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Mediterranean Massacre
Richard Ellis
1st October, 2003
Seeing bluefin tuna gaffed is like watching a thoroughbred racehorse being hacked to death with an axe. more...
The magnificent bluefin tuna
Richard Ellis
1st October, 2003
Richard Ellis celebrates the beauty of one of nature’s most miraculous, and least appreciated creatures – the bluefin tuna. more...
The Water Hyacinth
Tom Hargreaves
1st October, 2003
This beautiful but deadly plant proliferates in lakes across Africa – choking everything in its path. Why, asks Tom Hargreaves, have all attempts to manage it failed? more...
Seahorses
Davina Langdale
2nd June, 2003
Bizarrely formed and practising one of nature’s most mysterious parenting methods, the seahorse is the victim of an international trade that kills 20 million of them every year. By Davina Langdale more...
Whale songs drowned out by navy sonars
The Ecologist
1st February, 2003
Navy vs the Whales. They have the most mysterious and beautiful songs in the natural world. But now they are dying, drowned out by the deafening roar of Western navies’ new sonar devices.more...
Running with gorillas
Beatrice Newbery and Ian Player
9th June, 2000
If trends continue the world’s great apes are doomed to extinction. But one unique rehabilitation project in West Africa is challenging this bleak picture. Beatrice Newbery reportsmore...


