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Protecting, conserving, collaborating: the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation

Hello! Happy World Orangutan Day! I am Lynn Y., Lead Keeper of Orangutans at Zoo Atlanta. I have had the privilege of caring for orangutans at Zoo Atlanta for over 18 years and hav...

How rescued orangutans are rebuilding a new wild population in Sumatra

Sumatra — Fifteen years ago, Jantho Pine Forest Nature Reserve in Indonesia’s western Aceh province, on the island of Sumatra, had no orangutans. Today, it is home to a growing wil...

Flames reach edge of orangutan rehabilitation center, with fire season set to intensify

JAKARTA — A wildfire that reached the edge of an orangutan rehabilitation center in western Borneo is highlighting how Indonesia’s intensifying fire season threatens not just fores...

Rescued from traffickers, reintroduced orangutan becomes mother in the wild

Seven years after being returned to the forests of northern Sumatra from a rehabilitation facility, a female orangutan rescued from traffickers has been found nurturing a baby in t...

Orangutan Day: Here’s where the three critically endangered species stand

Aug. 19 is World Orangutan Day, a day to honor the three species of Southeast Asian great apes, all of which are classified as critically endangered by the IUCN, the global conserv...

Can a photo save orangutans?

In Indonesian Borneo, conservation organization KehatiKu is testing a new approach: paying local people to photograph wildlife and upload the sightings through an app. In just one...

Can a photo save orangutans?

In Indonesian Borneo, conservation organization KehatiKu is testing a new approach: paying local people to photograph wildlife and upload the sightings through an app. In just one...

Bayi Orang Utan Lahir di Aceh, Hasil Program Rehabilitasi Kemenhut

Seekor bayi orang utan sumatera (Pongo abelii) lahir di Pusat Reintroduksi Orang Utan Jantho di Cagar Alam (CA) Jantho, Kabupaten Aceh Besar, Aceh.

After being rescued from traffickers, this orangutan has become a mother in the wild: 'A glimmer of hope'

Indonesia’s forestry minister named the baby Badar, a Malay word with Arabic origin meaning “full moon.” The mother’s name, Bulan, also means “moon” in Indonesian.

Dusky langurs start using new canopy bridge in Malaysia’s Penang Island

Endangered dusky langurs have successfully begun using a new artificial canopy bridge in a major tourism hub on Malaysia’s Penang Island. Camera traps set up by the Langur Project...

Major orangutan study finds Sumatran population fell nearly 20% despite slower forest loss

JAKARTA — The number of Sumatran orangutans has declined by nearly 20% in the past decade and the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan remains perilously close to extinction de...

Indonesia wildfires threaten orangutans rescued from animal traffickers

Blaze fuelled by hot, dry and windy conditions comes within metres of West Kalimantan rehabilitation centreOrangutans rescued from wildlife traffickers face a new threat from the r...

Small-scale farming, logging eclipse megaprojects as top threats to Tapanuli orangutan habitat

JAKARTA — Large infrastructure projects have long dominated debate over the future of Indonesia’s Batang Toru ecosystem, the main stronghold of the critically endangered Tapanuli o...

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www.borne.org.uk Twitter: @BorneCharity Primary research areas Reproductive health and childbirth Additional research areas Cardiovascular,  Infection,  Inflammatory and immun...

50 years on, California sanctuary's rare gibbons tell a survival story

Nestled north of Los Angeles, a gibbon sanctuary has championed the protection of endangered species for five decades. Established in 1976, this facility currently houses roughly f...

On the front lines of conservation in Sumatra: Rangers safeguard Batutegi forest

TANGGAMUS, Indonesia — For more than a decade and a half, forest ranger Wandi Harmoko has walked the ridges and valleys of Batutegi, a landscape in southern Sumatra. He is one of o...

Zero roadkill as Amazon canopy bridges secure 15,000 crossings

For some of the world's rarest monkeys, the path to survival now runs through a simple network of ropes.

Rare ape population can’t escape landslides

Over 10% of Tapanuli orangutans are lost in extreme weather events in a year The post Rare ape population can’t escape landslides appeared first on The Wildlife Society.

The women leading a quiet conservation revolution in a Nigerian gorilla sanctuary

BOKI, Nigeria — The morning light fills Ulom with warmth and radiance. A dome of mountains, their green vegetation spread out like giant green walls, is visible at the edge of this...

Critically Endangered Monkey Defies the Odds With New Baby After Surgery

A rare roloway monkey has welcomed a new baby after surgery saved her foot and protected her ability to care for offspring. For one of the world’s rarest monkeys, the birth of ever...

Conserving Sierra Leone’s western chimpanzees: Interview with Tacugama’s Willie Tucker

In Sierra Leone, the critically endangered western chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) faces growing threats from habitat loss, deforestation, illegal wildlife trade and expanding h...

Orphaned monkey Punch receives 2,500 birthday cards from well-wishers around the world after being abandoned and photogr...

Punch, a macaque who lives in Ichikawa city zoo, near Tokyo, sought comfort in a plush toy orangutan after being left alone in his enclosure.

Baby orangutan twin dies at Taipei Zoo, sibling is in critical condition

Orangutan mothers seem to plan playdates for their offspring

Female orangutans are generally solitary, but they travel more and eat less in an apparent effort to ensure their offspring have someone to play with