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Wildlife
Where did the birds sleep last night?
By
Stuart Butler
Feb 27, 2024
Where garden birds sleep has long been a mystery, but a new study is starting to unravel the night time secrets.
Legless wonders: why snakes are one of evolution’s great success stories
By
Katie Burton
Feb 26, 2024
New research is uncovering how and why snakes diversified so rapidly and successfully
Five global issues shaping 2024 and how to tackle them
By
Geographical Staff
Feb 24, 2024
The Geographical Better World Video Awards highlights the stories of the people working to tackle some of the biggest global issues today
Game changer: The animals we most like to photograph
By
Geographical Staff
Feb 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
By
Stuart Butler
Feb 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
By
Stuart Butler
Feb 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
By
Stuart Butler
Feb 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
By
Stuart Butler
Feb 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
By
Stuart Butler
Feb 3, 2024
The National Trust is to plant 100,000 trees to create a unique, and environmentally important, temperate rainforest in north Devon.
Migrating birds fall foul of New York’s bright lights
By
Jules Stewart
Feb 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
By
Stuart Butler
Feb 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
By
Stuart Butler
Jan 31, 2024
Could a highly experimental IVF technique bring the northern white rhino back from the very brink of extinction?
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