An immediate moratorium on habitat conversion is needed to secure a future for Sumatran elephants, conservation organization WWF says. The Sumatran elephant has been uplisted from “endangered” to ...

Burhanuddin Masyud, an expert in Ecology and Wildlife Management at Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), recently reported that around 1,585 hectares of Sumatran elephant habitat in the Seblat ...

At least 1,585 hectares of Sumatran elephant habitat have disappeared in Indonesia from January 2024 to October 2025.

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 ...

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 ...

Indonesia dispatches reinforcements to protect Tesso Nilo National Park after palm oil plantation seizures ignite tensions. The crackdown aims to halt illegal operations devastating the park, home to ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities suspect a Sumatran elephant found dead in a palm oil plantation may have been poisoned or electrocuted, marking the second time in a week a carcass of the ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — An endangered Sumatran elephant found dead with its tusks removed in northwestern Indonesia may have been killed by poachers using poisoned pineapples, conservationists said ...

The death of an eight-year-old girl in Riau province after being trampled by a wild elephant has reignited concern over ...

The death of an eight-year-old girl in Riau province after being trampled by a wild elephant has reignited concern over Indonesia’s worsening human-wildlife conflict, with conservationists warning ...