As the new year begins, we’re continuing to share ‘The Rimba’— a self-published, not-for-profit children’s book created to help young readers understand rainforest loss and the role consumer choices, including sustainable palm oil, play in protecting forests & #orangutans

Arrows are tricky. For us, as the designer of the visual, it will be super clear what it means. But for someone looking at our visual for the first time, it can be highly ambiguous. Depending on the reader, the same arrow can mean sequence, zoom, range, label, movement,... 1/2

"Humans are to blame for the decline of these amazing apes — but people are also responsible for saving orphaned orangutans and helping them learn how to survive in the wild." - @emmalokuciejewski.bsky.social therevelator.org/save-this-sp...

After many years of trying to combine my 2 passions, art 🎨 and science 👩‍🔬, into something meaningful, i have created an educational #ChildrensBook! 📚 ✨ Meet The Rimba🦧, a gentle, lyrical tale about a wise orangutan guardian spirit who protects her rainforest home and the creatures who depend on it.

I have published a childrens book! 📚🦧 'The Rimba' is a lyrical tale about the rainforest’s guardian spirit, a wise orangutan named Rimba, who rises to protect her home and the creatures within it, from the impacts of deforestation for palm oil. 🌴 #NewBook #ChildrensBook #orangutan #conservation

Are you also sick of seeing a poster full of text and 6 blue rectangles around it at a conference? 🙄 If you know someone who could benefit from professional scientific illustration for figures, presentations, and posters, please like, share, or tag them! #ScientificIllustration

Next AniMove course for #animaltracking data will be in Costa Rica, Nov-Dec 2025! Find out more and sign up here: animove.org/next-animove...

🚨 A stark contrast... On one side of the river, the productive and vibrant rainforest - home to #orangutans, tigers, gibbons, hornbills and countless other species. On the other, never ending swathes of #OilPalm plantations, creeping closer every day. 🌴

Or we could just stop them needing to be translocated in the first place... 🤔 ‘Like kidnapping your grandpa’: why relocating orangutans threatens their survival www.theguardian.com/environment/...

New article by my PhD advisor Erica Cartmill that does a fantastic job summarizing our lab's research on playful teasing in great apes! I bet you'll be ape-solutley tickled to read it (ok sorry I had to): www.scientificamerican.com/article/grea... #primates #animals #humor #science #anthropology

Hi, I'm Emma, an orangutan-ologist 🦧 and digital illustrator 🎨. Follow me for content on #conservation, #AnimalBehaviour, #ScientificIllustration, and obviously #orangutans. 👋🤓