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TWO BABY ORANGUTANS RESCUED IN SAMBOJA
An update on the latest two rescued orangutans
TWO BABY ORANGUTANS RESCUED IN SAMBOJA
An update on the latest two rescued orangutans
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A GRASSY ADVENTURE WITH THE CHEEKY ORANGUTANS AT NYARU MENTENG
Welcome to another thrilling day at the Nyaru Menteng Forest School! Today,...
HOW DO ORANGUTANS LEARN THROUGH PLAY?
Every young orangutan is always on the lookout for their next big adventure!...
NYARU MENTENG II UPDATE: FEBRUARY 2025
Progress is being made as BOSF constructs the new islands, forest school, and...
DERMATITIS CASES IN ORANGUTANS
Recently, several orangutans on our pre-release islands have been undergoing...
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AYU, GROWING UP AND BOLD
6-year-old Ayu was born in the wild to the rehabilitated orangutans Lesan and Hamzah (presumed), who were both released in the Kehje Sewen Forest a decade ago. Young orangutans at Ayu's age will slowly begin to separate from their mothers, and we are starting to see...
A DAY WITH DESI
Recently, our monitoring team conducted nest-to-nest observations on Desi, a female orangutan residing on Juq Kehje Sewen, one of BOS Foundation's pre-release islands in East Kalimantan. The team, consisting of Aluna, Ubay, Rustam, and Erik, had been preparing since...
HOW TO MAKE BABY ORANGUTANS 101
All living things, including orangutans, have the drive to meet their biological needs: water, oxygen, food, shelter – and the opportunity to reproduce. When it comes to wild orangutans, who live a semi-solitary life, the reproduction process can be pretty...
SIGNE, MOTHER AND TEACHER
An overcast sky provided the perfect atmosphere for a relaxing afternoon at Camp Nles Mamse. While resting in a swaying hammock, I read a book and enjoyed the cool air as it gently breezed through the thin cloth of my shirt. Suddenly, I heard a voice calling...
FROM DEGRADED LAND TO LUSH FOREST – THE JOURNEY BEGINS
Thanks to your incredibly generous support, we are now breaking ground on a crucial rehabilitation project for a degraded peat swamp forest in Central Kalimantan, Borneo. The area was once part of a failed mega-rice cultivation project, where attempts to convert a...
MUD-BATH TIME!
On a scorching day at Nyaru Menteng’s Forest School in Central Kalimantan, some students from Group 4 discovered the ultimate way to cool down. Monte was the first to find a refreshing mud puddle nearby and, without wasting any time, immediately sat down beside it. At...
A WEDDING GIFT FOR ORANGUTANS
There are many ways you can support our work. One of them is to have your wedding guests donate to us in lieu of buying presents. Mark and Annamae Holden from Norfolk in the UK did precisely this and raised £400 ($464) for BOS. We wanted to know more about the...
GOLD OF THE FOREST
Would you think of perfumes when observing orangutans? Our Post-Release Monitoring team members do! While out on patrol from Camp Nles Mamse in the Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan, they come across many exciting tree species with remarkable properties. One of them...
AGUS IS ENJOYING NEW SCENERY
Agus is a large, cheek-padded male orangutan the BOS team released in the Kehje Sewen Forest in 2013. With a body condition score in the normal range and a big frame covered in long hair, Agus has thrived since returning to this natural habitat. However, despite his...
LOVELY LOCKS, LADIES!
Orangutans have distinctive personalities and unique physical characteristics. These make it easy for those who work with them to tell individuals apart. A few indicators our technicians use to identify orangutans are body size, facial features, personalities - and...
WHO IS LONG’S NEW COMPANION?
Our Post Release Monitoring team spotted Long again! The female orangutan left a deep impression on the BOS staff as her relationship with Arief is one of the most extraordinary we have ever observed. It all started when Long spotted young orphan male Arief for the...
ANDREW SURYONO: LESSONS LEARNED FROM PHOTOGRAPHING ORANGUTANS AND RAINFORESTS
In April 2022, I had the privilege of photographing and documenting the BOS Foundation in action in both Central and East Kalimantan. Reflecting fondly on the photographs taken and my experiences there, I feel there are three major and important lessons I learned that...
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