Sprites of San Francisco – Anna’s Hummingbird
A high voltage buzz crackled through the air as two diminutive fays sizzled on the wing, like demented dragons, just […]
the wild life
A high voltage buzz crackled through the air as two diminutive fays sizzled on the wing, like demented dragons, just […]
I picked my way through the soupy jungle air, flinching at the tinnitus whine of mosquitos. A guide from the […]
According to Hindu scripture, during the great battle of Lanka, Hanuman, the monkey god, was in trouble. He had been […]
I turned off the lights to the small room in Telegraph Cove, Vancouver Island, plunging it into a blackness that is […]
In 2007, a Komodo dragon killed an eight-year-old boy. Â This was the first fatal attack on a human by one […]
He tells the story often. The one where he was looking at a bird through binoculars when he felt something […]
It was the boy’s tenth birthday. He tore the wrapping paper from the heavy, flat gift. From the glossy cover […]
It was over a decade ago that I first heard rumours about wild crocodiles living in Singapore. There had been […]
The conference in San Diego was at an end and I woke up with a morning to kill ahead of […]
The jagged edges of the crushed stone track stabbed painfully into my knee. I felt the sting of yet another […]
There is something about the sludgy mudflats of the Thames Estuary that says “home” to me. Maybe it is the […]
Another day, another Zoom call. As I listened to the presenter speaking, I watched tiny rivers snaking down the windowpane. […]
The twin Yamaha 150 horsepower engines gurgled and spluttered to life, as the boat chugged away from the Sandakan dock […]
The waters of Monterey Bay are a veritable stew of wildlife. The great and the good of marine biodiversity swim […]
The rain had been falling steadily all day. Still the clinging heat persisted. If anything, the humidity levels had risen […]
The little island of Singapore has an abundance of wildlife. The government strategy is to evolve from a Garden City […]
It was a scorcher of a day in Munich. I had arrived in the great Bavarian city after a long […]
In the steamy jungles of South East Asia lives a peculiar creature. A small cat-sized tree dweller that appears to […]
Water is the life blood of the small island city state of Singapore; it is hot, it is very hot. […]
The Autumnal woodlands of the North Eastern States are adorned with nature’s enchantments. As temperatures cool, dark green leaves fade […]
I first encountered Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos entirely by accident. Full disclosure; I didn’t even know these majestic birds lived in […]