Light Trapping Moths in the Emergent Canopy, with Jan Beck Filmed and Edited by Martin Holland
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CONTINUE READINGKing cobra and python in incredible snake combat. Place your bets now!! Herpetologist, Dale Mortiboys regales you with the fight of expedition There is no way of explaining the wonder, fear and excitement I felt as I waded in to the river. Branches tugged at my quickly tied boots but my eyes remained fixed on the […]
CONTINUE READINGTake part in the Camera Trap Quiz to win a Live! Skype Chat with our expedition team in the rainforest for your class. Open to all ages! Simply guess the animal we’ve caught footage of on our camera traps since we’ve been here, and email your answer to: basecamp@heartofborneo.org Good luck!
CONTINUE READINGCamp Foyle Plays Host to Mountain Crossers and River Dwellers By Martin Holland, Expedition Leader We’re an oddity here. A new outpost of human habitation further upriver than any other, and of course we are foreigners: white skinned and interested only in seeing the animals here, not hunting them for food once we’ve found them. […]
CONTINUE READINGThe intrigue of Bornean Herpetology Herpetologist, Dale Mortiboys discusses the study of all things great. I came to Borneo to study the herpetofauna. But what is herpetofauna?? The direct translation would be the study of things that crawl. Which hardly sounds very exotic. The amazing thing about Borneo is the huge amount of animals that […]
CONTINUE READINGIs it a bird? Is it a Plane? No, It is a lizard with elongated ribs flying. Well I say flying, more like controlled gliding really. Herpetologist, Dale Mortiboys gets excited about real life dragons. Lizards are fascinating to me. I have spent many hours of my life running after them. I have never seen […]
CONTINUE READINGA frog that uses disguise and patience to get a meal. Herpetologist, Dale Mortiboys lures you in to loving a leaf-shaped frog I have always wanted to see the Bornean Horned frog (Megophrys nasuta). It is a charismatic frog but not in the classical way. Instead of relying on powerful legs to hop away from predation […]
CONTINUE READINGZen and the art of tree climbing By Holli Kilburn, Researcher, Canopy It is estimated that more than 70% of life in the rainforest can be found in the trees, not an unreasonable statement when you think that the forest is mostly made up of trees, right? So by bringing canopy access into our scientific tool-kit […]
CONTINUE READINGOur Research is Not Only Focused on the Diverse Fauna we are Finding Here, But Looks at the Plant Species Which Make up the Rainforest By Lara Rogers, Assistant Lead Scientist When coming on a research expedition people are always asking you which animal you’re heading out to study. Whilst my interest is in mammals […]
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