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DIPTEROCARP FORESTS: A NATURAL HOME FOR BORNEAN ORANGUTANS
Dipterocarp forests make for great homes to a number of species and are key spots for biodiversity.
DIPTEROCARP FORESTS: A NATURAL HOME FOR BORNEAN ORANGUTANS
Dipterocarp forests make for great homes to a number of species and are key spots for biodiversity.
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MUSHROOMS AND HONEY: SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Community development efforts continue to be carried out by the Borneo...
EARTH DAY 2025: OUR POWER, OUR PLANET
Every year, on April 22, we celebrate Earth Day as a moment to raise awareness...
A NEW LIFE IN THE BATIKAP FOREST: INUNG, INDIE, AND THE BIRTH OF INDRO
In 2024, our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team in the Bukit Batikap Protected...
YOUNG ORANGUTANS’ JOURNEY AT FOREST SCHOOL
At the end of 2024, Baimah and Feruza finally advanced to Forest School Level...
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TAKING ACTION BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE: FOREST FIRES IN 2023
With global climate change creating more extreme weather events, forest fires tragically make headlines all too often. In Kalimantan, the working areas of the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation have not been spared from occasional fire outbreaks, with years...
JEFFREY SHARES HIS ISLAND HOME
Jeffrey, an unreleasable male orangutan who is too old to undergo the rehabilitation process, is now sharing Island 0 with Yuyun, a female orangutan who was transferred to the island in February. Jeffrey was born at the Samboja Lestari Rehabilitation Centre in...
THE INDEPENDENT DELILAH
Delilah was born on 29 June 2018, to her mother Dilla, who was unable to care for her newborn. With a heavy heart, our Animal Welfare team had to take over responsibility for Delilah’s care and she was raised by our dedicated surrogate mothers at the Nyaru Menteng...
THE ‘WHISKERED’ WONDER OF KEHJE SEWEN
The whiskered treeswift (Hemiprocne comata) is the smallest bird species in the Hemiprocnidae family. The feathers on this bird’s head, wings, and tail are bluish-black in colour, while its back and chest are shaded olive-brown. This striking bird has unique,...
YUYUN MOVES TO ISLAND 0
Yuyun is a 29-year-old female orangutan with Orangutan Respiratory Disease Syndrome (ORDS) who previously occupied an individual enclosure at the Samboja Lestari Rehabilitation Centre. She is one of 23 individuals with chronic respiratory diseases cared for by our...
NEW ARRIVAL SPOTTED CLINGING TO SAYANG
After Sayang was seen some months ago with an enlarged belly and other signs of pregnancy, our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team from Camp Lesik was not able to locate her again. Meanwhile, Lesan and her family were often spotted and monitored around Camp Lesik. But,...
BOS-UK ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH NURTURE BRANDS: DOISY & DAM
BOS-UK is proud to announce our new partnership with Nurture Brands through their Doisy & Dam line of products! Their ethical vegan chocolates line is B-Corp-certified and is strictly palm oil-free. Their top-quality ingredients and high-quality production methods...
PROTECTING THE BORNEAN CRESTED FIREBACK
At dawn, when the air was still misty, the constant sound of a rooster crowing could be heard coming from the front of the camp. When I went to investigate, I saw two birds staring at each other, one was the rooster that had been raised in the camp, and the other was...
LESAN’S NEW FAMILY DYNAMIC
Lesan gave birth to her second-born in the forest about five months ago, and we are happy to report that both mother and baby are doing well! Lesan’s baby, whom we can now confirm is male, is becoming more active under the watchful eye of his mother and big sister,...
TEN MORE TO FREEDOM
Meet the candidates for the 41st orangutan release from Nyaru Menteng. The Ministry of Environment and Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia (KLHK), together with the Natural Resources Conservation Centre (BKSDA) of Central Kalimantan and the Borneo Orangutan Survival...
A NEW FRIEND OF THE FAMILY
Recently, a five-member Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team - consisting of Faldo, Balan, Dandi, Yunus and Welem - set off early into the forest for a day of patrolling. As our team members approached a main transect intersection, they spotted Signe with her baby and...
CLINGY RUMBA
In 2022, we took in several young, orphaned orangutans at our rehabilitation centres in Nyaru Menteng and Samboja Lestari. Little Rumba was one of them. Rumba was less than 12 months old when she arrived at the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre in Central...
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