The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) has released ten rehabilitated orangutans into the wild. They are the first releases the BOSF has been able to carry out since the Covid-19 pandemic began. […]
Conservationists around the world are today (Wednesday) joining forces to mark International Orangutan Day and raise awareness about the critically endangered primate whose DNA is 97 percent the same as humans. The […]
A Bornean orangutan named Alba, who is believed to be the only albino orangutan alive in the world, is thriving in the rainforest where she was released more than a year ago. […]
This article has been updated with news of Alba one month after her release. A Bornean orangutan named Alba, who is believed to be the only albino orangutan alive in the world, […]
This article has been updated with details and photos of the successful release of Alba and Kika. A Bornean orangutan named Alba, who is believed to be the only albino orangutan alive […]
The number of orangutans on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo plummeted between 1999 and 2015, according to a new report. The population decreased by more than 140,000 over the period, scientists […]
The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) is appealing for funds to create a forest island for an albino orangutan rescued in April. The primate, who has been named Alba, is believed to […]
It’s International Orangutan Day today (Saturday) and events have been organised around the world to raise awareness about the plight of the now critically endangered primate, whose DNA is 97 percent the […]
An orangutan discovered on an oil palm plantation in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, with more than 40 shotgun pellets in her body has died from her injuries. The veterinary team at the Borneo […]
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