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Malaysia’s last known Sumatran rhino dies
The last surviving Sumatran rhino in Malaysia has died, wildlife officials said Sunday. Once found as far away as eastern India and throughout Malaysia, the Sumatran rhino has been almost wiped out, with fewer than 80 left anywhere, according to the World Wildlife Fund. Only a handful of the creatures remain in the wilds of ...
Environment
Nossa! Massive Amazon fish found floating in Borneo lake by jogger
Passers-by at a popular lake in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah were shocked to see a massive fish floating in the waters in the Bukit Padang neighborhood of the city. The 108kg fish,...
‘Irresponsible’ coal dust dumping off of Melaka caught on camera by local fishermen
After nearly two-minute-long footage was leaked onto the internet showing a vessel dumping coal dust into the seas off the Melaka coast, environmental advocacy groups are asking...
Dengue cases at an almost 90% increase compared to same time last year
Malaysia’s Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad is reporting that between January and July of this year, a total of 72,356 dengue cases have been reported, drastically higher than...
Two very different takes on an alleged environmental crisis happening in Malaysia
As the environmental situation in Johor’s industrial Pasir Gudang area continues to leave scores of residents complaining of malaise, two of Malaysia’s biggest newspapers had...
Locals claim herd of elephants and troop of macaques wreaking havoc on village
Villagers in the Hulu Terengganu area of Malaysia’s east coast have complained that a herd of elephants is destroying their community’s flora and fauna over the last week,...
Area-wide school closures decreed after students in Pasir Gudang fall ill from alleged toxic fumes
In a case that echoes this year’s earlier illicit toxic waste dumping in the Sungai Kim Kim area of industrial Johor, all kindergartens, schools, and educational institutions in...
Diver in waters off Sabah finds scores of ‘slaughtered’ hammerhead sharks
Gareth Jones, a foreign diver who had ventured into the waters off Mabul Island, part of Sabah’s Semporna district, was surprised to find severed and hacked hammerhead sharks...
Scientists warn that eating shellfish from Malaysia’s west coast could lead to heavy metal poisoning
A team of scientists lead by a senior lecturer from Universiti Malaysia Terengganu’s (UMT) School of Marine and Environmental Sciences department made an unsettling discovery...
Over 2,000 fall ill in Malaysia after toxic waste dumped in Johor river
People who inhaled the fumes suffered from nausea and vomiting. No one has died.