Field Work Ankle-deep in the swamps while on field work in Brunei during rainy season. Measuring the fluid level in N. rafflesiana pitchers in situ Anne investigating leaf responses to drop impacts in the departmental allotment in Bristol Using a custom-built portable rheometer to measure the viscoelastic properties of the pitcher trap fluid in the field in Brunei Field rheometry, mark II. Field work doesn't get much better that this - investigating the prey capture mechanisms of Nepenthes pervillei in the Seychelles The less glamorous side of field work in Borneo (photo by Joachim Moog) On the way to the office (a.k.a. White Sands field site) Measuring surface wetness on the pitcher trap rim in the field in Brunei The team samples the local food. On the way up Mt Mulu, ready to spend 2 weeks on 1,800m researching interactions between pitcher plants and tree shrews Following the logging railway deep into the peat swamp forest of Brunei Field work doesn't always go to plan... Essential field work skills #1: opening a coconut! Essential field work skills #2: karaoke! Caught in flagranti: a mountain tree shrew on the (pitcher) loo Sampling pitcher nectar in the field in Brunei (photo by Bruno di Giusto) Where it all began: field work on Nepenthes bicalcarata in the peat swamp forest of Brunei in 2005 (photo by Joachim Moog)