A daring orangutan cartwheeled, tight-rope-walked and trapezed its way out of an enclosure at the Toronto Zoo this week, officials said. Kembali — one of the zoo’s seven Sumatran orangutans — was ...

For months, 30 women breastfed their babies in front of a pregnant orangutan as part of a plan to teach the expecting mother how to care for her newborn at the Dublin Zoo in Ireland. Mujur, a ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A critically-endangered Bornean orangutan was born at the Virginia Zoo late last month, the zoo announced Wednesday. The orangutan was born around 5:45 a.m. June 29 to parents ...

SEATTLE — An animal keeper at Woodland Park Zoo was seriously injured after being bitten by an orangutan during a routine training session over the weekend. The WPZ said the keeper was taken to the ...

A Utah zoo is caring for a newborn orangutan after her mom didn’t care for her appropriately, officials said. Hogle Zoo A newborn orangutan is receiving around-the-clock care at a Utah zoo after her ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo has some exciting news: one of its orangutans is expecting. In a social media post Wednesday morning, Henry Doorly shared that a 26-year-old Bornean ...

The 18-month-old primate had "wounds on his head and fingers from rocking and banging his head on the cage," according to his rescuers Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her ...