OSHINE, known as the world’s fattest orangutan, ballooned to an astonishing 15 stone while on a diet of jelly and marshmallows before her miraculous weight loss. The obese ape was kept as an ...

A daring orangutan cartwheeled, tight-rope-walked and trapezed its way out of an enclosure at the Toronto Zoo this week, officials said. Kembali — one of the zoo’s seven Sumatran orangutans ...

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A Sumatran orangutan in Indonesia has self-medicated using a paste made from plants to heal a large wound on his cheek, say scientists. It is the first time a creature in the wild has been ...

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AN orangutan known as the fattest in the world became "morbidly obese" when living as an "illegal pet" for more than a decade. Oshine tipped the scales at 100kg (15 stone) - more than double her ...

Kembali the orangutan was able to leave his habitat after swinging in "cartwheel-like motions" Marina Watts is a Digital News Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024.

“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 ...

An orangutan got a taste of freedom when it ventured outside a new outdoor habitat at the Toronto Zoo on Thursday, and the area is now closed to guests and media until further notice, the zoo says.

A recent viral phenomenon has captured attention. It features mothers demonstrating breastfeeding techniques in front of an audience of orangutans. According to a New York Post report from the ...

Aug. 30 (UPI) --The Toronto Zoo confirmed an orangutan named Kembali briefly escaped from his new outdoor enclosure. The zoo said a volunteer alerted health and safety staff Thursday evening that ...