Bornean orangutans return to San Francisco Zoo for first time in 15 years

After a 15-year absence, Bornean orangutans are now visible for guests at the San Francisco Zoo & Gardens again, with “sneak peeks” of them in the new Orangutan Passage, part of the Great Ape Passage.

The expanded habitat for chimpanzees and orangutans is the first large-scale great ape expansion in almost four decades, revitalizing and updating an historic area of the zoo. It also reintroduces a favorite species back to the Bay Area.