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The Loneliest Whale review: A moving search for an elusive beast

The Loneliest Whale review: A moving search for an elusive beast

30 March 2022

Film-maker Joshua Zeman searches for a singing whale that can’t be understood by its own kind, in a journey that says much say about the plight of the marine mammals
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Reality TV for birds shows that conservation research can pay off

30 March 2022

Thousands of us are glued to the online dramas of two peregrines on the Cal Falcons webcam, but it is just the start of what tech can do for bird studies, writes Annalee Newitz

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