SUKAU, Malaysia (Reuters Life!) - Deprived of access to his favorite food, a pygmy elephant trumpets furiously and charges at wildlife officials, a manifestation of this rare species' battle against ...

WWF-Malaysia's field researcher and elephant tracker Englebert Dausip talks about his experience of tracking pygmy elephants in the forests of Borneo. Englebert "Bert" Dausip, a WWF-Malaysia field ...

IN THE BORNEO FOREST, Malaysia — Crouched in the vine-tangled forest of Borneo, where the brightest part of the day seems like dusk, Elis Tambing finally got the elusive animal in his laser sight and ...

Borneo's mysterious pygmy elephants may be the descendants of Javan elephants accidentally saved from extinction by a local sultan several centuries ago, the conservation group WWF said on Thursday.

Kuala Lumpur — A pygmy elephant gored its handler to death at a wildlife park in Malaysia's eastern Sabah state in a Christmas Day tragedy, conservation officials said Thursday. Joe Fred Lansou, 49, ...

Ten endangered pygmy elephants have been found dead in suspicious circumstances in Malaysia, according to reports. Sen Nathan, head veterinarian at the Gunung Rara Forest Reserve in Sabah state on the ...

KINABATANGAN - The idea that Bornean elephants are related to the ancient pygmy elephants is a misconception, says elephant conservationist Dr Nurzhafarina Othman, who clarifies that no such pygmy ...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia is investigating a surge in the number of deaths of pygmy elephants, an endangered species found in the tropical rainforests of Borneo, wildlife authorities said on ...