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In Brazil, a jaguar comes down to the water. Strong swimmers, jaguars are often found near water and prefer tropical rainforest and swampland habitats

Wildlife

Fangs and skin: Illegal wildlife trade endangers Latin America’s jaguars

Jul 02, 2020

Written by Jacob Dykes

Increasing reports of seized jaguar fangs and skin suggest that demand for jaguar parts has grown in the past decade, particularly in China. As relations between Latin America and Asia strengthen, criminologists and conservationists are concerned that a formal market…

Geophoto

Summer garden photography

Jul 02, 2020

Written by Keith Wilson

Forced isolation has given many of us the chance to better appreciate the nature that lives closest to us. Butterflies are one such visitor – but while easy to admire, they’re not so easy to photograph says Keith Wilson

Current mapping coverage of the ocean floor. Black is used to depict areas where there are no direct measurements (including some areas where the data source is not well defined); blues correspond to water depth (darker blue is deeper)

Oceans

One fifth of the ocean floor now mapped

Jun 23, 2020

Written by Katie Burton

A fifth of the ocean floor has now been mapped, taking researchers a step closer to the goal of a complete seabed map by 2030

Wildlife

The show can’t go on: the fight for an EU-wide ban on wild animals in circuses

Jun 22, 2020

Written by Jacob Dykes

Four ex-circus lions discovered in France are due to be re-housed at Born Free, invigorating the call for EU-wide ban on wild animals in circuses

Oceans

Tracking marine predators highlights biodiversity hotspots in the Southern Ocean most in need of protection

Jun 17, 2020

Written by Jacob Dykes

Marine protected areas cover 7.1 per cent of the Southern Ocean, but as some experts call for this to widen, a team of scientists are using tracking data to identify the biodiversity hotspots that most warrant protection

Oceans

Video highlights from the BluHope campaign this World Oceans Week

Jun 11, 2020

Written by Geographical

A roundup of some of the top discussions from the new BluHope campaign, launched by the British High Commission in Malaysia on World Oceans Day, with the support of Sir David Attenborough and Dr Sylvia Earle

Energy

It’s worth a shot: how the Tequila plant could provide clean fuel

Jun 10, 2020

Written by Abigail Spink

The agave plant, used to make Tequila, has proven itself not only key to producing an iconic drink, but also a form of bioethanol that could present a green energy solution

Oceans

Sir David Attenborough and Dr Sylvia Earle launch ‘BluHope’ – a new campaign addressing plastic pollution

Jun 08, 2020

Written by Geographical

A new online campaign for World Oceans Day, supported by ocean legends Sir David Attenborough and Dr Sylvia Earle, is to be launched by the British High Commission in Malaysia on Monday, 8 June

Conceptual image showing ozone-depleting chemicals moving from the equator to the poles. The chemicals become trapped by the winds of the polar vortex, a ring of fast moving air that circles the South Pole [NASA]

Climate

Geo explainer: What is the ozone layer and what’s happening to it?

Jun 03, 2020

Written by Geographical

Concerns about the ozone hole have diminished as levels of ozone-depleting man-made chemicals have fallen – but research is still ongoing

Wildlife

How a blind black rhino became an ambassador for his species

Jun 02, 2020

Written by Jacob Dykes

In the Eastern Cape of South Africa, Munu – a blind black rhino – has become an ambassador for his species, opening the world’s eyes to the critical conservation philosophy that ‘every rhino matters’

Climate

Climatewatch – contribution of melting polar ice to sea level rise could be vastly underestimated

Jun 01, 2020

Written by Marco Magrini

The contribution of melting polar ice to sea level rise could be vastly underestimated, says Marco Magrini

David Green, 'Old Hedge, Venton Wood, Devon' (2018)

Geophoto

Earth Photo 2020: one week left to enter!

May 26, 2020

Written by Geographical

Photography competition, Earth Photo, returns for the third year with entries open for one more week

Acropora corals glow brightly during a bleaching event in new Caledonia

Oceans

Glowing neon coral suggests that some reefs fight back against bleaching

May 26, 2020

Written by Katie Burton

A new study reveals the process behind the strange phenomenon in which coral produce bright colours during bleaching events

Wildlife

Dossier: hunting and human-wildlife conflict

May 22, 2020

Written by Mark Rowe

Hunting is a topic that attracts polarised viewpoints. But as Mark Rowe demonstrates, when it comes to limiting human-wildlife conflict and to wider conservation measures, it’s not always so simple

Oceans

The blue acceleration: a race for the seas is on

May 20, 2020

Written by Katie Burton

A compilation of 50-years worth of data on human activity in the ocean reveals that the race for the seas is well and truly on

Wildlife

The pros and cons of a four-footed fire prevention squad

May 16, 2020

Written by Dawn Starin

From the US to the Mediterranean, herds of goats are used to rid the earth of grasses and shrubs that could be a fire hazard – but should this practice be encouraged?