International Primate Day 2025 highlights new discoveries and urgent threats facing chimpanzees, orangutans, lemurs, and more.

Young orangutans learn nest-building by watching mothers, practicing complex steps, and passing traditions across generations.

The critically endangered species gets a helping hand from an Indonesian facility as the island's human population is about ...

“Orangutan nest-building tendency may have some innate basis, but the details and method must be socially learned starting from a very young age,” University of Warwick psychologist and paper ...

Warwick primatologists, in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute, have shown that young orangutans develop their nighttime nest-building skills via observational social learning—by closely ...

Humans could learn a thing or two from orangutans when it comes to maintaining a balanced, protein-filled diet. Great apes ...

Young orangutans master the art of building intricate treetop nests not by instinct alone, but by closely watching their mothers and peers. Researchers tracking wild Sumatran orangutans over 17 years ...

Wild Stuff: World Orangutan Day On Our Air / Aug 19, 2025 / 05:29 PM EDT ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. As graduates of the Orangutan Jungle School, 14-year-olds Tulia and Zalipa should have all the skills they need to survive in the wild. Now, all ...

Wild bodycam footage shows a South Carolina Democratic gubernatorial candidate’s bizarre rant, including claims to be ‘Superman Police bodycam footage captures South Carolina Democratic ...

Valley Phoenix Zoo's Michael the orangutan battles rare cancer with second surgery Michael, a 38-year-old orangutan at the Phoenix Zoo, has undergone surgery for a rare cancer.

Wild general manager Bill Guerin provided a somewhat frustrating update in the contract negotiations with Kirill Kaprizov and Marco Rossi.