Tag: General Interest
Albino Alba and Friend Kika Released to the Wild!
Text by: BOS Foundation Communication Team December 21, 2018 — Following a long and arduous 16-hour journey over land and by river, on...
Read ArticlePODCAST: Tranquility du Jour #409: Orangutan Outreach
Orangutan Outreach with Richard Zimmerman. In this week's edition of Tranquility du Jour, we discuss our love of red apes, what it's like to spend...
Read ArticleSOCP Press Release: New Orangutan Species Discovered in Northern Sumatra: Tapanuli
PRESS RELEASE — November 3, 2017 Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme New Great Ape Species Described: the Tapanuli Orangutan A team of Indonesian and...
Read ArticleAmazing 360° Video from the YIARI Orangutan Center
National Geographic VR takes you inside the YIARI Orangutan Center in Ketapang to see what it takes to teach a baby orangutan how...
Read ArticleAre Wild Orangutans Self-Medicating Their Burn Wounds?
The Powers of Pantung Text by: Eko Prasetyo, BMP (Best Management Practices) Staff Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation MARCH 17, 2016 — Under clear...
Read ArticleCamp Leakey’s ‘cocktail’ orangutans leave researchers shaken and stirred
By Graham L. Banes 25 February 2016 — As their rainforest habitat continues to be destroyed, increasing numbers of orphaned and displaced orangutans...
Read ArticleBOS Press Release: Another Baby Orangutan Smuggled to Kuwait Returns Home
The Indonesian Government, represented by the Directorate General of Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry and the...
Read ArticleBOS News: Baby Orangutan Illegally Smuggled to Kuwait is Safely Repatriated to Indonesia
OCTOBER 10, 2015 — The Indonesian Government represented by the Directorate General of Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation of the Ministry of Environment...
Read ArticleNest in Peace, Beautiful MJ
We are deeply saddened by the passing this week of beautiful MJ, a remarkable orangutan who lived at the Milwaukee County Zoo. MJ was...
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