An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Orangutans, ...

The San Diego Zoo’s orangutan exhibit has a new inhabitant fresh out of Fresno. The orangutan group recently welcomed Labu, a ...

Dublin Zoo has announced the death of its "much-loved" female Northwest Borean orangutan. It said Leonie was "an iconic ...

A 14-year-old endangered creature has been welcomed by a zoo in California, officials said. On March 10, Labu, a Sumatran ...

Leonie "was at the heart of our orangutan family for four decades," the zoo said, and "not only a cornerstone of our ...

The primate was born April 15. Her name includes I, R and S. Not many creatures, humans or otherwise, make a big deal of ...

Dublin Zoo has announced the death of a “much-loved” 44-year-old orangutan. The northwest Bornean, called Leonie, was at the ...

The youngest orangutan at the Oregon Zoo celebrated a milestone on Sunday. Jolene the orangutan turned 3. That’s old enough ...

Dublin Zoo team leader Ciarán McMahon, who first met Leonie in 1995 as a young zookeeper, stresses that it is hard to put in ...

Dublin Zoo has announced the death of Leonie the Northwest Borean orangutan. The zoo said Leonie, who was 44-year-old, was an ...