The legend of the lemur must be protected at all costs – especially on GERP’s watch.

Dr. Rosa Vásquez Espinoza, Peruvian chemical biologist and former National Geographic Explorer, integrates her Andean-Amazonian heritage and learnings in traditional medicine to protect the species and spaces of the last remaining high-altitude rainforests of the Peruvian Amazon.

Cheetahs, pronghorn, peregrine falcons, and the world’s fastest fish easily outstrip even elite athletes. We look at how they run, swim, and fly as fast as they do.

A pain in the wing. Or the fin. Officially, noise pollution is ‘any unwanted or disturbing sounds that affect the health and well-being of humans and other organisms’. High in the sky, deep in the ocean, covering anything from traffic to construction, underwater sonar to boat engines and aeroplanes – if it’s loud and human-made, it’s in the club.

Everywhere, birds are becoming quieter – and it’s not just island species in trouble. Fortunately, we know how to stem the losses of our feathered friends.

Move over Batman. The Grey-headed flying fox is one of the largest species of bats. If you've found yourself downwind of a grey-headed flying fox camp, you would certainly know it!

Blinded by the light pollution: the artificial answer to nature’s sudden confusion