10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2015

While it makes a passing attempt to say not all scientists are like these monstrous fiends (or truly arrogant, as she dubs them) it mostly focuses on these monstrous fiends simply to prove that scientists in wildlife conservation can be monstrous fiends, particularly compared to the environment-loving oil industry of Alaska. Best guess?

Collecting 157

Collecting Papua New Guinea Science Birds 157

10,000 Birds

JULY 30, 2014

Not forever mind, I’ll still be living here in New Zealand and carrying on as its beat writer here (I may even write about New Zealand again some time). This time I’ll be working with Wildlife ACT in Zululand, helping that NGO monitor wildlife in a range of reserves and parks in the east of South Africa.

Uganda 160

Uganda Sharks Africa New Zealand 160

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2014

Earlier this year a cyclone blew through New Zealand and uprooted a lot of native trees on government land on South Island. People, they argue, are more important than bugs, and besides, the money will help pay to protect other conservation land. I’m not a fan of some of the cuts to science, but National came in in 2008.

Rhinos 166

Rhinos Hunting New Zealand Science 166

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2011

Last Sunday marked the end of an era in New Zealand with the sad passing of the conservationist and ornithologist and all round inspiration Don Merton. Kakapo were moved around New Zealand before all eventually being placed on one island off Stewart Island. It worked, and the translocated birds were soon breeding.

Species 218

Species New Zealand Rats Endangered Species 218