Biruté Galdikas, 79, Who Worked to Save Wild Orangutans in Borneo, Dies NYT | Top Stories By: Richard Sandomir 3 April 2026 at 05:28 With Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, she was one of three prominent researchers of great apes who were sometimes called the “trimates.” © Universal Images Group, via Getty ImagesBiruté Galdikas at her research camp in Borneo. She established it in 1971 in a remote rainforest without transportation and communication services but with plenty of leeches, malarial mosquitoes, wild pigs and king cobras.
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