T.S.Whitty

It had not been as bad as I’d expected, based on warnings. Though, I am not sorry to head off to Kalimantan Timur (southeastern Borneo) after several days tediously criss-crossing the city on the…

It had not been as bad as I’d expected, based on warnings. Though, I am not sorry to head off to Kal ...

A Street in a Strange World - TS Whitty

About a month or so ago, the grumpy old lady who lives in the not-so-deep recesses of my mind was stirred by social media posts like these: They reek of mindless, privileged, out-of-touch…

About a month or so ago, the grumpy old lady who lives in the not-so-deep recesses of my mind was st ...

Environmentalism in a Pandemic: The importance of critical, empathetic, and future-driven thinking

Rainy season in this part of southeastern Myanmar is miserable. It brings relief to the scorched remnants of the hot dry season, but then it runs amok and often floods the cities and villages and…

Rainy season in this part of southeastern Myanmar is miserable. It brings relief to the scorched rem ...

What dwells in these muddy waters: The quest for dolphins and porpoises in the Gulf of Mottama, Myanmar

Zion shot me a look of doubt, which I deftly avoided by gazing off into space. I snuck a glance at the man sitting in front of us — a grizzled old salt, a man of the sea, a sinewy and no-nonsense…

Zion shot me a look of doubt, which I deftly avoided by gazing off into space. I snuck a glance at t ...

A tangled net: Bycatch, dolphin conservation, and human well-being

My father’s birthday was last week. He would have been 76. As with so many of his birthdays, I was far from home, though the situation this time was certainly more surreal. I was whiling away the…

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