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Discoveries, inventions and surprises

Uganda’s chimps and mountain gorillas might be thriving, but a visit to the parks in the south-west are a reminder of how fragile conservation can be, and why local communities need to be involved for it to work

Well, not quite – but it’s true that about 80 per cent of our ocean floor remains unexplored and uncharted. Discovering what our ocean depths look like and what life might be found there is just as ch

I stop short of taking my next step. Somewhere amid the squeak-crunch of snow beneath my boots and the footfalls and heavy breathing of our labrador, Hobbes, there is something else. The two of us sta

He lived amongst them, studied them and tried to protect them – Iain Douglas-Hamilton risked everything to care for the animals he loves…

Beyond the shadow of genocide, Rwanda tells a different story: one of survival, cultural depth and conservation grounded in community