The Latest Breaking News from Borneo

31,000-year-old skeleton missing lower left leg is earliest known evidence of surgery, experts say

Finding by Australian and Indonesian archaeologists in remote Borneo cave rewrites understanding of human history

The Guardian - AU · Sep 7, 2022

Evidence of earliest known limb amputation discovered in Borneo

The discovery suggests surgery was carried out around 31,000 years ago and the patient recovered.

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2022

Taiwan tensions reveal challenges for U.S. navy as Chinese threat grows

(This story refiles to correct spelling of Antietam in paragraph 15)

Reuters · Aug 5, 2022

Omar Musa blends words and the wood carving of Borneo to explore beauty, rage and history

Omar Musa has, it seems, put aside the voice of protest, anger and challenge so present in his powerful 2017 poetry collection, Millefiori, in favour of a journey to his roots in the culture and history of Borneo.

The Conversation · Mar 14, 2022

Body of missing dad found in river - being eaten by huge 13ft crocodile

The 51-year-old man, named only as Luther, tried to fight off the enormous croc but was dragged off along a river on the island of Borneo, Indonesia, last week

Daily Mirror · Feb 21, 2022

What links elephants to scorpions and blue sharks? The Saturday Quiz

From big cats to Borneo, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2022

‘Very hush-hush’: Borneo’s $80bn carbon deal stokes controversy

Figures behind deal include a politician linked to deforestation in the 90s and an associate named in the Panama Papers.

Al Jazeera · Feb 2, 2022

Nusantara is set to be the new capital of Indonesia, but what will happen to Jakarta?

With a new capital — Nusantara — to be built on the island of Borneo, what plans are there for the old capital and how do locals feel about the proposed relocation?

ABC News · Jan 29, 2022

Rare narcissus flycatcher takes up residence at an outback roadhouse instead of Borneo

A chance stop at a remote roadhouse in far north Western Australia to refuel and buy an ice cream has added two new birds to Australian record books.

ABC News · Jan 25, 2022