Woodland Park Zoo officials said Monday they are expecting the arrival of its first orangutan baby in over three decades.

Woodland Park Zoo is preparing to welcome its first orangutan birth in 35 years, as 14-year-old Batu nears the end of her ...

For the first time in 35 years, an orangutan will be born at the Woodland Park Zoo. 14-year-old Batu is nearing the end of her pregnancy and is expected to give birth soon. Batu arrived in Seattle ...

13, an orangutan named Markisa gave birth to a baby via Caesarean section at the University’s Veterinary Medical ... and in the orangutan was the incision – human incisions resemble a bathing suit ...

A "critically endangered" baby Bornean orangutan has been born at a south west zoo. Paignton Zoo said the birth happened at 10:20 BST on Monday and was "even more special" due to the critically ...

According to a new study, chimpanzees, like humans, must contend with a confined bony birth canal when giving birth. In humans, the problem was exacerbated by our unique form of upright walking since ...

“Sometimes I feel like I’ve chosen the most difficult thing in the world to study,” Cheryl Knott tells me as we sit beneath the rain forest canopy at her orangutan research station in ...

The birth will mark the first orangutan born at the zoo in 35 years ... but are dependent on Batu’s cooperation. “Batu is given the choice to voluntarily participate in the non-invasive ...

Orangutans are the only primate in which this biological phenomenon occurs. Male orang-utans can tip the scales at 90 kg, while females weigh between 30-50 kg. Orang-utans can live up to 50 years in ...

'I gave birth 12 weeks early while on holiday and now face huge bill to bring baby home' ...