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OCTOBER 25, 2024 • BY Mark Stratton

The Frontier town where polar bears do jail time

Churchill, an arctic port town in Canada, has a facility to hold polar bears that come into town. But it is not a straightforward progression that melting sea ice is increasing their visits downtown. (5-minute read)

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MAY 15, 2024 • BY Jos Dewing, FRGS

My gannet teacher

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

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JUNE 29, 2024 • BY Saunders CB

Krill: the planet's smallest influencers?

How an off-course expedition cruise in Antarctica and a tiny crustacean activated my ambassadorship of the planet (10-minute read)

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JULY 14, 2024 • BY Melissa Hobson

A whale of a time

Seeing a whale in the wild can be a once-in-a-lifetime experience for some and has others coming back year after year for more. It’s important to get it right (10-minute read)

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)

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JANUARY 06, 2025 • BY Mark Stratton

Whales - the senior citizens of our global seas

New research has found southern right-whales are capable of living over 150 years, which has implications about how we view whales and how to conserve them. (9-minute read)