A comprehensive new study into the key user groups in Indonesia's bird trade offers hope for protecting species through behavioural change. Novel research led by Manchester Metropolitan University ...

Indonesia’s agriculture ministry said on Wednesday tests showed a bird flu strain that had killed millions of chickens in the country could not be transmitted to humans. Tests conducted at a ...

Songbirds are being entered into high-stakes singing competitions across the country, and conservationists say protected species are in danger. Credit... Supported by By Richard C. Paddock Photographs ...

Among New Guinea’s rainforest inhabitants is a group of birds called pitohuis, chatty songbirds that stand out for their loud, attractive songs. But there’s more to these birds than their songs: their ...

Ari and Junianto began hunting birds as children in the foothills of Java’s Mount Slamet, near their home in Sambirata village. Trapping birds for the illegal wildlife trade became their main ...

Indonesian officials covered up and then neglected a spreading bird flu epidemic for two years until it began to sicken humans this summer, posing a grave threat to people well beyond the country's ...

When it comes to wildlife-based ecotourism, it’s tough to find a better destination than Indonesia. From the northern reaches of Sumatra to the remote interior of Papua, the megadiverse archipelago is ...

The black-browed babbler has long been one of Indonesia’s most enigmatic birds. By Rachel Nuwer What might be Asia’s longest-missing bird just came out of hiding. For the first time in 170 years, ...

A new year has shown no let up in Indonesian authorities’ efforts to save wild birds, with more than 11,000 wild birds seized in January 2021 alone. There were 14 seizures carried out in the Southeast ...

CURUP, Indonesia — Hiding in the dense Sumatran jungle, the poacher chose a thin branch, coated it with homemade glue and played a snippet of birdsong on an old cellphone. Within moments, three tiny ...