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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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 ...

The Toronto Zoo says an orangutan escaped its enclosure Thursday evening as officials work to determine how exactly the ape got out. Kembali, one of seven Sumatran orangutans in the zoo’s care ...

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.

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.

But my most memorable bonding moments are always with orangutans. It probably stands to reason. Orangutans are among the most intelligent of all primates. Their name actually means “forest ...

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The Toronto Zoo says it has learned how one of its orangutans escaped from its enclosure earlier this week. Kembali – one of the zoo's seven Sumatran orangutans – escaped his outdoor habitat ...