It happened around 10 a.m. Tuesday. The escape lasted around 10 minutes before the orangutan named Tao went back inside. Zoo officials said she found her way out through a hole in the exhibit.

The San Diego Zoo’s orangutan exhibit has a new inhabitant fresh out of Fresno. The orangutan group recently welcomed Labu, a 14-year-old male orangutan, who arrived from the Fresno Chaffee Zoo ...

The Erie Zoo's North American river otter couple go for a swim while Bornean orangutan Dasa and her son, Otis, hang out in their exhibit. The zoo is also home to several sacred ibises and an ...

OMAHA Within the first hour, the orangutans ripped out some sod and plants, threw a bush into a pond, found the hidden feeders and climbed to the top of ...

The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance says orangutans are generally non-aggressive toward humans and each other and that they cab often exhibit very human-like behavior.

The ABQ BioPark Zoo is mourning the loss of an orangutan known for his intelligence and a wombat who loved holding a teddy bear. On Tuesday, a 24-year-old male Sumatran orangutan named Elok died from ...

A Utah zoo is caring for a newborn orangutan after her mom didn’t care for her appropriately, officials said. A newborn orangutan is receiving around-the-clock care at a Utah zoo after her ...

They join original zoo resident Jenny. Batari, the baby orangutan born May 17 to mother Mei, holds closely to her in their enclosure at the Cameron Park Zoo.

A newborn orangutan is receiving around-the-clock care at a Utah zoo after her mother didn’t show much interest in her, officials said. “There’s a new face in the Great Apes Building,” the ...