‘How to Survive the Next 100 Years: Lessons from Nature’ is out now, available from all good bookstores. Or you can buy a copy from me here – I ship …
Hi! If any of you are in the vicinity of Sandringham, I’m doing my inaugural book event at the library this Thursday evening at 6PM. Spaces are limited, so registration …
When we think of reefs we tend to think of only one type – hard-coral. Throughout the tropics and beyond, however, there are diverse and fertile reef systems growing on …
Hi fellow snorkellers : ) I’m really excited to invite you to join me to the workshops for Restore the Bay. We’re going to be taking our first steps towards …
Introduction For coral bleaching to occur there needs to be a sustained increase in temperature of about 1.5 degrees celsius above average. However, the problem is exacerbated in the presence …
We just got back from a 2-week holiday to northern Sulawesi where we had the opportunity to explore the beautiful Tangkoko Batuangus Nature Reserve. Tangkoko Batuangus and the associated protected …
Half-truths and empty debate Toxic by Richard Flanagan exposes the threat of living nature negative lives. It revives my memory of times I worked for industry and could feel the …
When I’m not writing or leading trips, I help run conservationWhy is animal conservation important? Animal conservation is important, because animals are the only mechanism to create biodiversity, which is …
Recently, I watched a Painted Dragonet in Bayside fossil beds. Dragonets are in a family of fish that don’t have any scales. Instead, their skin produces a mucous covering. They …
Just to prove there is always something new to find, this weekend I stumble across special swimming snails Ethminolia. I’m always surprised how little we know about the commonest of …
