At least six people were dead and dozens unaccounted for Thursday after a ferry sank in rough seas on its way to the Indonesian resort island Bali, according to rescue authorities who said 29 ...

They were mostly found in the Central Catchment Nature Reserve and Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Most areas in Indonesia will see a shorter-than-expected dry season this year due to higher-than-normal precipitation thus far, the country's weather agency said, which is expected to boost the rice ...

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In the western part of this region, Borneo, Sumatra and Java were all part of mainland Asia – while in the eastern part, New Guinea was joined to Australia.

By using volunteers to map roads in forests across Borneo, Sumatra and New Guinea, an innovative study shows that existing maps of the Asia-Pacific region are rife with errors. It also reveals ...

Projected development in Borneo and Sumatra will greatly reduce connectivity for an apex carnivore. Science of The Total Environment, 918, 170256. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170256 ...

Together with the neighbouring island of Sumatra, Borneo is also the only place where orangutans survive. The chances of sighting one of the shaggy-haired red apes in the wild, though, are ...

Officials on Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Monday asked residents to work from home as more than 300 forest and peatland fires were causing widespread haze in the region.

This has brought haze into several cities in Sumatra and Borneo. Some areas in Central Kalimantan in Borneo reported visibility of less than 10m, state news agency Antara reported.