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I write to add to the information in Hazel Smith’s letter (Herald, Oct. 7) about the connection between palm oil and orangutans, and to suggest another way to help them in addition to avoiding palm ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium unveiled plans for its next big project. The zoo is getting ready to transform its orangutan habitat into the Hubbard Orangutan Forest. Zoo ...

The Kansas City Zoo didn’t have the best track record when it came to penning-in its primates—two gorillas got out in 2012 and two chimpanzees ran away in 2014 (I assume they all were brought back?).

JAKARTA — A palm oil company is gearing up to expand into critical orangutan habitat in Indonesian Borneo, raising alarms over the survival of the critically endangered great apes. PT Equator Sumber ...

BANDUNG, Indonesia -- Conservationists are demanding action after an orangutan was caught on camera smoking a cigarette thrown into its habitat at an Indonesian zoo, the latest in a string of ...

Mother Kalim, 43, and the baby have been bonding behind the scenes and recently made their public debut together at the zoo’s ...

The San Francisco Zoo announced Thursday it will say goodbye to its three remaining chimpanzees as it temporarily shutters ...