An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Orangutans, ...

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

The San Diego Zoo’s orangutan exhibit has a new inhabitant fresh out of Fresno. The orangutan group recently welcomed Labu, a ...

Did my fiance really get me a seeing eye orangutan? Wait...it's even better than that. #shorts @WorldWildlifeFund Tik Tok ...

A 14-year-old endangered creature has been welcomed by a zoo in California, officials said. On March 10, Labu, a Sumatran ...

The primate was born April 15. Her name includes I, R and S. Not many creatures, humans or otherwise, make a big deal of ...

Dublin Zoo has announced the death of Leonie the Northwest Borean orangutan. The zoo said Leonie, who was 44-year-old, was an ...

The youngest orangutan at the Oregon Zoo celebrated a milestone on Sunday. Jolene the orangutan turned 3. That’s old enough ...

Dublin Zoo has announced the death of a “much-loved” 44-year-old orangutan. The northwest Bornean, called Leonie, was at the ...

DUBLIN ZOO HAS announced the death of its “much-loved” 44-year-old orangutan Leonie. Leonie arrived with her mate Sibu to the ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A 14-year-old male orangutan is the newest member of the San Diego Zoo family. Labu, who can be seen at the zoo’s orangutan habitat, arrived from the Fresno Chaffee ...

Shapiro. His five-decade career began with a groundbreaking study in primate communication, where he taught a juvenile orangutan an artificial symbolic language — an early step in exploring the ...