SEATTLE — An animal keeper at Woodland Park Zoo was seriously injured after being bitten by an orangutan during a routine training session over the weekend. The WPZ said the keeper was taken to ...

An employee of the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle was hospitalized over the weekend after being bitten on the hand by an orangutan during a routine training session. The worker, whose identity hasn ...

An orangutan (not the one pictured) has been deemed safe after biting a zoo worker in Seattle. Chris Tellez via Unsplash An orangutan bit a zookeeper’s hand through a mesh barrier, causing a ...

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SEATTLE — An animal keeper at a Seattle zoo was treated at a local hospital Saturday after being bitten by an orangutan. The Woodland Park Zoo said the keeper suffered a serious but non-life ...

Among them were a female orangutan and her baby, calmly perched in trees just meters from the road, seemingly undisturbed by the heavy traffic or the deafening sounds of nearby mining operations.

Since the Industrial Revolution, human activity has led to an increase in environmental noise. By now, residents have grown ...

An animal keeper at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle was bitten by an orangutan and had to be treated at a local hospital over the weekend. While the injury was not life-threatening, according to ...

International fans of the BBC will soon no longer be able to use the BBC Sounds app or website as the broadcaster seeks to boost its commercial income. The decision to pull the app will also affect ...