Two orangutans — one in a suit and kipah, the other in a bridal gown — are currently the closing number in Act I of the famed Moscow circus. MOSCOW (JTA) – It’s a most unusual “wedding.” ...

Nearly 200,000 people have signed a petition calling on U.K. multinational Jardine Matheson to cancel its plan to expand ...

For more than two decades Knott has supervised the research at Gunung Palung, looking at many aspects of orangutan life history but focusing especially on the way the availability of food affects ...

The Indianapolis Zoo welcomed a male baby orangutan to its Simon Skjodt International Orangutan Center. This makes it 12 official primates that live at the zoo. The baby was born at 2:30 p.m. on ...

“Humans are also great apes,” Griese said. The baby will cling to Sirih’s chest or back for the next two years. Like a human newborn, orangutan babies are totally dependent on their mothers. The ...

Orangutans were once distributed widely across Southeast Asia, roaming as far north as southern China, and as far south as the Indonesian island of Javar. But today Asia's great ape is confined to ...