Initially, Tan believed the firefly belonged to a group known as Colophotia. But something about its appearance stood out.

P. gombakia was officially named in 2015 by entomologist Lesly Ballantyne at the Natural History Museum in London, based on ...

Rediscovering a species that hasn’t been seen in centuries is an honour not everybody can have. During a trip to Malaysia’s ...

A FIREFLY species has been rediscovered in Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur, more than 100 years after it was last seen. The species, identified as Pteroptyx gombakia, was spotted during an experiential ...

“That was the moment I knew something was different,” added Tan. The specimen had been collected from Bukit Kiara in Kuala Lumpur – and the location left Tan puzzled. “Based on the ...

Into this equation came the government’s compulsory acquisition of the 1,500 acre Bukit Kiara Estate from Ng Chin Siu & Sons Rubber Estates Ltd. It had been acquired ostensibly “for public ...

Nine years after promises were made to turn one of Kuala Lumpur’s most popular walking and biking spots, Bukit Kiara, into a public “federal” park, nothing has moved. Instead, the land has been ...

My weekends are always a joy when I meet up with my friends to use the trails at Bukit Kiara, whether it is riding on my mountain bike or doing trail work to build and maintain the trails.

The Bukit Kiara trails was mainly a rubber plantation many decades ago. Now that it is no longer in operation, it has been the primary green lung area near the heart of KL city. There used to be ...