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Welcome to the Team Wild Orangutan Member’s Area! As a team member, you will have exclusive access to the content below. Thanks for your support and joining us in our efforts to research and protect wild orangutans in Borneo.

Orangutan Diaries #6

A Video from The Vault: Kristen’s Final Days One of the very first wild orangutans ever followed at Cabang Panti Research Station was an adult female, given the name Kristen. Kristen was first followed in 1992, when GPOP founder Dr.…

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Orangutan Diaries #5

Did you know all great apes build nests to sleep in at night? Just like us humans, orangutans like to rest on cushioned surfaces. Orangutans will bend, break and weave branches and leaves to construct nests in trees. Often, they…

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Orangutan Diaries #4

Did you know orangutans get thirsty too? Each day, our team of 9 field assistants carry around small video cameras in their backpack so that they are always ready to record interesting orangutan behaviors. This is the inspiration behind the…

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Orangutan Diaries #3

The Story of Our Logo We recently created the new logo you see above for Save Wild Orangutans featuring a mother and baby orangutan with a mountain behind.  Read on to learn why this is such a perfect symbol for…

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Seven Worlds One Planet – Filming Wild Orangutans in Gunung Palung

Do you have any idea how much work it takes to film a challenging subject like wild orangutans for a high-end natural history project like Seven Worlds?  In 2017, BBC decided to take on the big challenge of telling the…

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Welcome!

Welcome to our Save Wild Orangutans Team!  We are excited that you are joining us on this quest to safeguard wild orangutans. My name is Tim Laman.  I’m lucky enough to be the husband of orangutan researcher Cheryl Knott.  We…

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