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"Follow along with the Secret Explorers as they visit an amazing wildlife reserve and make lots of new friends, both human and animal! However, not everyone in the rainforest is as friendly, and the kids soon stumble across a terrible plot to burn an area of the rainforest to expand the palm oil plantation, which will destroy the orangutan habitat, and leave these lovable animals without a home"--Provided by publisher.

Looks at animals in Borneo and their ecosystem.

"When Galdikas saw her first image of an orangutan in the wild, she was immediately captivated. It haunted her and she found its gaze 'almost hypnotic.' She moved to Borneo, where she made it her life's mission to study and work to protect these mysterious creatures. Like primatologists Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, Galdikas was driven by incredible ambition and a fascination with apes and human origins, making her way to the harsh rain forests of Indonesian Borneo when she was just 25 years old. She set up a simple camp, named after her mentor, Louis Leakey, and proceeded to look...and look...and look for wild orangutans, one of the most elusive species on the planet. Her studies brought these critically endangered apes to the world stage, and they are still making an impact today. Now in her 70s, Dr. Galdikas has conducted the longest running study by any single scientist"--Provided by the publisher.

Twins Ben and Zoe are sent to the jungles of Borneo to rescue an orangutan and save his refuge from illegal logging.

Jeff Corwin explores the habitats of the island nation of Borneo, introducing such animals as tree frogs, the Asian elephant, primates, bats and swiftlets, the proboscis monkey, the venomous mangrove snake, sea turtles, and the yellow-lipped sea krait.

".. explores why orangutans are in danger, how they come to the care center, and the process of healing and rehabilitating [them] for return to the wild"--Back cover.

November 1944: Army airmen set out in a B-24 bomber on what should have been an easy mission off the Borneo coast. Instead they found themselves facing a Japanese fleet--and were shot down. When they cut themselves loose from their parachutes, they were scattered across the island's mountainous interior. Then a group of loincloth-wearing natives silently materialized out of the jungle. Would these Dayak tribesmen turn the starving airmen over to the Japanese occupiers? Or would the Dayaks risk vicious reprisals to get the airmen safely home? The tribal leaders' unprecedented decision led to a desperate game of hide-and-seek, and, ultimately, the return of a long-renounced ritual: head-hunting. This survival story features a bamboo airstrip built on a rice paddy, a mad British major, and a blowpipe-wielding army that helped destroy one of the last Japanese strongholds.--From publisher description.

Television personality Jeff Corwin takes the reader on an expedition through Borneo, and introduces some of the diverse wildlife found there, including orangutans, pythons, and Proboscis monkeys.

Describes the life and research of Birut?e Galdikas, prominent expert on the behavior of orangutans in the wild.

Retells a traditional tale from Borneo in which a cunning little mouse deer outwits all the other animals of the jungle.