A year ago today, Tom and I wrote our first blog post on Zoomology.
It has been a very rewarding journey. We have learnt so much with each post we have written, not only about the species and places we have covered, but also about our own ‘voice’.
Here are all of our blog posts to date by location. We certainly endeavour for there to be many more in the future!
OCEANIA
New Zealand (Emma’s home country)
Coromandel Peninsula
–Meeting Archey’s Frog – The World’s Most Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) Amphibian Species
–Hochstetter’s Frog – 1 of the 4 Native New Zealand Frog Species
–A Rare and Elusive Species: The Coromandel Striped Gecko [Toropuku “Coromandel”]
Invercargill
–The Toheroa Twist
Mahoenui
–World’s Heaviest Insect: Hunt for the Giant Wētā
Muriwai
–A Guest Among Gannets
–Booby Trapped
Tongariro National Park
–New Zealand’s Smallest Endemic Bird isn’t a True Wren, it’s the Rifleman
Waverley
–Greenhood Orchid Survey
Wellington
–Takahē: The World’s Largest Living Rail
Whanganui
–From the Garden
–Captured on Film: Hihi Nesting in Tawa Tree
–New Zealand’s Sacred Kingfisher
–New Zealand Falcon in Bushy Park
–A Native New Zealand Centipede
–New Zealand’s Longest Beetle: the Giraffe Weevil (Lasiorhynchus barbicornis)
–Plague Skinks (Lampropholis delicata) at Gordon Park Scenic Reserve, Whanganui, NZ











![DSC_8545 A Rare and Elusive Species: The Coromandel Striped Gecko [Toropuku “Coromandel”]: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/04/08/a-rare-and-elusive-species-the-coromandel-striped-gecko-toropuku-stephensi/](https://zoomologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/dsc_85451.jpg?w=162&h=162&crop=1)
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EUROPE
United Kingdom
ENGLAND (Tom’s home-country)
Brownsea Island
–Red Squirrels on Brownsea Island
Cheddar
–Gotta Count ’em All – Butterfly Bonanza
–The Hazel Dormouse AKA ”The Sleepy One”
North Somerset
–Getting to Know UK Wildlife: The Great Crested Newt
–British Orchids in Bloom
–Putting a Face to a Sound: The Speckled Bush-cricket
Weston-super-Mare
–Blue Tits and Their Chicks
–The Green Woodpecker: Professor Yaffle Comes to Say, “Hello!”
–Our Local Green Woodpecker Family
–Ruby-tailed Wasp: Beautiful, But Deadly*
WALES
Skomer Island
–A Day on Skomer Island, West Wales
–The Atlantic Puffin: Fun Facts Edition!

![Cyanistes caeruleus [EURASIAN BLUE TIT] England, Sandpoint 28.05.2017 #5 Blue Tits and Their Chicks: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/06/09/blue-tits-and-their-chicks/](https://zoomologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/cyanistes-caeruleus-eurasian-blue-tit-england-sandpoint-28-05-2017-5.jpg?w=162&h=162&crop=1)
![Dactylorhiza sp [MARSH & SPOTTED ORCHID] Weston-super-Mare, England 13.06.2017 (7) British Orchids in Bloom: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/06/22/british-orchids-in-bloom/](https://zoomologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/dactylorhiza-sp-marsh-spotted-orchid-weston-super-mare-england-13-06-2017-7.jpg?w=162&h=162&crop=1)

![[RUBY-TAILED WASP] 06.07.2017 England, Kewstoke Ruby-tailed Wasp: Beautiful, But Deadly*: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/07/09/ruby-tailed-wasp-beautiful-but-deadly/](https://zoomologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/ruby-tailed-wasp-06-07-2017-england-kewstoke.jpg?w=162&h=162&crop=1)
![Leptophyes punctatissima [SPECKLED BUSH CRICKET] Backwell, UK 26.08.2017 #1 Putting a Face to a Sound: The Speckled Bush-cricket: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/31/putting-a-face-to-a-sound-the-speckled-bush-cricket/](https://zoomologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/leptophyes-punctatissima-speckled-bush-cricket-backwell-uk-26-08-2017-1.jpg?w=162&h=162&crop=1)
![Sciurus vulgaris [RED SQUIRREL] Brownsea, England 12-09-2017 Red Squirrels on Brownsea Island: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/09/19/red-squirrels-on-brownsea-island/](https://zoomologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/sciurus-vulgaris-red-squirrel-brownsea-england-12-09-2017.jpg?w=162&h=162&crop=1)
![Muscardinus avellanarius [HAZEL DORMOUSE] England (2) 19.06.2017 The Hazel Dormouse AKA ”The Sleepy One”: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/09/29/the-hazel-dormouse-aka-the-sleepy-one/](https://zoomologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/muscardinus-avellanarius-hazel-dormouse-england-2-19-06-2017.jpg?w=162&h=162&crop=1)
![Aricia agestis [BROWN ARGUS] England, Cheddar 27.06.2017 Gotta Count ’em All – Butterfly Bonanza: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/06/29/gotta-count-em-all-butterfly-bonanza/](https://zoomologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/aricia-agestis-brown-argus-england-cheddar-27-06-2017.jpg?w=162&h=162&crop=1)
![Picus viridis [EUROPEAN GREEN WOODPECKER] England, Kewstoke 22.05.2017 #6 The Green Woodpecker: Professor Yaffle Comes to Say, “Hello!”: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/06/15/the-green-woodpecker-professor-yaffle-comes-to-say-hello/](https://zoomologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/picus-viridis-european-green-woodpecker-england-kewstoke-22-05-2017-6.jpg?w=162&h=162&crop=1)

![Picus viridis [EUROPEAN GREEN WOODPECKER] 29.06.2017 England, Kewstoke [10] Our Local Green Woodpecker Family: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/07/14/our-local-green-woodpecker-family/](https://zoomologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/picus-viridis-european-green-woodpecker-29-06-2017-england-kewstoke-10.jpg?w=162&h=162&crop=1)
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Spain
Goizueta, Basque Country
–Sphingids of Spain: Is That a Hummingbird? No, It’s a Hawk-moth!
–Sphingids of Spain: The Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
–Common Wall Lizards Basking in Basque Country
–On the Road: Stag Beetles (Lucanus cervus)
![Hemaris thysbe [HUMMINGBIRD CLEAR WING] Goizueta, Basque Country 31.072017 #2 Sphingids of Spain: The Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moth: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/08/sphingids-of-spain-the-broad-bordered-bee-hawk-moth/](https://zoomologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/hemaris-thysbe-hummingbird-clear-wing-goizueta-basque-country-31-072017-2.jpg?w=329&h=329&crop=1)
![Podarcis muralis [EUROPEAN WALL LIZARD] Goizueta, Basque Country 28.07.2017 Common Wall Lizards Basking in Basque Country: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/12/common-wall-lizards-basking-in-basque-country/](https://zoomologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/podarcis-muralis-european-wall-lizard-goizueta-basque-country-28-07-2017-3.jpg?w=329&h=329&crop=1)
![Macroglossum stellatarum [HUMMINGBIRD HAWK MOTH] Goizueta, Basque Country 31.07.2017 #1 Sphingids of Spain: Is That a Hummingbird? No, It’s a Hawk-moth!: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/07/sphingids-of-spain-is-that-hummingbird-no-its-a-hawk-moth/](https://zoomologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/macroglossum-stellatarum-hummingbird-hawk-moth-goizueta-basque-country-31-07-2017-12.jpg?w=329&h=329&crop=1)
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France
Saint-Bômer-les-Forges
–On the Road: Stag Beetles (Lucanus cervus)
![Lucanus cervus [FEMALE STAG BEETLE] France 29.07.2017 On the Road: Stag Beetles (Lucanus cervus): https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/14/on-the-road-stag-beetles-lucanus-cervus/](https://zoomologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/lucanus-cervus-female-stag-beetle-france-29-07-2017.jpg?w=329&h=329&crop=1)

![Lucanus cervus [MALE STAG BEETLE] France 21.07.2017 On the Road: Stag Beetles (Lucanus cervus): https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/14/on-the-road-stag-beetles-lucanus-cervus/](https://zoomologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/lucanus-cervus-male-stag-beetle-france-21-07-2017.jpg?w=329&h=329&crop=1)
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ASIA
Peninsular Malaysia
Endau-Rompin National Park, Malaysia
–Exploring the Malaysian Jungle: Endau-Rompin National Park
–The Rhinoceros Hornbill : Malaysia’s National Bird
–The Baya Weaver (One Way to Please Her: Become a Master Weaver)



![Bronchocela cristatella [GREEN CRESTED LIZARD] Malaysia Exploring the Malaysian Jungle: Endau-Rompin National Park: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/05/20/exploring-the-malaysian-jungle-endau-rompin-national-park/](https://zoomologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/bronchocela-cristatella-green-crested-lizard-malaysia1.jpg?w=162&h=162&crop=1)
![Ploceus philippinus [BAY WEAVER] Malaysia The Baya Weaver (One Way to Please Her: Become a Master Weaver): https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/05/29/the-baya-weaver-one-way-to-please-her-become-a-master-weaver/](https://zoomologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/ploceus-philippinus-bay-weaver-malaysia1.jpg?w=162&h=162&crop=1)


![Varanus bengalensis [BENGAL MONITOR LIZARD] Malaysia Exploring the Malaysian Jungle: Endau-Rompin National Park: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/05/20/exploring-the-malaysian-jungle-endau-rompin-national-park/](https://zoomologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/varanus-bengalensis-bengal-monitor-lizard-malaysia2.jpg?w=162&h=162&crop=1)
![Araneae [FISHING SPIDER] Malaysia Exploring the Malaysian Jungle: Endau-Rompin National Park: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/05/20/exploring-the-malaysian-jungle-endau-rompin-national-park/](https://zoomologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/araneae-fishing-spider-malaysia1.jpg?w=162&h=162&crop=1)
![Anisoptera [DRAGONFLY] Malaysia Exploring the Malaysian Jungle: Endau-Rompin National Park: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/05/20/exploring-the-malaysian-jungle-endau-rompin-national-park/](https://zoomologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/anisoptera-dragonfly-malaysia2.jpg?w=162&h=162&crop=1)

![Pseudorabdion longiceps [DWARF REED SNAKE] Malaysia Exploring the Malaysian Jungle: Endau-Rompin National Park: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/05/20/exploring-the-malaysian-jungle-endau-rompin-national-park/](https://zoomologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/pseudorabdion-longiceps-dwarf-reed-snake-malaysia2.jpg?w=162&h=162&crop=1)
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Borneo
Kinabatangan River, Sabah, Malaysia
–Into the Jungle: One Week at a Field Research Centre in Borneo
–Orangutans of Borneo: Woken by the People of the Forest
–Orangutans of Borneo: An Encounter with a Flanged Male
–A Last Minute Lantern Bug (Pyrops whiteheadi)
–A Few Forest Frogs
–The Horsfield’s Tarsier: The Only Species Found in Borneo & Sumatra
–A Bornean Tarantula with Iridescent Teal ‘Toes’
![Phormingochilus sp [Tarantula] Sabah, Borneo 11-10-2017 A Bornean Tarantula with Iridescent Teal ‘Toes’: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/11/21/a-bornean-tarantula-with-iridescent-teal-toes/](https://zoomologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/phormingochilus-sp-tarantula-sabah-borneo-11-10-2017.jpg?w=162&h=162&crop=1)
![Cephalopachus bancanus [HORSFIELD'S TARSIER] Sabah, Borneo 10-10-2017 (3) The Horsfield’s Tarsier: The Only Species Found in Borneo & Sumatra: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/11/13/the-horsfields-tarsier-the-only-species-found-in-borneo-sumatra/](https://zoomologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/cephalopachus-bancanus-horsfields-tarsier-sabah-borneo-10-10-2017-3.jpg?w=162&h=162&crop=1)
![Polypedates colletti [COLLETT'S TREE FROG] Sabah, Borneo 08-10-2017 (2) A Few Forest Frogs: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/11/08/a-few-forest-frogs/](https://zoomologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/polypedates-colletti-colletts-tree-frog-sabah-borneo-08-10-2017-2.jpg?w=162&h=162&crop=1)
![Pyrops whiteheadi [LANTERN BUG] Sabah, Borneo 12-10-2017 (9a) A Last Minute Lantern Bug (Pyrops whiteheadi): https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/11/07/a-last-minute-lantern-bug-pyrops-whiteheadi/](https://zoomologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/pyrops-whiteheadi-lantern-bug-sabah-borneo-12-10-2017-9a.jpg?w=162&h=162&crop=1)






![Pongo pygmaeus [BORNEAN ORANGUTAN] Sabah, Borneo 10-10-2017. Orangutans of Borneo: An Encounter with a Flanged Male: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/28/orangutans-of-borneo-an-encounter-with-a-flanged-male/](https://zoomologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/pongo-pygmaeus-bornean-orangutan-sabah-borneo-10-10-20172.jpg?w=162&h=162&crop=1)
![Pongo pygmaeus [BORNEAN ORANGUTAN] Sabah, Borneo 07-10-2017 (17) Orangutans of Borneo: Woken by the People of the Forest: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/21/orangutans-of-borneo-woken-by-the-people-of-the-forest/](https://zoomologyblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/pongo-pygmaeus-bornean-orangutan-sabah-borneo-07-10-2017-17.jpg?w=162&h=162&crop=1)
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Vietnam
Cúc Phương National Park
–Butterfly Trap

Thank you
Many thanks to all of our friends and readers for coming along with us on our wildlife journey!
Much love,
Emma and Tom
Congratulations on your first birthday! Funny how it coincides with the American Thanksgiving! I’m looking forward to your future posts and thankful to have this wonderful location index to help guide me through your archive! Very best wishes to you Emma and Tom!
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Hi Liz,
Thank you very much for your message!
I never realised that it was the same day as the U.S. Thanksgiving. 😛 We definitely have plenty to be thankful for with all of the opportunities we have had to encounter wildlife! How lucky we are.
It was actually a very interesting exercise organising our posts by country. I can’t believe how many places we’ve visited in a year! We hope you enjoy exploring our posts in this way, too. 😀
Thanks again,
Emma 🙂
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Thanks very much for your reply Emma! Best wishes, Liz 🙂
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Happy Anniversary! Impressive collection! Look forward to dipping in to some of your older posts as I have time.
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Thank you very much, Helen! We hope you enjoy them! 🙂
– Emma
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Congratulations to you! Keep it going! Wonderful work! 🙂
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Thank you, Pete! We are looking forward to this next year. This world is so big, and there is so much for us yet to see. …Better get back out there! 😀
-Emma
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Well done and congrats!
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Thank you, Andy! 😀
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Congratulations. I am enjoying catching up on some of your interesting and informative posts.
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Thank you, Carol! We’re happy you popped by! 😀
-Emma
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Wow, you have been blogging a long time! Congratulations on your one year anniversary!
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Thank you very much. 💕 We don’t know where the time has flown! 🦇
-Emma
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