For most of its history Borneo was scarcely populated by humans. The unforgiving climate and dense rainforest kept populations small and scattered. In the past half century this has all changed.

An estimated 18 million people live on the island, with the majority based in the coastal lowlands and cities. The forests of the Heart of Borneo area are of high value for people’s livelihoods and ...

A tectonic plate that was thought to be lost for millions of years has been discovered in Borneo by geologists, bringing new insights into Earth’s ancient history. The plate, named Pontus ...

MARK FRANCIS FRANCISCO must be congratulated for researching, organizing and documenting the extremely complex and oft times obscure and neglected history of the southernmost regions of the ...

OUR FAR-FLUNG CORRESPONDENTS piece about Sarawak, the British colony in Borneo. History of the Brook family who has had complete autocratic rule over Sarawak for almost 100 years. Many people had ...

What extraordinary creatures live in the rainforests of Borneo? Join a team of Museum scientists on location as they survey the incredible diversity of insects and other invertebrates. Many of the ...

Scientists spent several days trekking through rural Borneo to find the 40,000-year ... thinking and abstract representation have a long history. They develop gradually over 100,000 years if ...

THIS year marks Sarawak Biscuit & Food Manufacturing Sdn Bhd’s 50th anniversary celebration. In this first of a two-part report, we take a look at the establishment of the company up until the fire ...

A look at Borneo - the richest rainforest island of all, home to 60,000 species of plants and animals. 6,000 of them are unique, and more are discovered almost daily. Show more Borneo is the ...

If Frank and Cookie were making history somewhere below my feet ... So far as cave exploration is concerned, Borneo is singular. There’s no place like it under the earth.” ...

“We hope that by getting the Borneo elephants on to the Red List ... a professor from London’s Natural History Museum. According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Bornean elephants are ...

Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg has tabled an expansionary State Budget for 2025 of RM15.8 billion, marking the largest budget in the state’s history. He stated that of the total ...