Two new books about sharks reveal how and why we should conserve them
7 September 2022
Paul de Gelder's Shark and David Shiffman's Why Sharks Matter aim to turn the all-too-common public panic about the predator into interest in their conservation
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The Green Planet review: Plants as you have never seen them before
5 January 2022
David Attenborough's latest BBC blockbuster, The Green Planet, reveals the surprisingly dramatic lives of plants
Lucy, the Human Chimp review: The ape that was raised like a human
19 April 2021
Lucy, the Human Chimp is a documentary that follows the story of a chimp that lived like a human and a human that lived like a chimp
Diving Deep review: The amazing life of marine film-maker Mike deGruy
20 January 2021
The late Mike deGruy filmed iconic underwater footage that wowed audiences, drawing the admiration of David Attenborough and James Cameron. A fond documentary by his wife reveals the real man
Can a law meant to protect Native American artefacts free an orca?
25 November 2020
Members of the Native American Lummi Nation consider a captive orca called Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut to be their kin. Now they are using extraordinary means to gain her release
My Octopus Teacher review: The strange lives of cephalopods up close
7 September 2020
We understand so little about octopuses that whenever we look, we seem to find out more about them. Netflix documentary My Octopus Teacher follows film-maker and naturalist Craig Foster's attempts to understand them further
Dingoes are both pest and icon. Now there's a new reason to love them
22 April 2020
Dingoes have been persecuted in Australia for centuries for killing livestock, but protecting them could benefit the environment and aid recovery from the devastating fires
Orangutans and other great apes under threat from covid-19 pandemic
2 April 2020
Many great ape species are already in a precarious situation because of their dwindling numbers. Now they may also be at risk from the coronavirus pandemic
Tactical voting helps yellow-eyed penguin seize bird of the year crown
11 November 2019
Social media campaigning and a strategic voting alliance have helped the yellow-eyed penguin beat fierce competition to become New Zealand’s bird of the year
