Orangutans are great apes, our closest living relatives on earth. They are our cousins, and it is largely because we are all "family," so to speak, that we resemble one another so closely.

A zookeeper described the 43-year-old orangutan who has lived at the zoo his whole life as an intelligent, thoughtful observer.

“We have a lot of big fans of our orangutan family here,” he adds. “So there's equal excitement for finding out who the father was and that Maury did this for us.” ...

The 18-month-old primate had "wounds on his head and fingers from rocking and banging his head on the cage," according to his rescuers A baby orangutan has been rescued and is “on the road to ...

The Kentucky zoo said the orangutan, named Amber, is known for her "playful personality" and often points out things about visitors Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been ...

They currently have four orangutans who live in two family groups: Batu and Godek share a habitat, and 35-year-old male Heran and 43-year-old female Belawan (Bela) live in the other orangutan habitat.

Together with their children, they’ve made it a family mission to reveal new threats to the great apes in their rain forest homes. The Nat Geo WILD show Orangutans on the Edge: Mission Critical ...

Ozi, Voice of the Forest, an animated film directed by Tim Harper, invites young viewers and their families on a thrilling ...