BEES TAKE OVER THE CAMP
Sweet, flavourful, and nutritious, honey is beloved by nearly everyone, but the same cannot be said for bees. As the season for bees comes to Camp Nles Mamse, our post-release monitoring team must be on high... View Article
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KOPRAL’S HEALING UPDATE
Since April 2023, Kopral has been receiving treatment at the clinic for wounds on the sole of his right foot and fungus between his toes. Find out how he is doing. While Kopral stayed the first... View Article
CANDIDATES FOR THE 27th ORANGUTAN RELEASE FROM SAMBOJA LESTARI
The Ministry of Environment and Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia (KLHK), the Natural Resources Conservation Centre (BKSDA) of East Kalimantan, and the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation, supported by Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper &... View Article
GRADUATION TO FREEDOM
It was a moment we all have been waiting for. Three of our beloved adoption family members recently took a huge step on their rehabilitation journey. Taymur and Jelapat moved to Badak Besar Island to tackle... View Article
SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR ALL
Every year on February 21, Indonesia celebrates National Waste Awareness Day. This occasion serves as an opportunity to improve public awareness of the importance of sustainable waste management for all and its critical role in preserving... View Article
THE CURIOUS CHEEK-PADDER
Orangutans are also highly curious beings. Even though our Post-Release-Monitoring team is used to our red cousins’ inquisitive nature, a recent observation took them by surprise. Our PRM team at Camp Nles Mamse woke up to... View Article
MUSHROOM EXTRAVAGANZA
Meet another fascinating species that shares the same ecosystem as orangutans. While its life is short, its unique appearance is truly unforgettable. The Bridal Veil Mushroom (Phallus indusiatus) is a type of fungus that grows solitary... View Article
FINE FOREST FORAGERS
Orangutans, a species that spends most of their time in the trees, can consume a vast variety of foods. Their excellent climbing abilities enable them to obtain fruits and other food sources inaccessible to ground-dwelling animals.... View Article
A NEW LITTLE STUDENT
The BOS Foundation has once again rescued a juvenile orangutan in a collaborative effort. The rescue team picked up the young female in mid-September 2023. When Basar saw the team for the first time, she showed... View Article
NEW SIGHTING OF AN OLD FACE
Can you imagine the joy and excitement the team at Camp Lesik felt when they spotted an unexpected visitor after nine long years? In the last few days, the Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team at Camp Lesik... View Article
ONE MISSION – FREEDOM FOR ALL
We are thrilled to report that we brought another twelve orangutans home. In mid-November, our parent organisation, the BOS Foundation, successfully conducted their 68th orangutan release as a monumental back-to-back airlifting operation. It was a long-planned... View Article
SPOTLIGHT: MICHEL ZWECKER
Michel Zwecker has been BOS Australia’s Philanthropy Manager for the past three years. He will soon be moving on, but before he leaves, we asked him to share some insights about his critical work. How vital... View Article
BACK-TO-BACK RELEASE
CANDIDATES FOR THE 42nd ORANGUTAN RELEASE FROM NYARU MENTENG The Ministry of Environment and Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia (KLHK), the Natural Resources Conservation Centre (BKSDA) of Central Kalimantan, and the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS)... View Article
BEHIND AN ORANGUTAN RELEASE
A release is the final stage of an often lengthy and challenging rehabilitation process. The culmination of this process is the return of orangutans to their forest homes, where they can naturally contribute to the ecosystem... View Article
A LONG DELAY ENDS IN TRIUMPH
In 2013, a female orangutan named Cici missed her chance at true freedom when the BOS Foundation team had to postpone her release. Today, Cici is 24 years old and a resident of Kaja Island, where... View Article
ARE YOU READY FOR THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE?
There are so many ways you can help us save orangutans from extinction. But none are quite as exciting as our Volunteer Program in Borneo and our new Trek for Orangutans to the summit of Mount... View Article
STRONGER TOGETHER
We are thrilled to announce that our Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation family has just expanded with the addition of our seventh partner – BOS New Zealand. Officially registered as a charity on 13 June 2023,... View Article
SPOTLIGHT ON: JUDITH CURRAN
Judith Curran, sometimes known as Ibu Juju by her friends at Nyaru Menteng, co-founded BOS New Zealand and is a highly accomplished television producer and executive. She is widely recognised for her exceptional work on the... View Article
GETTING READY IN TIME
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... View Article
JEFFREY SHARES HIS ISLAND HOME
Jeffrey, an unreleasable male orangutan too old to undergo rehabilitation, is now sharing Island 0 with Yuyun, a female orangutan who the BOS Foundation team transferred to the island in February. Jeffrey was born in 1998... View Article
NEW MONITORING CAMP
The Himba Pambelum Monitoring Camp is officially opened. The inauguration ceremony happened after the release of four orangutans into the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park (TNBBBR) at the Hiran River site. Witnessing the release and... View Article
YUYUN JOINS JEFFREY
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... View Article
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... View Article
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. Clingy Rumba was less than 12 months old when she arrived... View Article
MEET THE CANDIDATES OF THE FIRST RELEASE IN 2023
The Ministry of Environment and Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia (KLHK), with the Natural Resources Conservation Center (BKSDA) of East Kalimantan, assisted by the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation has successfully conducted its 25th orangutan... View Article
SUJA’S ROAD TO FREEDOM
As we at BOS Australia are proud to present our upcoming Eyes of the Orangutan screening events in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland, we would like to introduce you to one of the orangutans who have been directly... View Article
BEN IS MAKING HIMSELF AT HOME
Do you remember Ben, the 500th orangutan the BOS Foundation released in November 2022? Our Post Release Monitoring team recently spotted him in his new forest home. One morning, the Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team in the... View Article
MYSTERY ORANGUTAN VISITOR
Camp Lesik has had a new visitor. The Post Release Monitoring (PRM) team recently observed an orangutan off the back of the camp. While we don’t yet know who this individual is, we can be certain... View Article
PROPER SNAKE HANDLING
The BOS Foundation recently collaborated with the Indonesian Snake Sioux Foundation to provide snake-handling training for the Post Release Monitoring (PRM) team members. As a result, the team’s perceptions of snakes changed. Snakes will either spark... View Article
GONE WITH GONZALES IN THE FOREST
Our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team in the Hiran watershed recently observed Gonzales, a male orangutan the BOS Foundation team released in November 2022 in the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park. What was he up to?... View Article
MEET THE ORIENTAL WHIP SNAKE
The forest is home to many different and unique animal species. Now and then, we introduce you to one of the many fascinating individuals sharing their habitat with the Bornean orangutan. Some tread the ground, others... View Article
ORANGUTAN WARRIOR: NUR SYAMSIAH
It has been some time since we brought you a new Orangutan Warrior profile. This time, we’d like to introduce you to one of the inspiring women who has been a part of our Orangutan Habitat... View Article
HOW DO ORANGUTANS ‘TALK’?
Orangutans are semi-solitary primates who spend the majority of their lives alone. However, in some orangutan populations, the females will gather in groups from time to time, especially during the fruiting season, when forest food is... View Article
ORANGUTAN RESCUE AT MUARA TOYU
On 6 December 2022, the Balikpapan BKSDA received a report from an employee of PT. Balikpapan Wana Lestari (BWL) that an orangutan had visited the workers’ camp and interacted with staff over four consecutive days. According... View Article
LITTLE IQO’S STORY
On 3 November 2022, a resident of Tumbang Kajamei village in Central Kalimantan travelled for four hours by motorcycle to hand over baby orangutan, Iqo to the BOS Foundation team. When the little female arrived at... View Article
AN OPEN INVITATION FOR A SECOND CHANCE
We at BOS have played a part in changing the lives of thousands of orangutans in Indonesia. Our job is not one we have taken on eagerly, but together with the government of Indonesia, we must... View Article
