Did you know that baby animals are usually born without any way to protect themselves? But with the help of their loving moms ...

She had been orphaned at nine months old at the Metro Richmond Zoo, when her own mother had died unexpectedly from heart failure, and had never seen another orangutan mother raise a baby.

The orangutan baby Clarita has been through an ordeal, after being snatched by a male orangutan from her mother Clara. The ...

This is Jolene, the zoo’s baby orangutan, who spends her days with her mom, Kitra, and her dad, Bob, and a white-cheeked gibbon, “Uncle” Duffy. On Thursday, April 13, Jolene will turn 1 year ...

Zoe failed to nurse her first baby, a boy named Taavi, properly, and zookeepers had to step in and hand-raise the now 2-year-old orangutan. When Zoe became pregnant a second time last year ...

An orangutan youngster whose birth was captured on camera has been named to remind wildlife fans of the great ape's struggle in its native habitat. The little ape, born at Vienna Zoo in Austria ...

ST. LOUIS – The Saint Louis Zoo welcomed the arrival of a baby orangutan on December 22, marking the first orangutan birth at the Zoo in nine years. This birth is important because these are ...

The Indianapolis Zoo welcomed a male baby orangutan to its Simon Skjodt International Orangutan Center. This makes it 12 official primates that live at the zoo. The baby was born at 2:30 p.m. on ...

The new baby has not yet been named. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Zoo officials hope the birth ushers in the start of a new generation of Bornean orangutans being born ...

First-time parents Batu, 14, and Godek, 15, will welcome their baby in late August or early September, marking the first Sumatran orangutan to be born at the zoo in 35 years, the zoo announced online.

Police in Thailand have arrested a man on suspicion of wildlife trafficking after he was found with two baby orangutans in a basket at a gas station in the Thai capital. The 47-year-old suspect ...