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My Way Of Thinking Mark Carwardine
The conservationist discusses the threat of an oil spill in the Red Sea and invites your thoughts on the subject.
Lessons For The Future
The idea of creating a GCSE in natural history was first floated a decade ago, but is it any closer to becoming a reality? And could it help change the fortunes of our nature-depleted nation?
RADZI CHINYANGANYA
In our series about people with a passion for a species, TV presenter and author Radzi tells us why he admires the peregrine falcon.
Raptors in RESIDENCE
The crowned eagles of the African rainforest don’t mind life among people. In Durban, South Africa, these raptors can be watched right from the living room.
Foiled by a fox
As Robin Bennett prepared to take the perfect close-up of an urban red fox, his plans soon started to go awry.
Tsewang Namgail Director, Snow Leopard Conservancy India Trust
Conservation biologist Tsewang Namgail has focused on human and snow leopard conflict, and how the problem can best be resolved.
THE $80 MILLION QUESTION
The world spends a huge amount of money on orangutan conservation every year but their numbers are still declining. What’s going on, why isn’t palm oil to blame and what can we do to arrest the downward curve?
National ARKS
Seven decades after the UK’s first national parks were created, our largest protected landscapes should nurture thriving biodiversity. How can we make them true havens for wildlife?
Danger, danger – high voltage
Starlings are known for their spectacular murmurations, but if too many gather in one place the consequences can be shocking.
Sahara: The Forgotten Ecosystem
Journeying into the fickle and ever changing Saharan landscape reveals the hidden lives of the desert’s most-endangered species.
Mike Dilger's: Wildlife Watching
In his series of great places to watch wildlife in the UK, the star of BBC One’s The One Show this month advocates paying close attention to the periphery of woodlands, rather than venturing between the trees.
Cracking The Mystery
Why is the guillemot egg so shaped? ‘To stop it rolling away’ is the textbook answer. But is it correct? Follow one man's mission to get to the bottom of an evolutionary mystery.
Hidden BRITAIN
BLUE-RAYED LIMPET
Living lightbulbs
From the ocean depths to remote rainforests, bioluminescent organisms light up the natural world. We take an illuminating look at the species that glow in the dark.
LEE DURRELL
In our series about people with a passion for a species, we ask naturalist, author and TV presenter Lee why she adores the ploughshare tortoise.
On thin ice
Tempted out of the hive by bright spring sunshine, these hungry honeybees quickly became frozen in their tracks.
EDGES OF EXISTENCE
Riverside habitats are coming under scrutiny as the next big prospect on the rewilding landscape.
BEYOND TOURISM
How do you create sustainable conservation without relying on tourist dollars? A new pan-African competition hopes to provide the answers…
Family MATTERS
Great crested grebes are known for their synchronised courtship choreography, but these birds work just as well together when it comes to raising chicks.
Huge Marine Sanctuary Created In South Atlantic
A tiny island community just made a vast contribution to protecting ocean biodiversity.
Mike Dilger's Wildlife Watching
In his series of great places to watch wildlife in the UK, the star of BBC One’s The One Show this month picks his way across rocky shores, revealing the wildlife that thrives where land and sea meet.
ON THE NOSE
Proboscis monkeys may be famed for their sizeable schnozzles but why do they have them? And what else is there to uncover about Borneo’s peaceful primates?
MY WAY OF THINKING MARK CARWARDINE
The conservationist discusses the ever-present threat of climate change and invites your thoughts on the subject.
PARK LIFE
From building local schools to translocating 500 elephants, conservation organisation African Parks has led the way in protecting the continent’s precious wildlife.
THE GOLDILOCKS PLANET
Sir David Attenborough returns to BBC One with a stunning new series that fuses natural history with Earth sciences to help us understand the forces that maintain life.
Lost and found
If you ever lose a tiger, Hakimuddin Saify seems to have a knack for tracking them down without even trying…
Michelle Power
Parasitologist, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
FLYING SOUTH
Amid glistening landscapes and colossal icebergs, there's much more to Antarctica than its populations of penguins, as any intrepid birder will discover, if willing to brave the coldest place on Earth.
ADAM HART
In our series about people with a passion for a species, we ask science presenter and author Adam Hart why he loves the common wasp.
50 Reasons To Be Cheerful In 2021
In the face of a devastating pandemic, organisations across the globe have continued to do battle for our most precious species and habitats. As we leave 2020 behind and look forward to a more positive year ahead, it’s time to celebrate their successes.