If you liked this story, share it with other people. On this episode of the Mongabay Newscast, repeat guest Leif Cocks joins to discuss recent reporting from Mongabay on the continued destruction of ...

A radical new policy to relocate people living in a notoriously deforested national park on Sumatra has moved hundreds of ...

LANGKAT, Indonesia — A critically endangered Sumatran elephant was found dead April 4 on the border of the Gunung Leuser National Park in Sumatra’s Langkat district, officials said. The elephant was ...

In recent years, several incidents have been reported of Sumatran elephants dying from poison set by farmers who consider them pests, as well as fatal attacks on humans. The species also faces serious ...

PIDIE JAYA, Indonesia — A group of specialist Sumatran elephants have joined recovery operations in Aceh following the catastrophic landfall of Cyclone Senyar in late November — two decades after the ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – The Sumatran elephant could be extinct in the wild within three decades unless immediate steps are taken to slow the breakneck pace of deforestation, environmentalists warned ...

A critical endangered Sumatran elephant found with its tusks and head removed in a pulpwood plantation in Riau, Sumatra ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of elephants crosses the savannah in Kenya's Amboseli National Park. Eva Krafczyk/dpa A wild elephant trampled an ...

Indonesian authorities found five elephant carcasses after they were killed by electrical voltage - Copyright AFP/File CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN Indonesian authorities found ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – Villagers and park rangers are using torches and firecrackers to herd out about 20 endangered Sumatran elephants that wandered into an Indonesian village in search of food.

The elephant's carcass was found on Feb 2 with the head missing. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com ...