Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – A new study on Javan leopards has found that areas with higher numbers of the endangered subspecies have richer wildlife diversity than those from where the elu

Effendi Rusli, Siak, Riau – A plantation worker was mauled to death by a Sumatran tiger when he left his company shelter in Siak Regency, Riau Province, on Tuesday night, police reporte

Jakarta – The Northeast Sulawesi Natural Resource Conservation Agency (BKSDA) plans to evacuate critically endangered anoas from a mining concession owned by PT Sulawesi Cahaya Mineral

Jakarta – Lawmakers passed the long-awaited revision to the 1990 Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation Law; a change the policymakers claim will ensure better legal protection fo

Antara, Jakarta – The population of Sumatran tigers in the Kerinci Seblat National Park (TNKS), which spans four provinces including Bengkulu, South Sumatra, Jambi, and West Sumatra, is

Tempo.Co, Jakarta – Papua is a province known as the land of gold with its natural riches containing beautiful fauna.

Bangkok – The first assessment of the pint-sized Bornean elephant by a global conservation authority concluded Thursday that the animal is endangered, with only an estimated 1,000 left

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's Ministry of Environment and Forestry has released four rehabilitated orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) into the Gunung Batu Mesangat Protected Forest in East Kal

Laila Afifa, Jakarta – The assault of invasive alien species on dozens of national parks in Indonesia must be taken seriously.

Johnny Johan Sompotan, Jakarta – The management of Safari Park in Bogor, West Java, is tracking down a male visitor who drew outrage on the internet after he was caught on video feeding

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A project to revive zebra shark numbers in Indonesia's Raja Ampat archipelago has welcomed the successful hatching of 24 pups so far this year, including f

Theresia Sufa, Bogor, West Java – Two owa jawa (Javan gibbon) families were relocated on Monday to the Malabar Mountain Protected Forest area in Bandung, West Java, following rehabilita

Teguh Suprayitno, Tebo, Indonesia – Electrified fences set up around farms are an emerging threat to the critically endangered Sumatran elephant, conservationists told Mongabay I

Riza Salman, Kendari, Indonesia – In 2021, as the world grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic, Irwan watched online as a flurry of new social media groups dedicated to parrots sprang up a

Johnny Johan Sompotan, Jakarta – Celebrity Robby Purba has issued a public apology for sharing a video that went viral, showing a security guard hitting a dog at Plaza Indonesia mall.

Jeremy Hance – A court in Indonesia has sentenced a man to 12 years in prison for poaching six critically endangered Javan rhinos, in what's been hailed as the harshest punishment hande

Jakarta – A district court in Banten sentenced a poacher to 12 years in prison Wednesday after he was found guilty of killing at least six critically endangered Javan rhinos.

Jeremy Hance – A staggering 26 Javan rhinos may have been killed in Indonesia's Ujung Kulon National Park since 2019, according to local law enforcement.

Whisnu Bagus Prasetyo, Jakarta – A leopard and a black panther were spotted roaming Mount Gede Pangrango National Park (TNGGP) in Cianjur, West Java, as captured by surveillance cameras

Jeremy Hance – Indonesian prosecutors are seeking a five-year jail sentence for a poacher who confessed to participating in killing seven Javan rhinos from 2019-2023, essentially wiping

Triyono, West Lampung – Wildlife authorities in Indonesia's Lampung province have successfully trapped a Sumatran tiger that was responsible for killing two villagers and injuring two o

A man has been found dead in western Indonesia after a suspected attack by a Sumatran tiger authorities were still hunting, a local official said on Saturday, the latest case of conflic

Will Dunham, Jakarta – In June 2022, a male Sumatran orangutan named Rakus sustained a facial wound below the right eye, apparently during a fight with another male orangutan at the Sua

Carolyn Cowan – Sunda clouded leopards spend most of their lives in the leafy shade of the forest canopy.

Jeremy Hance – It was news that rhino conservationists had long feared.

Jakarta – Indonesia is the world's largest producer of animal torture video content. This is a result of weak law enforcement.

Theresia Sufa, Bogor, West Java – Dendrobium capra, a species of green orchid endemic to East Java known locally as anggrek larat hijau (green larat orchid), is facing the threat of ext

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – In wildlife conservation management, the best species to focus on to maximize protection of a region's biodiversity aren't necessarily the most charismatic ones

Jeremy Hance – There's good news and bad news for the Javan rhino, one of the most threatened large mammals on Earth.

Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies, Singapore/Jakarta – An animal rights activist, hidden camera tucked in his clothes, finagles his way into an Indonesian abattoir and films what he and othe

Jakarta – Anew Javan rhinoceros calf has been spotted in Ujung Kulon National Park, giving hope for the conservation of one of the world's most endangered mammals.

Christopel Paino and Rahmadi Rahmad, Jakarta – Ripi Yanuar Fajar and his four friends say they'll never forget that evening after Indonesia's Independence Day celebration in 2019 when t

Hanoi (VNA) – With camera traps and extensive DNA sweeps, Indonesian conservationists are hoping to find more evidence that the Javan tiger, a species declared extinct, actually still e

Triyono, Lampung – In West Lampung Regency, hundreds of residents set ablaze the Forest Ranger Office of Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (TNBBS) in Lampung Province.

Irsyan Hasyim (Contributor), Jakarta – The Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry said that the population of long-tailed monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) has exploded due to an i

Antara, Jakarta – The Aceh Conservation and Natural Resources Agency (BKSDA) assesses that deforestation has caused wildlife in the forest of Aceh to become increasingly isolated.

Antara, Jakarta – The Ministry of Environment and Forestry collaborated with Indonesian SINTAS Foundation to conduct a population survey of the Javan leopard (Phantera pardus melas) on

Mahmud Ichi, Halmahera, Indonesia – Most days, Jamal Adam watches over the 10 aviaries in Ake Tajawe Lolobata National Park with veterinarians and support staff.

Triyono, West Lampung – A villager was discovered dead in a plantation in Lampung province early on Thursday with police suspecting a Sumatran tiger attack as the cause of his death.

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – The construction of Indonesia's new capital city on the island of Borneo may destabilize the current stable population of endangered proboscis monkeys, a study

Jakarta – Bobby Nasution may have had to serve a prison sentence of between six months and five years for committing cruelty against animals if he was a mayor in the United Kingdom.

Panji Satrio, Medan – Sorik lies weakened, emaciated, and struggling to breathe – a mirror of three other Sumatran tigers battling severe illnesses in Medan Zoo, North Sumatera.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Four Sumatran tigers at the Medan Zoo in North Sumatra are reportedly severely ill as a result of institutional mismanagement and a funding crisis, prompting th

Fuad Iqbal Abdullah, Balikpapan – The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) is recruiting crocodile handlers for Indonesia's new capital project, Nusantara, in East Kalimantan.

Antara, Jakarta – The Tesso Nilo National Park in Pelalawan District, Riau Province, again lost one of its Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus) after a poacher allegedly kill

Bogor, West Java – Mount Gede Pangrango National Park has released an adult female Javan hawk-eagle (Nisaetus bartelsi) named Kalina into the wild after 21 months of rehabilitation.

Muhammad Iqbal Ikromi, Semarang – Semarang City Police in Central Java intercepted a truck transporting hundreds of dogs bound for Solo, Central Java.

Jeremy Hance – Once roaming across Southeast Asia, the Javan rhino today persists on a single peninsula off the western-most coast of Java in Indonesian.

Bangkok – Three trafficked Sumatran orangutans were sent back from Thailand to Indonesia on Thursday as part of a joint effort between the countries to tackle the illegal wildlife trade

Basten Gokkon, Jakarta – Most of the habitat of the Javan hawk-eagle is protected, but threats of forest degradation and isolation loom over the surviving population of Indonesia's nati