Tim Laman

PHOTO GALLERIES: ORANGUTANS IN THE WILD

Images of Orangutans from the primary rain forest of Gunung Palung National Park, Indonesia on the island of Borneo. My wife, primatologist Cheryl Knott, has been studying orangutans here since 1994.

Young adult female Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) hanging out in a tree.
   
A wild adult male Bornean Orangutan keeps an eye on a female while feeding in a patch of wild gingers.
   
Young adult female Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus).
     
  
Close view of the hand of a wild adult male Bornean Orangutan.
   
A wild Bornean Orangutan baby reaches out for his mother.
   
Young adult female Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus).
     
  
An adult female Bornean Orangutan (Pongo Pygmaeus).
   
A wild adult male Bornean Orangutan holds a leafy branch over his head as it starts to rain.
   
Young adult female Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus).
     
  
A wild female Bornean Orangutan hanging from lianas.
   
A wild adult male Bornean Orangutan sits in his sleeping nest.
   
Young adult female Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus).
     
  
A wild female Bornean Orangutan traveling through the forest with her baby.
   
A wild adult male Bornean Orangutan hangs from a small tree while feeding on Diospyros fruits.
   
A wild female Bornean Orangutan with her newborn infant.
     
  
Adult female Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus).