INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Zoo announced the death of one of its orangutans on Friday. The zoo said 42-year-old orangutan Knobi started declining early this past week. It said the care team tried ...

Audubon Zoo is grieving the "sudden" death of 36-year-old orangutan Feliz, a decades-long fixture at the zoo and matriarch of its orangutan family, officials announced Monday. Feliz died late Friday ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indianapolis Zoo has announced the death of an orangutan. The zoo says Knobi, a 42-year-old orangutan, passed away. The zoo said her health started to decline this week. “As ...

The Fort Wayne Children's Zoo has announced the death of a baby primate born on Aug. 16 Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor on PEOPLE's TV team. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2022 and his ...

Zoo Atlanta has announced the death of one of its founding members of its great ape population: 52-year-old Biji the Sumatran orangutan. Representatives with the zoo confirmed that Biji was euthanized ...

SEATTLE — The Woodland Park Zoo announced Thursday that its pregnant orangutan, Batu, has lost her baby after carrying the fetus nearly to term. The WPZ said an ultrasound performed Thursday morning ...

HOUSTON — The Houston Zoo is mourning the loss of one of its most cherished residents, Cheyenne, a 52-year-old orangutan who died unexpectedly on Sunday morning. Zoo officials said Cheyenne suddenly ...

Rufus, a 36-year-old male Bornean orangutan who lived at the Kansas City Zoo for more than two decades, died Saturday due to a chronic heart condition.Rufus was born in 1988 at Utah's Hogle Zoo and ...