Save the Orangutan welcomes two new well-merited project managers. They will be responsible for our programmes in Borneo. Our local focus on forest conservation, people and the wild orangutans is growing. Therefore, we are very happy to be able to welcome two new and highly qualified project managers. They will […]

Save the Orangutan has, in cooperation with Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF), been running a school project with focus on adaptation to climate change. The project, which recently ended, has in a short time given children in Mawas much more insight into the importance of nature, the environment and extreme weather phenomena. In just one […]

An international research team has observed an orangutan treating a facial wound with healing leaves. A behaviour that has never before been recorded among animals. The researchers believe that the ability to use medicinal plants may come from a common ancestor of humans and great apes. Rakus had an open […]

Orangutans’ behaviour suggests that they experience complex emotions. This area is not so easy to research but a lot of behavioural observations reveal that orangutans can show empathy and understand the feelings of others. There are also concrete examples of this from the rehabilitation centre Nyaru Menteng. One of the […]

Iqo, Monita and all the other orangutans at the rehabilitation centre will be moved to a new Nyaru Menteng, where new updated facilities will be built. The present Nyaru Menteng is to be used for ecotourism. Nyaru Menteng sits on land owned by the authorities. Our partner organization BOS Foundation […]

Save the Orangutan has been approved as a program organization of Civil Society in Development (CISU) by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This also means an important grant of DKK 15.3 million for the work on Borneo. Together with the local partner organizations BOS Foundation and Borneo Nature Foundation, […]

Despite not seeing each other for as long as 26 years, great apes remember friends and acquaintances from the past. This is revealed in a recently published international study. In the study, chimpanzees and bonobos (pygmy chimpanzees) from different zoos were given the opportunity to look at pictures of conspecifics. It turned out […]

A wild male orangutan had to be captured and relocated when he got too close to a village. An incident that gave rise to both fear and curiosity among the villagers. It was in September 2023 that a wild male orangutan approached a village in Borneo. When orangutans do this, it […]

Where do Ben, Miko and Nody live now? Well, they reside in the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park (TNBBBR). Learn more about this safe haven for rehabilitated orangutans. When orphaned orangutans have completed a long rehabilitation process, they are ready for the finale; to be released in the wild where they […]

The orangutan is critically endangered but continues to be killed in Borneo. However, the work that Save the Orangutan and other organizations are doing brings hope for the future. A recent study highlighted by The Guardian shows that although it is both taboo and criminal to kill orangutans, it occurred […]