MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – One of Jungle Island's most popular primates, Peanut the orangutan, is garnering more attention than usual these days as the star attraction gets treated for cancer just like a ...

The baby orangutans were trying to stall before bedtime. One reached out to grab a particularly long leaf through the bars of its cage, encouraging a human to play, then employed a classic toddler ...

MIAMI – The 8-year-old twins love their iPad. They draw, play games and expand their vocabulary. Their family's teenagers also like the hand-held computer tablets, too, but the clan's elders show no ...

This story was originally published in Neighbors on Aug. 2, 2020. When Peanut started picking at an abscess on her hand, her doctor didn’t want to take any chances. He quickly brought the 16-year-old ...

After Beni’s date with the dentist, it’s back to class as usual, but life is about to turn from bad to worse for the gentle giant when the babysitters try to get Beni’s diet under control. Malika ...

ST. LOUIS — The name of the newest primate of the Saint Louis Zoo pays homage to one of the zoo's partners. Forest, the three-and-a-half-week-old baby Sumatran orangutan, was named after the zoo's ...