Indonesia's deadly flooding was an "extinction-level disturbance" for the world's rarest great ape, the tapanuli orangutan, causing catastrophic damage to its habitat and survival prospects, ...

The rare Tapanuli orangutan was only discovered in 2017 - but researchers fear it could be headed for extinction Four days of extreme rain and landslides in the Indonesian island of Sumatra have ...

In 2017, a groundbreaking discovery in the world of primates made headlines: scientists described the Tapanuli orangutan, the newest great ape species on Earth. However, the excitement was short-lived ...

Climate change-fueled landslides wiped out nearly one in 10 remaining members of the world's rarest great ape species on Indonesia's Sumatra island, scientists said Wednesday. A single weather event ...

Most wild species are shaped by weather. Storms, floods, droughts, and landslides are part of the natural world, and many ecosystems have always had to absorb them. But when a species is already ...