Yok Don national park has stopped offering elephant rides and now encourages travellers to see elephants in their natural habitat
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Five of Europe’s best wildernesses for spotting big beasts
Even on our crowded continent there are remote regions where you can still spot bears, bison, lynx, wolves and more
Underwater photographer of the year 2018 winners – in pictures
German photographer Tobias Friedrich has been named this year’s winner for his ‘perfectly lit and composed’ panorama of a wreck off the coast of Egypt, while British winner Grant Thomas captured a couple of affectionate swans
City safari: overnight with wolves and monkeys in Bristol
A stay at a new wildlife centre offers families a mini safari experience – with monkeys, a night-time wolf expedition and breakfast with giraffes
Nice to meet you: amazing new animal species discovered in 2017 – in pictures
From the Pink Floyd shrimp that makes a noise so loud it can kill small fish, to giant stick insects and new types of orangutans and gibbons, here is a round up of new animal species discovered in 2017.
The 2017 comedy wildlife photography awards
Out of 3,500 entries from across the world, this year’s funny winners include a laughing dormouse, a shocked seal, and bears caught in the act
Monkeying around in Borneo: a voluntourism trip with a difference
As news of the discovery of a new species of orangutan shines a spotlight on the threat to these great apes, our writer joins a voluntourism project in Indonesian Borneo aimed at saving them