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More Bigfoot footprints found near waterfall

Kampung Lukuts well-known Bigfoot hunter Kong Nam Choy said yesterday that he had seen a set of eight fresh giant footprints, which he believed were made by Bigfoot, in the vicinity of the Kota Tinggi...

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Malaysia seizes lizards, tortoises illegally bound for Thailand

Malaysian authorities have seized thousands of monitor lizards and turtles bound for illegal trade in neighboring Thailand, reports said.

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Southeast Asia Plans Wildlife Crime-Busting Units

Special wildlife crime-busting units will form the core of Southeast Asia's first coordinated effort against the multi-billion-dollar illegal trade in animals and plants, officials said on Thursday.

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Baby Rhino Tracks in Malaysia Raise Hopes

Rangers sighted tracks of a baby Sumatran rhino in the heart of Borneo's jungles, raising hopes for the survival of a species pushed to the brink of extinction by poaching and habitat destruction,...

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Tioman Proving To Be A Biological Goldmine

Tioman Island is the home to 14 new species, including 10 types of lizards, three varieties of snakes and a frog.

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New Shrimp Farm Rules Aim to Save Asian Mangroves

Environmental regulation of shrimp farming operations across Asia takes a major step forward next month, when the U.N. food agency considers adoption of a set of tougher industry guidelines published...

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The first Sumatran rhino born in captivity in more than 100 years is on his...

The first Sumatran rhino born in captivity in more than 100 years is on his way homeђ to Indonesia to help save the species from extinction, officials said Monday.

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Old computers find new life overseas

In her native Malaysia, Mary Tiong developed a reputation for selling leftover computer monitors for a large manufacturer behind the industry's best-known brands.

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Malaysia talks to aid rare turtle

Scientists meet in Malaysia to discuss how to save the critically endangered leatherback turtle.

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Malaysia hails dogs that fought piracy

Six months after sniffing their way to fame in Malaysia, Labrador crime dogs Lucky and Flo were awarded medals Monday for "outstanding service" in tracking down pirated discs.

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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al)...

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Skies to be swept for alien life

The switch has been thrown on a telescope specifically designed to seek out alien life.

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Rare leatherback turtles return to Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - The endangered leatherback turtle has made a surprise return to nest in Malaysia where they were feared to have been wiped out, but experts are worried the precious eggs will not...

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Improvements seen four years after the Indian Ocean tsunami

Four years since a 9.0-magnitude earthquake spawned massive walls of water that swept across the Indian Ocean, leaving more than 230,000 dead according to a United Nations estimate, improvements can be...

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Huge Population Of Endangered Asian Elephants Living In Malaysian Park

New data released by the Wildlife Conservation Society and Malaysia’s Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) reveals that a population of endangered Asian elephants living in a Malaysian park...

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Baby Orangutan Hospital Saves Lives, Steals Hearts

We were excited to see this news pop up on our radar this moment, and would like to share it with you - gentle reader - to send you off into a blissful weekend.

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Amazing moment: Orangutan caught rope thrown by humans, swam across flooded...

All mothers know there is no limit to what they will do to protect their children.

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Indonesia Creates the Savu Marine Park, Largest in Southeast Asia

Indonesia has opened Southeast Asia's largest marine park in the Savu Sea, a migration route for almost half the world's whale species and home to vast tracts of rare coral, the country's fisheries...

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Indonesia, Malaysia To Cooperate In Tackling Illegal Logging

Indonesia is ready to have talks with Malaysia on bilateral trade in timber amid increased allegations that the neigbouring state had been receiving Indonesian timber from illegal logging, Antara news...

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Indigenous community takes court ruling into own hands and seizes oil palm...

A community in Malaysian Borneo seized an oil palm plantation belonging to the IOI Group after the palm oil giant failed to respect the terms of a court ruling that the plantation was established on...

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