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Wildlife articles

Bauhinia – Hong Kong orchid tree

Bauhinia – Hong Kong orchid tree

For much of the year, one of the commoner trees in Hong Kong’s city parks and…

Hong Kong Wild Stars: a rare dolphin, a spoonbill, a tree frog, and a dragonfly

Hong Kong Wild Stars: a rare dolphin, a spoonbill, a tree frog, and a dragonfly

There are some parts of the world whose names evoke images of both wildness and teeming…

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Articles on Nature Conservation

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Turtle Park, Malaysia

Green turtle conservation on Pulau Selingaan, Sabah, Malaysia. Conservationists are helping to save these amazing relics…

Basic info on wild birds and H5N1 avian influenza

Basic info on wild birds and H5N1 avian influenza

Dead Ducks Don’t Fly: Wild Birds not Major H5N1 Vectors Notions that migratory birds are responsible…

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Science articles

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We’re in the Covid Era for the Long Haul

[Written July 2020] Though it’s only around six months since the Covid-19 pandemic came to light…

My Strange n Surprising Summer Staycation with Cellulitis

My Strange n Surprising Summer Staycation with Cellulitis

aka Well, That Escalated Quickly Spot which leg had cellulitis! In July, I spent a break…

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Travel tales

Danxia Shan – Far More than a Magnificent Rock Penis

Danxia Shan – Far More than a Magnificent Rock Penis

Though China’s bullet train network is yet to reach Hong Kong [connected since I wrote this],…

Dapeng – History, Culture and Beachgoing in Shenzhen … Yes, Really!

Dapeng – History, Culture and Beachgoing in Shenzhen … Yes, Really!

With its new-city-on-the-block brashness, and gleaming skyscrapers along Hong Kong’s northern fringe, Shenzhen might seem an…

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