September 21, 2023
A Thrilling Encounter with Petto the Orangutan!
Date Posted September 21, 2023 Text by: BOS Foundation PRM Team at Himba Pambelum Monitoring Camp, TNBBBR, Central Kalimantan Who remembers Petto? We have missed… more…
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September 11, 2023
Long Time No See, Leonie!
Date Posted: September 11, 2023 Text by: BOSF PRM Team at Nles Mamse Camp, Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan In Kehje Sewen Forest, the BOSF… more…
September 7, 2023
Orangutan Island: Daisy Reappears with a Baby!
Date Posted: September 7, 2023 Text by: BOS Foundation PRM Team at Camp Totat Jalu, Bukit Batikap Protection Forest The BOS Foundation Post-Release Monitoring (PRM)… more…
August 23, 2023
Baimah’s Diet Check-In
Date Posted Aug 23, 2023 Text by: BOSF Communications Team at Samboja Lestari, East Kalimantan Baimah, an orphaned orangutan from Kongbeng District, East Kutai, arrived… more…
August 8, 2023
The Power of Mama
Text by YIARI … Edited by Orangutan Outreach August 8, 2023 The Power of Mama is a community-led initiative supported by the International Animal Rescue… more…
August 3, 2023
Jeffrey Shares His Island Home
Date Posted August 3, 2023 Text by: BOSF Samboja Lestari Communications Team, East Kalimantan Jeffrey, an unreleasable male orangutan who is too old to undergo… more…
July 26, 2023
Video: Meet Delilah
Date Posted July 26, 2023 Text by: BOS Foundation Communications Team, Nyaru Menteng, Central Kalimantan THE INDEPENDENT DELILAH Delilah was born on 29 June… more…
July 26, 2023
Love is in the Air for Orangutans Mayer and Elaine
Date Posted July 26, 2023 Text by: BOS Foundation PRM Team at Camp Nles Mamse, Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan A NEW RELATIONSHIP BLOSSOMS IN… more…
July 20, 2023
Bored Ape Julius – The Journey Continues
Julius is Orangutan Outreach’s Bored Ape Ambassador. Orangutan Outreach. EIN: 26-0521285 All rights reserved. Orangutans are critically endangered. Extinction is forever. Please… more…
July 12, 2023
Video: Amazing Bumi
Orangutans are critically endangered in the wild due to deforestation and the conversion of their rainforest home to oil palm plantations… The staff at… more…
July 5, 2023
Video: Amazing Yuyun Moves to an Island
Date Posted July 5, 2023 Text by: BOS Samboja Lestari Communications Team, East Kalimantan Yuyun is a 29-year-old female orangutan with Orangutan Respiratory Disease… more…
July 5, 2023
NEW BABY ALERT: NEW ARRIVAL SPOTTED CLINGING TO MAMA SAYANG
Date Posted July 5, 2023 Text by: BOS Foundation PRM Team at Camp Lesik, Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan After Sayang was seen some months… more…
June 29, 2023
VIDEO: Susanne’s Journey to Forest Freedom
Date Posted: June 29, 2023 Susanne was rescued by the BOS Foundation and brought to Nyaru Menteng on 11 October 2017. She had been kept… more…
June 28, 2023
IAR releases 6 more orangutans back to the forest!
CONGRATULATIONS to our partners at IAR Indonesia (YIARI) on the successful release of 6 more orangutans to freedom in the forest! You’ll notice one is… more…
June 26, 2023
Video: 10 More Orangutans Released Back into the Wild
Date Posted June 28, 2023 Text by: Communications Team, BOS Headquarters, Bogor, West Java A CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION: TEN MORE ORANGUTANS FREED! The Central Kalimantan… more…
June 22, 2023
Inauguration of New BOSF Post-Release Monitoring Camp
Date Posted: June 22, 2023 Text by: BOS Foundation Communications Team, BOS Headquarters, Bogor, West Java The Himba Pambelum Monitoring Camp was officially opened… more…
June 19, 2023
Mama Lesan’s New Family Dynamic
Date Posted 19/06/2023 Text by: BOS Foundation PRM Team at Camp Lesik, Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan Lesan gave birth to her second-born in the… more…
June 13, 2023
Video: 10 More Orangutans Returning to the Forest
Date Posted June 13, 2023 Text by: BOS Foundation Nyaru Menteng Communication Team, Central Kalimantan The Ministry of Environment and Forestry of the Republic… more…
June 2, 2023
Video: Meet Sweet Baby Rumba
Date Posted: June 2, 2023 Text by: BOS Nyaru Menteng Communication Team, Central Kalimantan In 2022, the BOS Foundation took in several young, orphaned… more…
June 1, 2023
A New Friend of the Family
Date Posted June 1, 2023 Text by: BOS Foundation Nles Mamse PRM Team, Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan Recently, a five-member Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team… more…
May 31, 2023
VIDEO: 5 More Orangutans Released Back to the Forest
Date Posted May 31, 2023 Text by: BOS Foundation Headquarters Communication Team, Bogor, West Java Together, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), the East… more…
May 31, 2023
VIDEO: Meet the 5 Lucky Orangutans BOSF is Releasing Back to the Wild
Date Posted: May 31, 2023 Text by: BOS Foundation Communications Team in Samboja Lestari, East Kalimantan The Ministry of Environment and Forestry of Republic… more…
May 22, 2023
A Message From The Forest
Date Posted May 22, 2023 Text by: BOSF PRM Team at Camp Nles Mamse, Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan Camp Nles Mamse, located in the… more…
May 17, 2023
Video: Saving A Life
Date Posted: May 17, 2023 Orangutan Outreach supports the orangutan conservation work of organizations across Indonesia. Several of these organizations are ready at the ring… more…
May 16, 2023
Celebrating Orangutan Moms at the Milwaukee County Zoo
See more photos below! What happens when you combine orangutan care professionals, enthusiastic volunteers and community members who love the red apes? You get an… more…
May 9, 2023
Video: Just a Lazy Afternoon
The staff at the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation care for hundreds of orangutans large and small. Located in Borneo at the equator, the weather… more…
May 9, 2023
Someone’s Pregnant!!!
Date Posted May 9, 2023 Text by: BOSF PRM Team at Camp Lesik, Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan SAYANG BRINGS NEW HOPE, AGAIN In recent… more…
May 3, 2023
Big Ben is Feeling Right at Home in the Forest
Date Posted May 3, 2023 Text by: BOSF PRM Team at Camp Hiran, Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park, Central Kalimantan One morning, the Post-Release… more…
April 25, 2023
Video: Orangutan Lunch in the Tropics
The staff at BOS Nyaru Menteng care for hundreds of orangutans large and small. In Forest School, every day is a new culinary adventure… more…
April 17, 2023
Video: Orangutans Walking to Forest School
The staff at BOS Samboja Lestari care for hundreds of orangutans large and small. Every morning everyone leaves the rescue center and heads into… more…
April 14, 2023
Go Go Gonzales
Date Posted: April 14, 2023 Text by: BOSF PRM Team at Hiran Monitoring Post, TNBBBR, Central Kalimantan Our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team in the Hiran… more…
April 14, 2023
New Place, New Adventures
Date Posted April 14, 2023 Text by: BOSF PRM team in Camp Lesik, Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan In February, we received a report that… more…
April 14, 2023
Mystery Orangutan Visits Base Camp
Date Posted April 14, 2023 Text by: BOSF Camp Lesik PRM Team, Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan Camp Lesik has had a new visitor! The… more…
April 13, 2023
Video: Baby Galaksi Takes A Break from Forest School
Date Posted: April 13, 2023 Text by: BOS Samboja Lestari Communication Team, East Kalimantan BOS Samboja Lestari’s Forest School has one less student for… more…
March 9, 2023
Video: Baby Galaksi’s First Climb!
Baby Galaksi was rescued by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation in March 2021 and is being cared for at Samboja Lestari. He weighed only… more…
March 8, 2023
Video: Hello Everyone! (Beautiful Orangutan Babies)
Who’s who? Orangutans in Borneo Need Your Help! Please make a tax-deductible donation to the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation! Use the PayPal button… more…
March 8, 2023
Orangutan Hanung Makes a Move
Date Posted: March 8, 2023 Text by: BOS Foundation PRM Team at Camp Nles Mamse, Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan In early October 2022, our… more…
March 8, 2023
Video: Orangutan Vocalizations – How Do Orangutans Talk?
Date Posted March 8, 2023 Text by: BOS Foundation Communication Team Headquarters, Bogor, West Java Orangutans are semi-solitary primates who spend the majority of their… more…
February 26, 2023
Video: King Kopral
Kopral is being cared for by the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation at the Samboja rescue center in East Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo). He was rescued… more…
February 21, 2023
Gunung Goes Wild!
Congratulations to Gunung for going back to the forest! We have some truly wonderful news to share! Orangutan Outreach adoptee, Gunung, has completed his rehabilitation… more…
February 21, 2023
Video: Orangutan Kikan in the Rain
Orangutans in Borneo Need Your Help! Please make a tax-deductible donation to the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation! Use the PayPal button below! Prefer to… more…
February 21, 2023
Orangutan Siti Rescued Again!
Date Posted February 21, 2023 Text by: BOS Samboja Lestari Communications Team, East Kalimantan On 6 December 2022, the Balikpapan BKSDA received a report from… more…
February 19, 2023
Video: Meet Beautiful Baby Orangutan Iqo
Date Posted: February 19, 2023 Text by: Nyaru Menteng Communications Team, in Central Kalimantan LITTLE IQO’S STORY: FROM RESCUE TO FOREST SCHOOL Iqo, a female… more…
February 17, 2023
Baby Bungaran Starts His Own Adventures
Date Posted: Feb 17, 2023 Text by: BOSF PRM team at Camp Nles Mamse, Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan One morning, a Post-Release Monitoring (PRM)… more…
February 1, 2023
Video: BOS Foundation 2022 Highlights
Orangutans in Borneo Need Your Help! Please make a tax-deductible donation to the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation! Use the PayPal button below! Prefer to… more…
January 31, 2023
Video: Meet Baby Orangutan Feruza!
Orangutans in Borneo Need Your Help! Please make a tax-deductible donation to the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation! Use the PayPal button below! Prefer to… more…
January 31, 2023
Meet the 3 Newest Babies in Forest School!
Orangutans in Borneo Need Your Help! Please make a tax-deductible donation to the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation! Use the PayPal button below! Prefer to… more…
January 30, 2023
Video: Milk Time!
Orangutans in Borneo Need Your Help! Please make a tax-deductible donation to the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation! Use the PayPal button below! Prefer to… more…
January 30, 2023
Video: Orangutan Feast
Orangutans in Borneo Need Your Help! Please make a tax-deductible donation to the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation! Use the PayPal button below! Prefer to… more…
January 30, 2023
New Baby Alert!
Date Posted” January 30, 2023 Text by: BOS Foundation PRM Team in Camp Lesik, Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan We’d like to share some amazing… more…
January 30, 2023
Unexpected Orange Visitors
Date Posted January 30, 2023 Text by: BOS Foundation PRM Team at Camp Totat Jalu, Bukit Batikap, Central Kalimantan Do you remember our stories about… more…
January 26, 2023
Orangutan Ayu is Going to be a Big Sister!
Date Posted January 26, 2023 Text by: BOS Foundation PRM team in Camp Lesik, Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan Who could forget sweet Ayu, the… more…
January 26, 2023
Video: Orangutan Baimah Caught Napping
Orangutans in Borneo Need Your Help! Please make a tax-deductible donation to the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation! Use the PayPal button below! Prefer to… more…
January 26, 2023
Birth Control for Orangutans
Date Posted January 26, 2023 Text by: BOS Samboja Lestari Communications Team, East Kalimantan The BOS Foundation is on a mission to release as… more…
January 11, 2023
Bored Ape Julius – Episode 4: Back to Borneo
Julius is Orangutan Outreach’s Bored Ape Ambassador. Orangutan Outreach. EIN: 26-0521285 All rights reserved. Orangutans are critically endangered. Extinction is forever. Please make a… more…
December 21, 2022
A High Stakes First Date
Date Posted December 21, 2022 Text by: Andrea Knox, Advisor at BOSF HQ, Bogor On Saturday, November 12, a small caravan, carrying some very special… more…
November 23, 2022
Baby Orangutan Temon Overcoming Her Trauma
Date Posted November 23, 2022 Text by: BOS Foundation Communications Team, Nyaru Menteng, Central Kalimantan This year, our Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre has taken… more…
November 22, 2022
A Close Encounter with Gara the Orangutan
Photo of Gara by : Azis OU/BNF Written by : Yohanes Prahara, Content Creator and Media Liaison BNF Indonesia Learn more about Borneo Nature Foundation… more…
November 18, 2022
Video: Sumatran Orangutans Molika, Mega, Allysa & Siga Move to the Forest
Orangutan Outreach is incredibly proud to have supported Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP) for nearly a decade! SOCP’s work to rescue, care for, rehabilitate and… more…
November 18, 2022
BOS Foundation to Release 500th Orangutan Back to the Wild
Orangutan Outreach is so proud to support the BOS Foundation! BOSF has released 497 orangutans back to the wild! This video provides a look back… more…
November 14, 2022
The Not-So-Simple Task of Releasing Orangutans Back to the Wild
Date Posted November 14, 2022 Text by: BOSF Communications Team, BOSF Headquarters, Bogor, West Java The culmination of an orangutan’s rehabilitation journey is the release… more…
November 9, 2022
From Dresses to Trees: Another Baby Rescued
Date Posted November 9, 2022 Text by: BOS Samboja Lestari Communication Team, East Kalimantan The BOS Foundation’s Samboja Lestari Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre recently took in… more…
November 8, 2022
Young Orangutans Love to ‘Party’
Date posted: November 8, 2022 Text by: BOS Foundation PRM Team in the Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan As semi-solitary individuals, orangutans are known to… more…
November 4, 2022
Video: Monyo’s First Day of School
Orangutans in Borneo Need Your Help! Please make a tax-deductible donation to the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation! Use the PayPal button below! Prefer to… more…
November 3, 2022
Bumi Plays Hide and Seek
Date Posted Nov 2, 2022 Text by: Dr. Nadine Adrianna Sugianto, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, working on the Orangutan Enclosure Design… more…
October 27, 2022
Video: Clever Bumi Gets A Lift
Orangutans in Borneo Need Your Help! Please make a tax-deductible donation to the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation today! Use the PayPal button below! Donate… more…
October 26, 2022
Three New Arrivals, Three More Chances for Freedom
Date Posted October 26, 2022 Text by: BOSF Communications Team in Nyaru Menteng, Central Kalimantan The BOS Foundation recently received three, orphaned baby orangutans –… more…
October 21, 2022
Baby Orangutan Ayu Growing Up and Growing Bold!
Date Posted: October 21, 2022 Text by: PRM Team, Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan Ayu, a 6-year-old female orangutan, was born in the wild to… more…
October 7, 2022
Eating in Peace
Date Posted October 7, 2022 Text by: Dr. Nadine Adrianna Sugianto, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, working on the Orangutan Enclosure Design… more…
October 7, 2022
How to Make Baby Orangutans 101
Date Posted Oct 7, 2022 Text by: BOSF Communications Team Headquarters, Bogor, West Java All living things, including orangutans, have the drive to meet their… more…
September 26, 2022
Signe: Amazing Mother and Teacher
Date Posted: Sept 26, 2022 Text by: Aluna Sagita Nainggolan, PRM Team member from Camp Nles Mamse, Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan An overcast sky… more…
September 19, 2022
A Leisurely Day with Desi the Orangutan
Date Posted: Sept 19, 2022 Text by: BOS Foundation Monitoring Team, Juq Kehje Swen, East Kalimantan In early September of last year, the BOS Foundation… more…
September 19, 2022
New Video: Orangutan Nap Time
It’s insanely hot and humid in Borneo and a nice nap is always in the cards… The orangutans at BOS Nyaru Menteng and BOS Samboja… more…
September 15, 2022
Let’s Take a Mud Bath!
Date Posted September 14, 2022 Text by: Dr. Nadine Adrianna Sugianto, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, working on the Orangutan Enclosure Design… more…
September 12, 2022
Orangutans go to ‘College’ Before Being Released
Date Posted September 7, 2022 Text by: BOSF Communications Team at Headquarters, Bogor, West Java The BOS Foundation works tirelessly to protect Bornean orangutans (Pongo… more…
September 12, 2022
A Change of Scenery for Ginormous Orangutan ‘Agus’
Date Posted: Sept 5, 2022 Text by: BOSF PRM Team at Camp Nles Mamse, Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan Agus is a large, cheek-padded male… more…
September 1, 2022
A Fight, Followed By a Party!
Date Posted Sept 1, 2022 Text by: BOS Foundation PRM Team at TNBBBR, Central Kalimantan The BOS Foundation Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team in the Bukit… more…
August 25, 2022
Meet Fabulous Fani’s Fantastic Friend Kikan!
Date Posted: August, 25, 2022 Text by: BOS Foundation Communications Team at Headquarters, Bogor, West Java Orangutans have distinctive personalities and unique physical characteristics that… more…
August 23, 2022
Love in the Canopy
Orangutan Long and Her Unidentified Companion Posted: Aug 23, 2022 Text by: BOSF PRM Team at Camp Nles Mamse, Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan On… more…
August 18, 2022
New Mini-Series: Becoming Orangutan
Filming of Orangutan Jungle School is scheduled to begin soon, so in the meantime we have a special treat for you! Love Nature’s latest original… more…
August 1, 2022
Signe’s Unique Family Dynamic
Date posted: August 1, 2022 Text by: BOS Foundation Post Release Monitoring team in Camp Nles Mamse, Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan In February, an… more…
July 22, 2022
Mawas: A Tale of Forest Restoration
Date Posted July 22, 2022 Text by: BOS Foundation Communications Team at Headquarters, Bogor, West Java Click here to learn more about our reforestation campaign.… more…
July 22, 2022
Rainforest Spotlight: Kehje Sewen (KJ7)
Date Posted July 22, 2022 Text by: BOS Foundation Communications Team at Headquarters, Bogor, West Java One of the largest rainforests in Asia is located… more…
July 22, 2022
Meet Davi— the Adventurous Eater!
Date Posted July 22, 2022 Text by: BOS Foundation Communications Team, Samboja Lestari, East Kalimantan Davi is nearly seven years old and a student at… more…
July 22, 2022
Orangutan Mamas and Babies
Date Posted: July 22, 2022 Text by: BOS Foundation Post-Release Monitoring Team in Camp Lesik, Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan We’d like to share with… more…
July 15, 2022
COP Academy: July 2022 Update
Learn more about COP Academy The COP Academy students have begun their assignments with the COP field teams! We are excited to tell you about… more…
July 11, 2022
Big Hamzah Crashes the Party
Date Posted: July 11, 2022 Text by: BOS Foundation PRM Team at Camp Lesik, East Kalimantan Earlier this year, the BOS Foundation Post-Release Monitoring (PRM)… more…
July 11, 2022
Orangutans Teach Each Other How to Open Food Enrichment
Observation is one of the many ways these great apes learn from each other socially, with proximity to the activity being undertaken within 2 meters… more…
June 27, 2022
Baby Bunga Born to Mama Bungan
Mama Bungan and Baby Bunga Date Posted June 27, 2022 Text by: BOS Foundation PRM Teams at Camps Lesik and Nles Mamse, Kehje Sewen Forest,… more…
June 15, 2022
Orangutan Releases: Miko in a Pickle
Date Posted: June 15, 2022 Text by: BOS Foundation Communications Team Every orangutan release operation is carefully planned, from how we obtain food for the… more…
June 15, 2022
Orangutan ‘Mail’ Makes a Visit to Camp
Date Posted: June 15, 2022 Text by: BOS Foundation Post Release Monitoring team at Camp Lesik, Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan On a rainy afternoon… more…
May 26, 2022
BOS FOUNDATION: Four more orangutans successfully released!
Date Posted May 26, 2022 Text by: BOS Foundation Communications Team & Orangutan Outreach The Central Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) and the Bukit… more…
May 25, 2022
COP Academy: The Future Faces of Orangutan Conservation
ORANGUTAN OUTREACH IS EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE OUR NEWEST PROJECT WITH THE CENTER FOR ORANGUTAN PROTECTION: COP ACADEMY! Orangutan Outreach is extremely proud to announce our… more…
May 24, 2022
KID POWER! Congratulations to the students of Sunrise School Bali for taking positive action for orangutans!
Sunrise School Bali is a holistic school located in Bali, Indonesia. The Year 3 students spent a term learning about endangered animals, which includes the… more…
May 18, 2022
BOSF: Candidate Profiles for the 39th Orangutan Release
Date Posted May 18, 2022 Text by: BOS Foundation Communications Team The BOS Foundation is preparing to release four more orangutans from the Nyaru… more…
May 13, 2022
Hope You’re Growing Up Well, Ayu!
Date Posted: May 13, 2022 Text by: BOS Foundation Post Release Monitoring team at Lesik camp, Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan, edited by Orangutan Outreach… more…
May 4, 2022
Encroachment Threatens Orangutan Conservation in Indonesia’s New Capital Area
Date Posted: May 4, 2022 Text by: BOSF Communication teams in HQ, Bogor, West Java The plan to develop the new capital city (IKN) of… more…
April 28, 2022
Orangutans Sayang and Padma Surprise the Team!
Date Posted April 28, 2022 Text by BOS Foundation Post-Release Monitoring Team Last September, our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team from Camp Lesik, in the northern… more…
April 21, 2022
Checking in with the Rescued Orangutans from 2021
Text by: BOS Foundation Communications Team in Nyaru Menteng, Central Kalimantan and in Samboja Lestari, East Kalimantan Date Posted April 13, 2022 Every year, the… more…
April 21, 2022
A Familiar Face with a New Baby!
Text by: BOS Foundation PRM Team in Camp Nles Mamse, Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan Date Posted: April 21, 2022 Correctly identifying orangutans during observations… more…