Martyr of the Sekonyer Kanan River
Police Officer Taken by Crocodile While Defending Tanjung Puting National Park in Indonesian Borneo. Pangkalan Bun, Kalimantan Tengah, Indonesia - (July 31, 2000) - Police Sergeant Ali Maryanto, 37 year-old…
Orangutan of the Month: Tom
Tom is a handsome and muscular sub-adult male living in Tanjung Puting. He is the son of an ex-captive called Tutut. He is inquisitive and can often be seen on…
Orangutan of the Month: Yayat
In 1987, when I first came to Camp Leakey as an Earthwatch volunteer, there were three sub-adult orangutans in camp: Pola, Yayat, and Kusasi. Two years later, I was in…
Orangutan of the Month: “Pola”
Pola came to Camp Leakey in the mid-1970s as a young juvenile orphan along with other notables like Princess, Unyuk and Tutut. During that time, Pola joined one of the…
Orangutan of the Month: Mohtar
Tracy Tannenbaum and Ron Austerlade visited Tanjung Puting in April and September of 1998 and again in April 1999. They fell in love with many of the park's orangutan residents,…
Orangutan of the Month: “Peta”
Shortly after Dr. Birute Galdikas won the 1990 Humanitarian Award from the animal rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Princess gave birth to her second child.…
Orangutan of the Month: Anthrax
Seven year old Anthrax is a wild orangutan living a free and "normal" life in the forests of Borneo. Anthrax was born in the wild to Akmad, the first Camp…
Orangutan of the Month: Akmad
Akmad was Dr. Birute Galdikas' 1st adopted orangutan daughter, having met Akmad only one month after she first arrived in Kalimantan in 1971. Akmad was rescued from a logging camp…
Orangutan of the Month: Gistok
"Gistok is one of the most colorful characters in Tanjung Puting! He once lived with a family as a pet before coming to the reserve. He is friendly to humans,…
Orangutan of the Month: Tutut
Tut, who is in her late 20's is the biological mother of five-year-old Terry (pictured) and a handsome fifteen year old male named Tom, who can be seen roaming the…
