The Little Rock Zoo has announced that their youngest male orangutan, Kota, had passed away from encephalitis.Kota had been ...

Nature: Orangutans in Borneo 04:46. 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 ...

A baby Sumatran orangutan was born at the Philadelphia Zoo on June 26. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, Sumatran orangutans are considered "critically endangered ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Zoo welcomed a baby orangutan and asked Hoosiers to name the baby. With more than 9,000 votes, the name ‘Edi’ is now the baby’s name. Edi means “the ...

The baby was born at 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 20 to Basan and Sirih, also the parents of Mila an 8-year-old female orangutan also born at the zoo. In 2003, Sirih gave birth to another female named Jahe ...

There are now 12 orangutans living at the Simon Skjodt International Orangutan Center in Indianapolis — among the most of any zoo in the United States. In the wild, it’s estimated only 50,000 to ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A spokesperson with the Little Rock Zoo announced the death of its new baby orangutan. Kota, the youngest ...

Investigators are working to determine the origin of the baby orangutans, Kasidach Charoenlap, a police officer with the Central Investigation Bureau, told CNN on Friday. The man had admitted he ...

Sirih, a 32-year-old Sumatran orangutan, holds her new baby Tuesday at the Simon Skjodt International Orangutan Center at the Indianapolis Zoo.

The Philadelphia Zoo is celebrating the first birthday of baby orangutan, Jambi, on Thursday, June 26, 2025. He was the first of his species to be born at the zoo in 15 years.

An almost universal phenomenon in humans is the use of child-directed speech, where caregivers communicate with children, ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Zoo welcomed a baby orangutan and asked Hoosiers to name the baby. With more than 9,000 votes, the name ‘Edi’ is now the baby’s name. Edi means &#8… ...