April 24


Derwent village and ladybower resevoir

Review: Time and Tide by Fiona Stafford

ByKatie BurtonApr 15, 2024
Fiona Stafford explores the history of British landscape and the human impact of recent changes
The Kordofan giraffe is smaller than other giraffe subspecies

Giraffes are facing extinction – but one species is bucking the trend

Across Africa, giraffe populations are declining at an alarming rate. However, in Chad’s Zakouma National Park, which is now a sanctuary for wildlife, one giraffe subspecies is bucking the trend
Photographs, candles and messages in Valletta, demanding justice for the murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

Review: A Sunny Place For Shady People by Ryan Murdock

Travel writer and RGS fellow Ryan Murdock delivers a depressing but thought-provoking on one of the most corrupt places in the world
Controlled fires are now part of land management in many countries

Fires, forest and our lands – an Indigenous ecological perspective

ByGeographical StaffApr 8, 2024
Western science has a lot to learn from Indigenous perspectives on how to manage fire says Hillary Renick, President of the California Indian Land Institute
Thjorsá River #1, Iceland, 2012

Modern landscapes by Edward Burtynsky

ByGeographical StaffApr 6, 2024

For more than 40 years Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky has been documenting our impact on the natural world Over a…

With more than five million tombs, the cemetery at Najaf is the world’s largest. This young man is selling garlands and perfumed water for mourners to decorate tombs

Are you ready to visit Iraq?

ByStuart ButlerApr 2, 2024
Stuart Butler flew to Baghdad to check out reports of the start of a new tourism industry in Iraq
Newborough Beach Bay, Anglesey

Jazz trumpeter Matthew Halsall on the sounds of nature

ByBryony CottamApr 1, 2024
Jazz trumpeter and composer Matthew Halsall shares with Bryony Cottam why travel is part of his creative life
Sunrise at Ness Point, Britain’s most easterly place

Discovering Britain: the eastern most point of the UK

ByRory WalshMar 31, 2024
Rory Walsh visits Ness Point, the very east of England
Where in the world image april 2024

Where in the world celebrates its independence on 14 August?

ByGeographical StaffMar 30, 2024
Can you solve our quick quiz for April and identify this country using the following clues?
The quiet backwater of Dali in Yunnan province, China

Review: The Mountains are High by Alec Ash

Alec Ash recounts finding a peaceful escape from modern life in rural china
A hiking bag sits on cliffs

Equipment matters: kit for multi-day hikes

Tristan Kennedy believes to make a multi-day hike a success, it is all in the planning
Immune cells in the brain, microglia, are damaged by heat stress

Climate change is radically affecting our brain health

Neuroscientist turned environmental journalist Clayton Aldern reports an unreported crisis in neurological health linked to climate chang
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