Geographical

Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

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Stuart Butler

Stuart Butler is a journalist and photographer specialising in conservation, the environment and hiking.

He spends a great deal of time travelling in the Himalaya, East Africa and southwest Europe. He has worked with some of the world’s biggest media groups, and has contributed to over a hundred travel guidebooks for Lonely Planet and Rough Guide as well as a number of specialist hiking and wildlife-watching guide books.

Stuart also works with the UN award-winning Nashulai Maasai Conservancy (nashulai.com) and Nashulai Journeys in Kenya.

Stuart lives with his family at the foot of the Pyrenees in southwest France.

Chimpanzee, Guinea

Chimpanzees use the natural medicine of the forest

Jun 25, 2024
Uncover the secrets of chimpanzee medicine. Find out how these remarkable animals use natural remedies to heal themselves.
Iberian lynx

Iberian lynx makes remarkable recovery

Jun 20, 2024
The Iberian lynx, once one of the worlds rarest cats, has made such a remarkable recovery that it's no longer considered endangered.
Bujaruelo Pass

‘Magical’ insect migration across the Pyrenees

Jun 18, 2024
Scientists have discovered a massive insect migration across one particular mountain pass in the Pyrenees.
Scottish Highlands

Explore the UK’s Geoparks this summer

Jun 13, 2024
Go on a summer holiday through geological and human history in one of the UK’s outstanding Unesco Geoparks.
Elephant

Elephants call each other by name

Jun 11, 2024
It's no secret that elephants are highly intelligent creatures, but new research suggests that elephants might even call each other by name.
Small tortoiseshell

How to give a helping hand to butterflies

Jun 8, 2024
Britain's butterflies are in trouble, but giving our butterflies a helping hand is something almost all of us can do wherever you live.
A poignant drawing by a child at a nursery situated in Varanasi’s red light district

The dark side to India’s City of Light: people trafficking in Varanasi

Jun 7, 2024
A charity trying to help those often kidnapped young women forced into prostitution in India's holiest city
Salcombe South Devon

Climate change exacerbated marine heatwave

Jun 7, 2024
A new study has revealed that the North Atlantic marine heatwave of 2023 was exacerbated by climate change.
Brown trout

Huge collapse in migratory fish populations

Jun 7, 2024
A new study has revealed a staggering 81 per cent collapse in worldwide migratory fish populations in the 50 years since 1970.
European bison Poland

Bison return to Portugal

Jun 6, 2024
A group of eight European bison have been translocated to northern Portugal as part of an ambitious rewilding project.
A hiker surveys the landscapes of the Pyrenees

Europe’s 11 best hikes

Jun 1, 2024
Summer is coming and there's no better time to step out onto one of Europe's epic hiking trails. We point you to 11 of Europe's best hikes.
Indian women shelter from heat

Climate change responsible for 26 extreme heat days

May 30, 2024
A new report shows that over the past year climate change has been responsible for an additional 26 days of extreme heat.
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