A palm oil plantation borders tropical rainforest in Malaysian Borneo. Oil palm trees have been one of the main drivers of deforestation in the region, but it has declined over the last decade.

The global palm oil market is expected to tighten this year as floods and older trees constrain production in the world’s second-biggest supplier, according to a major Malaysian growers group.

A palm oil plantation borders tropical rainforest in Malaysian Borneo. Oil palm trees have been one of the main drivers of deforestation in the region, but it has declined over the last decade.

Lush green palm trees still standing in Los Angeles despite the raging wildfires consuming California have sparked wild conspiracy theories online.

China has “panda diplomacy,” Australia parades koalas at global summits, and now Malaysia plans to join the Asia-Pacific trend for adorable ambassadors, by gifting orangutans to countries that ...

Palm oil is actually not that bad (anymore) Palm oil once destroyed orangutan-filled rainforests in Southeast Asia. Now, the industry is cleaning up its act.

KUALA LUMPUR -- Japanese and Malaysian researchers are testing a process to turn felled palm trees into biomass that serves as a renewable source of energy. The trunks of felled palm trees are ...

Malaysian research student Haziq Ramli wore an outfit resembling a light jetpack, with poles strapped to his biceps, to wield a long pole that clipped the sharp fronds and heavy bunches of fruit ...