Published on October 29, 2014
Ariel the Archaeologist
Every morning in the grounds of OFI’s Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine, young orphaned orangutans on their daily release take to the trees for a day of riotous, energetic play. The forest canopy shakes with...
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Published on October 11, 2014
Fires hit close to home!
It’s fire season again! This is the time for which OFI prepares each year. This is the time we all dread! The dry season was slow to come this year, but all it takes is...
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Published on September 13, 2014
Orangutan of the Month: Maggie
Maggie is a feisty youngster and won’t let you forget it! If she’s not somersaulting into her playmates than it’s safe to bet she is swinging your way, waiting for just the right opportunity to...
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Published on September 13, 2014
Clinton visits OFI's Care Center & Camp Leakey
Former American President Bill Clinton spent two days visiting Orangutan Foundation International’s facilities in Central Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia. Traveling with a delegation representing the Clinton Foundation’s Climate Initiative, Clinton was given a private tour of...
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Published on March 28, 2014
Orangutan genome (part 1): The quest for Leakey’s ancestral great ape
Louis Leakey was a Kenyan paleoanthropologist who devoted his life to uncovering the early phases of human evolution. Using the scientific tools available at the time, he set out to study hominid fossils in Olduvai...
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Published on March 28, 2014
Brave Little Ben: Orangutan of the month
When I arrived at the Care Center more than six months ago, Ben was the smallest infant in OFI’s care. He always seemed a little timid, and when he was taken into the forest, he...
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