Alex – Our Living Earth

This is Just Outside my Bedroom

In restarted my university life last September at Reading University. I am studying zoology and luckily for me the campus is huge, beautiful and full of wildlife. My bedroom window looks out onto the Reading University lake and I can see a great number of birds from here let alone when I’m down by it.Continue reading “This is Just Outside my Bedroom”

Queensland, Part 1

As I’m so eager to start sharing my photos again, I am sharing a few photos from my time in Queensland, Australia. I was here during December 2018 and about a week into 2019. Unfortunately I can’t quite remember any specific detail without delving into a lot of backtracking so I will hopefully put moreContinue reading “Queensland, Part 1”

#Endspeciesism, a trend among animal activists

I wouldn’t be surprised if you had no idea that speciesism was a word or if it even existed. Even writing this blog post, the word is underlined red like it’s some sort of spelling mistake. The definition of speciesism is the idea that certain animals are seen to be superior to others. Animals inContinue reading “#Endspeciesism, a trend among animal activists”

Marwell Zoo, August 2018

I thought that I would start sharing a few photos from galleries that I have saved on my computer. This is the first one that I am posting instead of just saving under the photos section of this blog. As you can tell these photos are a year and a half old but I justContinue reading “Marwell Zoo, August 2018”

Arboreal Tarantulas

There are many different ways to separate the different kinds of tarantulas into how we both describe them and how their care differs. Whether it be New or Old World, which means from the Americas or not, or how different species, genera or families act. Tarantulas also differ on where they like to spend theirContinue reading “Arboreal Tarantulas”

Stared Extinction In The Face And Laughed

This is the Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis or more commonly known as the nene and it is beautiful. There is no rarer goose in the world and at one point during the 1950s was perhaps one of the rarest animals. In 1952 there were only 30 individuals in the world. That is a ridiculously andContinue reading “Stared Extinction In The Face And Laughed”

I Have To Come Back To Labuk Bay

After staying in a hostel in Sandakan in the western part of Sabah, part of the Malaysian side of Borneo. I took a Grab (Southeast Asia’s cheaper and better version of Uber) to the Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary. Labuk Bay After close to an hour taxi ride, which was still extremely cheap, I arrivedContinue reading “I Have To Come Back To Labuk Bay”

Orangutans & Bears, What’s Not To Like?

As soon as I got off the short flight from Kota Kinabalu to Sandakan which is on the other side of Sabah in Borneo, I immediately caught a Grab (really cheap taxi app that I wouldn’t recommend highly enough) to Sepilok, home to both the Orangutan Rehabilitation and Sun Bear Conservation centres. I have nothingContinue reading “Orangutans & Bears, What’s Not To Like?”

Penguin Awareness Day 2019

Of the 18 species of penguin, over half are listed as vulnerable or at higher risk! All penguins, apart from the Galapagos penguin, dwell in the southern hemisphere. Perhaps the first thing you think of when you think of Antarctica, the majority of penguin species actually live in the southern parts of Africa, South America,Continue reading “Penguin Awareness Day 2019”

Poached By Park Rangers

Three Kruger National Park rangers have been arrested on suspicion of poaching rhinos that they were ‘protecting’. “Slowly but surely we are coming to grips with people within our ranks who are sabotaging our efforts in this campaign. We still have confidence in those who are committed and loyal; and would like to encourage them toContinue reading “Poached By Park Rangers”

Visit Heidelberg Zoo!

First of all Heidelberg is such a beautiful town. It’s not a city but it is very big, it sits in a valley between two mountains, allowing a layer of fog to settle, making it annoyingly to get clear photos most of the time but equally giving it a sort of mythical look, especially asContinue reading “Visit Heidelberg Zoo!”

What A Place To Wake Up In

In the summer of 2017 I was lucky enough to camp in the wonderful and almost serene RSPB Arne nature reserve. Not far from the village of Wareham in Dorset. RSPB’s Arne nature reserve is a must for anyone remotely interested in wildlife in the south west or even for those from further afield. ItContinue reading “What A Place To Wake Up In”