The Tuanan Orangutan Research Project and CORE Borneo are investigating the effects of fire on orangutan health through two research projects. One focuses on stress responses, while the other examines nutrition during fire events. These initiatives highlight the critical need to reduce forest fires, which pose significant hazards to biodiversity and contribute to climate change. … More Fighting Fire with Data
This year we had a wonderful year of research and new orangutan births at Tuanan! We have been a bit slow with updating our website with research updates from the team but please check out our Twitter feed for more on the last year in research. We had 6 Fulbright Fellows collecting data at Tuanan … More Bringing in Hope for 2024! New Births in the Mindy Family!
The Tuanan Team and orangutan conservation community mourn the loss of our staff member and dear friend, Awan. Awan started as a research assistant working with Dr. Meredith Bastian in 2005 as part of the Sungai Lading Tuanan culture project. After the project ended, Awan joined the Tuanan research team in 2008 and has worked … More Awan, Rest in Peace Our Friend
At the end of May 2019, our incredible Tuanan field team found Tina, who we have been following with her offspring (Taxi and then Tuk-Tuk) for almost 10 years. My doctoral student, Rebecca Brittain, contacted me to tell me they found Tina with a snare around her ankle. She was feeding and traveling and the … More Snares, Teamwork, and Rescuing Tina
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