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Rosie B. Wild

Rosie B. Wild

Puffin with sandeels

MARCH 03, 2025  •   BY Jos Dewing

The Sandeel: A Puffins’ lifeline, a photographer’s muse and a looming courtroom battle

Learning about sandeels and their importance within marine food webs (5-minute read)

Mark Stratton

Mark Stratton

Light Mantled Albatross South Georgia Antarctic

JANUARY 16, 2025  •   BY Mark Stratton

Sailing the extraordinary flightpath of the albatross

On an epic voyage across the entire South Atlantic that didn't quite go to plan, Mark Stratton found marvel and solace along the rarely sailed flight path of the largest birds on Earth (9-minute read)

Billy Heaney

Billy Heaney

Hjalmar Bjorge in Loch Buie

OCTOBER 25, 2024  •   BY Billy Heaney

A Hebridean adventure micro-cruise, day-by-day

Billy Heaney takes us on a micro-expedition, wildlife cruise around the pristine Scottish isles (5-minute read)

Sarah Marshall

Sarah Marshall

Blue-footed booby landing on water in the Galápagos Islands, captured by Sarah Marshall

OCTOBER 02, 2024  •   BY Sarah Marshall

The Galápagos: then and now

What does an increase in visitor numbers mean for the Galapagos archipelago’s endemic species? (5-minute read)

Miranda Krestovnikoff

Miranda Krestovnikoff

Puffin by Miranda Krestovnikoff

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JUNE 26, 2024  •   BY Miranda Krestovnikoff

A seabird safari

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Discovering the UK's seabirds with wildlife enthusiasts from all corners of the globe (6-minute read)

Mark Stratton

Mark Stratton

Polar Bears Arctic Canada 09

JULY 18, 2024  •   BY Mark Stratton

Penguins or polar bears? First choice is yours

Your starting choice is whether to head north to the Arctic or south to Antarctica (4-minute read)

Jamie Lafferty

Jamie Lafferty

A lone Penguin in Antarctica

JULY 01, 2024  •   BY Jamie Lafferty

The last penguin

If you’re hoping to see all of the world’s 18 penguin species, there is good and bad news (6-minute read)

Rosie B Wild

Rosie B Wild

Gannet Image Rosie B Wild

MAY 15, 2024  •   BY Jos Dewing

My gannet teacher

How a British Isles expedition cruise alerted me to birding and citizen science (4-minute read)

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Crossing the Pacific on a raft, the Kon-Tiki and Tangaroa expeditions
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