What role does environmental settings play in behavior? This is what a recent study published in Scientific Reports hopes to ...

A new study comparing wild and zoo-housed Sumatran orangutans reveals that life in a zoo significantly alters how orangutans ...

Elok and Negara didn't hit it off as hoped, so they will be sent elsewhere to find new mates to support dwindling orangutan ...

A new study comparing wild and zoo-housed Sumatran orangutans reveals that life in a zoo significantly alters how orangutans interact with their ...

A new study reveals that Sumatran orangutans in zoos explore more frequently and in more complex ways than wild orangutans, ...

A palm oil company is gearing up to expand into critical orangutan habitat in Indonesian Borneo, raising alarms over the ...

The only great ape unique to Asia, orangutans are increasingly rare, with fewer than 50,000 in Borneo. Here, a male named Doyok moves through a reserve. Anup Shah and Fiona Rogers Darkness is fast ...

More curious: Orangutans in zoos explore more frequently and in more varied ways than those in the wild, including greater ...

Forty-three is old for an orangutan, which Tommy is; the median lifespan for male Sumatran orangutans is 25 years, and it's 27 years for male Bornean orangutans. For most of Tommy's life ...

Dublin Zoo has announced the death of its "much-loved" female Northwest Borean orangutan. It said Leonie was "an iconic ...

A new study comparing wild and zoo-housed Sumatran orangutans reveals that life in a zoo significantly alters how orangutans interact with their environment. Researchers analyzed over 12,000 ...