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When is enjoying funny animal videos not anthropomorphism? | Aeon Essays Interpreting the emotional lives of animals requires a subtler and more nuanced understanding of anthropomorphism

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Video: Baby Jenny Makes a Friend! - Orangutan Outreach This past January, the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation welcomed a new baby orangutan at the Samboja Lestari Rehabilitation Centre. This female orangutan, named... more...

New Video!!! Baby Orangutan Jenny Makes a Friend
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A barefoot Swiss radical took on Malaysia's most powerful politician and lost everything — here's what his sacrifice taught us I'd spent weeks investigating one of the greatest environmental crimes you've never heard of. In the Malaysian state of Sarawak, on the island of Borneo,

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Meet Baby Orangutan Nia - Orangutan Outreach A baby orangutan named Nia recently arrived at the BOS Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre. She had been kept as a pet for approximately two weeks before her surrender to authorities.

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Three arrested for selling smuggled orangutans from Indonesia Three suspects have been arrested for selling orangutans smuggled from Indonesia by speedboat, with expected prices up to 250,000 baht.

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Video: Meet Baby Orangutan Momo - Orangutan Outreach Baby Momo was recently rescued by the BOS Foundation. She will soon be joining the nursery school where she will make friends and begin her years-long journey back to the wild... Please support the BO...

Video: Meet Baby Orangutan Momo!
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Two white mountain goats on a hillside covered in vibrant foliage and evergreen trees. White text in large letters reads: Call your senators and tell them: vote no on this devasting land grab. (202) 224-3121

We are still facing the largest attack we've ever seen on public lands.

Sen. Mike Lee still wants to liquidate more than a million acres of public lands – turning them over to the highest bidder.

Call your senators! Urge them to oppose any sell-off of public lands. 📱➡️ (202) 224-3121

Promotional image featuring a 'For Sale' sign in front of a scenic waterfall and rocky landscape with the text: 'A ONE-TIME SALE. A LIFETIME LOSS. Million acres of our public lands could be sold off for profiteering.'

The Senate is still considering the largest sell-off of public lands in U.S. history.

If sold, these special places — and the natural heritage they represent — will be lost forever.

Please keep urging your senators to oppose the sell-off of public lands. ➡️ biodiv.us/handsoffpubl...

Trump to rescind 'Roadless Rule' protecting 58 million acres of forest land Speaking in New Mexico, President Trump's Secretary of Agriculture announced her intention to roll back a landmark 2001 conservation rule passed in the late hour of the Clinton administration.

The Trump admin is rolling back the Roadless Rule, a policy that has protected more than 58M acres of national forestlands from logging. "If the Trump admin actually revokes the roadless rule, we'll see them in court." - Drew Caputo, Earthjustice VP of litigation for lands, wildlife and oceans.

Orangutans sacrifice sleep to socialize–but naps can help 'It’s surprisingly similar to what is recommended in humans for the length of a power nap.’

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How one family made $21 billion destroying the world's oldest rainforest—and they're still fighting over the money While a billionaire family tears itself apart in Malaysian courts, the system that made their fortune grinds on—Borneo's ancient rainforests are still being converted to cash at a staggering pace, and...

How one family made $21 billion destroying the world's oldest rainforest—and they're still fighting over the money
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Conservation Innovations: How Sustained Resistance Is Saving One of the Earth’s Most Critical Rainforests From Corporate Greed As profit-driven exploitation imperils Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, some unique conservation strategies are working to save it.

Conservation Innovations: How Sustained Resistance Is Saving One of the Earth’s Most Critical Rainforests From Corporate Greed www.resilience.org/stories/2025... @ran.org

UNITED FOR ORANGUTANS - Orangutan Outreach Orangutan Outreach has been proudly supporting the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation since our establishment in 2007. The BOS Foundation cares for more orangutans than... more...

UNITED FOR ORANGUTANS: A LASTING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ORANGUTAN OUTREACH AND THE BOS FOUNDATION
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Wilmar Group hands over $725 million in Indonesia palm oil graft case Food company Wilmar Group said on Tuesday it had handed over 11.8 trillion rupiah ($725 million) to Indonesia's Attorney General's Office as a "security deposit" in relation to a case in court about alleged misconduct in obtaining palm oil export permits.

Crime apparently pays a lot. The devastation, death and destruction caused by these people is unimaginable and unconscionable. The horror. The horror.
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Wilmar Group hands over $725 million in Indonesia palm oil graft case
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YouTube video by Orangutan Outreach ~ redapes.org Orangutan Babies Esa and Indri Find Hope Again

Video: Orangutan Babies Esa and Indri Find Hope Again youtu.be/SDVIoXtOTjE?... via @YouTube

Video: Jumbo Goes Wild! - Orangutan Outreach Beloved Jumbo, from the Orangutan Outreach Adoption Program, has been released to freedom in the forest of Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park! Let’s take a look at Jumbo’s rehabilitation journey - fr...

VIDEO: Jumbo Goes Wild!
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BOSF: 2 Baby Orangutans Rescued in Samboja - Orangutan Outreach Date Posted: June 11, 2025 Text by: BOS Foundation Communications Team at Samboja Lestari, East Kalimantan One evening at 7:00 PM local time, one of... more...

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BOSF: 2 Baby Orangutans Rescued in Samboja

BOS Nyaru Menteng: 5 More Orangutans Journey Back to the Wild - Orangutan Outreach The BOS Foundation released 5 more orangutans from Nyaru Menteng back to forest freedom!

BOS Nyaru Menteng: 5 More Orangutans Journey Back to the Wild
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Aiko and Jeni's New Forest School Adventure - Orangutan Outreach In the large-group Forest School, seven young orangutans actively play and learn together under the watchful care of our experienced surrogate mothers. It has been two months since these orphans moved...

Aiko and Jeni’s New Forest School Adventure
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A New Life in the Forest: Baby Indro - Orangutan Outreach In 2024, the BOS Foundation Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team observed one of the orangutans frequently visiting the camp— Inung— and her offspring, Indie. However, there was a special surprise in Au...

A New Life in the Forest: Baby Indro
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VIDEO & PHOTOS: BOS Samboja Lestari: 6 More Orangutans Journey Back to the Wild
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A new report lists the world’s 25 most endangered primates. Most people have never heard of them. Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. A new report, “Primates in Peril: The World’s 25 Most Endangered Pri...

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Molika is Living Wild & Free! - Orangutan Outreach We are so proud of Molika as she has begun her life free in the forest! Molika was last observed on May 1, 2025 by the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP) Post-Release Monitoring team at ...

Our online orangutan adoption program used to feature a beautiful little orphaned Sumatran baby girl named Molika. She was released back into the wild a few years ago by our partner SOCP —and was recently spotted high up in the canopy! redapes.org/molika-is-li...
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An Illinois Building Was a Bird Killer. A Simple Change Made a World of Difference.

An Illinois Building Was a Bird Killer. A Simple Change Made a World of Difference. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/c...

What the hidden rhythms of orangutan calls can tell us about language – new research Recursion was thought to be a unique feature of human language.

What the hidden rhythms of orangutan calls can tell us about language – new research theconversation.com/what-the-hid...

Global Forest Loss Hit a Record Last Year as Fires Raged

Global Forest Loss Hit a Record Last Year as Fires Raged www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/c...

Birds Form Long-Term Bonds With Non-Relatives Resembling Friendship: Study - EcoWatch Researchers have found that birds, like humans, form friendships with non-relatives over long periods of time.

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(So do orangutans!)

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Orangutans use complex vocal patterns found in human language New research reveals Sumatran orangutans use recursion in vocal patterns, challenging human language uniqueness.

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Stopping orangutan trafficking in Thailand | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service On May 14, 2025, the Royal Thai Police’s Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division, with vital lead information from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement B...

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