Image courtesy of Yudi Semai. Rejung music originated with the Semende, a society in Sumatra where assets are inherited down the female line. “Because the nature has been kept intact in Semende ...

These geodetic data allow us to model in great detail the slip distribution west of northern Sumatra, the region of greatest devastation. Figure 2: Comparison of near-field geodetic measurements ...

The critically endangered fish, discovered in the commercial aquarium trade, can only be found in one forest swamp on Sumatra ...

A quirk of nature sent the full force of the tsunami out to sea, preventing a repeat of the 2004 Indian Ocean disaster that killed more than 230,000 people -- most of them on Sumatra. "We heard ...

South of the town of Tapaktuan in Sumatra, NATURE host Chris Morgan takes a beach detour with his friend Arjun. He’s been traveling for five consecutive days to reach a field camp that will ...

President Megawati blamed the Sumatra flood on environmental destruction. "Nature will become angry if we are arrogant. It will show its devastating rage... when we treat nature with violence," she ...

You can only observe them in Borneo and in northern Sumatra. The nature park is home to some 14,000 orangutansImage: DW/P. Szilagyi Our little group led by knowledgeable guides makes its way into ...

The international research team established 52 tree islands of varying sizes and diversity of planted trees in a conventional industrial oil palm plantation in Sumatra, Indonesia. This innovative ...

Map of West Sumatra in Indonesia ... “The most important thing is that all officials have to side with nature and forests,” he said. “If there’s a verdict [on forest fires], immediately ...

In a study published in the journal Nature, scientists have now accurately dated two human teeth first discovered on the island of Sumatra in the late 19th century, showing our ancestors were ...