Topic: Conservation

Raining like a mountain

Electric fences are going up around Kenya's forested mountaintops. Is this the only way to keep Africa's water flowing?

Who killed Knut?

The death of a beloved polar bear casts the logic of zoos in a cold light. Are they safe havens or places of sacrifice?

Once the wild is gone

Nature conservation is still obsessed with the pristine. It needs to learn to love this mongrel world