The helmeted hornbill can’t procreate without a particular type of tree hole, so scientists are trying to build it artificial ones.
The mist hung heavy on the Kinabatangan River on the July morning I looked for helmeted hornbills, one of the most…

An Enormous Bird Has a Real-Estate Problem

Juggling between development and environmental conservation is difficult when it comes to forest-use. But there are ways to be more inclusive. This is Part 4 of Forest Files.
MALAYSIA has had decades of continuous economic and population growth since…

Forest-use: The Public Wants A Say

To understand forest-use dynamics in Peninsular Malaysia, one must know how state governments – the sole authority on land use – perceive forests. This is Part 3 of Forest Files.
IN AUGUST 2019, when then Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad…

Revenue and Power Drive Forest Area Changes

Decades ago, rampant logging looked set to decimate forests in Malaysia. That is no longer the case but a less familiar force is driving forest change – one over which state governments have full control. This is Part 2 of the Forest Files…

Excision – The Main Threat to Forests in Peninsular Malaysia

How much forest loss is too much? And are the drivers of this loss the same as in the past? In Forest Files, Macaranga examines the dynamics and mechanics of forest-use changes in Malaysia. Our four-part In-Depth series focuses on Peninsular…

Forest Loss: Under Whose Watch?

My companions scanned the treetops with binoculars and a thermal-imaging monocular. I stared at the branches and leaves, pretending I knew what to look for. It was a cool June evening just before sunset on a village road on Langkawi Island,…

On a cool night in Malaysia, scientists track mysterious colugos across the treetops

ACCORDING to the Parliamentary schedule, the Malaysian government will table Budget 2021 in the Parliamentary meeting on 6 November.
The Budget would reflect the government’s plans to carry the country out of the pandemic woes of 2020.
Malaysians…

What Conservationists Want In Budget 2021

KUALA LUMPUR -- In 1999, pediatrician Vorasuk Shotelersuk was tending the wards at a Thai hospital. A 5-month-old girl had just been admitted in such bad condition that the doctor feared "she would die in less than 24 hours."
Other doctors were…

Cracking ASEAN's code: Inside the push for genomic medicine

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Why some insect eggs are spherical while others look like hot dogs

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Leaf-cutter ants pick up the pace when they sense rain

Malaysia is ground zero for the next malaria menace

A scientist used chalk in a box to show that bats use sunsets to migrate

Surprise! This shark looks like a male on the outside, but it’s made babies

Poison toilet paper reveals how termites help rainforests resist drought

Some plants use hairy roots and acid to access nutrients in rock

Rebel honeybee workers lay eggs when their queen is away

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Hermit crabs are drawn to the smell of their own dead

On 29 July, audio from an interview posted online made fresh allegations of abuse and racism against Malaysian private university Limkokwing University of Creative Technology (LUCT), the latest in a series of racial discrimination claims against the…

Malaysian university to be investigated as racism allegations mount

Researchers use advanced imaging techniques to see what happens when a male and a female mate.
ABOVE: This ultraviolet-enhanced image shows two Pseudopolydesmus serratus preserved in mating position.
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Last summer, evolutionary…