NATURE
Parrot-inspired robots track birds across remote landscapes
Dec 11, 2018
Written by
Chris Fitch
A new system of robotic aerial vehicles is revolutionising the tracking of migratory species across remote environments
Deep learning technology to watch over wildlife parks
Dec 06, 2018
Written by
Chris Fitch
Technology used in creating safe urban environments is now being used in South Africa’s wildlife parks to catch and deter poachers
Blackmailing the world: Bolsonaro and the Amazon
Dec 05, 2018
Written by
Marco Magrini
Brazil’s shift to the right of the political spectrum could be bad news for the natural world, suggests Marco Magrini
The mystery of northeast Scotland’s catastrophic harbour seal decline
Nov 29, 2018
Written by
Laura Cole
Laura Cole travels to Orkney to find out why numbers of harbour seals have fallen by 78 per cent since 2000
Climate change-triggered ticks causing rise in ‘ghost moose’
Nov 27, 2018
Written by
Katie Burton
The unprecedented frequency of winter tick epidemics have resulted in a 70 per cent death rate for New Hampshire’s moose calves
Ten times more ocean debris reaches Atlantic islands
Nov 23, 2018
Written by
Chris Fitch
Ocean debris, mostly composed of plastic, reaches remote Atlantic islands at ten times the levels found just a decade ago
Remote photography
Nov 19, 2018
Written by
Keith Wilson
With motion detectors becoming ever more sophisticated, and clearer, crisper image resolution available with even the smallest setup, remote photography is a vital tool in the geographic photographer’s kit bag, says Keith Wilson
Natural Capital: Putting a price on nature
Nov 14, 2018
Written by
Mark Rowe
Natural capital is a way to quantify the value of the world that nature provides for us – the air, soils, water, even recreational activity. Advocates say this is crucial if biodiversity is to have any clout in a world…
Explaining the location of Mount St Helens
Nov 13, 2018
Written by
Chris Fitch
The reason for the unusual location of Mount St Helens is becoming clearer
The carbon-raising effect of fatter plants
Nov 09, 2018
Written by
Katie Burton
Most plants thicken their leaves in response to higher carbon levels in the atmosphere – a new climate change model reveals this could have a big impact on global warming
Gas leaks: methane and fossil fuels
Nov 03, 2018
Written by
Marco Magrini
Not just the preserve of flatulent cows, methane is causing problems on a much wider scale discovers Marco Magrini
Juliana v US: how America’s youth is fighting Trump on climate injustice
Oct 31, 2018
Written by
Matt Maynard
As the United States’ Supreme Court delays a landmark climate change legal case, young people in the US and across the world are demanding that their voices be heard and their futures protected
Autumn in the New Forest
Oct 23, 2018
Written by
Keith Wilson
Of Britain's 15 national parks, the New Forest is probably the one most synonymous with images of Autumn. Home to some of the country's most extensive areas of broadleaf deciduous trees, as well as open heathland, wild ponies and five…
Up in smoke: the pros and cons of burning rubbish
Oct 15, 2018
Written by
Katie Burton
The Treasury has announced that it is considering imposing a tax on the incineration of waste. The move would mark a fall in favour for a practice once considered a good alternative to landfill. Katie Burton visits an incinerator to…
Earthquakes trigger seismic activity half the world away
Oct 13, 2018
Written by
Chris Fitch
Major earthquakes are triggering seismic activity half the world away
A warming world is unhealthy for everyone
Oct 06, 2018
Written by
Marco Magrini
Marco Magrini finds that a warming world also means a more unhealthy one, not just for the planet itself, but for those of us living on it
Tourism may reduce cheetah numbers
Oct 03, 2018
Written by
Laura Cole
Unchecked tourism is potentially reducing the number of cheetah cubs that survive to adulthood
Base behaviour: kayaktavists in Japan
Sep 29, 2018
Written by
Laura Cole
A relocated military base in Okinawa, Japan will cause ‘irreversible’ damage to a rare ecosystem, say environmental groups
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