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A major festival exploring the relationship between mental health and environmental change begins today at Wellcome Collection in London. Over four days, the Land Body Ecologies Festival fills five floors of the attraction with free art installations, workshops, talks, films and performances. This sensory, communal and reflective sharing is the culmination of two years of … Read more
A herd of 15 elephants have recently been spotted having a nap in a forest in Kunming, China’s southern Yunnan province, after travelling 500km. The group of Asian elephants have been travelling through villages, towns and cities in southwest China for the past year, wreaking mild havoc along the way as they break into farms … Read more
A brand new documentary series, Planet Defenders, follows six young filmmakers as they go on a mission to discover more about the threats faced by endangered wildlife and what can be done to protect them. Made for CBBC by the BBC’s Natural History Unit, each film features a specific animal story or wildlife issue that … Read more
It’s World Elephant Day today and Elephants for Africa, the conservation charity based in Botswana, is standing alongside the celebration with their continued mission to build on conservation work being developed through research and education with local communities. Elephants for Africa, which is an associate of World Elephant Day, develops its research from its study site in the … Read more
World leading conservationists are launching a global campaign to combat the illegal trade in wildlife – and are calling on members of the public to help solve the crisis. Chester Zoo in Cheshire is leading the initiative in Europe in a battle to save hundreds of species threatened with extinction. The illegal wildlife trade is worth … Read more
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