Baby orangutans stay with their mothers for about eight years. For a mother and daughter pair at Utah’s Hogle Zoo, they came together out of necessity.

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Young elephants have a lot to learn—what to eat, what to avoid, how to behave around others. When they grow up around their mother and aunts, their development into well-behaved adults may seem ...

Sartore will come to Sarasota this month to show some of his images and share stories of his work in a Ringling College Town ...

Seaweed bathing in Ireland, a trek through Africa’s first designated wilderness quiet park—we asked National Geographic staff and contributors for their favorite places to escape the stress and noise ...

Adorable scenes capture a mother orangutan trying to keep her baby dry — with a leaf. The pair were spotted in December as rains came to a forest in Borneo, Indonesia. UK-based International Animal ...

Three critically endangered orangutans have been released into a national park after years of rehabilitation. Badul, Korwas, and Asoka were carefully transported to Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

ANYONE WHO LOVES ALL THINGS ANIMALS MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER REASON TO VISIT OMAHA’S HENRY DOORLY ZOO AND AQUARIUM. AS IF WE NEED ANOTHER REASON, THE ZOO IS WELCOMING THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THEIR FAMILY EARLY ...