When it comes to the stars of the wildlife world humpback whales are definite A-listers, and like all stars they occasionally steal the limelight. This priceless moment, captured on a whale-watching trip off Hervey Bay in Australia, shows the moment a humpback spectacularly photo-bombed a Dublin couple's holiday snap.Seeing a whale in the wild is up there on the … [Read more...] about Humpback whale photo-bombs Dublin couple’s holiday snap
Australia
Australia’s “Top End”: a wetland wildlife wonderland
Awe, tempered with a healthy dose of apprehension. That's the only way to describe a close encounter with a large saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus).Saltwater or estuarine crocodiles, or plain old "Salties" as they're called in local vernacular, are the largest reptile species on earth, with males routinely exceeding 4 metres in length, and some specimens reaching … [Read more...] about Australia’s “Top End”: a wetland wildlife wonderland
Thrombolites: Lake Clifton’s living fossils
Thrombolites are amazing structures. Along with their close relatives stromatolites, these ancient bacterial colonies are ancestors of the very first life forms to exist on earth, and the hard calcareous deposits created by these colonies are bizarre. It's actually quite humbling to stand alongside these living relics.These thrombolites are on the shores of Lake … [Read more...] about Thrombolites: Lake Clifton’s living fossils
Koalas: the cute and cuddly face of Aussie wildlife (but only when they’re asleep)
We'd been in Australia for a fortnight. While we'd seen some amazing wildlife, including kangaroos, dolphins and some amazing bird life, the closest we'd come to seeing a koala was the cuddly toys at the local souvenir shop. That's hardly surprising -- because its an east coast species that doesn't occur in Western Australia.So imagine my surprise when we stopped off at … [Read more...] about Koalas: the cute and cuddly face of Aussie wildlife (but only when they’re asleep)
Ireland’s Wildlife On Tour #IWOnTour
Well we're certainly not in Ireland any more!Greetings from Mandurah, just south of Perth in Western Australia... and the starting point of our epic #IWOnTour journey around Australia and parts of Southeast Asia. Over the next four months or so we'll be bringing you regular updates of the amazing wildlife we encounter during the trip and some of the wild people we meet and … [Read more...] about Ireland’s Wildlife On Tour #IWOnTour
