An orangutan named Feifei is eating lychees, skillfully separating the peel and flesh in one bite with remarkable precision.

Vivy, a critically endangered Bornean orangutan, has returned to the rainforest with help from The Orangutan Project and the Bornean Orangutan Rescue Alliance Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at ...

The operation also uncovered an alarming collection of exotic animals, including six ball pythons native to Africa and a rare ...

When you're a baby orangutan facing a long daunting trip abroad, a bit of luxury goes a long way. Kiwi was given her own first-class cabin as she sailed across the English Channel with her carers ...

A new study comparing neurons from different primates pinpointed several genetic changes unique to humans that buffer our ...

Kiwi, who weighs more than 5kg (11lbs), is the second baby orangutan to join the Dorset creche for orphaned and rejected youngsters in a month, following three-month-old Sibu who moved to the site on ...

When you're a baby orangutan facing a long daunting trip abroad, a bit of luxury goes a long way. Kiwi was given her own ...

Woodland Park Zoo’s 15-year-old orangutan Batu miscarried her nearly full-term fetus, according to the zoo. This was Batu’s first pregnancy and would’ve been Woodland Park’s first ...

The orangutan’s return to Indonesia will be a ... prioritising the animal’s repatriation to its native ecosystem. Catch every big hit, ...

Public display, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. James St. John, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Long before these forests faced human-induced threats, an even larger ape, ...

Gizmodo spoke with David Hone, author of a new book exploring how paleontologists study dinosaurs—and why it’s time to ...

SEATTLE — The Woodland Park Zoo announced Thursday that its pregnant orangutan, Batu, has lost her baby after carrying the fetus nearly to term. The WPZ said an ultrasound performed Thursday ...