Ayaan, Singapore Zoo's first orangutan born through artificial insemination, makes his public debut on Thursday (May 21) at ...

A public road in Indonesia separates forests housing about 350 wild orangutans, among other animals. So, conservationists built several canopy bridges to prevent habitat fragmentation ...

When orangutans were shown two photos side by side, one of a dominant flanged male (having large pads on the sides of their faces) and one of an unflanged male, they spent more time looking at the ...

In primates, the biggest, bossiest males usually get to father the most offspring; and for a long time it was thought that this rule applied to orangutans too. Male orangutans openly compete; and it's ...

Male orangutans that resettle to a new area appear to be imitating the behavior of a local individual in an effort to survive and find a future home range, a new study says. The researchers have ...

WASHINGTON -- The Smithsonian National Zoo is celebrating the birth of a critically endangered species. A male Borean orangutan was born at the zoo for the first time in 25 years, according to a press ...