Migratory species include some of the most iconic animals on the planet. From elephants roaming savannas, to ocean-crossing orcas, to birds that flock in their thousands, changing hemispheres with the seasons. Down to the smallest insects and pollinators, and even some plants, these travellers...
This is the latest entry of the Barnes’s Bestiary series, written by journalist, author, World Land Trust (WLT) ambassador and member of the WLT council Simon Barnes. See here to read all of Simon’s other entries so far. How many domestic sheep are there in the world? The answer is 1.266 billion...
This is the latest entry of the Barnes’s Bestiary series, written by journalist, author, World Land Trust (WLT) ambassador and member of the WLT council Simon Barnes. See here to read all of Simon’s other entries so far. The dramatic places of the world tend to have beasts to match: lammergeiers...
A new Caucasian Leopard has been identified for the first time in camera trap footage from Armenia’s Caucasus Wildlife Refuge (CWR). The latest arrival becomes just the fifth individual leopard to be recorded here since 2013, when our in-country partner, the Foundation for the Preservation of...
A Thaos Swallowtail butterfly, also known as the King Swallowtail, photographed at REGUA, Brazil. Image credit: Chris Knowles. “Flowers that fly and all but sing” - Robert Frost, 1923 Butterflies have been used in art for centuries, right back to Egyptian frescoes more than 3,500 years ago, and...
