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Orangutans are being pushed to the brink of extinction. Can we save them in time?
Salon via Yahoo News· 10 months agoOrangutan Getty Images/Manoj Shah In the lush rainforests of Southeast Asia, a remarkable creature...
Great apes: Baby Riplee among 4 orangutans now at Naples Zoo. What to know
Naples Daily News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe orangutans are here. Critically endangered Bornean orangutans have arrived at the Naples Zoo for...
Scientists figured out chimpanzees have a rudimentary language by pranking them with fake snakes
Salon via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThree chimpanzeesROB ELLIOTT/AFP via Getty Images Humans are not merely adept at communicating...
Wild orangutan uses a medicinal plant to treat a wound in 'first time' observation by scientists
Euronews via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAn orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant - the latest example of...
Chimps continue learning tool use even as adults, study finds
Salon via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA chimpanzee (pan troglodytes) uses tools to get fruit from a box Getty Images/Vincent_St_Thomas...
Scientists witnessed an orangutan treating his wounds with medicinal plants, showing human-like...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 month agoRakus, a Sumatran orangutan living in Indonesia, chewed medicinal leaves and applied them to his own...
Orangutan Instinctively Uses Plant to Treat Wound and Even Scientists Are Impressed
PetHelpful via Yahoo News· 1 month agoTalk about a cool story! CBS News shared some interesting news about an orangutan named Rakus who...
Scientists decode orangutan communication using machine learning
Salon via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA juvenile male Bornean orangutan Getty Images/seng chye teo Wendy Erb has spent countless hours...
Why humans walk on two legs: a close look at chimpanzees puts some old theories to the test
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIssa chimpanzees live in a woodland dominated environment interspersed with riparian forests,...
In a first, an orangutan was seen treating his wound with a medicinal plant
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA wounded orangutan was seen self-medicating with a plant known to relieve pain. It's the first time...