Orangutan

Forest fires that have ravaged Indonesia since July have blanketed the region in a thick, toxic smoke cloud that has sickened people and endangered wildlife, amid accusations from neighboring Malaysia that Indonesias government is not doing enough to control …

Massive forest fires in Indonesia that have caused a toxic haze to spread as far as Singapore and peninsular Malaysia are also seriously affecting endangered orangutans and their habitat, a rescue foundation said Tuesday. Jakarta has deployed thousands of tr…

A toxic haze caused by raging forest fires in Indonesia is now starting to affect the health of endangered orangutans in Borneo, an animal welfare group has warned.  The fires, usually started by illegal burning to clear land for farming, have spread air pol…

The smoke wafting from fires in the tropical forests of Indonesiaforming plumes big enough to blot out the sky in Malaysia and Singaporeis a reminder of a global supply chain run amok. Whereas the devastating fires burning in the Amazon rainforest were set l…

Toxic haze from Indonesian forest fires closed thousands of schools across the country and in neighbouring Malaysia Wednesday, while air quality worsened in Singapore just days before the city's Formula One motor race. Illegal fires to clear land for agricul…

The Trump administration announced sweeping changes in August to the nearly 50-year-old Endangered Species Act that scientists say will weaken how wildlife is protected, while at the same time making it easier for gas and oil drilling, as well as development,…

Toxic haze from Indonesian forest fires closed thousands of schools across the country and in neighbouring Malaysia Wednesday, while air quality worsened in Singapore just days before the city's Formula One motor race. Illegal fires to clear land for agricul…

Toxic haze from Indonesian forest fires closed thousands of schools across the country and in neighbouring Malaysia Wednesday, while air quality worsened in Singapore just days before the city's Formula One motor race. Illegal fires to clear land for agricul…

Toxic haze from Indonesian forest fires closed thousands of schools across the country and in neighbouring Malaysia on Wednesday, while air quality worsened in Singapore just days before the city's Formula One motor race. Forest fires are blazing on the isla…

by Sam Reeves Toxic haze from Indonesian forest fires closed thousands of schools across the country and in neighbouring Malaysia Wednesday, while air quality worsened in Singapore just days before the citys Formula One motor race. Illegal fires to clear la…