Discovered in low-lying rocky mountains in central Sabah, the species was named for the orangutan, because its hair resembles ...

From indestructible tardigrades to body-merging comb jellies, animals can teach humans so much about medicine, robotics, ...

The past 12 months have seen animals of all shapes, sizes and colours strut their stuff – here are just a few of the best pictures from the year ...

Great Apes Joke Around, Suggesting Humor Is Older Than Humans ...

Orange monkey with human expression on rock background. Orangutans have 32 permanent teeth (the same amount as humans). They have sharp canine teeth with the male orangutan having longer canine teeth ...

close up of a male orangutan hanging from a vine in the... a close up of a male orangutan hanging from a vine in the rainforest of gunung leuser national park on sumatra, indonesia Orangutan and child ...

An undated photo of a young male proboscis monkey before his snout has grown to ... mammals on Earth, species like orangutans ...

Malaysians expressed a collective "awww" to Tourism Malaysia's recently revealed Visit Malaysia 2026 (VM2026) sun bear ...

The cut could have come from a fight with another male. Regardless, in 2022, scientists observed Rakus the Orangutan chew liana vine for seven minutes before dabbing the juice on his face.

Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins ...