JAKARTA, Indonesia-- Campaigners are calling for the closure of Indonesian animal markets touted as tourist attractions where dogs are bludgeoned by the thousands and blow-torched alive. One of the ...

Sulawesi knobbed hornbill. Photo by Rhett Butler (2011). The knobbed hornbill (Aceros cassidix) is found on Sulawesi and surrounding islands. Like other Indonesian hornbill species, the knobbed ...

A painting discovered on the wall of an Indonesian cave has been found to be 44,000 years old. The art appears to show a buffalo being hunted by part-human, part-animal creatures holding spears and ...

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A collection of stone tools has provided an insight into the spread of early human species. Long before our species arrived in the region, our distant relatives were crossing deep water on the way to ...

Indonesia has the second-highest level of biodiversity in the world. Its 17,000 islands are home to various plants and animals, which can only be found in their natural habitat in the archipelago.

Sometime during the last Ice Age, an unknown human placed his or her outstretched hand on the wall of an Indonesian cave and carefully sprayed a reddish mineral powder atop it. The result was a ...

Adam Brumm receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the National Geographic Society. Adhi Agus Oktaviana is a researcher at Indonesia's Pusat Penelitian Arkeologi Nasional (National ...

The art appears to show a buffalo being hunted by part-human, part-animal creatures holding spears and possibly ropes. Some researchers think the scene could be the world's oldest-recorded story. The ...