The 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 READINGOne “Entomologist”, a Million Bugs, and Not Much Time! Rusty Goodchild explains the challenges of jungle office work and venomous pointy creatures. Sometimes, no matter how much you think about it, no matter what experience you draw from others, and no matter how many books you read, you just can’t quite prepare for the inevitable. […]
CONTINUE READINGA Passionate and Personal Account Introduces our Research into the Rainforest Lead Scientist, Tim van Berkel, takes you into the rainforest and describes how we are studying it Mud, mosquitoes, sweat, leeches, wait-a-while-thorn-trees, rain, venomous spiders, snakes and poisonous fruits and millipedes. My first impression of a rainforest, over eight years ago now, has not […]
CONTINUE READINGAfter Three Nights of Seeing Nothing, the Rainforest Comes Alive Assistant Lead Researcher, Lara Rogers, hits the jackpot on her 4th nocturnal transect I’ve been conducting my nocturnal mammal survey for 3 nights now – it’s been pretty slow going with only the odd sighting of mouse deer. As lovely as they are 18 hours […]
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