The Orangutan Project A baby orangutan has been rescued and is “on the road to recovery” after he was kept in a “tiny cage" amid “unthinkable” conditions for six months. In an Instagram ...

Cute Video: Orangutan Mom Uses Leaves as Umbrella to Protect Baby in the Rain (Instagram @paulrosolie) As the rain falls, the ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Zoo has exciting news to share: Sirih, the orangutan, has given birth to a healthy male baby!

“People said I was crazy.” Commanding high prices as pets on the black market, baby orangutans can be captured only by killing their protective mothers. These orphans are being raised at ...

A Como Zoo orangutan recently had a very interesting trip to the doctor. On Dec. 13, an orangutan named Markisa gave birth to a baby via Caesarean section at the University’s Veterinary Medical Center ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Zoo announced the arrival of a new orangutan Thursday. "IT’S A BOY! Orangutan mom Sirih gave birth to a healthy male baby this afternoon," the zoo said in a social ...

They eat forest foods, leaves and ... they deliver one baby at a time. Increasing numbers is a long, tedious game spanning decades. One of the major dangers of losing these orangutans is that ...

The 18-month-old primate had "wounds on his head and fingers from rocking and banging his head on the cage," according to his ...