In four days, a single tropical storm killed 7% of all Tapanuli orangutans — the world's rarest great monkeys. November 2025, northern Sumatra: Cyclone Senyar precipitated 556 millimetres of rain, triggered more than 50,000 landslides and destroyed the habitat of a species that [...]
At least 58 orangutans-de-tapanuli (Pongo tapanuliensis) died crushed, suffocated or drowned due to massive landslides caused by the Senyar cyclone in Sumatra.
In four days, a single tropical storm killed 7% of all Tapanuli orangutans — the world's rarest great monkeys. November 2025, northern Sumatra: Cyclone Senyar precipitated 556 millimetres of rain, triggered more than 50,000 landslides and destroyed the habitat of a species that [...]