The WWF wildlife group estimates that fewer than 1,500 Borneo pygmy elephants exist. They live mainly in Sabah and grow to about eight feet tall, a foot or two shorter than mainland Asian elephants.

Conservation of the subspecies, which has been given the common name of Borneo pygmy elephants, should be managed separately from other Asian elephants. Different characteristics between Borneo ...

It called Thursday for full protection of forest land to preserve the pygmy elephants and other endangered wildlife. Some 60 percent of Sabah is under forest cover.

Item 1 of 2 A pygmy elephant calf walks next to its dead mother in Gunung Rara Forest Reserve in the Malaysia's state of Sabah on Borneo island, in this picture taken January 23, 2013 and released ...

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

Male pygmy elephants grow as tall as 2.5 metres (8.2 feet), half a metre shorter than Asian elephants. They have babyish faces, larger ears and are tubbier and less aggressive than their cousins.

The endangered elephants were found dead last month in a protected forest in Sabah state on Borneo. Sabah is home to most of the remaining 1,200 Borneo pygmy elephants that exist worldwide.

Since 2004, the Houston Zoo has worked in Borneo, where the rain forest is shrinking and both the orangutan and the pygmy elephant are endangered; several species of cats are endangered or ...

To make this possible, Captive Elephant Management Plan (Cemp) was launched in Sabah on April 9 to take care of Bornean pygmy elephants well-being.

Two pygmy elephants cross the road in Taliwas forest on Malaysia's Sabah state on Borneo Island, July 21, 2005.