The great apes, namely the gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and the orangutans are our closest genetic relatives. But that didn’t stop us from slaughtering them as usual! Now, reports suggest that orangutans are likely to be the first ones to...

More than 700 passengers were safely evacuated after an Indonesian ferry caught fire Sunday while nearing its destination on the island of Borneo, police said.The ship had reached an inland river and was close to the town of Samuda when flames...

A male orangutan, clinging precariously to overhanging branches, flails the water with a pole, trying desperately to spear a passing fish. It is the first time one has been seen using a tool to hunt. The extraordinary image, a world exclusive,...

Borneo’s pygmy elephants may be descendants of an extinct Javan elephant race, saved by chance by an 18th century ruler, according to a new study released Thursday.The study suggests that a small number of opposite-sex elephants can produce a...

The first lungless frog has been discovered lurking in the jungles of Borneo. The enigmatic amphibian, dubbed Barbourula kalimantanensis, apparently gets all the oxygen it needs through its...

Quite often, we waste our earnings on apparently unimportant ostentatious items. If a small fraction of our money could be spent on making our planet greener and that too simply by a click of the mouse, it would do a great service in saving...

A new lizard species is discovered recently in Borneo by a researcher while conducting field research. More than 15 years of fieldwork experience has helped Austin confirm immediately that he discovered a very new species! Chris Austin,...

Glen Barry in Rainforest Portal rightly said natural ancient rainforests are too valuable to be replaced by oil palm plantations! This reaction is on the basis of the fact that to create a massive oil palm, Indonesia plans to cut a 2,000 kilometer...

There occurred a population collapse in the Bornean orangutan. A three year genetic study by wildlife geneticists from Cardiff School of Biosciences has shown this. Since the late 19th Century, this decrease amounts to one hundred fold. And...