Orangutan mom Jahe gave birth to a baby girl earlier in December with help from Memphis Zoo’s Animal Care and Veterinary ...

Earlier this month, Memphis Zoo celebrated the arrival of a baby orangutan — a girl born to mother Jahe (pronounced Jah-hey) ...

Redd’s daily treatment reveals how orangutans with chronic respiratory diseases are adapting to use certain medical tools ...

Mining expansions in the Sumatran rainforest of Indonesia threaten the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutans.

The oldest animal at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo died Tuesday morning -- the day before her 52nd birthday. In addition to being the oldest animal at the zoo, Chinta, a female orangutan, was one of the ...

Look at those big, beautiful eyes! People online are cheering after a baby orangutan and 16 other wild animals were saved from a smuggling ring in Chumphon, Thailand. Things could've been so bad for ...

The baby hasn’t been named yet, but it is bright, alert, and nursing well. The Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo provided that update Tuesday, saying its baby orangutan has been introduced to its mother’s ...

Orangutans, which are classified as great apes, share 96.4% of human genes, according to the World Wildlife Fund Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the brand ...

Like many who live in the city, Tommy is a second-generation Milwaukeean. And like many parents hope for their children, he has outlived his. At the "very geriatric" age of 43, Tommy has already ...

The fur is flying in Thailand over claims from conservationists that a troupe of more than 100 kick-boxing orangutans at a Bangkok animal park are victims of a smuggling racket from nearby Indonesia.

The delivery took place after months of preparation with the support of the Memphis Zoo’s animal care and veterinary teams.