The red berries of the underground palm are just visible at the soil surface.
Agusti Randi
A recently discovered palm tree has an unusual survival strategy - it flowers and fruits beneath the ground
Andriamamelo cave art panel.
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Rock art from a Malagasy cave hints at some remarkable cultural connections.
The Punan Batu live a nomadic life, moving between rock shelters and forest camps. Pradiptajati Kusuma/The Conversation Indonesia.
The Punan Batu is one of the most active nomadic hunter-gatherer groups still existing in the world. They have unique characteristics that are different from other groups in Borneo.
Andrea Jalandoni
New dates for the rock art in the Gua Sireh cave in Malaysia reveal resistance to frontier violence between 1670 and 1830.
An adult male orangutan contemplates his next move in haze produced by Indonesia’s 2015 wildfires.
Wendy Erb
Orangutans are vocal animals, so analyzing their calls during events like wildfires can indicate how smoke is affecting their health.
Mountains are home to a diverse range of plant and animal species.
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Mountain environments are rich in plant and animal species, but the dual threat of human habitation and climate change means urgent action is needed to protect them.
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Can Anwar, the man who wrote a book on “his vision for a more tolerant, pluralistic Asia”, bring together a divided Malaysia?
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Setting aside half of Borneo would significantly reduce their decline, say experts.
Tim Maloney
An astonishing discovery from the oldest known grave in Southeast Asia has revised medical history – the previous known amputation surgery was just 7,000 years ago.
An artistic impression of Indonesia’s new presidential palace, designed by the artist Nyoman Nuarta.
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Omar Musa, from Killernova
In Killernova, celebrations of history, nature and heritage are tinged with despair at contemporary degradation of nature, bringing catastrophic loss.
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The changing dynamic between Borneo’s pigs and Indigenous people is a powerful reminder of the fragility of the human-nature connection.
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Planting trees can sometimes be a carbon-offset box-ticking exercise, but reforestation is a long-term commitment that supports communities, promotes biodiversity and tackles the climate emergency.
A newly-hunted wild boar is taken back to a village in Borneo.
Paul Hasan Thung
Indigenous people in rural Borneo associate the coronavirus with modern life, not their traditional hunting.
A Brazil nut tree in Jaú National Park, Amazonas, Brazil.
Victor Caetano-Andrade
Trees in tropical forests are more than carbon sponges – they’re cultural artefacts.
A knobbed hornbill in tropical forest, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Instead of boycotting palm oil, source it from pastureland and not recently logged forests.
Rosa in the Sumatran Rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis ) Sanctuary, Way Kambas, Sumatra, Indonesia.
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The world mourns the loss of Malaysia’s last male Sumatran rhino. Can anything stop the slide of the species towards extinction?
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Calls to ban palm oil could get a very different response among people who live in the same forests as orangutans.
Some of the ‘remarkable beetles’ Wallace collected in Borneo.
A.R. Wallace
An evolutionary biologist visits the remote jungle mountaintop where a little-known naturalist wrote his insightful paper about the mechanisms of evolution that spurred on a rivalrous Charles Darwin.
The bearded boar, one of the most emblematic animals of the Malay archipelago.
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The bearded boar is rarely honoured, yet its role in the forest of this island in the Malay archipelago is as crucial as it is emblematic.