Walimah had her world debut in the pages of National Geographic magazine. In the October 2003 issue she appeared as a tiny infant, only a few weeks old, clinging, with eyes shut, to her mother, Marissa. Since then, we’ve carefully observed her in every stage of her life as she has gone from a newborn […]
In this final edition from our PROOF blog, Cheryl Knott describes how an interest in researching orangutans grew into a lifelong quest to conserve the great ape and learn more about its connection with humans.
In the latest edition of the PROOF blog, Jessica takes us on a tour of the forest, ending at a majestic waterfall swimming hole. While the waterfall itself is amazing, it is also surrounded by astounding and rare wildlife. Read more in Jessica”s post here.
In the latest edition of the PROOF blog, Russell Laman explains why he likes durian and how this smelly fruit relates to orangutans. Did you know that “duri” in Indonesian means thorn? Hence why the green, thorny, football-sized fruit that you see in these photos is called durian! The wild orangutans we study in Gunung Palung […]
This time it”s Jessica”s turn to tell us about her experiences at Gunung Palung! Jessica is going into 5th grade and has already traveled to Borneo with her family 5 times. In her post on the Nat Geo PROOF blog, Jessica talks about following Walimah, swimming in her favorite swimming hole, and explains how leeches […]
Continuing the National Geographic blog series we first posted about last week, Russell Laman (Dr. Cheryl Knott and husband Tim Laman”s son) has written a blog about the long boat trip he and his family take to reach Cabang Panti, GPOP”s research station in the heart of Gunung Palung National Park. Spoiler alert: it definitely […]
