Orangutan Stories: Sony lends a helping hand to his sibling!

Zoe Bizicki

June 25, 2025

Charity, Lamandau River Wildlif..., Lamandau Wildlife Reserve, Orangutan Stories, Orangutans

Orangutans are a semi-solitary species, rarely interacting as adults. But wild orangutan Sony has been seen helping his younger brother navigate the canopies whilst their mother is not around - an extremely unusual interaction!

Orangutan Foundation

April 30, 2025

Orangutans, Orangutan Stories

Orangutan Stories: Finding a mate as a semi-solitary species

Orangutan Foundation

April 30, 2025

Orangutans, Orangutan Stories

All living things - including orangutans - have an innate drive to meet their biological needs; water, food, oxygen, and shelter are all key to surviving in the forest. But what about the drive to reproduce? Learn how this semi-solitary species finds a mate in the forest.

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Orangutan Foundation programmes are carried out under the MoU with the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry and the Directorate General for Conservation of Natural Resources & Ecosystems.

Registered Charity No. 1095660. Registered as a company limited by guarantee in England & Wales, No. 4624177
©2023 Orangutan Foundation. All rights reserved.