Malaysia, Brunei & Singapore Natural History Resource Guide

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Birding Tours

Australian Ornithological Services (Phil Maher)

Avian Adventures

Birding Worldwide

Birdquest

Endemic Guides

Field Guides Inc.

Footprint Adventures [Malaysia Itinerary]

GuidedBirding.com

KingBird Tours [Malaysia Itinerary]

Kingfisher Tours (Dennis Yong e-mail)

Nature Travel Specialists

nature2pixel.com

Sunbird [Malaysia Itinerary]

Symbiosis Expedition Planning

Try Adventure

Victor Emanuel Nature Tours [Malaysia Itinerary]

Wild Wings

Wings [Malaysia Itinerary]

Natural History Organizations

Borneo Research Council

Butterfly Watching and Research Group of the Nature Society (Singapore)

Malaysian Nature Society, Miri Branch

Malaysian Nature Society, Perak Branch

Malaysian Nature Society, Penang Branch

Malaysian Nature Society, Selangor Branch [Search results for all birding pages]

Nature Society (Singapore)

Nature Society (Singapore) Conservation Committee - Save Kranji Marshland

Raptor Watch Week (MNS)

Sabah Nature Club

The Sabah Society

Birds

WorldTwitch Malaysia Bird Links

WorldTwitch Malaysia Bird Reports

Mammals, Herps, Insects & Other Fauna & Flora

AmphibiaWeb - Includes pages on many species of Malaysian amphibians, e.g., Rana hosii. Here is a clickable list of the 193 known species occurring in Malaysia.

Animal Info - Malaysia - rare and endangered mammals.

Asian Aquatic Snakes - Field Museum

Asian Turtle Crisis

Birdwing Butterflies of the World by Tony Nagypal

Bug World: Tropical Malaysian Insects - with information on some collecting localities

Butterflies of Borneo

Butterflies of Singapore

Camera-trapping reveals the status of Malayan Tapirs in southern Thailand rainforest remnants

Cat News - Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group.

Cat Specialist Group Species Accounts for Tropical Asia

Center for Tropical Forest Science - Malaysia research programs

Chin's Butterfly Gallery

Chin's Nature Corner

Conservation Status of Proboscis Monkey Groups and the Effects of Habitat Degradation. Carey P. Yeager. Asian Primates, Vol 5, No. 3-4 (1996).

Conservation of Old World Fruit Bats

Delias of the World - Asian Pierid butterflies.

Distribution, relative abundance & commercial trade of tortoises in peninsular Malaysia - BP Conservation award winning project

Dugong Sanctuary established in southern Johore

The EMBL Reptile Database

Fire in Dipterocarp Forests, by Johann G. Goldammer, Berthold Seibert, and Werner Schindele

Fruit Bats at the Lubee Foundation

International Rhino Foundation - Sumatran Rhinoceros, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis

Jamides Page - Asian Lycaenid butterflies.

Lizards of Borneo - ARBEC

Malaysia Elephant Satellite Tracking Project

Membracidae (Treehoppers) of Malaysia

The Moths of Borneo by J.D. Holloway. Possibly the finest website about Malaysian natural history. The parts of Holloway's landmark series dealing with the Bombycoidia, including the Saturnidae (giant silk moths), and the Sphingidae (sphinx moths), are online. A number of endemic species known from one or a few battered specimens apparently have been wiped out by habitat destruction.

Papilionidae of the World - the swallowtail and birdwing butterflies.

Pollination biology in a lowland dipterocarp forest in Sarawak: Characteristics of the plant-pollinator community in a lowland dipterocarp forest.

Primate Info Net Primate Fact Sheets - good summaries on all primate species

Rothauscher's Dugong Page

Sarawak Wildlife Weblet

Singapore Scorpion Page

Snakebite Protocols - from UC-San Diego

Southeast Asian Dipterocarp Forest Ecosystems, by N. Manokaran

Sumatran Rhinoceros, 18 November 2003 - All five captive Sumatran Rhinos held in Peninsular Malaysia die as a result of gross negligence at the Sungai Dusin Rhinoceros Centre. This is reminiscent of the deaths of all the Crested Ibis remaining in Japan when the incompetent "captive breeding center" fed them contaminated food.

Ultimate Ungulate Page

Venemous Snakes of Thailand - Watch for Malayan Krait at night at Kuala Selangor

Vespine Wasps in Thailand - by Sirinee Poonchaisri

National Parks and Wildlife Reserves

Andulau Peat Swamp Forest - Brunei

Batu Lawi - "Sarawak's Biggest Secret"

Brunei Bay Mangroves

Brunei National Parks (Greenearth Travel)

Cameron Highlands Map

Danum Valley Conservation Area - Sabah

Danum Valley Conservation Area, by Nazeri Abghani, MNS Miri

Danum Valley List of Publications

Danum Valley: Royal Society Southeast Asia Rainforest Research Programme, Newsletter 12 (1998)

Endau Rompin National Park

Fraser's Hill Nature Education Centre

Fraser's Hill Map

Kinabalu National Park

Mt. Kinabalu Map

Mt. Kinabalu - A Guide to the Summit Trail, by Anthea Phillipps & Karen Phillipps

Kuala Belalong Field Studies Centre, Brunei

Kuala Gula, Perak

Kuala Selangor Nature Park

Kuala Selangor Nature Park (Ecology Asia)

Lambir Hills National Park - Sarawak

Lambir Hills Canopy Biology Program in Sarawak

Lambir Hills National Park Canopy Crane (pdf)

Lambir Hills National Park - Rhett D. Harrison's Pages

Langkawi (Ecology Asia)

Lanjak-Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary, Sarawak, by Robert Stuebing

Loagan Bunut National Park, Sarawak - by Nazeri Abghani, MNS Miri

Maliau Basin - article in Danish Environment, January 2000

Maliau Basin- article in Malaysian Timber Bulletin, 1998

Map of Birding Sites in West Malaysia & Singapore

Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak trip report (non-birder)

Pasoh Forest Reserve

Pasoh Forest Reserve (another website)

Paya Indah Wetlands - near KL Airport

Peradayan Forest Recreational Park, Brunei

MNS Pulong Tao Expedition - proposed park in the Kelabit Highlands of Sarawak

Sabah Parks

Sarawak National Parks

Similajau National Park, Sarawak - by Clarissa Loke, MNS Selangor

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve - Singapore

Tabin Wildlife Reserve - near Lahad Datu, Sabah - a new lodge with a dormitory and tented camp should be ready by May 2002.

Taman Negara - individual

Taman Negara - commercial

Taman Negara - commercial

Tasek Bera - Southeast of Triang, Pahang.

Tasek Bera (Ecology Asia)

Tasik Chini (Ecology Asia)

Case Study of Tasek Bera by Rebecca D'Cruz, Wetlands International

Ulu Temburong National Park, Brunei

Ulu Temburong National Park, Brunei (Ecology Asia)

Ecolodges & Other Accommodations of Potential Interest to Birders

The Andaman - Langkawi

Borneo Rainforest Lodge - Sabah [Another website]

Cameron-Highlands.com

Danum Valley Field Centre - Sabah [Photos]

De Palma Hotels - Including Kuala Selangor

Equatorial Hill Resort Cameron Highlands

Fraser's Pine Resort, Fraser's Hill

Gayana Island EcoResort - Sabah

Genting Highlands

Heritage Hotel Cameron Highlands

Hillview Gardens Resort - Keningau, Sabah

Hilton Batang Ai Longhouse Resort - Sarawak

Info Kundasang - Kinabalu accommodations

Kinabalu Nature Resorts - Sabah

Kinabalu Rose Cabin

KTMB Malaysia Railways

Labuk Bay Proboscis Sanctuary - near Sandakan, Sabah

The Lakehouse - Cameron Highlands

Merlin Inn Cameron Highlands

Mesilau Nature Resort (Kinabalu Gold) - Sabah

Nusa Camp, Taman Negara

Pangkor Laut Resort - on island off the west coast

Paradise Sandy Bay Hotel - Penang

Poring Hot Springs (Kinabalu Gold) - Sabah

Proboscis Lodge - Sukau, Sabah

Quest Resort, Fraser’s Hill

Regency Pelasus Resort - Sarawak

Royal Mulu Resort - Sarawak

Salang Indah Resort - Tioman Island

Sandakan Renasissance Hotel - Sabah

Sepilok Jungle Resort - Sabah

Sepilok Nature Resort - Sabah

Seri Malaysia Hotels

Sherwood Hotels

Sukau Rainforest Lodge - Sabah

Pernas Taman Negara Resort

Taman Negara Lodges - another site

Tanjong Jara Resort - Dungun, Terengganu coast

Titi Eco Farm Resort

Uncle Tan's Wildlife Camp - Sabah

Travel

The Alfred Russel Wallace Page

ARBEC - ASEAN Review of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation

Ecology Asia - Brunei Destinations

Ecology Asia - Malaysia Destinations

Global Birding Pal Club - members in Malaysia

Google Hotel Links

Institute for Tropical Biology & Conservation

Interesting places in Malaysia

Malaysians kill American woman in magic ritual to get winning lottery numbers. Fortunately they lost and soon will be hanged. Another American woman has been missing for three years in Taman Negara.

Map of Brunei

El Niño triggers tropical forest reproduction

North Borneo Science Shop

Paya Indah Wetlands

Rajah Brooke and 19th Century Sarawak

Royal Geographic Society Brunei Rainforest Project 1991-1992

The Royal Society South-East Asia Rainforest Research Programme

Sabah Tourism Promotion Corp.

Sarawak Biodiversity Centre

Sarawak Online

Sarawak Tourism Board

Tambunan Rafflesia Centre - Sabah

Tenom Orchid Centre - Sabah

Tourism Malaysia

UNEP Land cover report

How to Choose a Good Durian

WWF Malaysia

Yahoo! Malaysia

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