Indonesia's Volcanic Islands

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Indonesia is an archipelago of over 17,000 islands shaped by fire and water, where extreme habitats and rich biodiversity meet. Between volcanoes, coasts and rainforests, life constantly adapts with each animal deriving its own strategies.

Babirusas use mineral springs, megapodes geothermal heat and sunfish seek out cleaning stations. In Sumatra, elephants and rhinos are some of the last pachyderms of Indonesia Indonesia’s Natural Wonders reveals a world in constant shift between creation, destruction and adaptation.

Sulawesi – once born from fire millions of years ago, the island is still shaped by the volcanoes till today with a fertile soil builds the basis for an incomparable tropical forest. Babirusas, pigs…

On the arid island of Komodo lives the Komodo dragon, the world's largest lizard, reaching lengths of up to three metres. Beneath the waves, we encounter manta rays and ocean sunfish that visit…

In Sumatra’s ancient rainforest, the last island elephants and fewer than 100 Sumatran rhinos survive, threatened by habitat loss and human conflict. Rangers protect herds and rescue calves. Across…

Borneo, home to some of the oldest rainforests on Earth, harbours a unique diversity of plants and animals. In the forest canopy, orangutans raise their young, while proboscis monkeys and Bornean…