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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Global Field Program (GFP) graduate student Patrick Kelley was published in the Journal of the Elephant Managers Association. In "Conserving the Elephants of the Kinabatangan," Kelley reflects on his ...

Today, the Bornean elephants are currently under threats, mainly due to the loss of continuous habitats and human-elephant conflict. The Sabah’s government officials and the WWF-Malaysia team may have ...

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 ...