Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When mother CaShawna Wright took her son to the zoo for the first time, one curious orangutan wound up stealing the show. (Photos: ...

This poor baby.

The oldest animal at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo died Tuesday morning -- the day before her 52nd birthday. In addition to being the oldest animal at the zoo, Chinta, a female orangutan, was one of the ...

Ruby is on her own in a stall as she prepares for her baby's birth. But zoo staff are keeping a close eye on the new mom.

An animal park in Belgium has welcomed the arrival of a critically endangered Sumatran orangutan. The male orangutan, named Mathaï, was born on November 28 at Pairi Daiza animal park, spokesman ...

The baby hasn’t been named yet, but it is bright, alert, and nursing well. The Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo provided that update Tuesday, saying its baby orangutan has been introduced to its mother’s ...

UK-based International Animal Rescue (IAR) said: "This is not AI, we promise! The footage shows Muria and her wild-born son, ...

Cheyenne, an orangutan at the Houston Zoo, died Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, at age 52. The Houston Zoo announced Monday that Cheyenne the orangutan died over the weekend at age 52. In a post on social media ...

There is something incredibly precious about kids who love animals. They have the most gentle souls! You can just see the bond form between one toddler and an orangutan she was visiting at the San ...

Look at those big, beautiful eyes! People online are cheering after a baby orangutan and 16 other wild animals were saved from a smuggling ring in Chumphon, Thailand. Things could've been so bad for ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville Zoo is mourning the loss of one if its most beloved animals. Teak, a 36-year-old orangutan, was euthanized on Tuesday after a multi-year battle with heart disease.

In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Germany and Universitas Nasional in Indonesia documented a male Sumatran orangutan ...