The last place you want to be standing in an ants nest is 20 metres up a tree…
Madagascar’s Treetops
In December 2018, I spent a month on a tree climbing project exploring how canopy frogs might respond to climate change. It’s a whole different world up in the canopy.
Using drones to fight TB in rural Madagascar
How do you provide people with fast access to medical supplies and services when they live in remote rural regions, sometimes more than a day’s walk from the nearest doctor? One answer is with drones. During my time in Ranomafana in Madagascar, I was lucky enough to speak with some […]
2018 in 18 photos… from treetops to hospital beds.
Another year, another species of orangutan, and another bunch of complete pillocks put in charge of biodiversity hotspots (pillock 1, pillock 2). Here are some of my favourite (and worst) moments of 2018, in no particular order. I supposed the biggest thing was graduating from Sheffield Uni with a Master’s […]
How climbing trees can save species
Remember the good old days of secondary school biology? You used to just grab a quadrat, throw it on the floor and count how many ladybirds were inside. A lot of conservation research isn’t all that different from this. Simple is good. Quadrats are pretty. But when your study organism […]