From parrots to dolphins, several animals can astonishingly copy human voices and sounds. Scientists say these mimics reveal ...

The roar of heavy machinery echoed through the area, a reminder of how rapidly oil palm plantation expansion is reshaping the orangutan habitat. The forest has been shrinking as both local communities ...

When the weather heats up, everyone is trying to find a way to cool down, whether they are human or animal. That includes zoo animals, such as this Bornean orangutan at the San Francisco Zoo. As this ...

In groundbreaking work from the University of Warwick, researchers have found that wild orangutans vocalise with a layered complexity previously thought to be unique to human communication, suggesting ...

The Memphis Zoo's longtime male Sumatran orangutan died last month, the zoo announced in a social media post Oct. 8. The orangutan "experienced an acute decline in health and passed despite responsive ...

SANDAKAN: A landmark partnership to protect Borneo’s endangered orangutans has been sealed in Kinabatangan. The pact signals new collaboration between Sabah’s palm oil industry and wildlife ...

Berani, a beloved orangutan, single dad and fixture at the Denver Zoo, was euthanized Monday after his caretakers determined he was in end-stage kidney failure, zoo officials announced. The ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A beloved and internationally known 32-year-old Sumatran orangutan was humanely euthanized surrounded by the people who loved him most at the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance on Monday ...

The critically endangered species gets a helping hand from an Indonesian facility as the island’s human population is about to explode Five-year-old Segi, rescued in 2021, learns how to climb at ...

Orangutans, humans’ close evolutionary relatives, have developed remarkable strategies to survive in the unpredictable rainforests of Borneo. A Rutgers-led study reveals that these apes balance ...

<p>At 4, Bernas isn't the computer wizard his mom is, but he's learning. Just the other day he used his lips and feet to play a game on the touch-screen monitor as his mom, Madu, swung from vines and ...

The Kansas City Zoo is mourning the loss of a 22 year resident, Rufus, a Bornean orangutan. Saturday morning, Rufus did his normal routine and went out to his habitat at 9:30 a.m. Around noon, Chief ...