The new baby is the third baby born to Basan and Sirih and is the 12th orangutan at the zoo’s Orangutan Center. “There are so many different reasons that a successful birth like this are ...

The Indianapolis Zoo welcomed a male baby orangutan to its Simon Skjodt International Orangutan Center. This makes it 12 official primates that live at the zoo. The baby was born at 2:30 p.m. on Feb.

Sirih foraged for food, clambered up and down ladders, and sat in the sunshine with her baby. The orangutan is only the second one ever born at the zoo. For a species that is critically endangered ...

Rajang the orangutan offered a few sweet kisses through the glass to a pregnant woman and her growing baby Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013.

The Indianapolis Zoo welcomed a male baby orangutan to its Simon Skjodt International Orangutan Center, the 12th official primate to live at the zoo. Click here for important updates to our ...

Nestled in the crook of Sirih’s arm was an infant orangutan — a boy, a nameless clump of auburn hair born less than a week before on Feb. 20. He’s the first baby orangutan born at the Indianapolis Zoo ...

Steve tries to rescue a baby orangutan being illegally held in a village. Show more Michaela Strachan and Steve Leonard present a series featuring orphaned and rescued orangutans in Borneo.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — On Tuesday, the Indianapolis Zoo introduced its newest resident, a male baby orangutan, to zoo visitors. It was the first time that orangutan mom Sirih has brought her baby ...

Acting on a tip, a wildlife officer confiscates a baby orangutan kept illegally as a pet. Workers at a rescue center will attempt to teach the orphan how to survive in the wild, but the training ...

Orphaned orangutans attend classes where they learn to crack open coconuts, avoid predators, climb trees and much more Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...