News
The iconic Komodo dragon may be in danger. Here’s why
Scientists have, for the first time, predicted how Komodo dragons, the world’s largest lizard, will be impacted by climate change.
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News
Stone tools from a remote cave reveal how island-hopping humans made a living in the jungle millennia ago
Prehistoric axes and beads found in caves on a remote Indonesian island suggest this was a crucial staging post for seafaring people who lived in this region as the last ice age was coming to an end.
News
Public asked to name rare albino orangutan
A five-year-old albino orangutan has been rescued from a village in Borneo, and the public is being asked to help give her a name in the hope she can become an ambassador for her species.
Wildlife
Good news for the only place on Earth where tigers, rhinos, orangutans and elephants live together
The Leuser ecosystem in northern Sumatra is home to some of the world’s rarest and best-loved animals. Thanks to a new government moratorium on land clearing, conservationists have enjoyed a big win.
News
‘Hobbits’ extinct much earlier than first thought
A tiny human species discovered in 2003 may have been extinct for much longer than previously thought.
News
Tim Jarvis summits Carstensz Pyramid
AG Society sponsored adventurer Tim Jarvis has climbed the highest mountain in Oceania to alert world leaders to the reality of climate change.
Adventure
The last glaciers in Asia
AG Society sponsored adventurer Tim Jarvis AM delivers an update from the Carstensz Pyramid in Indonesia.
Adventure
On nature’s breath: paragliding in Bali
If you ever wanted to get a bird’s eye view of a tropical paradise, there’s an Aussie adventure company that offers a different perspective on Bali.
Destinations
Bringing Borneo back
Despite continued logging and smothering palm oil plantations, a small group of dedicated people are fighting to save Borneo’s wildlife
Destinations
Experience the spice islands and the Kimberley
Be swept along on a tide of adventure through Australia’s remote north-west and Indonesia’s exotic Spice Islands, on this 2015 Australian Geographic Society special expedition.