US Zoos Expand Orangutan Conservation With Coordinated Breeding

“Ruhana—or just 'Ru' for short—is one of eight orangutan babies born in a collection of US zoos since the beginning of 2025. For these critically endangered primates, that’s a staggering figure. It’s also not random: The baby boom is the result of a meticulous breeding plan and decades of research to weave a conservation safety […] The post Zoo Breeding Brings More Critically Endangered Orangutans appeared first on Human Progress.