Indonesia

shrimp cleaning an eel's teeth

Saying “Ah!” at the Shrimp Spa

On coral reefs, an army of tiny cleaners eat their clients’ parasites, food particles, and dead skin, boosting biodiversity in the process.

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flat worm inside a sea squirt
Friends or Foes?

A flatworm and a sea squirt mingle in the tropical waters of West Papua, offering a glimpse into the complexity of interspecies relationships.

Living With Giants

How Indonesia’s “village of elephant hunters” became a model for other rural communities trying to coexist with one of the planet’s largest land mammals.

clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)
Tongue-tied

These clownfish host some uninvited, and undesirable, guests on the tips of their tongues.

Good Luck Sharks

A spectacular aggregation of whale sharks brings good fortune to Indonesian fisherman—and attracts ecotourism dollars that may be the key to their continued survival.

Borneo Orangutan - Pongo pygmaeus - female with baby on a tree looking up - holding leaves over their heads "roof" to protect themselves from rain - Camp Leakey - Tanjung Puting National Park - Kalimantan - Borneo - Indonesia
A Life Aloft

Orangutans weather the storm against an onslaught of threats to their canopy home.