Newly published research suggests that despite all the pampering corpse flower plants receive from their curators, ...

Many native plants are missing from habitats where they should thrive – even in wilder areas. Why? Human actions such as ...

Once reviled, the Greater Adjutant stork was nearly extinct, but the conservation efforts of Dr. Purnima Devi Barman and her ...

Demand for the patchouli plant’s oils has skyrocketed in recent years, and so too has the number of farmers in the region who ...

One of these organizations is the Mandai Wildlife Group in Singapore, and they’re celebrating a monumental “baby boom” year.

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted late Thursday, sending a dark ash tower eight kilometers (nearly five miles) into the sky as officials raised the alert level to its highest ...

In Lake Victoria, a giant lake shared between Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, over a quarter of endemic species, including countless cichlids, are either critically endangered or extinct. But for some ...

Indonesia’s parliament has ratified a contentious law allowing members of the military to hold more government roles, despite criticisms that it could expand the armed forces’ role in civilian ...

De-extinction — the science of resurrecting extinct species — is progressing in leaps and bounds. Here are six creatures that researchers could bring back to life.

On the other side of the world, in the waters of Indonesia’s Raja Ampat archipelago, the striking zebra shark (Stegostoma tigrinum) was considered functionally extinct, with a population of just ...