One of the best overseas seas experiences I have never had was visiting an orang-utan rehabilitation centre on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. I was travelling overland between Singapore and Thailand

Medan petrol station.  From Penang in Thailand it was a long ferry ride to Belawan, Northern Sumarta in Indonesian. Thes

Pendant un surf trip sur l'île de Sumatra en Indonésie, j'en ai profité pour aller faire un trek de deux jours dans le park national de Bukit Lawang afin de voir des Orangutans. Espèces menacée et en voie

'Human of the forest' The orangutan belongs to the group of primates known as great apes. The indigenous Dayak people of Borneo tell an old legend that the orangutan was originally a human who pretended

Orangutans need our protection About Orangutan Outreach Richard Zimmerman is the Founding Director of Orangutan Outreach, a New York-based non-profit organization whose mission is to save the critically

Today I learned that orangutans can learn to tie ropes. For example, orangutan and watna enjoy connections in a variety of materials, and even ignores food when absorbed in this activity. No one has taught

What’s worth more, an orangutan or a box of cookies? This question isn't as ridiculous as it might sound. Palm oil, a product that is found in 50% of supermarket products, is pushing orangutans to the

Source Image Save us. My house you do not cut. Do not you burn it. Nor do you turn into oil palm plantations. We have the right to live. Just as you occupy this earth. We must be fair because we are fellow

Last year I had the opportunity to visit the Orangutan Sancturary in Sandakan, Malayisa. When I arrived I was told that the Sancturary is not forcing the Ape´s to come out and show themselves, there might

Hey beautiful beings, I doubt I’m the only one who feels at times that they have footage that can’t be utilised. Usually for me I can’t find ways to make the story flow or I lose motivation to keep filming.

Nearly 150,000 orangutans vanished from Borneo over a 16-year period, a new study found.

![image]( [Source]( >Orangutans are endemic animals, only in Kalimantan, Indonesian. The population continues to decline. Therefore the animal must be protected. But unfortunately all this time that seemed

"The Big House", home of the University of Michigan football team, is one of the largest stadiums in the world. This is how it looks when crammed over 100,000 viewers: Now, imagine the audience

While the orangutans in Indonesia are comfortably asleep in their cosy nests, I’m sitting in my flat in Europe and also slowly preparing for my bedtime. The environments couldn’t be more different. While

Hooray (and a barrel of simians!) - it's time for this week's Neatorama and Hobotopia's Caption Monkey game. But first, the story of the wheelbarrowful of orangutans. Orphaned by Man's folly, [the orangutans]

A new study reveals over 100,000 Orangutans killed in Borneo this century, with the motivating factors being oil palm, mining and paper mills. Habitat destruction was long thought to be the main contributor

Filmmaker, photographer & writer in Indonesia since 2009 @bjorneo | FB: Bjorneo Bear | BJÖRN, BORNEO, BJORNEO My name is Björn Vaughn and I live in Central Kalimantan on the Indonesian side of Borneo.

Cell Press Summary: Over a 16-year period, about half of the orangutans living on the island of Borneo were lost as a result of changes in land cover. That's according to estimates showing that more than

Scientist assures that a chimpanzee gave birth to a humanzee They claim that a hybrid half human, half chimpanzee existed. Illustrative picture: Pxhere Gordon Gallup, a renowned psychologist, was the one

I made a decision to give a gift of hope and love as my thank you to @steemit that I collected so much steempower, my investment, since June 2016.......It feels good to get but better to give! Let me tell