MAMUJU, Indonesia (AP) — A pair of tall birds with black feathers and pinkish breasts crossed a noisy road to reach a quiet part of a sandy tourist beach in the outskirts of Mamuju, a small town at ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. More species are threatened with extinction in Indonesia than any other country on Earth. If we are to save them, it will take more protected areas ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Indonesia’s Sulawesi is home to the maleo, a bird with highly unusual reproductive behaviors, and threatened for decades with extinction. Loss of ...

A species of bird able to fly immediately after hatching from eggs buried beneath the tropical sand has just been given its own private beach in eastern Indonesia, a conservation group said today.

You’ve probably never heard of the Maleo – the endangered creature is found exclusively on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. But it is a fascinating animal. This New York Times piece calls the maleo ...

The maleo, a bird endemic to Sulawesi, is on the brink of extinction as a result of poaching and a shrinking habitat. The Jakarta Post’s correspondent in the Central Sulawesi provincial capital of ...

Muyun Kasibu, 37, and Guspan Wadipolapa, 26, see hundreds of small holes on the ground every time they walk around in the Hungayono conservation camp to collect the eggs of Maleo [Macrocephalon maleo] ...

Maleos, colourful Indonesian birds that look a bit like quirky chickens, are endangered. But an initiative to protect the species has helped boost the number of nesting birds at some sites. The maleo ...

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