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Scientists who studied the devastating fires in 2015 explain what the current crisis could mean for orangutans ...

Scientists played recordings of orangutans laughing before six captive apes searched for food. Days later, when the ...

Orangutans are the most solitary of great apes, with mothers spending most of their lives solely with their infants. But a ...

In primates, the biggest, bossiest males usually get to father the most offspring; and for a long time it was thought that this rule applied to orangutans too. Male orangutans openly compete; and it's ...

A new study from Indiana University shows that being in a positive mood leads orangutans to value what they learned more strongly. The study comes from the lab of Erica Cartmill, professor of animal ...

As our closest non-human relatives, primates remain some of the smartest creatures in the animal kingdom. And they continue to surprise science with their knowledge. A new research paper published in ...

Taxonomy, geographic variation, and population genetics of Bornean and Sumatran orangutans / Benoît Goossens ... [et al.] -- The functional significance of variation in jaw form in orangutans / Andrea ...

Orangutan mothers arrange playdates for their babies, but socialization costs them more than many people realize.

Rakus the orangutan seems to have a surprisingly decent grasp on first-aid. He lives in Gunung Leuser National Park in South Aceh, Indonesia, where scientists from the Institute of Animal Behavior ...

Five baby orangutans found abandoned in Odisha raise urgent concerns about illegal wildlife trafficking and rescue efforts.