Orangutans instinctively use hammers to strike and sharp stones to cut, a study has found. According to the researchers, the findings suggest that two major prerequisites for the emergence of stone ...

Some orangutans blow good night kisses, and use leaves to handle thorny fruit signs the primate is a cultured ape. The findings may push back the origins of culturally transmitted behaviour such as ...

Redd’s daily treatment reveals how orangutans with chronic respiratory diseases are adapting to use certain medical tools ...

School is still in session for groups of orphaned orangutans across Indonesia. The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation runs several orangutan rehabilitation centers throughout the country that ...

Chantek, a male orangutan who was among the first apes to learn sign language, could clean his room and memorized the way to a fast-food restaurant, died on Monday at age 39, Zoo Atlanta said. Chantek ...

Humans and orangutans share 97% DNA which means many parts of our bodies and brains work in similar ways. In the dense forests of Indonesia, you can hear strange and haunting sounds. At first, these ...