March of the Cane Toad
Two gold-flecked nebula eyes stared unblinkingly through the glass. The boy stared back. He had been out with a torch […]
Horned Lizards of Santa Monica
I found myself staying in Los Angeles for a couple of nights for a business trip. Meeting and flight times […]
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 Adder – Britain’s Venomous Snake
He tells the story often. The one where he was looking at a bird through binoculars when he felt something […]
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 Pelicans of La Jolla Cove
The conference in San Diego was at an end and I woke up with a morning to kill ahead of […]
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 […]
Thames Estuary and her Avocets
There is something about the sludgy mudflats of the Thames Estuary that says “home” to me. Maybe it is the […]
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 […]
Harbour Seals of Monterey Bay
The waters of Monterey Bay are a veritable stew of wildlife. The great and the good of marine biodiversity swim […]
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 […]
The Cemetery Squirrels – European Red
It was a scorcher of a day in Munich. I had arrived in the great Bavarian city after a long […]
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