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Indonesia ramps up firefighting efforts as Bromo wildfire sparks new hotspots

Forestry ministry says dry weather and intensifying El Nino conditions heighten risk of further fires during peak dry season

The Independent UK

India's Most Secretive Feline: What Science Has Actually Documented About the Clouded Leopard

A Cat That Rewrote the Anatomy of ClimbingThe clouded leopard's canine teeth are the longest, relative to skull size, of any living cat on earth. That single biological fact has been confirmed, measured, and published, and it is one of the few things about this animal that science can state…

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Multiple threats endanger the world’s rarest great ape, a new study on the Tapanuli orangutan reveals

Deep in the forests of North Sumatra, Indonesia, lives the Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis), the world’s rarest great ape. Fewer than 800 individuals remain, confined to the Batang Toru ecosystem, a landscape that is also home to other rare species like Sumatran tigers, Sunda pangolins, agile gibbons and helmeted hornbills.

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World's Rarest Orangutans Pushed Closer to Extinction As 58 Were Killed After Four Days of Extreme Rain

Severe rainfall in North Sumatra killed 58 rare orangutans, raising alarm over the survival of this critically endangered population amid climate risks.

International Business Times UK

Climate change-fuelled storm 'decimated world's rarest great apes'

JAKARTA - Climate change-fuelled landslides wiped out nearly one in ten of the world's rarest great ape species on Indonesia's Sumatra island, scientists said on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

How this Indonesian island was created by a volcano that destroyed itself

The year 1883 saw one of the deadliest eruptions in the history of volcanoes, erupting from the Indonesian volcano Krakatoa (or sometimes referred to as Krakatau). The location was the Sunda Strait that lies between the islands of Java and Sumatra. The power of the eruption was so devastating that…

The Times of India

Bus and oil tanker collide in Indonesia, killing at least 16 people

A passenger bus has collided with a fuel tanker truck on Indonesia's Sumatra island, killing at least 16 people and injuring four others

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Full moon helps paint vibrant, muddy 'brushstrokes' in Indonesian river — Earth from space

A 2024 satellite snap shows suspended sediments streaking across the mouth of the Rokan River, thanks in part to a particularly high tide caused by a full "Strawberry Moon."

LiveScience

Camera trap shows Sumatra orangutan using a canopy bridge to cross a public road in Indonesia

Conservations say a Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time using a human-made canopy bridge to cross a public road on the Indonesian island of Sumatra

The Independent UK

Strong earthquake strikes Indonesia's Sumatra island

A powerful 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted off Indonesia's Sumatra island on Tuesday, a region situated on a major tectonic collision zone. This seismic activity is characteristic of the Pacific "Ring of Fire." While a previous 6.3-magnitude quake in November 2025 near Aceh caused no tsunami, the region remains prone to such…

The Times of India

Cyclone Senyar: Why hazards continue to turn into disasters in Indonesia

Weeks after Cyclone Senyar made landfall in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, the province of Aceh continues to struggle. The cyclone passed through the Strait of Malacca in late November, bringing heavy rains and causing widespread flooding in parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. More than 500 people were killed and 250,000…

The Conversation

Indonesia Cancels New Year Fireworks Nationwide to Mourn Sumatra Flood Victims

Indonesia has cancelled New Year fireworks nationwide as the country mourns more than 1,100 victims of devastating floods in Sumatra.

International Business Times UK

It’s the world’s rarest ape. Now a billion-dollar dig for gold threatens its future

Tapanuli orangutans survive only in Indonesia’s Sumatran rainforest where a mine expansion will cut through their home. Yet the mining company says the alternative will be worse

The Guardian - UK

Sumatra’s flood crisis: How deforestation turned a cyclonic storm into a likely recurring tragedy

Cyclone Senyar hit South and Southeast Asian countries in late November. In Indonesia, the island of Sumatra, especially its northern parts, took the worst hit.

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The Guardian - UK

Death toll from Indonesia floods passes 700 as 1 million evacuated

About 3.2 million people on Sumatra island have been affected, 2,600 have been injured and 504 are missing

The Guardian - UK

Sri Lanka and Indonesia deploy militaries as Asia floods death toll passes 1,100

Millions of people affected by torrential rainfall in Sri Lanka and large parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia

The Independent UK

Floods and cyclonic storms across Thailand, Sri Lanka and Indonesia leave over 1,200 dead and hundreds missing

Catastrophic flooding displaces more than four million people

The Independent UK

Sumatra residents loot for food and water after deadly floods

Authorities report that some residents of flood-hit Sumatra have resorted to looting, seeking food and water

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The Independent UK

Dozens killed in landslides and flash flooding as rescue crews struggle to find victims

More than 3,200 homes and buildings have been submerged

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Indonesia intensifies search for victims after floods and landslides kill 49 people

Rescuers are searching in rivers and the rubble of devastated villages for bodies and possible survivors after floods and landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island

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At least 10 killed and six missing as flash floods, landslides hit Indonesian island of Sumatra

Police say rescue teams are struggling to reach the most affected areas in the island of Sumatra where flash floods and landslides, triggered by torrential rains, killed at least 10 people and injured many more.

The Independent UK

Flash floods and landslides on Indonesian island leave at least 10 dead and others missing

Torrential rains have unleashed flash floods and triggered landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least 10 people and leaving six others missing

LiveScience

The 21 largest recorded earthquakes in history

A handful of regions around the world regularly unleash terrifyingly large earthquakes. Here are the 21 largest earthquakes on record.

The Independent UK

Forest fire haze from Indonesia detected in Malaysia

Haze from forest and peatland fires in Indonesia's Sumatra island has reached Malaysia, officials said Sunday

The Guardian - AU

‘It’s very easy to make yourself appear like Bono’: Warren Ellis on opening an animal sanctuary in Sumatra

In 2021 the Dirty Three musician co-founded Ellis Park, a refuge in the Indonesian jungle. The decision was a no-brainer – but an ensuing documentary proved a bigger challenge

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