Scientists have described a new bird species found only on the island of Alor in eastern Indonesia. The Alor myzomela is easily distinguished from other known members of the Myzomela genus of ...

As humans, our greatest evolutionary advantage has always been our ability to adapt and innovate. When people first reached the expanded coastline of Southeast Asia around 65,000 years ago, and faced ...

Current time and date at Alor Island Airport is 12:38:25 PM (WITA) on Saturday, Jun 14, 2025 Looking for information on Alor Island Airport, Alor Island, Indonesia? Know about Alor Island Airport in ...

Researchers have found three bodies on Indonesia's Alor Island, dating from 7,500 to 13,000 years ago, that shed new light on burial practices and migration of the earliest humans in island Southeast ...

Indonesian mobile operator XL Axiata has deployed 4G to Alor Island. The island, which is located in East Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Timur, or NTT), is the southernmost province of Indonesia. The ...

Prehistoric people who lived on Indonesia’s rugged and remote Alor Island held fishing in such high importance that even the dead were supplied with equipment for snagging a fresh catch. While digging ...

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 ...

Good thing the Abui tribe no longer headhunts. Although on Indonesia’s remote Alor island, a village elder menacingly pointed a rustic bow and arrow at me, his time-etched face stoic and his white ...

The day was still alive when a group of Abui people danced in a circle around the ‘maasang’ – the central altar of their village – alternating coordinated movements with rhythmic pauses. The drums ...

The discovery by researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) of three bodies on Indonesia’s Alor Island, dating from 7,500 to 13,000 years ago, sheds new light on burial practices and ...