Playing with peers is a crucial part of growing up—so crucial that orangutan mothers will go out of their way to arrange ...

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 ...

Five baby orangutans have been rescued from a forest in Odisha, thousands of kilometres from the only places where the animals naturally live, prompting authorities to investigate how the young apes ...

The Orangutan Project is helping Charlie learn the skills he needs to return to the wild Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, animal ...