Pygmy elephants were long considered the same as Asian elephants. A myth held that they were remnants of a domesticated herd given as a gift by the British to a Borneo sultan in the 17th century ...

Conservationists have begun a landmark project to track several herds of pygmy elephants for an exhaustive study of a mysterious pachyderm.

Satellite tracking of pygmy elephants has found that the endangered animals — unique to Borneo island — are under threat due to logging and commercial plantations encroaching on their habitat ...

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 ...

Elephant poaching has ravaged populations in Africa for years – and now poachers are starting to target endangered pygmy elephants in Sabah, Borneo. On New Year’s Eve wildlife officials found ...

To help protect a diminutive elephant researchers are taking an innovative look at the pachyderm's genome. The goal is to understand the genetic diversity of pygmy elephants on the island of ...

Fourteen endangered Borneo pygmy elephants have recently been found dead in a Malaysian forest, presenting a mystery for wildlife officials and conservationists. The recent deaths highlight the ...

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 ...

Malaysian officials on Monday said the mutilated corpse of an endangered pygmy elephant was found on Borneo island last week with about 70 gunshot wounds and tusks hacked off. The gruesome ...

Gruesome butchering and being caught in traps – leading to slow, painful deaths – are among the cruel fates threatening Sabah ...

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 ...