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4 days ago
Water buffalo wading through wetlands (Credit: Getty Images)

The 'living tractors' reviving Europe's wastelands

When water buffalo make a home for themselves in abandoned spaces, they can bring with them a rich array of frogs, bats and plant life.

4 days ago
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23 Aug 2024
A squirrel with a furniture set captured on an at-home trail camera (Credit: Caitlyn Montgomery)

The people spying on animals in their own gardens

An online community has erupted around people filming wildlife with backyard trail cameras. It's not just cute: the videos are uncovering animal secrets for biologists.

23 Aug 2024
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21 Aug 2024
A diver half-submerged in water off the coast of Cape Town (Credit: Pier Nirandara)

Craig Foster's top Cape Town coastal adventures

His devotion to the world's oceans won him an Oscar. Now he shares his favourite things to do in Cape Town, from whale spotting in False Bay to freediving in the kelp forests.

21 Aug 2024
Travel
21 Aug 2024
A satellite image of Hurricane Ernesto (Credit: Getty Images)

The deceptive power of a category 1 hurricane

Don't be lured into a false sense of security by a category one hurricane – storm surge and flooding mean they can be as dangerous as a category five.

21 Aug 2024
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19 Aug 2024
Rafting through Cataract Canyon (Credit: Cassidy Randall)

A rare and wild adventure in the American West

Imagine running rapids that haven't been seen in six decades and camping on beaches that didn't exist a mere few months earlier. Welcome to Cataract Canyon.

19 Aug 2024
Travel
16 Aug 2024
The Everglades in Florida (Credit: Lucy Sherriff)

The world's largest environmental restoration plan

Florida is embarking on an ambitious ecological restoration project in the Everglades: building a reservoir large enough to secure the state's water supply.

16 Aug 2024
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9 Aug 2024
Miguel Afonso with his sheep near Rio de Onor in Montesinho (Credit: Marta Vidal)

'My two favourite animals are sheep and wolves'

Whilst Europe grapples with how to deal with growing wolf populations, this mountainous region of Portugal has coexisted with the predators for centuries.

9 Aug 2024
Future
2 Aug 2024
Locals take in the view of the new Olympic judging tower from their boat at Teahupo'o, Tahiti (Credit: Atea Lee Chip Sao)

How Tahiti fought back against the Olympics

Locals have refused to let the Paris 2024 Olympic Games damage their environment – or their way of life – in Teahupo'o, Tahiti.

2 Aug 2024
Future
31 Jul 2024
Boat dock near Chalalán Ecolodge (Credit: Rob Roberts)

A remote jungle lodge that only takes 20 guests

The Indigenous community-owned Chalalán Ecolodge offers family adventures and rare wildlife encounters in the Bolivian Amazon.

31 Jul 2024
Travel

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