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.

Walking through a bluebell woodland in Yorkshire

Walking makes the world a better place

Jul 18, 2024
Walking costs nothing, can be done anywhere and it can make a big difference to your health and the health of the planet.
Green and golden bell frog

Saunas could save rare frog

Jul 16, 2024
Amphibians are being wiped out due to a fungal infection but now scientists have developed a special frog sauna that could save a rare frog.
Wolverine

Meet Europe’s Big Five: wolf, lynx, brown bear, wolverine & bison

Jul 11, 2024
Make this a wildlife summer to remember by going on safari in search of some of Europe's iconic Big Five mammal species.
Grass skiing Copenhagen

Copenhagen to reward environmentally friendly tourists

Jul 9, 2024
In an effort to encourage sustainble tourism Copenhagen is launching a scheme that will reward environmentally friendly tourists.
Wildcat

Wild born kittens give hope for Scottish wildcats

Jul 4, 2024
Two sets of wild born kittens bring a small glimmer of hope for the future of Scotland's critically endangered wildcat.
Fagradalsfjall volcano

Volcanic eruptions on Iceland might last decades

Jul 4, 2024
A new study reveals that volcanic eruptions on Iceland might become more frequent and the instability could last decades.
Tiger mosquito

UK needs to prepare for the disease-carrying Asian tiger mosquito

Jul 1, 2024
In just a few years the disease carrying Asian tiger mosquito has swept across swathes of Europe and it now has the UK within buzzing range.
Panther chamelon

Protecting 1.2 per cent of the Earth could save endangered species

Jun 28, 2024
A new report claims that by protecting just 1.2 per cent of the Earth’s land surface we could save thousands of endangered species.
A survey plane flying above a herd of Tiang in South Sudan

South Sudan survey reveals migration of six million antelope

Jun 27, 2024
A survey in South Sudan has revealed a migration of six million antelope, which makes it the worlds largest migration of large mammals
Child looks out the window at smog

Two thousand children a day die from air pollution

Jun 27, 2024
A new report by Unicef says that an average of 2000 children under 5 years of age die every day from health impacts linked to air pollution.
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.
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