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Virunga Volcanoes National Park at dawn. Rwanda, Africa

Saving Virunga's endangered gorillas with green power and chocolate

8 June 2022

Poaching, illegal farming and rebel groups make Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo one of the most dangerous places to practice conservation, but inventive schemes are helping rangers empower people and conserve wildlife


Ranchers fight US government to corral the last wild horses of Nevada

Ranchers fight US government to corral the last wild horses of Nevada

14 December 2020

The US government keeps wild horse populations in check with costly round-ups that use helicopters to frighten the animals into a pen, but some ranchers are now trying fertility darts


mountain lion

Mountain lions in Los Angeles are so inbred they have L-shaped tails

11 September 2020

A few dozen mountain lions are trapped in a rural patch of Los Angeles by highways that limit their movement, and have become so inbred they developed kinks in their tails


Arctic fox being fitted with collar

An Arctic fox made an epic 4400-kilometre-long journey over sea ice

25 June 2019

In 2018, a satellite-tracked Arctic fox migrated across sea ice from Svalbard to northeast Canada – but repeat journeys may soon be impossible as the poles warm


giant tortoise

Home of the gentle giants: How humans live with Galapagos tortoises

9 October 2018

The Galapagos archipelago is a growing tourist attraction, which is adding to the problems faced by the islands’ famous giant residents


Priya Singh

The rare-leopard spotter who accidentally caught gunmen in her traps

26 September 2018

Priya Singh spent months in the wilds of north-east India tracking elusive clouded leopards and marbled cats, but caught more than she bargained for in her camera traps


A polar bear on a rock

Field notes: Polluted polar bears await the great Arctic land grab

20 September 2018

As global warming melts the Arctic, all eyes are turning to the riches under the ice. But will polar bears survive the pollutants trickling into the food chain?


Sperm whales are tracking fishing boats and stealing their fish

Sperm whales are tracking fishing boats and stealing their fish

8 June 2018

Fishing boats in the Gulf of Alaska are being stalked by enormous sperm whales, which charge in and rip huge volumes of fish from the lines


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