Below we are thrilled to share an exciting update from Dr. Galdikas in the field:  We released 5 orangutans back into the forest! At the end of March 2022, five ex-captive wild born orangutans from the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine (OCCQ) were released back into the forests of Borneo. Orangutan “Enon” and her juvenile son Ernie were the first to be released […]

We’re excited to introduce you to Ryan Reynolds… the orangutan! Ryan Reynolds is an orphaned orangutan who is currently being cared for at the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine (OCCQ) facility in Central Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. Ryan came into the OCCQ center in March of 2021 at the estimated age of 9 months old. He […]

On Christmas day 1971, Biruté Mary Galdikas followed a wild orangutan for a full day for the first time since her arrival in Borneo almost two months before. She named that female orangutan Beth. That incredible Christmas present was the beginning of something so powerful and important that it survives today.   It was from Beth […]