Behind The Scenes At The Natural History Museum
A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to get a glimpse at the insect collections, behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum, London.
In Praise of the Little Guy
Have you ever heard of the 'Big 5'? Supposedly the five African animals most difficult and dangerous to hunt on foot. Unfortunately, it's more a marketing term aimed at tourists than anything else.
Friday Photo: Telemetry
Wildlife documentaries make finding wildlife look easy, I can assure you it's not. Whilst in South Africa I had the chance to search for a radio collared lioness. To cut a long story short..
Friday Photo: Lone Waterbuck
As the name suggests, Waterbuck are heavily dependent on water, rarely venturing more than a few kilometers away from rivers or waterholes..
Friday Photo: Zulu the orphaned Meerkat
Say hi to Zulu, the orphaned Meerkat. His mother had been killed on a road, with Zulu left sitting on the verge. A kind passer-by brought him to..
Friday Photo: Amazon from above
This was my first view of the Amazon and it didn't disappoint. I don't deny many of the negative headlines of deforestation and biodiversity loss, but I can happily report..
Friday Photo: Blue Wildebeest
Yesterday, for the first time in two months, I woke up in frosty England, a world away from Africa. Having grown up in the urban wilderness of North Essex..
10,000 hits and that Monday morning feeling
It’s a Monday morning and I’ve got that all too infrequent Monday morning feeling; excitement..