Releasing Orangutans back to the Wild: a Complex Procedure

May, 26 2011
Not every orangutan release goes as planned. In April 2010 Congo, an eleven year old male, was released at a forest camp located in a secure patch of forest stewarded…

Meet Siswi: IMAX star and long-time sweetheart of Camp Leakey visitors

April, 27 2011
In the new IMAX movie, Born to be Wild, Siswi is filmed sharing noodles with Dr Biruté Mary Galdikas as they sit together outside Galdikas’ house in Camp Leakey in…

IMAX Star of the Month: Omry

April, 21 2011
Introducing Omry, the mischievous star of the IMAX film Born to be Wild: Omry is easily remembered from the scene where he wreaks havoc in a kitchen by clanging pots…

IMAX's 'Born to be wild' star of the month: Douglas Soledo

March, 29 2011
Douglas Soledo has a story quite unlike the tales of other orangutan orphans. Featured in the new IMAX movie, BORN TO BE WILD, opening this April, Douglas Soledo is about…

Six Months of Enrichment: Insights and Experiences

February, 27 2011
It’s my last day volunteering at the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine, where I have been doing orangutan enrichment for the last 6 months. I am watching Samsu and Bangow…

Gibbs the Gibbon makes a move

February, 25 2011
The young male Agile Gibbon who we have been calling Gibbs has left his much larger orangutan cousins at the OFI Care Center this week. This small, arboreal ape is…