Recent encounters ...
		Wagler's Pit-Viper Singapore
		Copper-cheeked Frog Peninsular Malaysia
		Blue-winged Leafbird Peninsular Malaysia
		Red-cheeked Flying Squirrel Peninsular Malaysia
		Grey-bellied Squirrel Peninsular Malaysia

Welcome to Ecology Asia

This website focuses mainly on the lesser studied vertebrates of Southeast Asia, such as elusive forest lizards, small mammals and hard-to-find frogs. Recently a corner has been set aside for Southeast Asia's birds : though I am by no means an expert on birds, or indeed an expert in anything, over the years I have amassed a fair collection of bird images which now have a home.


Regular visitors may notice some recent cosmetic improvements to this website : page size has been widened, many images are now larger and the home page you are now reading has been redesigned. I hope you like the changes.
 

As a geologist working in the oil industry what can I say about the recent terrible disaster in the Gulf Of Mexico ? The oil spill is a shocking tale of human error, regulatory failing, and mechanical failure. It's easy for Americans and others to finger-point the CEO of BP, but this is really missing the point. The reality is that 99% of the people on this planet use petroleum products on a daily basis : we are all responsible for depleting the world's oil reserves, and for pushing explorers into remote regions and deep offshore waters to explore for oil at the limits of technology. The ecology and environment of the coastal states will recover one day as oil is a naturally biodegradable product, but let's not forget the greater, insidious damages being done to the natural world by day-to-day climate change, deforestation and irreversible habitat destruction.


Let's hope that major economies, the US included, make greater efforts to switch to sustainable, non-polluting energy sources. In the end some good may come out of this tragedy.