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.

What should his name be? This baby orangutan was expected next month, but he came a little earlier than expected at the ...

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 ...

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 ...