INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Zoo has exciting news to share: Sirih, the orangutan, has given birth to a healthy male baby!

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Zoo announced the arrival of a new orangutan Thursday. "IT’S A BOY! Orangutan mom Sirih gave birth to a healthy male baby this afternoon," the zoo said in a social ...

“People said I was crazy.” Commanding high prices as pets on the black market, baby orangutans can be captured only by killing their protective mothers. These orphans are being raised at ...

Orangutans can live around 35-40 years in the wild, while the oldest orangutan to live in captivity died at age 62, according ...