A palm oil company is ramping up its destruction of forests that are home to critically endangered orangutans in a UNESCO ...

In the early 1970s, orangutans occupied an ambiguous place in science. They were known to exist, of course, but remained ...

Orangutan conservationist Birutė Galdikas dies at 79 in the US; Indonesia plans to repatriate her remains for burial in ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cissy, a Sumatran orangutan mother, is taking a nap in her day nest. Orangutans are considered semi-solitary great apes, meaning ...

Three critically endangered orangutans have been released into a national park after years of rehabilitation. Badul, Korwas, and Asoka were carefully transported to Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park ...

Tua the orangutan pressed her pregnant belly against a mesh wall in her Philadelphia Zoo enclosure, and the caregivers on the other side began an ultrasound. After her previous miscarriages and loss ...

Humans could learn a thing or two from orangutans when it comes to maintaining a balanced, protein-filled diet. Great apes native to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia, orangutans are marvels ...

The woman told Newsweek that she stayed at the orangutan exhibit for about 15 minutes due to the baby's reaction.