Orangutans, just like humans, also need to compensate for lost sleep with naps, according to new research. Watching them ...

Indra shares the habitat with the zoo's five other orangutans, and will rotate with them who goes out into the exhibit each ...

Animal caretakers are raising a baby orangutan that was recently born at Utah’s Hogle Zoo. Bornean orangutan Kawan delivered ...

The team sought guidance from the Association of Zoos & Aquariums and the Orangutan Species Survival Plan and discussed the baby’s best interest, ultimately deciding “to hand-rear the infant,” and ...

If these 10 animals went to school, they’d definitely be the class toppers because of their incredible intelligence, ...

After following orangutans for 17 years, researchers have figured out their sleeping schedule and nap timings.

Researchers monitored 53 adult apes in the sumatran rainforest for fourteen years and found their naps extend five to ten ...

“For people, even a short nap can have significant restorative effects,” noted the researchers. “It’s possible that these ...

Anybody who has ever struggled to get enough sleep knows just how much in life can interfere with our rest, and just how ...

Each evening, before turning in for the night, orangutans “make their beds,” building leafy nests of twigs and foliage to ...

Power naps: Orangutans compensate for sleep deprivation by taking naps during the day. The length of their sleep is ...

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior (MPI-AB) and the University of Konstanz in Germany, working with ...