In brighter conservation news, a study conducted in Sumatra, Indonesia, captured unprecedented footage of critically endangered Sumatran tigers using 167 infrared cameras deployed across protected forests in Aceh province. Researchers identified 27 individual tigers — 14 females, 12 males, and one unclassified — offering valuable data for conservation efforts in one of the species’ last refuges.
And on Mount Everest, a recovery mission dubbed “Operation Green Boots” is underway to retrieve the remains of an Indian climber who perished in 1996. The body has lain in the mountain’s notorious “death zone” above 8,000 meters for nearly three decades — a grim landmark familiar to every climber who has summited via the Northeast Ridge.
