Robin Hicks

About

Robin Hicks has 20 years' experience in journalism, writing about media, government, technology and sustainability. He has a particular interest in plastic pollution, palm oil, deep-sea mining and Southeast Asia's energy transition. Robin has a degree in zoology and spends his weekends rescuing snakes, birds, monkeys and lizards as a volunteer for Singapore animal welfare charity ACRES.

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A diver swimming close to a female sperm whale pod.

Unregulated tourism risks disrupting Timor-Leste’s whale migration

Robin Hicks 11 Dec 2025

As Singapore heats up, pests are seeking refuge indoors

Robin Hicks 9 Oct 2025

News and Inspiration from Nature's Frontline.

Collage featuring cockfighting and a largetooth sawfish

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Gelada baboons (Theropithecus gelada) in Ethiopia’s Semien Mountains. Image by Alastair Rae via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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Mt. Taranaki, New Zealand, captured March 16, 2022. Image courtesy of Planet Labs PBC.

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