A new study settles a long-standing dispute about the genesis of an endangered species. With scant fossil evidence supporting a prehistoric presence, scientists could not say for sure where Borneo's ...

IN THE BORNEO FOREST, Malaysia -- Crouched in the vine-tangled forest of Borneo, where the brightest part of the day seems like dusk, Elis Tambing finally got the elusive animal in his laser sight and ...

DNA testing proves that Borneo pygmy elephants are an indigenous and distinct subspecies, with different characteristics from their Asian elephant cousins on mainland Asia and Sumatra. Petaling Jaya, ...

The Borneo elephant has been added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's 'Red List of Threatened Species.' Entering the list for the first time with an immediate grading of ...

Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia: The Borneo pygmy elephant may not be native to Borneo after all. Instead, the population could be the last survivors of the Javan elephant race – accidentally saved from ...

Since her birth in February, Asian baby elephant Tula-tu has become a star attraction at the Oregon Zoo. Asian elephants are endangered, with roughly 40,000 of them remaining in the wild, according to ...

Born to Be Wild, a 3-D IMAX nature documentary aimed squarely at family audiences, uses its immersive giant-screen 3-D to bring viewers directly into the rain forest of Borneo and the rugged ...

Wild orangutans, pygmy elephants, a rainforest older than the Amazon, and somehow, nobody in your friend group has been yet.

Kuala Lumpur — A pygmy elephant gored its handler to death at a wildlife park in Malaysia's eastern Sabah state in a Christmas Day tragedy, conservation officials said Thursday. Joe Fred Lansou, 49, ...

The Danum Valley is located in Sabah, one of two Malaysian states located on the island of Borneo. While Peninsular Malaysia plays host to stunning natural wonders like Gunung Ledang National Park and ...