Over the last four months, the L.A. Zoo has welcomed the birth of five great apes, including a gorilla, orangutan and three ...

The Los Angeles Zoo welcomed the birth of a new baby gorilla, part of a recent baby boom of great apes that includes three chimpanzees and an orangutan.

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran orangutan, Bornean orangutan, gorilla, bonobo, and chimpanzee. Areas of their ...

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

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran orangutan, Bornean orangutan, gorilla, bonobo and chimpanzee. Areas of their ...

Orangutans, humans’ close evolutionary relatives, have developed remarkable strategies to survive in the unpredictable rainforests of Borneo. A Rutgers-led study reveals that these apes balance ...

LONDON — The illegal trafficking of great apes by organized crime gangs and others prompted international action Wednesday that was hailed by experts as a major step toward saving them from extinction ...