Kawan, a Bornean orangutan at Utah’s Hogle Zoo, is expecting a baby this month. The zoo made the announcement on Thursday, ...

She was looking me in the eye as I was talking and looking at Caleb and just holding her baby next to her.” It’s not uncommon for orangutans to be trained to mimic human behavior, experts said.

At the start of the heartwarming footage, Sari eases the baby through its last ... from branches and foliage. Orangutans are a critically endangered species as human activities have caused severe ...

Once her baby was born, Zoe was eager to show what ... and help her in her journey," Turner said. "Whether it is an orangutan or human. I just want to help any new mom." The orangutan is ...

In the clip, the ape taps on the glass of its enclosure and points at the human baby. When the parents bring the baby toward the glass, the orangutan comes closer to look at the child, resulting ...

very intelligent and essentially share 97% of human's DNA." Zoe, an orangutan at the Metro Richmond Zoo, had to be taught by zookeepers how to breastfeed her baby boy. Courtesy of Metro Richmond ...

She didn’t immediately breastfeed her baby, but she was definitely watching ... Whether it was an orangutan or a human, I just want to be able to help any new mom.” ...

In the clip, the ape taps on the glass of its enclosure and points at the human baby. When the parents bring the baby toward the glass, the orangutan comes closer to look at the child, resulting ...

A baby was clinging to her ... for this little infant that looks so remarkably like a human.” Intelligent, reddish-hued apes, Sumatran orangutans are the world’s largest tree-dwellers and ...

Jambi, the new baby orangutan at the Philadelphia Zoo ... to make sure we’re maintaining a genetically healthy population under human care,” he said. “We’re looking at 100 years into the future for ...

She was looking me in the eye as I was talking and looking at Caleb and just holding her baby next to her." It's not uncommon for orangutans to be trained to mimic human behavior, experts said.

In the clip, the ape taps on the glass of its enclosure and points at the human baby. When the parents bring the baby toward the glass, the orangutan comes closer to look at the child, resulting ...