A forgotten video from the Murung Raya Expedition shows Dale Mortiboys explaining the adaptations that make Pit Vipers such phenomenal predators.
CONTINUE READINGDD Hammocks Kindly Sponsored the Murung Raya Expedition Expedition Leader, Martin Holland, Recounts 55 Wonderful Nights in a DD Hammock on the last day at Camp Foyle Special Thanks to DD Hammocks for their very generous and well received contribution to the expedition.
CONTINUE READINGCanopy Access Technician, Holli Kilburn, Takes You into the Rainforest’s Third Dimension Filmed and Edited by James Harwood
CONTINUE READINGBase Camp Manager Ian Blessley Gives a Guided Tour of Camp Foyle Filmed and Edited by James Harwood
CONTINUE READINGLight Trapping Moths in the Emergent Canopy, with Jan Beck Filmed and Edited by Martin Holland
CONTINUE READINGAn Introduction to a Few of the 1500 Species of Ant That Live in Borneo, with Carsten Breuhl Filmed and Edited by Martin Holland
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 […]
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