In a new study, researchers discuss two possible priorities in an orangutan's life: sleep and friends. After following multiple orangutans over 17 years, a team of experts gained better-than-ever ...

People could learn from orangutans when it comes to maintaining a healthy, balanced diet, say scientists. They found that, be it feast or famine, the primates adapt with "flexible" eating patterns.

Male Bornean Orangutan - Big Cheeks. Image by Eric Kilby from Somerville, MA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Male Bornean Orangutan - Big Cheeks. Image by Eric Kilby from Somerville, MA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, ...

Humans could learn a thing or two from orangutans when it comes to maintaining a balanced, protein-filled diet. Great apes native to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia, orangutans are marvels ...

Bornean orangutans are critically endangered and moms are generally only capable of giving birth once every three to five years. An Irish zoo enlisted 30 human mothers in hopes of teaching a Bornean ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We humans have left our mark on so much of the natural world, even when we're not around. Roads, in particular, can have a ...

Biomarkers in the teeth of wild orangutans indicate nursing patterns related to food fluctuations in their habitats, which can help guide understanding of breast-feeding evolution in humans, according ...

As new settlers clear their forest habitat, the apes are coming into conflict with humans. But simply moving them to another part of the forest may not be the answer ...

At first glance, a video of an orangutan imitating a trainer’s grunts may not seem incredibly significant. But primate researchers say Rocky, the 11-year-old orangutan in the video, could ...

"These bridges allow orangutans to move, to mix, to maintain healthy populations," said conservationist Erwin Alamsyah ...

We humans have left our mark on so much of the natural world, even when we're not around. Roads, in particular, can have a negative impact on animal habitats. It's not just cars, but the blockade they ...