The Channel 4 series `Orangutan Jungle School' is a docu-soap, filmed at Nyaru Menteng in Borneo, Indonesia, and follows the antics, triumphs and tragedies of a group of orphaned orangutans. These ...

Young Orangutans Get Wheeled To Forest School The baby primates spend all day learning the skills they will need if they are to be successfully reintroduced to the wild.

An animal rescue group in Indonesia is teaching motherless baby orangutans how to survive in the wild with a "school" designed to help them teach one another.

Orangutan Jungle School helps orphaned orangutans master survival skills through jungle classes and pre-release islands. Valentino, the class clown, finds clever shortcuts, while Darril and Liti ...

An orangutan has been observed using a plant with healing properties to treat a wound on its face, in what scientists say is a first for wild animals.

Hence, the forest school, where orangutans educate one another in the finer points of jungle life. Unfortunately, because of their relatively short window for learning, which usually lasts until ...

An orangutan at a zoo in Perth, Australia is seen throwing a possum out of his treehouse, launching the creature out of the enclosure.

It takes around seven years of “schooling” for the young orangutans to learn how to engineer a proper nest. These are learned skills, not something a young primate is born knowing how to do ...

Orangutan learns to breastfeed by watching zookeeper breastfeed her infant son The orangutan, named Zoe, relied on humans to learn maternal instincts.

INDIANAPOLIS — Researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine diagnosed a Sumatran orangutan at the Indianapolis Zoo with a rare genetic disease. Mila, a 6-year-old orangutan who was ...

The Channel 4 series `Orangutan Jungle School' is a docu-soap, filmed at Nyaru Menteng in Borneo, Indonesia, and follows the antics, triumphs and tragedies of a group of orphaned orangutans. These ...

Sumatran orangutans sleep in intricately built nests high in the trees. They skilfully weave twigs, leaves, and branches daily to create these comfy beds. The craftsmanship takes years to hone, so ...