Extreme rainfall imperils Sumatra’s rarest orangutans, study says
A new study links four days of extreme rainfall and landslides from Cyclone Senyar in Sumatra to the deaths of about 58 Tapanuli orangutans—roughly 7% of the species and around 10–11% of its subpopulation of about 580—highlighting climate-change–driven extremes as a direct threat to the world’s rarest great ape and prompting calls for stronger protection and international support; Indonesia has paused major development in the Batang Toru forest to aid conservation.
