I Fucking Love Science Meets: Me!
I was approached by IFLScience to do an interview-style blog on my career journey into primatology. First charmed to the order of...
The gibbon warrior
Ever wondered what it's like to hear an ape sing? Follow a dancing lemur? Or live in a remote forest? Or what a field researcher does when they're not globetrotting?
Wonder no further - wander with me instead.
Follow me on my adventures and find out for yourselves. I share my research journey, including all the unedited highs and lows.
You can also check out my photographs from previous trips.
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savetheorangutans4
- Jun 22, 2020
- 1 min
Life in China studying the forgotten apes
I was invited to speak at International Primate Protection League's biennial conference. Alas, due to Covid-19, it had to be cancelled....
savetheorangutans4
- Dec 9, 2019
- 1 min
Home to the forgotten apes
I wrote a blog for Terra Incognita about the challenges and rewards of studying gibbons and working with local communities in China. Take...
savetheorangutans4
- Oct 23, 2019
- 1 min
10 amazing facts about Hainan gibbons
With less than 30 individuals remaining, the Hainan gibbon, Nomascus hainanus, is the world’s rarest primate and one of the most...
savetheorangutans4
- Aug 19, 2019
- 5 min
The terrorist with the elephant foot
"You've been reported as a terrorist!" Exclaimed a local reserve manager with a sense of urgency. "What! By whom?" I laughed uneasily...
savetheorangutans4
- Jun 10, 2019
- 4 min
Lost in translation
One of the joys of living and working abroad is having the opportunity to learn a new language. I always think it is a wasted opportunity...
savetheorangutans4
- May 13, 2019
- 1 min
"When gibbons sing, i know it will rain"
Life living amongst secluded rural communities in China, and interviewing them about the importance of gibbons in their culture and...
savetheorangutans4
- Mar 20, 2019
- 4 min
Never trust an egg
Most people are aware that the Chinese are very adventurous when it comes to food. When immersing yourself into local life, it is...
savetheorangutans4
- Jan 11, 2019
- 4 min
The monkey with the "bleeding heart"
As somewhat of a surprise, my beau whisked me away to Ethiopia in November last year with two dear friends in tow. “Why Ethiopia?” I hear...
savetheorangutans4
- Nov 8, 2018
- 1 min
Do you have an inner swamp ogre?
I wrote a blog for Terra Incognita about life in the peat swamp forests of Indonesian Borneo. You can read my short-listed blog entry...
savetheorangutans4
- Nov 6, 2018
- 4 min
Cozy the Forest Gardener
For those of you who know me well, you know I love to write. I write the odd blog. I write silly, sentimental poems for friends and...
savetheorangutans4
- Nov 4, 2018
- 2 min
Have you ever tried gibbon yoga?
Each year, the 24th October marks International Gibbon Day (IGD); a great opportunity to raise some much needed awareness for the small,...
savetheorangutans4
- Sep 7, 2018
- 4 min
Whoops, pant hoots, trills and wahoos all under one roof!
I am currently at an engineering conference. No, I haven't lost the plot - I am presenting some of the education work I do on...
savetheorangutans4
- Aug 29, 2018
- 3 min
SIFAKA SQUAD
Well, it’s been a non-stop adventure since I stepped off that plane from China! As you may recall I recently accepted a spontaneous...
savetheorangutans4
- Jul 9, 2018
- 1 min
The imperial gentlemen of China
In 2004, one of my supervisors from the Zoological Society of London, stumbled across a gibbon skull inside a tomb in Xi’an, Shaanxi...
savetheorangutans4
- Jul 2, 2018
- 3 min
I LIKE TO MOVE IT, MOVE IT
Once again I am on the move! This trip was not planned, however. I am off to the island of Madagascar; the land of baobab trees, vanilla...
savetheorangutans4
- Jun 17, 2018
- 7 min
My Journey to the East
I am back from China! I had intended to update you on every leg of my journey, but this initial pilot trip had zero downtime. I got back...