Orangutans are considered semi-solitary great apes, meaning that they have their own individual ranges, and– with the exception of mothers and infants– spend lots of their days alone.

Much like us, wild orangutans sleep in beds, known as " nests," which provide a safe place for resting. Every night, an adult orangutan will settle in a spot high up in the rainforest canopy.

To understand how orangutans recover from lost sleep, the researchers analysed how the duration of nap periods changed in relation to the previous night’s rest.

Painting With Orangutans is a new guest experience at ZooTampa at Lowry Park. Ages five and up can share a painting with Goyang, a 25-year-old male Borneo orangutan.

An orangutan was able to briefly escape its primary enclosure after a “malfunction” at the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance on Wednesday.

Researchers have found that wild orangutans vocalize with a layered complexity previously thought to be unique to human communication, suggesting a much older evolutionary origin.

Rescue Orangutan Who Survived Shooting Excitedly Jumps into Jungle During Long-Awaited Release Vivy, a critically endangered Bornean orangutan, has returned to the rainforest with help from The ...

A daring orangutan cartwheeled, tight-rope-walked and trapezed its way out of an enclosure at the Toronto Zoo this week, officials said. Kembali — one of the zoo’s seven Sumatran orangutans ...

Orangutans are known for an impressive feat of engineering: They carefully weave an intricate nest from branches and leafy twigs in the forest canopy daily, building and rebuilding for cozy nights ...

Orangutans are an endangered species, with numbers falling dramatically in the past 100 years.

Sumatran orangutans start crafting their engineering skills as infants The baby primates start early on nest-building techniques — a craft that takes years to hone ...

Orangutans are great apes primarily found in Southeast Asia. They are the largest tree-dwelling mammal and primarily eat insects and flowers.