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Illegal mining activities disrupted in Guatemala
News

233 people arrested in environmental crime crackdown across Latin America and Caribbean

Nine countries were involved in the latest operation, in which 312 individuals were also suspected of involvement in environmental crimes
Wind turbines in field
News

Ministry of Defence objects to at least four wind farms

Maps that changed the world
News

Maps that shaped the world, from Mercator to wartime propaganda

Chinstrap penguins
Wildlife

The world’s largest penguin colony is collapsing

Sewage wastewater draining into water
News

England’s water companies in the first half of 2026 have failed to report 50,000 sewage discharges within legal timeframes

Beers on tap
News

What makes a beer Belgian, Spanish or British?

A shaded coral photographed by Karen Neely.
News

How ‘underwater umbrellas’ could transform the future of coral reefs

Antarctica Iecberg Aerial View.
News

A huge hole almost the size of Portugal found in Antarctic sea ice

Dalby Forest in Yorkshire
Travel

North Yorkshire’s landscapes, from Dalby Forest to Robin Hood’s Bay and Bempton Cliffs

OUT NOW – October 2026 Geographical Magazine

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  • Alaska’s disappearing salmon: Tom Parfitt follows the fight to save the last Chinook
  • The power of maps: How cartography doesn’t just show us the world
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University students graduating
Opinion

How Britain’s student visa crackdown could limit opportunities at home between borders

north carolina USA nature
News

Why are forests dying along North Carolina’s coast?

Barcelona, Spain - October 31st 2022 -
News

Barcelona’s new ‘Netflix-style’ algorithm hoped to combat overtourism

World map
News

Why country names matter, from Türkiye to Sri Lanka

California coast
News

Kelvin waves: the ocean phenomenon raising sea levels on the US West Coast

Hand in ballot box
News

Brazil’s presidential election heads to runoff in late October

Chinook salmon in water
Features

Why Alaska’s Chinook salmon collapse threatens Yukon River communities

QUIZ: Country Spotlight – Hungary
Quizzes

QUIZ: Country Spotlight – Hungary

Bangkok, Thailand. September 28, 2026. Cars wading through flooded road following heavy rain across Bangkok as the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration declared a public flood disaster.
News

Bangkok hit by heavy rainfall and deadly floods

Smoke from wildfire
News

Almost 40 per cent of the world’s population exposed to harmful ozone pollution in 2026

coal fired power station silhouette at sunset, Pocerady, Czech republic
News

New tool can monitor climate effects of fossil fuel projects and companies

UN building New York
News

The world between borders

Solar ambulance
News

Solar-powered ambulance brings healthcare to off-grid communities

Numerous flags with sky in background
News

QUIZ: Flags of the World – Asia

Sylhet, Bangladesh - 30 May 2024: Climate change and water coming down from the mountains have flooded the lowlands of Sylhet.
News

Global warming projected to divert ‘atmospheric rivers’ to Asia’s cities

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QUIZ: Country Spotlight – Hungary

QUIZ: Country Spotlight – Hungary

Test your knowledge with our Hungary quiz and discover just how much you know about this fascinating country.
QUIZ: US State Capitals

QUIZ: US State Capitals

Explore the fascinating world of US state capitals and test your knowledge of America’s key cities at the heart of each state.
QUIZ: Karst Landscapes

QUIZ: Karst Landscapes

Explore the unique features of karst landscapes, from limestone pavements to sinkholes, and learn about their formation.
QUIZ: Country Shapes – Hard

QUIZ: Country Shapes – Hard

Test your knowledge with the country shapes quiz and discover how well you know world geography.

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A cleaner in a corridor
Features

Who runs Britain? Inside the outsourcing of the British state

Across the UK, public services are increasingly delivered by private companies working behind the scenes. Critics say outsourcing has not only produced failures and scandals, but changed the relationship between citizen and state
Sean Sutton with landmine victim Oo Hpar and son David
News

Inside Myanmar’s civil war and its deadly landmine crisis

Few journalists have reached Myanmar’s Karenni State since the 2021 coup. Sean Sutton reports on the communities determined to return home
Dominica has a resident population of more than 200 sperm whales
Travel

On the wild side in Dominica

From hot sand and bubbling bays to sperm whales and rainforest trails, Bryony Cottam discovers how community-led tourism is shaping a different kind of Caribbean escape
A breeding pair of northern gannets
Wildlife

Inside Scotland’s controversial guga hunt

Amid avian flu and mounting animal-welfare pressure, one of Britain’s most controversial traditions faces an uncertain future

Discovering Britain

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LONDON - JUNE 27, 2018: Iguanodon sculptures in Crystal Palace Park in Crystal Palace, London. The sculptures unveiled in 1854 are the world first dinosaur sculptures and are Grade I listed.
News

The Crystal Palace dinosaurs, London’s Victorian vision of prehistoric Britain

Rory Walsh explores South London’s Victorian vision of prehistoric Britain
Glastonbury Tor from drone summer day
Travel

Discovering Britain: Glastonbury Tor

Rory Walsh explores the Early Jurassic geology, the ‘fata morgana’ mist illusion and the legends beneath Glastonbury Tor
The tram up the Great Orme headland
Travel

Discovering Britain: Llandudno’s grand designs

Rory Walsh pays homage to ‘the Queen of Welsh resorts’ on a walk through Llandudno’s Victorian past
Three Bridges
Culture

Discovering Britain: the Three Bridges of West London

Rory Walsh visits the curious last legacy of Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Front Lines

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Beers on tap
News

What makes a beer Belgian, Spanish or British?

The geography behind some of our most familiar lagers is more complicated than it seems
University students graduating
Opinion

How Britain’s student visa crackdown could limit opportunities at home between borders

Falling international recruitment could leave some universities with fewer courses, limiting opportunities for UK students who cannot simply study elsewhere
World map
News

Why country names matter, from Türkiye to Sri Lanka

Shakespeare may have thought names changed little, but for nations, they can embody history, identity, sovereignty – and sometimes a considerable amount of politics
UN building New York
News

The world between borders

At the UN General Assembly, governments speak for individual nations. Who takes responsibility for the relationships that connect them? At…

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QUIZ: Country Spotlight – Hungary

QUIZ: Country Spotlight – Hungary

QUIZ: US State Capitals

QUIZ: US State Capitals

QUIZ: Karst Landscapes

QUIZ: Karst Landscapes

QUIZ: Country Shapes – Hard

QUIZ: Country Shapes – Hard

Long Reads

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A cleaner in a corridor
Features

Who runs Britain? Inside the outsourcing of the British state

Sean Sutton with landmine victim Oo Hpar and son David
News

Inside Myanmar’s civil war and its deadly landmine crisis

Dominica has a resident population of more than 200 sperm whales
Travel

On the wild side in Dominica

A breeding pair of northern gannets
Wildlife

Inside Scotland’s controversial guga hunt

Discovering Britain

  • Previous
  • Next
LONDON - JUNE 27, 2018: Iguanodon sculptures in Crystal Palace Park in Crystal Palace, London. The sculptures unveiled in 1854 are the world first dinosaur sculptures and are Grade I listed.
News

The Crystal Palace dinosaurs, London’s Victorian vision of prehistoric Britain

Glastonbury Tor from drone summer day
Travel

Discovering Britain: Glastonbury Tor

The tram up the Great Orme headland
Travel

Discovering Britain: Llandudno’s grand designs

Three Bridges
Culture

Discovering Britain: the Three Bridges of West London

Front Lines

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  • Next
Beers on tap
News

What makes a beer Belgian, Spanish or British?

University students graduating
Opinion

How Britain’s student visa crackdown could limit opportunities at home between borders

World map
News

Why country names matter, from Türkiye to Sri Lanka

UN building New York
News

The world between borders

Illegal mining activities disrupted in Guatemala

233 people arrested in environmental crime crackdown across Latin America and Caribbean

Nine countries were involved in the latest operation, in which 312 individuals were also suspected of involvement in environmental crimes
Wind turbines in field

Ministry of Defence objects to at least four wind farms

Maps that changed the world

Maps that shaped the world, from Mercator to wartime propaganda

Chinstrap penguins

The world’s largest penguin colony is collapsing

Sewage wastewater draining into water

England’s water companies in the first half of 2026 have failed to report 50,000 sewage discharges within legal timeframes

Beers on tap

What makes a beer Belgian, Spanish or British?

A shaded coral photographed by Karen Neely.

How ‘underwater umbrellas’ could transform the future of coral reefs

Antarctica Iecberg Aerial View.

A huge hole almost the size of Portugal found in Antarctic sea ice

Dalby Forest in Yorkshire

North Yorkshire’s landscapes, from Dalby Forest to Robin Hood’s Bay and Bempton Cliffs

University students graduating

How Britain’s student visa crackdown could limit opportunities at home between borders

October 2026 issue – OUT NOW
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north carolina USA nature

Why are forests dying along North Carolina’s coast?

Barcelona, Spain - October 31st 2022 -

Barcelona’s new ‘Netflix-style’ algorithm hoped to combat overtourism

World map

Why country names matter, from Türkiye to Sri Lanka

California coast

Kelvin waves: the ocean phenomenon raising sea levels on the US West Coast

Hand in ballot box

Brazil’s presidential election heads to runoff in late October

Chinook salmon in water

Why Alaska’s Chinook salmon collapse threatens Yukon River communities

QUIZ: Country Spotlight – Hungary

QUIZ: Country Spotlight – Hungary

Bangkok, Thailand. September 28, 2026. Cars wading through flooded road following heavy rain across Bangkok as the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration declared a public flood disaster.

Bangkok hit by heavy rainfall and deadly floods

Smoke from wildfire

Almost 40 per cent of the world’s population exposed to harmful ozone pollution in 2026

coal fired power station silhouette at sunset, Pocerady, Czech republic

New tool can monitor climate effects of fossil fuel projects and companies

UN building New York

The world between borders

Solar ambulance

Solar-powered ambulance brings healthcare to off-grid communities

Numerous flags with sky in background

QUIZ: Flags of the World – Asia

Sylhet, Bangladesh - 30 May 2024: Climate change and water coming down from the mountains have flooded the lowlands of Sylhet.

Global warming projected to divert ‘atmospheric rivers’ to Asia’s cities

Aerial of the Ilulissat Icefjord, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Western Greenland, Denmark, Polar Regions

New map reveals Greenland’s hidden landscape

AI data centre

Who owns the AI alarm?

Tim Hannigan Writer's Reads

Writer’s reads: Tim Hannigan

Planet Earth in outer space. North America. Night on planet with cities lights. United States, Canada, Mexico at night viewed from space. Nightly Earth. Elements of this image furnished by NASA.

The race to build orbital data centres, and why doubts are mounting

QUIZ: US State Capitals

QUIZ: US State Capitals

QUIZ: Karst Landscapes

QUIZ: Karst Landscapes

October 2026 Geographical crossword

October 2026 Geographical crossword

LONDON - JUNE 27, 2018: Iguanodon sculptures in Crystal Palace Park in Crystal Palace, London. The sculptures unveiled in 1854 are the world first dinosaur sculptures and are Grade I listed.

The Crystal Palace dinosaurs, London’s Victorian vision of prehistoric Britain

QUIZ: Country Shapes – Hard

QUIZ: Country Shapes – Hard

Wind turbines

How shifting wind speeds could affect renewable energy and the oceans

Planet Earth in outer space. North America. Night on planet with cities lights. United States, Canada, Mexico at night viewed from space. Nightly Earth. Elements of this image furnished by NASA.

Two European satellites launch into space, expanding understanding of Earth

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Out now: October 2026’s Geographical Magazine

A group of LGBTQ+ refugees at Gorom, who asked to remain anonymous

LGBTQ+ refugees face persecution in South Sudan’s Gorom settlement

QUIZ: Human Geography Trivia

QUIZ: Human Geography Trivia

Books in grass surrounded by some flowers

The winners of the 2026 Wainwright Prizes

Migrants arrive at Dungeness after being picked up at sea by RNLI back in 2022.

Why falling Channel crossings are fuelling bigger protests

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