Bornean Chorus Frog – Life in the Pitcher
The dark, wet rainforests of Borneo provide the perfect habitat for amphibians. The problem for an amphibian fanatic and photographer […]
Singapore’s Downtown Otter Family
The unforgiving sun beat down on the skillet-hot concrete. My business attire was uncomfortably inappropriate for these conditions. Another trickle […]
Proboscis Monkeys – A Borneo Drama
The little green boat gurgled and spluttered her way along the sleepy backwater that fed Borneo’s mighty Kinabatangan River. The […]
The City State Saltwater Crocodiles
It was over a decade ago that I first heard rumours about wild crocodiles living in Singapore. There had been […]
The Hunt – Equatorial Spitting Cobra
The jagged edges of the crushed stone track stabbed painfully into my knee. I felt the sting of yet another […]
Serpents in the Soil – Brahminy Blind Snake
Another day, another Zoom call. As I listened to the presenter speaking, I watched tiny rivers snaking down the windowpane. […]
The Wildlife of the Kinabatangan
The twin Yamaha 150 horsepower engines gurgled and spluttered to life, as the boat chugged away from the Sandakan dock […]
Booming Banded Bullfrogs of the Burbs
The rain had been falling steadily all day. Still the clinging heat persisted. If anything, the humidity levels had risen […]
The King and I – Search for the King Cobra
The little island of Singapore has an abundance of wildlife. The government strategy is to evolve from a Garden City […]
Sunda Colugo – The Flying Lemur
In the steamy jungles of South East Asia lives a peculiar creature. A small cat-sized tree dweller that appears to […]
A life in the gutter – Asian Toad
Water is the life blood of the small island city state of Singapore; it is hot, it is very hot. […]
Hanuman’s Warriors – Grey Langur
According to Hindu scripture, during the great battle of Lanka, Hanuman, the monkey god, was in trouble. He had been […]
A Fight for Life; Borneo Orang-utans
I had booked the trip of a lifetime and purchased a present to myself; my first DSLR camera was packed […]
Rufous Treepie – Tiger Bird
India’s Ranthambhore National Park is an extraordinary place. Maintained as the private hunting preserve of the Maharajahs of Jaipur, in […]
Leviathan – An Encounter with Blue Whales
It is 15th January 2003 and the BBC go to air with episode 7 of The Life of Mammals. The camera […]
The Names & Faces of the Changeable Lizard
During my travels to cities around the world, I have observed that each city has its own community of wildlife that has […]
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