Taxonomy, geographic variation, and population genetics of Bornean and Sumatran orangutans / Benoît Goossens ... [et al.] -- The functional significance of variation in jaw form in orangutans / Andrea ...

Biruté Galdikas was the third of the so-called Trimates, alongside Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall. She spent thousands of hours ...

In the early 1970s, orangutans occupied an ambiguous place in science. They were known to exist, of course, but remained ...

Anybody who has ever struggled to get enough sleep knows just how much in life can interfere with our rest, and just how detrimental this can be to our health and happiness. Researchers from the Max ...

A new study of wild Sumatran orangutans by researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior (MPI-AB) has found that mothers consistently differ in their maternal behaviors toward their ...

LOS ANGELES, March 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement today marks the passing of Birutė Galdikas, an internationally renowned anthropologist, primatologist, and ...

When a wild orangutan leaves its mother after spending many years by her side, it has a mental catalog of almost 250 edible plants and animals, and the knowledge of how to acquire and process them. A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DENVER (KDVR) — A beloved and internationally known 32-year-old Sumatran orangutan was humanely euthanized surrounded by the ...

Everyone is probably familiar with the expression “monkey see, monkey do.” Apparently, this old phrase holds true for other primates, such as Orangutans. Just look at Amber, the Orangutan in this ...

Orangutan conservationist Birutė Galdikas dies at 79 in the US; Indonesia plans to repatriate her remains for burial in ...

When a wild orangutan leaves its mother after spending many years by her side, it has a mental catalog of almost 250 edible plants and animals, and the knowledge of how to acquire and process them.