- The eight-colour bird: Simon Barnes on pining for a glimpse of the Fairy PittaRead More
(Image: "Fairy Pitta.jpg" by Jason Thompson is licensed under CC BY 4....
- “You feel only the life”: Simon Barnes on new book ‘The History of the World in 100 Animals’Read More
By Simon Barnes, journalist and author, WLT ambassador and member of t...
- Asia’s Golden Wanderer: Simon Barnes on the Flat-headed catRead More
By Simon Barnes It was our last night in the jungle and time for a ...
- The cat few people ever see: Simon Barnes on JaguarundiRead More
The jaguarundi is the cat of the shadows, the cat nobody no...
- Saving the whistling dog: Simon Barnes on India’s DholeRead More
How sad I was not to meet a truly depraved animal. I was visit...
- Barnes’s Bestiary: Crested ArgusRead More
“The tail – the tail – well, I have to say that’s a bit much”. Simon Barnes is baffled by the elusive Crested Argus.
- Barnes’s Bestiary: Red-shanked DoucRead More
“The frivolity of those trousers clashed with the gravity of the facial expression”. Simon Barnes recalls an encounter with a Red-shanked Douc.
- Barnes’s Bestiary: Sunda PangolinRead More
“You know what? It’s not fair”. Simon Barnes considers the plight of the Sunda Pangolin.
- Visiting Viet NatureRead More
Simon Barnes recalls his visit to our partner organisation in Vietnam, Viet Nature, and their project to reforest lands affected by defoliant.