Some habits (and customs) die hard. These include a penchant for shark fin soup as a prized dish at weddings and banquets in Malaysian Borneo. But what if, instead of trying to wean die-hard shark-fin lovers off this pricey delicacy, we offered them an alternative that tasted just as nice…

Time to celebrate: Pangolins in Sabah may soon be “totally protected.” At last. Currently, the placid animals, which are prime targets for poachers, can still be hunted with a license. Yet if the state’s Tourism, Culture and Environment minister Masidi Manjun finally has his way, no more such permits will…

Poachers in Sabah aren’t merely misguided souls. Nor are they simply criminals. They’re traitors. That’s according to Masidi Manjun, the state’s minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment. “If there are Sabahans doing this (poaching wildlife), then they are traitors who are doing a great disservice to their own state and country,”…