Employee Spotlight: Ibu Yeti

February, 15 2019
When walking along the boardwalk en route to Camp Danielle, a facility at OFI’s Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine (OCCQ) in Borneo, you may hear what sounds like exasperated shouting…

Bear of the Month for Feb, 2019: Raja

February, 15 2019
Raja is one of those bears who always appears to be grumpy.  This is due to his fleshy forehead, common among sun bears, that produces several layers of deep-seated wrinkles.…

News From The Field: Creatures of the Night

January, 11 2019
Dusk approaches along the banks of the Sekonyer River in Tanjung Puting National Park, the gateway to Camp Leakey. Orangutans have already made their nests and hunkered down for the…

Orangutan of The Month for Jan, 2019: Jono

January, 11 2019
Orangutan of the Month: Jono When migrants return to their motherland, are they more at home coming back to their land of origin or are they now more displaced? Humans…

Employee Spotlight: Pak Sia

January, 11 2019
Pak Sia: Devoted to the Orangutans “When I was six or seven, I didn’t really understand orangutans.” Pak Sia remembers. It was around that time he witnessed a teacher at…

Orangutan of the Month for Dec, 2018: Wendy

December, 15 2018
Four in the morning and dawn is barely breaking over the Bornean rainforest. All is quiet as the forest and the animals within begin to stir. The rising sun brings…