Look at those big, beautiful eyes! People online are cheering after a baby orangutan and 16 other wild animals were saved from a smuggling ring in Chumphon, Thailand. Things could've been so bad for ...

An orangutan named Rakus hit a rough patch in the summer of 2022. Researchers heard a fight between male orangutans in the treetops of a rainforest in Sumatra, Indonesia; a day later, they spotted ...

When a wild orangutan in Indonesia suffered a painful wound to his cheek, he did something that stunned researchers: He chewed plant leaves known to have pain-relieving and healing properties, rubbed ...

Named Rakus, the wild orangutan living in Indonesia used a plant known to accelerate healing and prevent infection Scientific Reports A male orangutan with a facial wound surprised scientists in ...

The Fort Wayne Children's Zoo has announced the death of a baby primate born on Aug. 16 Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor on PEOPLE's TV team. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2022 and his ...

An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant— the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists reported ...

An orangutan in a protected Indonesian rainforest site who sustained a facial wound treated the injury himself, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports earlier this month. The ...

ATLANTA - A 4-month-old Sumatran orangutan named Nangka has arrived safely at Zoo Atlanta from the Sacramento Zoo. Nangka, who was born May 1, was sent to Atlanta in hopes of being adopted by Madu, a ...

Do you ever wonder where humans learned certain behaviors, like how to treat our own wounds? Scientists say the ancient origins of pharmacology can be learned by watching animals with whom we share ...

WASHINGTON — An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant — the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, ...