Rare orangutan species faces extinction after devastating Indonesia floods - Local rangers say they are struggling to find ...

A Tapanuli orangutan, the world’s rarest great ape, has been discovered dead in mud and log debris in a village in northern ...

More than 900 people have died as a result of heavy rain, floods and landslides since Cyclone Senyar ravaged parts of ...

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 ...

“The major threat is the loss of forest due to plantations and extractive industry,” he said. In total, around 119,000 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Orangutans, which are classified as great apes, share 96.4% of human genes, according to the World Wildlife Fund Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the brand ...

The fur is flying in Thailand over claims from conservationists that a troupe of more than 100 kick-boxing orangutans at a Bangkok animal park are victims of a smuggling racket from nearby Indonesia.

Like many who live in the city, Tommy is a second-generation Milwaukeean. And like many parents hope for their children, he has outlived his. At the "very geriatric" age of 43, Tommy has already ...