By: Brett Israel Published: 03/13/2012 06:53 PM EDT on OurAmazingPlanet A rare corpse flower is expected to roll down its blood-red skirt and un...
AP | Posted 01.24.2012
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The Sumatran elephant could be extinct in the wild within three decades unless immediate steps are taken to slow the breakneck p...
AP | Posted 02.13.2012
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A gibbon attacked two children, including one who was seriously injured, after escaping from an enclosure at a zoo in s...
Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 05.25.2011
When Kellogg's announced that it is moving to limit the deforestation caused by the palm oil it uses to make Girl Scout cookies, it represented an enormous achievement for two 15-year-old girls from Michigan.
Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011
I arrived in Aceh a few weeks after the catastrophic Tsunami of December 2004. As founder of Orphans International Worldwide (OIWW), I wanted to use ...
Posted 05.25.2011
The two-year-old Indonesian toddler who sparked a global outcry when footage of him chain-smoking cigarettes went viral has finally kicked his habit. ...
Tamar Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011
In a meeting room surrounded by lush tropical landscaping, 20 women from Southeast Asia are meeting in Jakarta to develop their leadership, management and advocacy skills.
Deborah Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011
This highly sophisticated species whose DNA is 97 percent similar to homo sapiens will be the first great ape to become extinct if urgent action is not immediately taken.
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
JAKARTA, Indonesia — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 rattled Indonesia's North Sumatra province Sunday, prompting a brief loca...
Posted 05.25.2011
Though his parents previously vowed to get help, 2-year-old Aldi Suganda Rizal -- the Indonesian toddler who caused a sensation in May when video foot...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A 7.7 earthquake shook Indonesia's northwest island of Sumatra early Wednesday, prompting a brief tsunami warning and sendi...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian villagers are hunting a giant python that killed a 13-year-old boy a week ago on Sumatra island. Police Chief C...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A magnitude-6.5 undersea earthquake shook the western shore of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Friday, causing panic but no c...
Catholic Relief Services | Posted 05.25.2011
"I was just thinking I have to save my Adik (little brother)", says Eman a construction worker with an incredible story of courage and survival in the wake of the recent Sumatran earthquake.
Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.25.2011
I like a good cigar once in a while. And I have had none better than the one I smoked recently. That's because I rolled it myself.
Wade Norris | Posted 05.25.2011
Great news here! Oil companies are going to have a great opportunity to drill in the Arctic Sea floor to find more fossil fuels, because the Arctic Circle will soon be ice-free in the summers.
AP | DAVID LONGSTREATH and JOCELYN GECKER | Posted 05.25.2011
PHUKET, Thailand — Buddhist monks in orange robes chanted on a Thai beach, an Indonesian mother mourned her children at a mass grave, and a man ...
AP | IRWAN FIRDAUS and ERIC TALMADGE | Posted 05.25.2011
PADANG, Indonesia — The death toll from Indonesia's massive earthquake will likely double as officials on Saturday reached rural communities wip...
Valerie Tarico | Posted 05.25.2011
On October 2nd, The Seattle Times featured an AP article about the recent quake in Sumatra, along with a "how to help" list. At the top of that list was World Vision International.
AP | IRWAN FIRDAUS | Posted 05.25.2011
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A powerful earthquake rocked western Indonesia Wednesday, trapping thousands under collapsed buildings – including two hospitals – and triggering landslides. At least 75 people were killed on Sumatra island and the death toll was expected to climb sharply.
The magnitude 7.6 quake struck at 5:15 p.m. local time (1015GMT, 6:15 a.m. EDT), just off the coast of Padang city the U.S. Geological Survey said. It was along the same fault line that spawned the massive 2004 Asian tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people in a dozen countries.
A tsunami warning for countries along the Indian Ocean was issued, and panicked residents fled to higher ground fearing giant waves. The warning was lifted about an hour later.
When the quake struck, the ground was shaking so hard that people sat down on the streets to avoid falling over, footage shot in Padang and broadcast by local TVOne network showed.
Children screamed as residents tried to put out fires started in the quake. Thousands fled the coast in cars and motorbikes, honking horns.
Wade Norris | Posted 05.25.2011
Some geologists say glacial melting due to climate change will unleash pressures in the Earth's crust, causing extreme geological events like earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions.
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
AP: JAKARTA, Indonesia -- At least 15 endangered Sumatran elephants have been shot or poisoned to death with cyanide-laced fruit this year, marking a...
GlobalPost.com | Peter Gelling | Posted 05.25.2011
JAKARTA -- In a country of 17,000 islands, everyone and everything travels by ferry. Indonesians will wait for hours to board notoriously unreliabl...
Posted 03.14.2012