Borneo. (Credit: Alastair Robinson.) An international team of botanists report they have just described a new species of giant pitcher plant that lives in a tiny area in the mountains on Borneo.

More information: Alviana Damit et al, Sabah's hidden giant: Nepenthes pongoides (Nepenthaceae), a micro-endemic tropical pitcher plant from northern Borneo, Australian Journal of Botany (2024).

Drifting down Sungai Pin in Sabah by boat, Borneo's majestic forests come alive with southern pig-tailed macaques frolicking along the riverbanks and proboscis monkeys lounging in the treetops.

A newly described species of pitcher plant, one of the largest and furriest ever found, has been identified on a wild mountain in Borneo, Malaysia. The underside of the leaves of Nepenthes ...

Mammoth projects like the KL Sentral redevelopment, Pan Borneo Highway and the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) are modernising urban centres and creating transport-oriented development. They are also ...

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On July 29, Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi said that construction of Phase 1A of the Pan Borneo Highway in Sabah had reached 77.41% completion, with full completion expected by 2026.

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MONKEY World has welcomed another member to its orangutan crèche. Female Bornean orangutan Kiwi was born at Spanish zoo Rio Safari Elche in December but was rejected by her mother shortly after ...

A second Bornean orangutan has been born at a zoo. Dudley Zoo and Castle were "excited" to welcome the arrival from mum, 11-year-old Sprout, over the weekend. Sprout's mum, Jazz, 30, gave birth ...