https://croucherecology.hk/ 2021-05-31T04:15:34+00:00 1.0 https://croucherecology.hk/images/landing-page-marine.jpeg Croucher Ecology | Marine Life https://croucherecology.hk/images/hk-rich-marine.png Croucher Ecology | Hong Kong Rich Marine Life https://croucherecology.hk/images/geopark-main.jpg Croucher Ecology | Geopark https://croucherecology.hk/images/hk-eco-main.jpg Croucher Ecology https://croucherecology.hk/images/landing-page-insect.jpg Croucher Ecology | Insect https://croucherecology.hk/images/rare-pink-dolphins.jpg Croucher Ecology | Rare Pink Dolphins https://croucherecology.hk/images/resources.jpg Croucher Ecology https://croucherecology.hk/images/swifts.jpg Croucher Ecology | Swifts https://croucherecology.hk/images/terns-rocky-treat.jpg Croucher Ecology | Terns Rocky Treat https://croucherecology.hk/images/coral-survival/carousel/carousel-1-480w.jpg Croucher Ecology | Ahermatypic coral (Dendrophyllia arbuscula). Photo: Apple Chui https://croucherecology.hk/images/coral-survival/carousel/carousel-2-480w.jpg Croucher Ecology | Gorgonian (Menella sp). Photo: Apple Chui https://croucherecology.hk/images/coral-survival/carousel/carousel-3-480w.jpg Croucher Ecology | Moon coral (Dipsastraea favus). Photo: Apple Chui https://croucherecology.hk/images/coral-survival/carousel/carousel-4-480w.jpg Croucher Ecology | Brain coral (Platygyra acuta) and Reeve’s Moray (Gymnothorax reevesii). Photo: Apple Chui https://croucherecology.hk/images/coral-survival/carousel/carousel-5-480w.jpg Croucher Ecology | Restoration at work: outplanted coral fragment (Acropora pruinosa) in the Tolo Channel, with a seahorse sheltering nearby. Photo: Christy Kong https://croucherecology.hk/images/coral-survival/carousel/carousel-6-480w.jpg Croucher Ecology | Coral spawning naturally in the sea in Hong Kong. Photo: Apple Chui https://croucherecology.hk/images/coral-survival/diving-career/carousel/carousel-1-480w.jpg Croucher Ecology | Apple's fieldwork selfie, as she heads to Tung Ping Chau Marine Park to check on coral 'babies' survival and growth https://croucherecology.hk/images/coral-survival/diving-career/carousel/carousel-2-480w.jpg Croucher Ecology | Apple observing spawning in the field. Photo: Ivan Leung https://croucherecology.hk/images/underwater-meadows/main.jpg Croucher Ecology https://croucherecology.hk/images/underwater-meadows/seaweed.jpg Croucher Ecology | Sargassum may grow into forests beneath the waves https://croucherecology.hk/images/oyster-engineering/main.jpeg Croucher Ecology https://croucherecology.hk/images/oyster-engineering/oyster-cage.jpeg Croucher Ecology | Checking an oyster cage at the Sai Kung test site, next to eco-shoreline blocks that mimic the natural conditions of intertidal zones, creating tidal pools and providing shade https://croucherecology.hk/images/clean-up-challenge/main.jpeg Croucher Ecology https://croucherecology.hk/images/clean-up-challenge/researchers.jpeg Croucher Ecology | Exploring the linked physical and biogeochemical dynamics in the Pearl River Estuary aboard a research vessel. Photo: OCEAN-HK https://croucherecology.hk/images/carousel_a-j/a-story-1-carousel---pix-1-barking-deer-kadoorie-farm2015-11-09_0125_dxo-480w.jpg Croucher Ecology | A. Barking Deer (Muntiacus vaginalis) https://croucherecology.hk/images/carousel_a-j/b-story-1-carousel-pix-2---rferguson----mongoose-4741---cropped-480w.jpg Croucher Ecology | B. Small Asian Mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) https://croucherecology.hk/images/carousel_a-j/c-story-1---carousel---pix-3-rferguson-bamboo-pit-viper-480w.jpg Croucher Ecology | C. Bamboo Pit Viper (Cryptelytrops [Trimeresurus] albolabris) https://croucherecology.hk/images/carousel_a-j/d-story-1---carousel---pix-4-natural-wonder-480w.jpg Croucher Ecology | D. Natural wonder: on Hong Kong Island https://croucherecology.hk/images/carousel_a-j/e-story-1--carousel---pix-5-mwilliams---macaque-480w.jpg Croucher Ecology | E. Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) or hybrid with the rarer Long-tailed Macaque (M. fascicularis) https://croucherecology.hk/images/carousel_a-j/f-story-1-carousel---pix-6-pkline---wild-boar-480w.jpg Croucher Ecology | F. Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) https://croucherecology.hk/images/carousel_a-j/g-story-1---carousel---pix-7-RFerguson-crimson-marsh-glider-dragonfly-480w.jpg Croucher Ecology | G. Crimson Marsh Glider (Trithemis aurora) dragonfly https://croucherecology.hk/images/carousel_a-j/i---story-1---carousel---pix-9-thousand-island-lake-480w.jpg Croucher Ecology | I. ‘Thousand Island Lake”, Tai Lam Chung Reservoir in Tai Lam Country Park https://croucherecology.hk/images/carousel_a-j/j---story-1-carousel-pix-10-kforestier----birds-at-mai-po-480w.jpg Croucher Ecology | J. Mai Po is a popular stopover for diverse migratory birds https://croucherecology.hk/images/rare/a1_main.jpg Croucher Ecology https://croucherecology.hk/images/rare/a2_a2_second_pix_of_pangolin_in_text.jpg Croucher Ecology | Chinese Pangolin https://croucherecology.hk/images/rare/b1_pic_of-beal’s_eyed_turtle_credit_sung.jpg Croucher Ecology | Beal's eyed turtle https://croucherecology.hk/images/rare/b2_pic_in_text_golden_coin_turtle_by_sung.jpg Croucher Ecology | Golden Coin Turtle https://croucherecology.hk/images/rare/c1_story_2_pic_1_sub_story_3_copyright_smcmillan_otter.jpg Croucher Ecology | Eurasian Otter https://croucherecology.hk/images/rare/d1_story_2_sub_story_4_kfbg_romer's_tree_frog.jpg Croucher Ecology | Romer's Tree Frog https://croucherecology.hk/images/rare/e1_story_2_sub_story_5_afcd_hong_kong_paradise_fish.jpg Croucher Ecology | Hong Kong's Paradise Fish https://croucherecology.hk/images/rare/e2_story_2_substory_5_afcd_hong_kong_newt.jpg Croucher Ecology | Hong Kong's Paradise Fish https://croucherecology.hk/images/rare/f1_story_2_sub_story_6_fbraussard_research_assistant_hku_weaver_ant.jpg Croucher Ecology | Weaver Ant https://croucherecology.hk/images/rare/f2_story_2_sub_story_6_fbraussard_research_assistant_hku_weaver_ant_in_chain.jpg Croucher Ecology | Weaver Ant https://croucherecology.hk/images/championing/A_main.jpg Croucher Ecology https://croucherecology.hk/images/championing/b_green_roof_of_central_wanchai_bypass.jpg Croucher Ecology | Romer's Tree Frog https://croucherecology.hk/images/raptors/headline_a.jpg Croucher Ecology | Raptors https://croucherecology.hk/images/raptors/in-text-b.jpg Croucher Ecology | Raptors https://croucherecology.hk/images/raptors/in-text-c.jpg Croucher Ecology | Raptors https://croucherecology.hk/images/birds_in_the_city/w1---story-4-carousel-pix-2---kforestier-hwamei-480w.jpg Croucher Ecology | Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) https://croucherecology.hk/images/birds_in_the_city/w2_story_4_main_and_carousel_bulbul_red_whiskered_march_024.jpg Croucher Ecology | Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) https://croucherecology.hk/images/birds_in_the_city/w3---story-4---carousel---pix-4---syeung---scarlet-minivet---male-480w.jpg Croucher Ecology | Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus speciosus) https://croucherecology.hk/images/birds_in_the_city/w4---story-4---carousel-pix-4---pkline---black-naped-oriole-480w.jpg Croucher Ecology | Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis) https://croucherecology.hk/images/birds_in_the_city/w5---story-4-carousel-pix-5---pkline---fork_tailed-sunbird-male-480w.jpg Croucher Ecology | Male Fork-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga christinae) https://croucherecology.hk/images/birds_in_the_city/w6---story-4----carousel-pix-6---kforestier--yellow-browed-warbler-480w.jpg Croucher Ecology | Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) https://croucherecology.hk/images/birds_in_the_city/w7--story-4---carousel-pix-7-pkline-verditer_-flycatcher-480w.jpg Croucher Ecology | Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus) https://croucherecology.hk/images/birds_in_the_city/w8---story-4---carousel---pix-8---pkline---greater-coucal-480w.jpg Croucher Ecology | Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis) https://croucherecology.hk/images/birds_in_the_city/x1_endangered-cockatoos-find-free-flying-refuge_headline.jpg Croucher Ecology | Endangered Cockatoos https://croucherecology.hk/images/birds_in_the_city/x2_endangered-cockatoos-find-free-flying-refuge_in-text.jpg Croucher Ecology | Endangered Cockatoos https://croucherecology.hk/images/birds_in_the_city/y1---story-4---sub-story-2-------ho-man-tin-story---m_pwong-fairy_pitta-apr2017.jpg Croucher Ecology | Ho Man Tin oasis https://croucherecology.hk/images/birds_in_the_city/y2---story-4---sub-story-2---ho-man-tin--m_pwong-narcissus_flycatcher-apr2016.jpg Croucher Ecology | Ho Man Tin oasis https://croucherecology.hk/images/birds_in_the_city/z1---forest-and-grassland-of-global-significance-for-flyers_headline.jpg Croucher Ecology | Chinese Grassbird (Graminicola striatus) https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-3-flyway/croucherecology_common-greenshank@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Research has shown Green Sandpipers (Tringa ochropus) wintering in Deep Bay to be increasing https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-3-flyway/croucherecology_scene@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Common Greenshank, Eurasian Curlew, Greater Sand Plover, Curlew Sandpiper, and Red-necked Stint gather on the Inner Deep Bay mudflats https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-3-flyway/croucherecology_takeoff@1024.jpg Croucher Ecology | On the move: shorebirds take off from Inner Deep Bay mudflats https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-3-maipo/croucherecology_fish-ponds_JH_ShenZhen@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Fish ponds at Ma Tso Lung, with a backdrop of Shenzhen https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-3-maipo/croucherecology_main_JH_Dunlin@992.jpg Croucher Ecology | Dunlins in flight with Eurasian Wigeons https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-3-maipo/croucherecology_Mai-Po_RamsarSiteMap@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Mai Po Ramsar Sitemap https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-3-wader/croucherecology_wader_main@992.jpg Croucher Ecology | Black-faced Spoonbills https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-3-wader/croucherecology_WShyy_Black-faced_Spoonbill_Mai_Po@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Coming home to roost in Mai Po https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-3-waterbirds/grey-plover-tracks-with-icon@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Satellite tracking routes of grey plovers (Pluvialis squatarola) AU, BD, and BA https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-3-waterbirds/story-3-sub-story-in-text--jh-great-knot_croucherecology@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris), an endangered shorebird, at Mai Po in 2014 https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-3-waterbirds/story-3-sub-story---pix-3---wwf---whimbrel2---an@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Flight paths of young Whimbrel AN https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-3-waterbirds/whimbrel1-am-with-icon@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Route of AM, a Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) that left Mai Po in October 2018 and returned in September 2019 https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-3-whither/story-1-main-pix---mai-po-overview-dji@992.jpg Croucher Ecology | View across the Mai Po Nature Reserve and Inner Deep Bay in the northwest New Territories https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-3-whither/TG---Long-Valley@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Long Valley farmland https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-jellyfish/croucherecology_jellyfish_substory-1@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Amuska Jellyfish (Sanderia malayensis) https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-keepingtrackofcoastalwaters/croucherecology_drone_shot_of_sargassum_forests.jpg Croucher Ecology | Sargassum forests https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-keepingtrackofcoastalwaters/croucherecology_acidification@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | The Common Triplefin (Forsterygion lapillum) https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-keepingtrackofcoastalwaters/croucherecology_juvenile_fish_on_edge_of_sargassum_forest@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Juvenile fish on the edge of a Sargassum forest https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-keepingtrackofcoastalwaters/croucherecology_urchin_gastropods@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Ocean warming and acidification experiment with urchins and gastropods. https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-keepingtrackofcoastalwaters/carousel/croucherecology_pix_1_limpet@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | The limpet Cellana grata lifts itself off the rock surface by its foot, like a mushroom, to minimise contact with the hot surface https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-keepingtrackofcoastalwaters/carousel/croucherecology_pix_2@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | At Shek O, summer heat stress has killed these mussels, leaving their open shells https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-keepingtrackofcoastalwaters/carousel/croucherecology_pix_3_coralline_algae_bleached_white_by_the_summer_sun_at_cape_d'aguilar@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Coralline algae bleached white by the summer sun at Cape d'Aguilar https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-meteorological/croucherecology_covid-19@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Parked planes stretch into the distance as COVID-19 takes its toll on travel to and from Hong Kong. https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-meteorological/croucherecology_nasa_typhoonmangkhut_viirs@992.jpg Croucher Ecology | Typhoon Mangkhut approaches the Philippines on 12 September 2018, before heading towards Hong Kong. https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-meteorological/carousel/croucherecology_pix_1_typhoon_mangkhut_nam_tan_cheung_chau@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Surging sea at Nam Tan, Cheung Chau, as Typhoon Mangkhut passes Hong Kong https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-meteorological/carousel/croucherecology_pix_2_mangkhut_two_harbourfront_after_typhoon_mangkhut@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Wind power wreaks havoc on harbourfront buildings during Mangkhut https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-meteorological/carousel/croucherecology_pix_3_mangkhut_shing_mun_river_flooding@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Shing Mun River flooding https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-meteorological/carousel/croucherecology_pix_4_mangkhut_nature_disaster_tai_po_hong_kong@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Uprooted tree lies across a street in Tai Po town centre https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-plantsandzone/croucherecology_beans@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Bean https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-plantsandzone/croucherecology_greenery@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Trees in Hong Kong Park https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-plantsandzone/croucherecology_plantsandozone_main@992.jpg Croucher Ecology | The harbour and city in haze on a polluted day in 2019. https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-turninguptheheat/croucherecology_charts_temperature_reading.jpg Croucher Ecology | Annual mean temperature recorded at Hong Kong Observatory Headquarters (1885-2020) https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-turninguptheheat/croucherecology_hourly_rainfall_record.jpg Croucher Ecology | Hourly rainfall record at Hong Kong Observatory Headquarters (1885-2020) https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-turninguptheheat/croucherecology_cheung-chau-stunning-lightning-bolts@992.jpg Croucher Ecology | Lightening strikes after one of Hong Kong’s increasingly hot days. https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-turninguptheheat/croucherecology_kandelia_obovata_at_mai_po@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Mangroves (Kandelia obovata) at Mai Po https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-turninguptheheat/carousel-adapt-or-perish/croucherecology_pix_1_giant_spiny_frog@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Giant Spiny Frog https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-turninguptheheat/carousel-adapt-or-perish/croucherecology_pix_2_short-legged_toad@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Short-legged Toad (Megophrys brachykolos) https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-turninguptheheat/carousel-adapt-or-perish/croucherecology_pix_3@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Hong Kong Newt (Paramesotriton hongkongensis) https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-turninguptheheat/carousel-adapt-or-perish/croucherecology_pix_4_paradise_fish@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Hong Kong Paradise Fish: (Macropodus hongkongensis) https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-turninguptheheat/carousel-insects/croucherecology_pix_1@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Banyan Tussock Moth (Perina nuda) https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-turninguptheheat/carousel-insects/croucherecology_pix_2_blue_damsel@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Blue Forest Damsel (Coeliccia cyanomelas), a widespread dragonfly in Hong Kong https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-turninguptheheat/carousel-insects/croucherecology_pix_3_sunnetchan_red_ring_skirt_butterfly_inaturalist@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Red Ring Skirt (Hestina assimilis) Butterfly. https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-turninguptheheat/carousel-insects/croucherecology_pix_4_phauda_flammans_eric_ching_inaturalist@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Phauda flammans, a moth that has boomed locally in 2021 https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-turninguptheheat/carousel-insects/croucherecology_pix_5_chinese_tiger_gomphidia-kelloggi_adult@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | A rare Chinese Tiger (Gomphidia kelloggi) dragonfly, classed as endangered on the IUCN Red List https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-turninguptheheat/carousel-insects/croucherecology_pix_7_courtesan_tree_fong_inaturalist@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | The Courtesan (Euripus nyctelius) Butterfly https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-turninguptheheat/carousel-insects/croucherecology_pix_9_titulcia_confictella@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Titulcia confictella, a moth new arrival in Hong Kong in the past five years https://croucherecology.hk/images/issue-4-turninguptheheat/carousel-insects/croucherecology_ruby_darter_yi_o@480.jpg Croucher Ecology | Ruby Darter (Rhodothemis rufa), a dragonfly on the increase locally