A Sumatran orangutan was seen using a medicinal plant to heal a facial wound at an Indonesian research site in a first step for non-humankind. The male primate applied a paste made from the poultice ...

When male Sumatran orangutans let out a long call, they’re usually trying to grab female attention. But the sounds — a booming blend of roars and grunts — can end up attracting unwanted attention from ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Scientists designated the Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) as a new species in 2017, and it was immediately noted as being the rarest and ...

It seems that the Bornean orangutan is set to join its cousins on Sumatra, as the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has upgraded its conservation status to “Critically ...

An orangutan has been seen applying the leaves of a plant commonly used in traditional medicine to a cut on its face, seemingly to hasten healing. It is the first case in the scientific record of a ...

An orangutan revealed his first aid knowledge! Rakus, a male wild orangutan in Indonesia, was seen chewing up a leaf and then applying its juice to a wound on his cheek. Within a month, the deep wound ...

For the first time ever, a wild male orangutan in Sumatra has been spotted tending to a wound on his face in an ingenious way. The technique worked, adding even more cred to the intelligence of this ...

Caretakers at Audubon Zoo in New Orleans are hand-raising their newest primate pal with round-the-clock attention — and it's attracted some notice. A Sumatran orangutan infant — a member of a ...