Dublin Zoo brought in 30 breastfeeding mothers to feed their babies in front of an unmaternal orangutan after two of her previous babies had died. Mujur, a 19-year-old ape, did not bond with the ...

The orangutan, named Zoe, relied on humans to learn maternal instincts. An orangutan at a Virginia zoo relied on a fellow mother, a human, to teach her how to breastfeed. The orangutan ...

They can be seen daily from the Safari Train Ride. A zookeeper at the Metro Richmond Zoo helped teach an orangutan how to breastfeed her newborn baby. (Courtesy of Jim Andelin and the Metro ...

For months, 30 women breastfed their babies in front of a pregnant orangutan as part of a plan to teach the expecting mother how to care for her newborn at the Dublin Zoo in Ireland. Mujur ...

Their work has focused on deforestation reversal, sustainable palm oil plantations and even sending their chief of staff to Borneo to train people there on how to raise orphaned infant orangutans.

A curious orangutan melted hearts at a Louisville, Kentucky zoo last weekend when she knocked on the glass wall of its enclosure asking to further inspect a baby who was visiting the zoo.