Yann Martel wrote the award-winning Life of Pi in 2002. He hasn’t published a novel since, so it’s no wonder there’s hubbub over the release of his new book, Beatrice and Virgil. While Pi was a ...

When a wild orangutan in Indonesia suffered a painful wound to his cheek, he did something that stunned researchers: He chewed plant leaves known to have pain-relieving and healing properties, rubbed ...

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 ...

As a lifelong animal lover and zoo enthusiast, I’ve had some incredible interactions with the residents of different facilities. There was the time I watched the chimpanzee bully, then apologize to, ...