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Baby orangutans found in forest in India spark trafficking investigation

Native only to the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, the rare apes were found thousands of kilometres away in Odisha state

The Guardian - AU

Flights halted as Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano eruption sends ash cloud 15km into sky

Anak Krakatau volcano eruption prompts cancellation of all flights at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport

The Independent UK

Flights suspended at Indonesia's main airport due to volcanic eruption

Mount Anak Krakatoa is an active volcano that sits in the Sunda Strait, between the islands of Java and Sumatra.

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Indonesia cancels flights at Jakarta airport as Anak Krakatau volcano erupts

Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano has erupted, forcing the temporary suspension of flights at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport

The Independent UK

Indonesia's main airport suspends operations after volcanic eruption

Indonesia suspended operations at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport after volcanic ash from Mount Anak Krakatoa disrupted airspace, affecting more than 22,000 passengers and 209 flights. The volcano erupted repeatedly, prompting warnings for ships and a three-kilometre exclusion zone. Authorities said the latest eruptions posed no immediate tsunami threat.

The Economic Times

Sinabung volcano on Indonesia’s Sumatra island erupts without reports of casualties

Mount Sinabung on Indonesia has erupted, spewing a column of black ash and smoke 3,500 meters from the top of the mountain into the sky over Sumatra island

The Independent UK

Muslims gather for rain prayers in Indonesia's wildfire-hit South Sumatra

Authorities in Indonesia’s South Sumatra province have held a mass Islamic prayer for rain as forest and peatland fires fueled choking haze across parts of the country

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Another strong earthquake strikes Indonesia after 7.7 magnitude quake

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck northern Sumatra in Indonesia on Saturday, hours after at least 38 people were killed when a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ).

The Times of India

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…

Times Life

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.

The Conversation

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…

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The Independent UK

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

LiveScience

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."

The Independent UK

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 Times of India

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…

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The Conversation

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…

International Business Times UK

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.

The Guardian - 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 Conversation

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.

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

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