Lameira and colleagues trained Rocky to produce vowel sounds that mimicked the pitch and tone of human speech. The researchers compared Rocky’s vocalizations with a database of thousands of hours’ ...

As reported in the new study, published Tuesday in the journal PeerJ Life & Environment, the researchers found 'a continuous gradation of sounds across phases and pulses,' suggesting orangutans ...

The Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria, recently welcomed its first baby orangutan in 20 years The Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria, captured a critically-endangered Bornean orangutan birth on ...

An orangutan (not the one pictured) has been deemed safe after biting a zoo worker in Seattle. Chris Tellez via Unsplash An orangutan bit a zookeeper’s hand through a mesh barrier, causing a ...