The birds of paradise and a quest fulfilled
THE chance to tick something from one’s bucket list does not often present itself. One can wait years for such…
Browsing: Nature Matters
Have we gone batty?
DESPITE abiding strictly with the Malaysian government’s Movement Control Orders for over three months, I am now back in my…
The wonders of weather
FRIENDS have asked me, “Didn’t you become bored during the Covid-19 Movement Control Order with your enforced stay in Sarawak?”…
Sarawak, spiders, and a 160-year old mystery
THERE was a definite air of gloom in the vehicle as we made our way from Bukit Peninjau along the…
S’wak, spiders, and a 160-year-old mystery
HAVING proved that Alfred Russel Wallace had indeed collected spiders on his travels (thesundaypost — Aug 20, 2017), my wife…
Winds of change, culture, and custom
A WHILE BACK, after a day of torrential rain and high tide at Siar Beach, near Lundu, that very evening,…
Penetrating the permafrost
LIVING in Malaysia and its tropical climate, we may well ask ourselves: “Why should we be worried about areas of…
Mankind’s ambivalence towards creepy crawlies
WE tend to have mixed feelings in our views of insects, which account for 75 per cent of all animal…