Best known as the home of the world’s rarest great ape, the mountainous Batang Toru forest landscape on the island of Sumatra ...

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For much of prehistory, Southeast Asia was not a scattering of islands separated by shallow seas. It was a single, immense landmass—low, fertile, and threaded with rivers—stretching from the Asian ...

Tucked away in southeastern Washington’s rolling Palouse hills, Pomeroy offers a slice of affordable paradise that makes Manhattan real estate agents weep into their $18 cocktails.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — A zoo on Java island released photos of Indonesia's first locally-born giant panda cub, and said the male cub was showing signs of being in good health. The mother, 15-year-old Hu ...

At ‍least ‍14 people were killed after being swept away by flash floods in Indonesia's North Sulawesi, an ‌official said on ...

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A single cryptic social media post has ignited a new geopolitical storm. Katie Miller, wife of the White House Deputy Chief, ...

With its laid-back seafaring culture and unique wildlife, the Yaeyama archipelago in Japan’s far southern Okinawa prefecture ...

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