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Biruté Galdikas was the third of the so-called Trimates, alongside Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall. She spent thousands of hours in the jungles of Borneo for the first long-term study of orangutans. Her ...

A new orangutan is in town.And it is stealing hearts and racking up views and likes on social media.The baby Bornean ...

Vivy, a critically endangered Bornean orangutan, has returned to the rainforest with help from The Orangutan Project and the Bornean Orangutan Rescue Alliance Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE ...

Named Rakus, the wild orangutan living in Indonesia used a plant known to accelerate healing and prevent infection Scientific Reports A male orangutan with a facial wound surprised scientists in ...

Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium shared a heartbreaking update on the 26-year-old Bornean orangutan who was pregnant.

Madrid’s Zoo Aquarium recently welcomed a baby orangutan. The male infant was born overnight on April 2 to Surya and is her third offspring, according to a statement by the zoo.

Staff members at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium are in mourning after Ruby the orangutan delivered two stillborn babies ...

An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant— the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists reported ...

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 post on Jan. 8, The Orangutan ...