Not surprisingly, 25 percent of all medicines come from the plants growing in the rainforest, with an estimated 80 percent of ...

Scientists have discovered that the clouded leopard found on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra is an entirely new species of cat. The secretive rainforest animal was originally thought to be the ...

The Gibbon, a smaller member of the primate family, is well-known for its long arms and hands. Its speed makes it difficult to see, but its distinctive call is easy to identify. A trip to the ...

A rainforest is simply a forest that receives a lot of rain. But when you think "rainforest," the image that comes to mind is probably a tropical rainforest: one located near the equator, between the ...

Researchers monitored 53 adult apes in the sumatran rainforest for fourteen years and found their naps extend five to ten minutes for each lost hour of night sleep.

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 ...

A planned hydro-electric dam funded by China would sever the last remaining elephant corridor in the lowland of the Leuser rainforest.

A burly russet-haired male orangutan swings through the trees of Leuser National Park, a massive rainforest habitat in Northern Sumatra, attempting to chase off a band of hikers who have appeared ...

Saving Nature, a global leader in conservation, announces the acquisition of 155 acres of rainforest in Sumatra's Leuser Ecosystem. This acquisition is a pivotal move in the fight against ...

Without that seed distribution, the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra would be drastically different, and that would have impacts on all the people and animals that live in or use those rainforests.

DURHAM, N.C., March 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Saving Nature, a global leader in conservation, announces the acquisition of 155 acres of rainforest in Sumatra's Leuser Ecosystem. This acquisition is ...