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.
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Friday Photo: Into the Amazon
Traveling from the UK to our research camp in the Peruvian Amazon last year took four long days. By far the most enchanting part of the expedition was journeying from the bustling jungle city of Iquitos up into the Amazon’s smaller headwaters..
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Friday Photo: Surprising Science
Science is taught in the classroom and practiced in the laboratory. Sometimes you get to have a go in the field. Lab’s are sterile, everything goes (almost) to plan
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Friday Photo: The Desert in Black & White
Here’s an image from the Empty Quarter. I’m not old fashioned enough to take photographs in black & white, and considering that by nature the desert is quite simple and plain..
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On Geodes: Geology and Philosophy
We had been bouncing along in the 4×4’s since first light. Progressively the road turned from tarmac to gravel to sand, and then with the minarets of Al Hashman fading back into the heat haze..
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Dragon Hunting in Oman
Sometimes science seems boring. It can be difficult to connect the apparently disparate effort in the field, to the long term goals and achievements.
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Anywhere in the world
“Anywhere else in the world, and there would be a hotel here.” Terry said to me one day, as we stood watching the waves breaking. The huge imposing cliffs of the Dhofar Mountains stood behind us, one of the last refuges of the Arabian Leopard..
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Birds of the Middle East
I’m not an avid bird watcher, more an interested observer, but in the space of a few weeks the scientific necessity of identifying and counting what we saw turned from a research theme to an obsession..
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Friday Photo: Desert Stars
We had tents, but didn’t feel any need or desire to use them except for storing kit, preferring to sleep out on the open sands all alone, save for the occasional nosy camel..
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Success in Oman
As was previously reported, against all our expectations, we have been successful in establishing the presence of Arabian Leopard in a remote part of Dhofar, Oman.
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Expedition Update: Final Leg
We are now approaching the last leg of the expedition and are en route to Salalah after an intense and enjoyable few weeks..
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