By Rhett A. Butler Orangutans have long captured the human imagination, their expressive eyes and human-like behaviors ...

Meet the clever corgi that has learned how to interpret and imitate sign language. Owner Derek Cassese, 36, got Eowyn when ...

These apes are excellent learners; an orangutan named Chantek became one of the first apes to learn sign language, and he even invented signs of his own. Chantek was raised by an anthropologist ...

Sign Language (BSL) is to become a bigger part of our daily lives with more of an opportunity for all to learn it and, in turn, opening doors for deaf people. BSL will be introduced as a GCSE ...

says its overarching goal is to “make sign language recognition as widespread as voice recognition,” adding the team is dedicated to “ensuring that our community gains more skills and has ...

By Jordyn Jagolinzer Click here for updates on this story FOXBORO, Massachusetts (WBZ) — More young children are learning to express themselves through sign language at day cares in Massachusetts.

OSHINE, known as the world's fattest orangutan, ballooned to an astonishing 15 stone while on a diet of jelly and marshmallows before her miraculous weight loss. The obese ape was kept as an ...

SEATTLE — For the first time in 35 years, an orangutan will be born at the Woodland Park Zoo. 14-year-old Batu is nearing the end of her pregnancy and is expected to give birth soon. Batu ...

One of the Toronto Zoo’s orangutans got up to some monkey business on Thursday when he briefly escaped his outdoor habitat. According to posts on its social media, the zoo was notified by a ...

SEATTLE — Woodland Park Zoo officials said Monday they are expecting the arrival of its first orangutan baby in over three decades. Fourteen-year-old Sumatran orangutan Batu (bah-too ...

Indonesia's push to add wood-burning to its energy mix and exports is driving deforestation, including in key habitats for ...

Some of the orangutans will hide under blankets, while some might play as usual, she said. Baby animals will feel safe next to their mothers. The owls and armadillos love the crates during storms ...