Orangutans were well represented at this year’s Northeastern Evolutionary Primatologists (NEEP) meeting at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. The morning podium session on Foraging, Feeding and Nutrition featured two different Rutgers University researchers: Wendy M. Erb: Wildfire smoke negatively impacts activity budgets and energy balance of wild Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii). … More Tuanan at NEEP
“Today I woke up at 2:50 am. I made some black tea, packed a small tupperware lunchbox as full as I could of last night’s rice, fried tofu, a hard-boiled egg and sautéed greens. I had filled my backpack up the night before with everything I would need to take into the forest: a hammock, … More How Did I Get Here?
In recognition of her 30 years of work dedicated to orangutans and their conservation, Dr. Suci Atmoko has been nominated for the 2018 Indianapolis Prize, the world’s largest animal conservation award. Dr. Atmoko is the only Indonesian researcher to have been nomination for such a prestigious, international award. Today, September 26th, 2017, you can show … More Dr. Sri Suci Utami Atmoko for the 2018 Indianapolis Prize
The spatial and temporal variation in food abundance has strong effects on wildlife feeding and nutrition. Here we present the first long term study of the effects of variation in fruit availability and age/sex class on nutritional ecology of wild Bornean orangutans. We examined variation in nutrient intake of wild orangutans in living in a … More Our new publication on orangutan nutritional ecology!
I am very excited to announce that doctoral candidate Tim Bransford was just awarded a National Science Foundation DDRIG for his research “The energetic costs of motherhood in wild Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii).”, which he is conducting at the Tuanan Orangutan Research Station. Great job Tim!!!!! https://erinvogelphd.wordpress.com/category/vogel-lab-news/student-news/
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