An immediate moratorium on habitat conversion is needed to secure a future for Sumatran elephants, conservation organization WWF says. The Sumatran elephant has been uplisted from “endangered” to ...

Habitat Loss . Throughout Sumatra, land has been cleared for agriculture, palm oil plantations, illegal logging, and urban development steadily since the 1980s. In fact, ...

Sumatran elephants on the search for food. They are becoming increasingly endangered due to the destruction of their habitat by logging, palm oil and rubber industries.

The future of the rare Sumatran elephant is at risk from habitat loss and it could be wiped out within 30 years, says top conservation group WWF. The Sumatran elephant population has already been ...

Deforestation has devastated the natural habitat for orangutans in Indonesia. Dec. 10, 2009— -- While Sumatra's Bukit Tigapuluh rainforest is prized as one of the biologically richest ...

JAKARTA — Officials in the Indonesian province of Aceh have vowed to safeguard the last known habitat shared by tigers, orangutans, rhinos and elephants, but concerns abound that the proposed ...

Most of the remaining rhinos live on Sumatra, several in captivity. They are threatened by destruction of tropical forest habitat and poachers who kill the animals for their horns, which are ...

Sumatran rhinos are the smallest of living rhinos, and are considered critically endangered, with only around 40 left. American Amanda Anisimova upsets No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka to reach Wimbledon final ...

The Sumatran tiger habitat is a full acre, but Sumini is still too small to have unrestricted access to the area. Staff created a "baby-proofed" area for her to spend time in while she grows.

JAKARTA – An immediate moratorium on habitat conversion is needed to secure a future for Sumatran elephants, conservation organization WWF says. The Sumatran elephant has been uplisted from ...

A small subspecies of Asian elephant found only in the lowland forests of Sumatra, the Sumatran elephant went from endangered to critically endangered in 2011 after losing over 69% of its habitat ...