafiq Najib ...

At Fort Wayne Zoo in Fort Wayne, Indiana, people are celebrating after a Sumatran orangutan named Raya was born to mother ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Infant orangutans start showing an interest in nest materials at around six months' old. “Orangutan nest-building tendency may ...

Baby orangutans stay with their mothers for about eight years. For a mother and daughter pair at Utah’s Hogle Zoo, they came together out of necessity.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. With their distinctive red fur and long, powerful arms, orangutans ...

Linear enamel hypoplasia, or LEH, occurs when tooth enamel fails to develop correctly during growth. When the enamel stops growing, it leaves behind a band of reduced enamel on the tooth’s surface.

The adorable moment a zookeeper introduced her new baby to the orangutans at Kansas City Zoo has been captured on film. Amy, the zookeeper, brought in her baby to the zoo to meet the orangutans she ...

Fort Wayne Zoo has welcomed a baby Sumatran orangutan, it announced today. Raya was born Jan. 11 to mother Tara, 30, and ...

Sunflower seeds are a popular human snack, great with a cold beer, but were you aware that orangutans were also partial to them? Mona Bahraini, 38, from Sacramento, California, owns The Prickly Pear ...

New research has found that orangutans (which are indeed apes, not monkeys) possess beatboxing skills as good, if not more impressive than their primate cousins — us — and it may be a huge clue to the ...