Indonesia

Parts of Southeast Asia where human and bat population densities are highest could be infection hotspots, a study finds.

The discovery, made on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, constitutes an exceptionally high number of new mammals to be described in a single paper.

Analysis of data from a new satellite sensor helps researchers detect large patches of bioluminescence in the oceans faster than ever before.

Analysis of DNA from remains found in an Indonesian cave provides new insight into human movements among the islands between East Asia and Australia.

Randomized, controlled research conducted in an Indonesian city confirms the reduction in cases seen with previous observational work.

Flycatchers, warblers, and more were spotted in a biodiverse region known as Wallacea.

Four decades after it was thought to have disappeared in the wild, scientists have found a single female Wallace’s giant bee in Indonesia.

A unique courtship dance clued researchers in to the fact that they had a new species on their hands.

The adaptation gives better endurance to the Bajau people, known as sea nomads, by increasing spleen size and, in turn, boosting the number of oxygenated red blood cells when diving.  

The Tapanuli orangutan has been identified as the newest species of great ape, but also likely the most endangered. 

Tooth fossils of cave dwellers represent the first known instance of our species inhabiting a rainforest.