In a bit of a departure from my usual wildlife stuff, here’s a pic and a timelapse sequence of the Brisbane Wheel at night. Neither of them are particularly good.

The Brisbane Wheel at night.

At the end of October I went over to the TDWG (the international organisation for biodiversity information standards) 2008 conference. The conference was a great success and a fantastic networking opportunity. There was, however, a distinct lack of reptiles at the conference. So at the end of the week I went down to revisit Dryandra [...]

I’m back at Dryandra Woodlands in Western Australia, looking for more numbats. Sorry if I haven’t replied to your email. I’ll reply when I get back in a week or two.

I was meeting with some friends at Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens today, so I took my camera along to see what I could see.

Eastern water dragon (Physignathus lesueurii lesueurii)

Eastern water dragon (Physignathus lesueurii lesueurii). He’s opening his mouth and standing erect as a way of warding off a smaller dragon that’s out of frame.

Eastern water [...]

Search engine giant Google has today introduced StreetView into its online mapping system. While users have long been able to view maps and satellite imagery for specific locations, StreetView now allows users to go on a virtual tour of many streets by providing images taken from car-mounted cameras.
Have a look at this example. Click on [...]

In the Galapagos Islands, there lives a lonely boy. Well, he’s at least 60, so we can’t really call him a boy. He’s lonely not for lack of trying on the part of his neighbours. Many girls have been offered to him, but he’s refused all of them. That is, until now. Possibly.
Lonesome George, believed [...]

Australia’s Environment Minister Peter Garrett has today banned savannah cats from Australia, saying they pose an extreme risk to native animals and the environment.
“On all the evidence that I have seen, the risks associated with allowing this cross-bred cat into the country, when we already have up to 12 million feral cats wreaking havoc on [...]

Great white shark versus virtually defenseless seal.