We are working hard to protect the Bornean orangutan and its habitat for future generations. Here are some of the ways we've helped develop a world where orangutans and nature thrive.
Orangutans share 97% of the same DNA as us, and often display behaviours similar to that of humans: they socialise and even share in our common ‘enemies’. These behaviours are particularly evident in groups of orangutans, like our Forest School group
Being a part of the BOS Foundation team certainly has it challenges. However, our dedicated surrogate mothers end every long, muddy, and sweaty day with new, fond memories of orangutan antics. As Dessi recollected last year, working at the Nyaru Men
Late last year our team in the Bukit Batikap Protection Forest embarked on the first phase of a new collaborative research study using camera traps and we are excited to share some of the early images with you! Having reintroduced 183 orangutans
Who could forget Kopral, the armless male orangutan who ‘ruled’ over Forest School Group 2 for quite some time. At the end of February, it was decided that Kopral should be given the opportunity to live on Island #3 in Samboja Lestari.
In March, a Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) technician from the Lewun Kahiyo Orangutan Monitoring Post - in the Bemban watershed of the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park - and I went in search of orangutan mother-son pair Vista
