Female orangutans are generally solitary, but they travel more and eat less in an apparent effort to ensure their offspring ...

Orangutans may use specific plants for benefits beyond ordinary nutrition. For centuries, humans have relied on the medicinal properties of plants. Now, growing evidence suggests we may not be the ...

The Sacramento Zoo is mourning the death of Makan, its male Sumatran orangutan. Zoo officials said Makan died Monday after ...

H acker houses are popping up everywhere in San Francisco. “You could just walk a few blocks” in many neighborhoods, Amber ...

The rhythm of human laughter appears to have deep evolutionary roots shared with chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans. That ancient pattern may offer one of the clearest clues yet to how the ...

In fact, when they were tickled, laughter from both apes and humans was isochronous, meaning that the laughs followed a ...

Orangutans have one of the slowest life histories among mammals, and a new study now shows just how long orangutan mothers continue to breastfeed their offspring. An international team has ...

History was made in Indonesia recently, and it's a huge win for the wild animals who live there. In April 2026, for the first time on record, a Sumatran orangutan was filmed using a human-made rope ...

"These bridges allow orangutans to move, to mix, to maintain healthy populations," said conservationist Erwin Alamsyah Siregar A Sumatran orangutan was filmed using a human-made canopy bridge to cross ...

Sumatran orangutans are taking a step away from extinction. On Monday, April 27, conservationists shared footage showing a Sumatran orangutan using a human-made canopy bridge to cross a public road in ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time using a human-made canopy bridge to cross a public road on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, conservationists said ...