Sumatra contains some of the largest tracts of intact rainforest left in the world, and is also at the center of a complicated web of deforestation drivers, many of which began during the Dutch ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There was joy for a team of experts from Indonesia and the U.K. as they found a rare plant in a rainforest in Sumatra. Women keep ...

Sites containing some of the world's most treasured forests, including the Yosemite National Park and Indonesia's Sumatra rainforest, have been emitting more heat-trapping carbon dioxide than they ...

Soar above the immense, untamed beauty of Sumatra, Indonesia, with this breathtaking drone video. Witness the stunning scale of the world's sixth-largest island, dominated by the dense, emerald ...

A genome study involving the last remaining populations of the Sumatran rhinoceros - a solitary rainforest dweller - is providing what scientists called good news about the prospects of saving this ...

Three years ago the story began, when the initiative was taken up to found a so-called community warden programme for the Hutan Harapan in an effort to protect the area’s biodiversity. Realizing the ...

Northern Sumatra is a magical tropical home to the endangered orangutan. But their rainforest home is being cut down, and many are orphaned as their habitat is lost. Researchers are working hard to ...

The smallest of the remaining tiger subspecies, the Sumatran tiger’s stature and striping are perfectly adapted for life in the Indonesian forest. But these adaptations offer little protection from ...