Biruté Galdikas, Renowned Orangutan Researcher, Dies at 79

Biruté Galdikas, a prominent primatologist known for her work saving wild orangutans in Borneo and one of the "trimates" alongside Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, has died at 79.

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Biruté Galdikas, 79, Who Worked to Save Wild Orangutans in Borneo, Dies

With Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey, she was one of three prominent researchers of great apes who were sometimes called the “trimates.”

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