Pictures of borneo [last update 2011-12-25]

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Below you will find a collection of photos from various places. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2012. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.

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Rehabilitated mother and baby orangutans on boardwalk at Camp Leaky (Indonesia) Palm oil fruit on the tree in Sabah, Malaysia Forest degraded by palm oil orphaned orangutans Brown and white mushroom (Malaysia) Red-brown fungi (Malaysia) Logging truck carrying timber out of the Malaysian rainforest (Malaysia) Heart-shaped insect Black butterfly with iridescent purple-blue spots on the underwings (Indonesia) Orangutan at Sepilok covering its head with a leaf (Malaysia) Bulldozer on a logging road (Malaysia) Rainforest that has been slash-and-burned in Borneo (Indonesia) Colony of termites in moving along a log in the rainforest (Indonesia) Black and yellow grasshopper (Malaysia) Young orang-utan in Indonesia's Tanjung Puting National Park (Indonesia) Orangutans feasting on corn Red weevil-like insect with yellow and black legs (Indonesia) Aerial view of palm oil plantations and higher-altitude forest patches in Sabah, Malaysia Borneo Rainforest Lodge at Danum Valley (Malaysia) Orangutan with a coconut hat Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia) Blue-gray dragonfly (Malaysia) Logging road in Borneo (Malaysia) Bridge over the Segama river (Malaysia) Large Orangutan Looking into Camera Crocodile nest site in water lillies along the Sekonyer River (Indonesia) Young orphan orang-utan (Malaysia) Forested mountains of Borneo (Malaysia) Mushroom (Malaysia) Oil palm plantations in Malaysian Borneo (Malaysia) Roots of rainforest trees growing down a rock face (Malaysia) Long-tailed macaques getting friendly (Indonesia) Red fruit (Malaysia) Dyak longhouse (Indonesia) Green fruit (Malaysia) Danum river in Borneo (Malaysia) Charred remnants of a section of tropical rainforest that has been slash-and-burned for swidden agriculture (Indonesia) Sign for the Pasalat Reforestation Project in Tanjung Puting National Park (Indonesia) Black and white butterfly (Malaysia) Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) in a fruit tree (Indonesia) Danum Valley canopy walkway (Malaysia) Mangroves along the Sabang River (Malaysia) Mangrove forest along the Sabang River (Malaysia) Oil palm seedlings (Malaysia) Young orangutan hanging from a rope at Sepilok (Malaysia) Ex-captive adult male Borneo Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) (Indonesia) Reddish snake with dark brown bands (Malaysia) Large armored beetle (Malaysia) This Bornean rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni), Tam, is a captive individual representing hopes for ex-situ breeding of the Critically Endangered subspecies of the Sumatran rhino (also Critically Endangered). Sunset over the Borneo rainforest (Malaysia) Bottles of oil palm stock fruit for breeding (Malaysia) Bridge over the Danum river (Malaysia) Platynopus melanoleueus; an insect used for oil palm IPM (Malaysia) Bornean forest lizard (Malaysia) Tiger leech (Haemadipsa picta) (Malaysia) Dura oil palm fruit (Malaysia) Elongated blue and orange insect (Malaysia) Tan-colored butterfly (Malaysia) Oil palm plantation in a deforested area along the Sabang river (Malaysia) Slender pitcher plant (Nepenthes gracilis) (Malaysia) Sunset over the Sekonyer River (Indonesia) Entomologist showing how ants are trapped in the Slender pitcher plant (Nepenthes gracilis) (Malaysia) Aerial view of river along with cleared areas, palm oil plantations, and forest in Sabah, Malaysia Logging truck carrying timber out of the Malaysian rainforest (Malaysia) Ex-captive adult male Borneo Orangutan drinking milk on feeding platform at Pondok Tanggui (Indonesia) Young orphan orang-utan (Malaysia) Expanse of cleared forestland near Tanjung Putting (Indonesia) Pitcher plant; Nepenthes rafflesiana; positioned on the forest floor (Indonesia) Orangutan at Sepilok (Malaysia) Tropidophorus micropus skink (Indonesia) Orphaned Orangutan in Central Kalimantan Borneo Rainforest Lodge at Danum Valley (Malaysia) Oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land (Malaysia) Palm oil plantations as far as the eye can see in Sabah, Malaysia Orangutan at Sepilok (Malaysia) Black-and-yellow Broadbill (Eurylaimus ochromalus) (Malaysia) Red orangutan eating rambutan fruit (Indonesia) White butterfly with black polkadots (Malaysia) Grasshopper-like insect with silver eyes (Malaysia) Haze rising from an oil palm plantation established on former rainforest land (Malaysia) Yellow butterfly in Borneo (Indonesia) Water lillies and Pandanus palms along blackwater river (Indonesia) Danum river in Borneo (Malaysia) Large-nosed Male Proboscis Monkey eating fruit in the rainforest (Indonesia) Nitrogen-fixing cover crop and integrated pest management-friendly flowers in an oil palm plantation (Malaysia) Oil palm plantation (Malaysia) Mist rising from the Borneo rainforest (Malaysia) Man fishing under some Nipa palms on the Seikonyer River (Indonesia) borneo: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 | Page 12 | Page 13 | Page 14 | Page 15 | Page 16 | Page 17 | Page 18 | Page 19 | Page 20 | Page 21 | Page 22 | Page 23 | Page 24 | Page 25 | Page 26 | Page 27 | Page 28 | Page 29 | Page 30 | Page 31 | Page 32 | Page 33