The talented infographic artist Guillermo Munro is creating these posters to raise awareness on animals the most affected by human development and ignorance. In his own words he is ‘going guerilla on environmental graphics, so making them for free to the world’. You can see the first one highlighting the red panda here, and be sure to visit his [...]

Here is the second in a series I hope never ends – if only due to survival of the species. The talented infographic artist Guillermo Munro is creating these posters to raise awareness on animals the most affected by human development and ignorance. In his own words he is ‘going guerilla on environmental graphics, so making them for [...]

The talented infographic artist Guillermo Munro is creating these posters to raise awareness on animals the most affected by human development and ignorance. A dedicated environmental artist, I had the pleasure of working with Guillermo for several years in the UAE. He is now based in Beijing and I am in Paris but yet, the [...]

A five week old lion cub rescued from a Beirut balcony by Animals Lebanon will be sent to a South African sanctuary. Finally some good news! Often animals in such situations are ignored, especially in the Middle East because animal welfare laws are either non existant or just not applied. Animals Lebanon was founded in 2008 and works to protect [...]

In 2008 I was picked as a volunteer for a 12 week programme based in Madagascar. Three of us were selected to live amongst the villagers of Tsilamaha in the south, an area known for its spiny forest, listed as a special eco-region by WWF. Volunteers were required to help a local NGO that partnered [...]

After the unreported recent stranding of a whale shark on Musandam’s Zighy Bay, awareness on how important it is to call in these sightings is still necessary. The whale shark would have offered a ton of information for Sharkwatch Arabia. I emailed Jonathan Ali Khan, underwater film maker and founder of Wild Planet Productions and supporter [...]

Any sightings of whale sharks dead or alive in the wild should be reported to the main Dubai-based research body, Sharkwatch Arabia. A washed-up whale shark found dead last week in Musandam* was a loss for the ocean and a missed-opportunity for science. No information was gathered from the large whale shark which could have [...]

For the first time one of Arabia’s most venomous snakes has been successfully bred in captivity offering scientists a rare opportunity to research an elusive reptile. The Arabian Cobra was only recorded as an endemic species to the region in 1988. It was added to the collection of animals at the Sharjah Breeding Centre in [...]