Cyclone Senyar pushed the Tapanuli orangutan - of which there are fewer than 800 left in the wild - even closer to extinction.

Critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan population falls after extreme weather – fuelled by climate crisis – in North Sumatra

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En noviembre del año pasado, un solo episodio meteorológico en Sumatra, Indonesia, diezmó al orangután de Tapanuli; quedan menos de 800 ejemplares en estado salvaje

Cyclone Senyar pushed the Tapanuli orangutan - of which there are fewer than 800 left in the wild - even closer to extinction.

Severe rainfall in November 2025 on Indonesia’s Sumatra island killed an estimated 7% of the world’s rarest great ape species, the Tapanuli orangutan,...

JAKARTA: Landslides driven by climate change in Sumatra, Indonesia last year alone wiped out 7 percent of the Tapanuli orangutan population, new research shows, as scientists warn…

Environmental groups blame rapid deforestation for the devastating flood damage

Bij de overstromingen op het Indonesische eiland Sumatra van afgelopen november zijn nog meer bedreigde Tapanuli-orang-oetans omgekomen dan eerder werd aangenomen. Dat blijkt uit…