Fans were miffed when King Louie was altered from an orangutan to a gigantopithecus in 2016's The Jungle Book.

An orangutan (not the one pictured) has been deemed safe after biting a zoo worker in Seattle. Chris Tellez via Unsplash An orangutan bit a zookeeper’s hand through a mesh barrier, causing a ...

An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant— the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists ...

Scientists working in Indonesia have observed an orangutan intentionally treating a wound on their face with a medicinal plant, the first time this behavior has been documented. Rakus, a male ...

An angry orangutan has launched a possum out of its enclosure at Perth Zoo. AddedSep 12th, 2023 A man has been arrested after allegedly stealing a car and leading police on a wild chase in ...

An orangutan found a possum in its treehouse bed and forcefully tossed the unwanted visitor out of the enclosure at a zoo in Australia, a video shows. Screengrabs from @j___---h's Reddit video An ...

Nature is not healing — it’s downright savage. An orangutan at an Australian zoo horrified visitors when it brutally evicted a possum by ”launching” it from the top of its enclosure after ...

The analysis, which researchers say is the first to measure orangutans’ response to novelty in the wild, was published in the journal Scientific Reports. It documents the behavior of human ...

In the lush rainforests of Southeast Asia, a remarkable creature swings through the treetops, capturing our hearts with its intelligence, charisma and distinct red-orange fur — the orangutan.

Male orangutans that resettle to a new area appear to be imitating the behavior of a local individual in an effort to survive and find a future home range, a new study says. The researchers have ...