After giving birth, the orangutan mom lovingly cradles her newborn and showers the little one with kisses. Primate experts have not yet determined the baby orangutan's sex. Rare Endangered ...

The primate was born April 15. Her name includes I, R and S. Not many creatures, humans or otherwise, make a big deal of ...

The Indianapolis Zoo has announced the name of its baby orangutan — meet Edi, which means "handsome one." Edi was born to ...

Voting opened Monday to pick the name of the new baby orangutan. There are three options: Edi, which means "handsome one." ...

“Sometimes I feel like I’ve chosen the most difficult thing in the world to study,” Cheryl Knott tells me as we sit beneath the rain forest canopy at her orangutan research station in ...

They have a low reproductive rate, giving birth only once every 5-10 years, making it difficult to increase their numbers.