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“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” (Mahatma Gandhi) Wish you could help rescue and care for orphaned baby orangutans? Want to help protect important...
PALM OIL – SMALL CHANGES MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE!!
A big motivation for developing the Well Nourished website, was to do my bit to make a difference to the world I leave my children. Which brings me to...
GOING APE OVER PALM OIL
Independent Senator for South Australia, Nick Xenophon, joined with renowned Australian neurosurgeon and Orangutan Foundation International Australia ambassador Dr Charlie Teo AM at the Adelaide Zoo on the 30/8/13...
Dr Charlie Teo’s Story
Dr Teo is best known in Australia as a fearless neurosurgeon, who pioneered the use of endoscopic techniques in brain surgery, minimizing recovery time for patients. But many Australians...
“EAT – PLAY – LEARN” Helping Orangutans Return to the Wild Through Holistic Environmental Enrichment
While OFI’s primary form of enrichment is to take orangutans to the enrichment forest and to the large jungle-gym facilities, all orangutans need to spend some time within their...
Quick Facts
In Malay orang means “person” and utan is derived from hutan, which means “forest.” Thus, orangutan literally means “person of the forest.” Orangutans’ arms stretch out longer than their...
Saving Borneo’s Rawa Kuno Legacy Forest
Written by Darek Figa 7th November 2012 Rawa Kuno Legacy Forest – a place I’ve not heard of until only a few months ago. A place close to Borneo’s...
Why are orangutans in danger of becoming extinct?
Threats to the orangutan The destruction and degradation of the tropical rain forest, particularly lowland forest, in Borneo and Sumatra is the main reason orangutans are threatened with extinction. This...
What’s an orangutan’s favourite fruit?
Orangutan Geographical Range In the past orangutans ranged throughout Southeast Asia all the way into southern China and were found on the island of Java and in southern Sumatra....
How big do Orangutans get? Learn about the Biology of the Orangutan
Axonomy Orangutans are great apes, belonging to the taxonomic family “Hominidae.” Most scientists recognize two distinct species of orangutans: Pongo pygameus on the island of Borneo, and Pongo abelii...