A 13-day boat trip through the archiepelago reveals stunning natural beauty and a multitude of cultures and languages.

For decades, the vast Indonesian archipelago, a collection of more than 17,000 islands, has lured intrepid sailors and ...

Off Alor Island in the vast Indonesian archipelago, researchers and conservationists are using tagging technology to track endangered pelagic thresher sharks (Alopias pelagicus), many of which are ...

Home to more than 16% of the world’s coral reefs, Indonesia is one of the planet’s greatest reservoirs of marine biodiversity. Comprising over 17,000 islands dotted across two oceans, the world’s ...

There was something missing among the main candidates for Indonesia’s presidency in February’s election: women. Indonesia has already had a woman as president: In 2001, Megawati Sukarnoputri became ...

The women of Indonesia’s Nusa Penida and Nusa Lembongan islands have harvested seaweed for generations. Climate change and tourism development now threaten seaweed cultivators’ centuries-old practices ...

A team of researchers have found a shared penchant for sewing reflective shell beds onto clothing and other items across three Indonesian islands that dates back to at least 12,000 years ago. The team ...

Microscopic analysis has revealed that trends in body ornamentation were shared across Indonesian islands. A team of researchers have found a shared penchant for sewing reflective shell beds onto ...