Last year, in a development that shocked animal lovers, Sumatran rhinos were officially declared extinct in Malaysia. Yet, judging from a footprint that has just been spotted in Sabah’s Danum Valley Conservation Area, a few last specimens of the gentle beasts might still be hiding out in local forests. During a…

Malaysia’s trees keep on breaking world records. Last July a 89.5-meter-tall yellow meranti (Shorea faguetiana) in Sabah’s Maliau Basin Conservation Area was declared the tallest tropical tree in the world. After careful measurements with laser-scanning technology, it was found to be just a tad taller than the previous record-holder: another stately yellow meranti…

The Danum Valley in Sabah is a world-renowned biodiversity hotspot, home to Bornean orangutans, pygmy elephants, sun bears, hornbills and myriad other iconic local species. But it turns out that this famed conservation area in the Ulu Segama Forest Reserve has even more species than previously thought. And some of…

Take a trip in the rainforests of Sabah, and what you effectively do is to go on a bit of time travel. These forests are among the oldest in the world and were already here 140 million years ago when dinosaurs still ruled the Earth. It’s ironic then, is it…