BY
SIMON MUSTOE
Expert Ecologist, Consultant & Author
For the last 10 years I’ve been privileged to know film-makers Nick Hayward (Platypus Guardians, Quoll Farm) and director Mark Pearce. While we worked on a series of short films about Australia, they were completing a love project about Lyrebirds. Nick filmed the infamous Attenborough scene of the birds mimicking …
BLOG – LESSONS FROM NATURE – by Simon Mustoe
Wildlife has a huge and immeasurable impact on the stability, health and functioning of ecosystems. For this reason, humanity cannot survive without wildlife. Wild animals turn dust into soil, carbon into food and the weather into a fair climate for living.
These are the stories untold – the reason why conservation is essential for our survival. The orangutan doesn’t simply depend on rainforest canopy structure, it creates the structure. We humans don’t simply depend on forests or coral reefs, we live among the animals that make those places habitable. In this blog I explore the many and varied ways we connect with nature. This reveals the link between the way we think, behave and act, and the very basis for our existence and survival as a species on Earth. But only as long as we are surrounded by a colourful and diverse abundance of other animals.
More on the importance of wildlife
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Here is my trip report exploring Raja Ampat and Misool in April 2026, having just returned from an expedition on …
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When faced with seemingly insurmountable global challenges it’s worth taking a pause and asking, what would nature do? One of …
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There was time for a quick swim this morning before the wind increased too much. A moderate northerly wind and …
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Another day, another suite of unusual species. Adding to our list from the last two days, we found two species …
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It always amazes me how you can visit the exact same site a week apart and see completely different animals. …
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There is a paradox in ecology where if you divide systems into their parts, they operate inefficiently. For example, keeping …
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Table of Contents Toggle Snorkelling off the Sea Scout Hut in BeaumarisRaja Ampat Last Female Shared Spot Snorkelling off the …
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Our guests just returned from two weeks exploring one of the more remote corners of the Coral Triangle. We departed …
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I recently flew to Sydney to address the Club of United Business on lessons coral reefs could teach us about …
Books, art, films and podcasts
I’ve been racking my brain to think whether I’ve ever laughed in a wildlife doco before. I don’t think I have. Could Prime’s Octopus (Jigsaw Productions) be the world’s first comedy wildlife film? I do believe so. In a world that’s got so serious it’s pure pleasure learning from the …
