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 ...

Michael, a 38-year-old Phoenix Zoo orangutan, is recovering after undergoing a second surgery to remove a rare type of cancer.

A young woman says a Buffalo Wild Wings employee harassed her in the bathroom of an Owatonna, Minnesota, restaurant. Eighteen-year-old Gerika Mudra says this incident happened back in April. She ...

A tourist was severely injured after being trampled and stripped by a wild elephant. Authorities are calling it a reckless and dangerous stunt to take a selfie.

Fortinet is warning about a remote unauthenticated command injection flaw in FortiSIEM that has in-the-wild exploit code, making it critical for admins to apply the latest security updates.

Recently, some wild rabbits have been seen in the U.S. with "horn-like" growths spurting from their heads that are caused by a viral infection, according to experts.

Wild pigs are turning electric blue in California. Here’s why. Feral hogs with "slushie-blue" innards turned up in Monterey earlier this year—and not for the first time.

Among the “wild” weather events forecasted for winter, the Farmers’ Almanac predicts “consistent cold snaps” from the Pacific Northwest to New England; frequent or periodic snowstorms in ...