In December 2024, Turkish customs officers were flummoxed when they discovered a malnourished baby gorilla in the cargo hold of an airplane flying from Nigeria to Bangkok, transiting via Istanbul.

If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. You can get your very own 'Ora-Mama' for just $20. Credit: Ikea If you've been online at all this week, ...

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.

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 ...

Born in December, Raya joins a troop of Sumatran orangutans that is a part of the animals' species survival plan.