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Published on January 11, 2019
News From The Field: Creatures of the Night
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 night. In the national park,...
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Published on April 6, 2016
A Look Back at the History of Iconic Camp Leakey
When Birute Mary Galdikas ventured deep into the heart of Borneo in 1971 as a young graduate student, it was in pursuit of a long sought-after dream – that of exploring an ancient tropical rainforest...
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Published on March 2, 2016
The Captivating Flora and Fauna of Tanjung Puting National Park
Tanjung Puting National Park, where Orangutan Foundation International has worked for over 30 years, and its surrounding area is home to a beautiful array of diverse flora and fauna including the Bornean orangutan. In this...
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Published on March 2, 2016
Tanjung Puting National Park Day
On Sunday the 7th of February, 2016 a promotion day was hosted by the Tanjung Puting National Park at Kumai, in the province of Kalimantan Tengah (Central Indonesian Borneo).The aim of the day was...
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Published on July 7, 2009
Analyzing Hydrology in Tanjung Puting’s Peat Swamp Forests
It may seem strange to think of tropical forests and swamps together… but not to orangutans who call peat swamp forests home. The flooded river networks of Tanjung Puting National Park and Lamandau Reserve are...
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Published on December 15, 2004
Gestural Communication in Wild Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) in Tanjung Puting National Park
According to our current knowledge, the orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) was the first great-ape species to split off from the evolutionary tree that led to modern humans. This happened about 14 million years ago (Goodman, 1999)....
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