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Bornean Orangutan Posts

October 23, 2025

Flexible housing for orangutans

The next time you visit the Zoo, you may notice that orangutans are living in different habitats, or with different...
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May 5, 2025

Saving orangutans with Zoo Atlanta’s (and your!) support

Hey, my name’s Erin, and I’m a member of the Orangutan Care Team here at the Zoo. Today I’m going...
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January 15, 2025

Orangutan enrichment!

What is enrichment, what’s our process, and why is it important?  Zoo Atlanta is home to 10 orangutans, in six...
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December 12, 2024

Meet the orangutans!

While infant Nangka has been the recent star of our orangutan area, we don’t want you to forget about our...
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April 18, 2023

Happy 8th Birthday Keju!

Hi it’s Emily from the Orangutan Team, and I’m here to share with you some exciting news about our youngest...
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October 26, 2021

THE LONGEST CHILDHOOD

Hey everyone! My name is Courtney, and I’m a member of the Orangutan Care Team here at Zoo Atlanta. Orangutans...
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July 27, 2021

Next steps in monitoring heart disease in great apes

Satu, a 17-year-old male Bornean orangutan at Zoo Atlanta, has received an Implantable Loop Recorder (ILR) as part of a...
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February 23, 2021

Meet Miri, Satu and Pelari

Here at Zoo Atlanta, we house three different family groups of orangutans. We have one Bornean group, one Sumatran group,...
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August 18, 2020

New Quarters for Conservation programs

While there are many reasons to visit Zoo Atlanta, the most central to the Zoo’s mission is the ability to...
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April 14, 2020

Celebrating birthdays behind the scenes

Hello everyone! Last week was a busy one for Team B in the Primate Department as we celebrated FIVE birthdays!...
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February 18, 2020

Enrichment in all weathers

This year Mother Nature has presented us with some odd weather. Okay, the last several years we have had odd...
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February 4, 2020

The science of feeding

Hi everyone. Kaya here from the Primate Team. One of my favorite things to do when I’m at work is...
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October 18, 2019

Trick or (Sustainable Palm Oil) Treat?

If you haven’t noticed, we talk about palm oil a lot during October. That’s because Halloween is known for being...
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October 9, 2019

Orangutans and your Halloween candy

This is Brittney, and today’s blog post is all about Halloween candy and orangutans! How are they connected, you ask?...
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October 3, 2019

Why should you care about palm oil?

Malayan sun bears. Sumatran orangutans. Bornean orangutans. Sumatran tigers. Western lowland gorillas. Rhinoceros hornbills. Ring-tailed lemurs. Slender-snouted crocodiles. What do...
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December 14, 2018

Chantek

Chantek had a unique and engaging personality and special ways of relating to and communicating with those who knew him...
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October 24, 2018

An app saving animals from extinction

Have you heard of palm oil? If you’ve ever read the list of ingredients on the food you eat, you’ve...
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October 3, 2018

Save orangutans on your next grocery run

What is palm oil? Palm oil comes from the fruit of the African oil palm tree and is grown all...
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March 28, 2018

Studying gorillas in the Zoo and the wild

Unknown to most of our visitors, Zoo Atlanta has an active primate behavior and cognition research program, with scientists studying...
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January 31, 2018

Be a conscientious consumer this Valentine’s

Did you set a 2018 resolution to be a more conscientious consumer? If so, Valentine’s Day is the first big...
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January 9, 2018

The many faces of our primate area

Hello! Brittney, Seasonal Keeper from Primates here. Last time you heard from me I was talking about the difference between...
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October 17, 2017

Report from Orangutan SSP Husbandry Workshop

Hey reader, I recently had the opportunity to attend the 2017 Orangutan Species Survival Plan® (SSP) Husbandry Workshop. And let...
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October 4, 2017

Why choose only sustainable palm oil?

What is palm oil? Palm oil comes from the fruit of the African oil palm tree and is grown all...
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August 10, 2017

A day with Keju

Hey there! I’m one of the Zoo’s newer Primate Keepers, and today I’d like to take you through a day...
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June 6, 2017

Beating the heat with the primates

It’s summertime, y’all! Or as I like to call it, only slightly hotter than the rest of the year, because...
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April 26, 2017

Primate Communication

The human voice clearly is a remarkable phenomenon. The anatomy of our throat and the cognitive abilities of our brain...
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April 4, 2017

Keeper Stories – Tuesday, April 4

It is amazing how fast time flies, especially as we see our young orangutans grow and develop! I can’t believe...
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January 31, 2017

Tuesday, January 31

Wild orangutans have incredibly interesting diets. They have been observed eating a wide variety of foods including leaves, bark, flowers,...
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January 20, 2017

Veterinary Research

The expertise of the Zoo Atlanta Veterinary Team benefits colleagues around the world.
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January 13, 2017

Pelari

Pelari is one of our youngest orangutans and is the son of Miri. Pelari is growing up fast and starting...
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January 13, 2017

Satu

He was also the first offspring of Miri and Sulango, as well as the first orangutan to participate in an...
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January 9, 2017

Endangered Species Day

Join us to celebrate species diversity and learn how you can make choices at home that help wildlife around the world! ...
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December 29, 2016

Primate Research

Zoo Atlanta has a diverse population of primates, with multiple species from every major primate group (i.e. lemurs, monkeys and...
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December 8, 2016

Orangutan Talk (Habitat 2)

Be there for the orangutans’ afternoon fruit feeding and hear from an animal care professional – a great chance to...
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December 8, 2016

Orangutan Feeding at Habitat 1

Be there for the orangutans’ afternoon fruit feeding– a great chance to see these incredible apes in action!
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November 21, 2016

Orangutan Learning Tree

Scientists have long wondered about the true nature of great ape cognition, and a groundbreaking project at Zoo Atlanta provides...
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January 12, 2016

Tuesday, January 12

  Well, so many great subjects have been talked about lately, where does one begin? Well, to go along with...
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