Migrant orangutans study locals to identify healthy food options
They get this information through a behavior called peering.
They get this information through a behavior called peering.
Orangutans display an ability that was once thought to be exclusively human: the ability to create tools.
While no cases have been confirmed so far, orangutans share 97% of our DNA so chances of transmission are high.
It is the first time genetic material this old has been retrieved from a fossil in a subtropical area.
Just let me get Tinder like everybody else, Mom. Sheesh.
Give an orangutan a banana and you'll feed him for a day. Give him a stick and he'll poke bananas ...
There is little reason for optimism here -- but conservation efforts can still make a difference.
They're resilient and they can make a recovery, if we just cut down on the palm oil.
We just enlarged the great ape family. But there's also bad news.
Swipe, swipe, swipe, banana.
They're more than the simple animals we consider them to be.
It is alarming to see such emblematic species slide towards extinction
A new study shows that evolution's burden is distinctly visible on our shoulders - literally. Our shoulders are surprisingly similar ...
Social media was ecstatic - just look at this video of an orangutan bottle-feeding a tiger cub. Tens of millions ...
A female orangutan born in the wild has learned to use her tongue to whistle and produce vowel sounds just ...
A year long investigation by Greenpeace reveals grim palm oil harvesting practices in Indonesia, where suppliers are currently engaging in ...
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