The Indonesian Council of Ulema signed a fatwa requiring the country’s 200 million Muslims to take an active role in protecting threatened species including tigers, rhinos, elephants and orangutans.

JAKARTA (Reuters) - With camera traps and extensive DNA sweeps, Indonesian conservationists are hoping to find more evidence that the Javan tiger, a species declared extinct, actually still exists in ...

The forests of Java, an island in Indonesia, were once heavily populated by the eponymous Java tiger, a subspecies of Sumatran tiger. But, as a result of hunting and habitat loss, the cats began to ...

The Louisville Zoo is mourning the loss of Kami Sambal, a male Sumatran tiger who was euthanized this week after his health rapidly declined. The tiger, originally brought to the zoo in 2002 as part ...

The hunt is underway for a Sumatran tiger believed to have attacked a man in western Indonesia, killing him. The victim was identified by CBS News as being 26 years old. He was found dead at a ...

An adult male Amur tiger walks in the snow of Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve in the Russian Far East.

Indonesia, home to critically endangered orangutans, elephants, tigers and rhinos, has gone nearly two decades without official updates on the populations of some key species. Under the previous ...