Photos of a Rungus Traditional Longhouse

The Kinabalu Blog has published some great photographs of one of the few traditional Rungus Longhouses left in Kudat, Borneo.

The Rare Borneo Rhino Caught on Camera

Regular readers of this site will know of my fascination with Borneo. So imagine my excitement when I read this morning that WWF-Malaysia had caught the rare Borneo rhino on video!

Conservation of the Heart of Borneo agreed

An agreement to conserve the Heart of Borneo (HoB) was officially approved today, 12 January, by Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia.

View of a local in Kota Kinabalu, Borneo

We resume our View of a Local series with a visit to the Island in the Clouds, Borneo.

In this interview medical doctor Ruhaizad Daud tells us about his Borneo, the state of Sabah, East Malaysia (Malaysian Borneo), also know as the Land Below The Wind or Land Of The Sacred Mountain.

52 species you didn’t know of last year

With the brown-and-white panda gone and the same fate suffered by the baiji dolphin, it warmed my heart to learn that 52 new species of animals and plants have been found within 2006 on the island of Borneo.

All 52 species, which include the less than 1cm long miniature fish Paedocypris micromegethes, have been documented in the WWF report “The Search Continues”.