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The Safari Symphony- The Okavango Delta, Botswana
Aug 26, 2010
Despite the stillness of the water, there’s no sound of silence. Insects skim across the reeds with a soft buzz and woodpeckers…
Category: Ecology
Does Size Matter? Inside Europe’s Largest Aquarium…
Jul 12, 2010
The Oceanográfico forms part of the spectacular City of Arts & Sciences complex in Valencia. As the largest aquarium in Europe…it makes me uneasy.
Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright – How and Where to Find You
Jul 04, 2010
“We’ve been here all week,” say the first couple we meet in Sawai Madhopur, when we ask the question that’s on everyone’s mind.
Hot Springs for Stressed Monkeys, Japan
May 07, 2010
Japan has no shortage ofonsen, natural hot springs where people dip in and out of skin-scalding pools in order to soak, scrub and just relax and say ahhhhh.
Yet in Jigokudani Yaenkoen, macaque monkeys got there first.
How Whales Saved Fishermen
Feb 18, 2010
Pedro Martina’s sun-worn face lights up as he grabs my shoulder and points into the distance.
“Three of them are under the water now,” he says. It’s certainly not the first time Pedro has hunted whales…
Tracking Panda Bears in China
Oct 20, 2009
With only 2000 pandas left on the planet, they can be tricky to track down. In Chengdu
Turtle Safaris – Saltwater & Scepticism
Mar 23, 2009
These days, I take promises of viewing exotic wildlife with more than a pinch of saltwater. Particularly endangered species. To find pandas I had to travel for days. To glimpse a tiger, I shivered morning and night under a blanket of frost.
But to see turtles in Barbados? I only needed to…
