and it's designed to help ensure the great apes' survival. We share 90% of our DNA with orangutans, and the program uses that to its advantage. The apes that participate in zoos are given human birth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock An Indiana-led orangutan breeding effort is fueling an unusual run of births at American zoos and drawing ...

MATSUYAMA, Japan - A zoo in western Japan aims to breed endangered orangutans by pairing a male at the zoo with a female from an Indonesian zoo under a rare wildlife conservation agreement. Hayato, a ...

For the first time in 15 years, the Philadelphia Zoo welcomed the birth of a Sumatran orangutan. The critically endangered species is part of a breeding program among zoos intended to ensure the ...

Two weeks ago, 12-year-old Tanna, one of three orangutans at the zoo, delivered a ginger female baby after more than a decade of no births. The father, 11-year-old Rahamim, was the last orangutan to ...

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A 50-strong population could one day help protect these endangered animals against a catastrophic decline in the wild.