Orangutan mothers will teach their young to forage for food — then cut them off when they are old enough to know better, new research shows. By Nicholas Bakalar Young orangutans seem much like human ...

"The whole time, she just kept watching me curiously," Whitlee Turner, a zookeeper with the Metro Richmond Zoo, said Being a mom didn't come naturally for Zoe the orangutan, orphaned when she was only ...

Orangutans prove to be exceptionally awesome moms. One proof: they nurse longer than any other mammal, sometimes into the ninth year of life. New study findings showed that previous estimates of wild ...

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We can't think of anything sweeter than a bunch of elementary school kids putting together a children's book to create awareness and help save endangered animals. SEE ALSO: Elephant dies a month after ...

In December 1971, Biruté Mary Galdikas had been living in Borneo’s remote rainforest for two months when she received what she described in her journal as “the best Christmas present.” A female ...

Orangutans are great apes, a classification that includes gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and humans. They are the only great apes found in Asia. Orangutans are also the world’s largest arboreal ...

WWF-Malaysia is currently exploring other alternatives for counting orangutan that may hopefully make the task easier and more accessible in the future. A general misconception about estimating ...

Young orangutans seem much like human toddlers: amiable, endearing, lovable. But unlike human kids, when their mothers say no, they don’t whine and argue. Orangutan mothers teach their young how to ...