Wildlife


Where did the birds sleep last night?

Where did the birds sleep last night?

ByStuart ButlerFeb 27, 2024
Where garden birds sleep has long been a mystery, but a new study is starting to unravel the night time secrets.
anaconda with open mouth

Legless wonders: why snakes are one of evolution’s great success stories

ByKatie BurtonFeb 26, 2024
New research is uncovering how and why snakes diversified so rapidly and successfully
Climate change march in Sydney, Australia.

Five global issues shaping 2024 and how to tackle them

ByGeographical StaffFeb 24, 2024
The Geographical Better World Video Awards highlights the stories of the people working to tackle some of the biggest global issues today
African lions, Graeme Green Naboisho Conservancy, Kenya

Game changer: The animals we most like to photograph

ByGeographical StaffFeb 21, 2024
The New Big 5 is a global photography project celebrating the animals we hold most dear
UK’s seabirds are being decimated by bird flu

UK’s seabirds are being decimated by bird flu

ByStuart ButlerFeb 19, 2024
A new study has revealed that bird flu is contributing to an alarming decline of some of the UK's key seabird species.
Giant ape wiped out by climate change

Giant ape wiped out by climate change

ByStuart ButlerFeb 7, 2024
A new study finds that a giant prehistoric ape became extinct after climate change depleted its food supply.
The undertaker of the savannah is in trouble

The undertaker of the savannah is in trouble

ByStuart ButlerFeb 4, 2024
A new study has revealed that 88 per cent of African raptor populations living in savannah grasslands have declined over the last fifty years.
It’s a long way home for the Balearic shearwater

It’s a long way home for the Balearic shearwater

ByStuart ButlerFeb 3, 2024
A warming planet is forcing some birds to fly ever further north and this is bad news for the critically endangered Balearic shearwater.
The rainforest coming to Devon

The rainforest coming to Devon

ByStuart ButlerFeb 3, 2024
The National Trust is to plant 100,000 trees to create a unique, and environmentally important, temperate rainforest in north Devon.
Art of statue of liberty and some birds flying around it

Migrating birds fall foul of New York’s bright lights

ByJules StewartFeb 2, 2024
New York sits on one of the USA’s main bird migration routes. Each year, hundreds of thousands die after flying into brightly lit skyscrapers
Global effort to save endangered river dolphins

Global effort to save endangered river dolphins

ByStuart ButlerFeb 1, 2024
A new global declaration aims to pull endangered river dolphins and porpoises back from the brink of extinction.
Last hope for the northern white rhino

Last hope for the northern white rhino

ByStuart ButlerJan 31, 2024
Could a highly experimental IVF technique bring the northern white rhino back from the very brink of extinction?
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