An endangered Bornean orangutan baby has been welcomed into the world at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Florida. The baby female orangutan was delivered by C-section on Saturday, weighing just over 1. ...
You can suggest a name for the baby orangutan, but it must be one of the three options already picked by Busch Gardens: To cast your vote, you can visit the website where the park has uploaded a poll.
A male orangutan was spotted chewing up antibacterial and pain-relieving plants and applying the paste to a wound on his ...
Dr Isabelle Laumer and her colleagues saw the astonishing behaviour while observing orangutans in the protected Suaq ...
An orangutan in Indonesia that sustained a facial wound treated it himself, according to a study published in the journal ...
Sumatran orangutan named Rakus was seen using a plant to treat a facial wound possibly sustained during a fight.
In June 2022, a male Sumatran orangutan named Rakus sustained a facial wound below the right eye, apparently during a fight ...
Scientists working in Indonesia have observed an orangutan intentionally treating a wound on their face with a medicinal plant, the first time this behavior has been documented.
Observers have documented multiple animal species using plants for self-medicinal purposes, such as great apes eating plants ...
Facial wound of Rakus (photo taken two days before applying the vegetable mesh to the wound). Credit: Armas / Suaq Project ...
Malaysia's commodities minister unveils plans for 'orangutan diplomacy,' proposing to gift endangered apes to palm oil-importing ...