KEHJE SEWEN FOREST, Indonesia — Jamur didn’t hesitate as the door of her temporary cramped quarters slid open. In less than a second, the stocky red-haired orangutan was savoring freedom for the first ...

The island of Borneo has long conjured powerful Western fantasies of the exotic—a place of steep mountains, impenetrable forests, and Stone Age tribes. A place where spirits lurk, and where men can ...

Bruno Manser and Michael Palmieri went to Borneo, the third-largest island on the planet, seeking different things. Starting in the mid-1980s, Manser, a Swiss traveler, decided to live with the Penan, ...

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KUALA LUMPUR, MalaysiaKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Members of an indigenous tribe in Borneo lost a case in Malaysia’s top court Thursday challenging the state’s seizure of land to build a massive dam. The ...

Borneo is home to nearly 18 million people, nearly doubling since 1980. Borneo, like New Guinea, has long had two very different populations: lowly populated, highly tribalized groups in the ...

A female Sumatran rhinoceros has been captured in Indonesian Borneo and moved to a local sanctuary as part of an initiative to conserve the near-extinct species through captive breeding. A team of ...

Borneo (Kalimantan) is the third largest island in the world. Borneo's rain forests are also home to some extremely rare species of orchids, all highly valued for their exotic aromas and aesthetic ...