Ten endangered Borneo pygmy elephants have been found dead in a Malaysian forest under mysterious circumstances, and wildlife officials said Tuesday that they probably were poisoned. Carcasses of the ...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — An initial chemical analysis on 14 Borneo pygmy elephants that died mysteriously could not conclusively determine if they were poisoned, and more tests will be conducted ...
Research conducted by WWF-Indonesia from 2007 to 2011 has revealed the existence of an estimated 20-80 Borneo elephants in the northern part of East Kalimantan, bordering Sabah, Malaysia. However, ...
KOTA KINABALU: It is difficult to determine who exactly is the most likely suspect in the inhumane killing and mutilation of an endangered Borneo pygmy elephant near the Maliau Basin, says Datuk ...
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, ...
(NEW YORK) — A team of wildlife experts spotted a rare pygmy elephant with “saber-tooth”-like tusks in the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo island, according to the Sabah Wildlife Department. The ...
This Southeast Asian island, home to some of the world’s strangest and most iconic creatures, is a dream destination for a growing number of “mammal watchers.” A young male proboscis monkey, a species ...
The next time you're at the Houston Zoo, stop by the orangutan enclosure. Then imagine you're in Borneo, where the red apes live in the wild. The connection is closer than you might think. The Houston ...