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Mount Everest summits surge past 900 as mangrove forests stage global comeback.
More than 900 climbers reached Everest’s summit in 2026 amid unusually stable weather, while satellite data reveals mangrove forests rebounding worldwide after decades of decline. Wildlife responds to human presence across 37 species, a coronal mass ejection may brush Earth tomorrow, and scientists document 24 new marine species in the South Atlantic’s midwater zone.
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A rare crown, and a squid in the dark.
Five stories this week, drawn from adventure, exploration, conservation and the natural world. A climber completes a rare set of summits. A giant squid is found off Australia without anyone laying eyes on it. And in the Cairngorms, a wildcat written off only a few years ago is raising kittens in the wild.
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Crossing the Darién Gap: cartels, jungle and hostage training, with Daniel Eggington
The Colombian military just took Daniel Eggington’s passport. A boat waited at dawn. He’d been hiding in a top-floor room in Juradó for ten days, slipping out only at night to meet his fixer. From the town you could hear…
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Kayaking the Mangoky, Madagascar’s longest river, with Oscar Scafidi
The frame crashes into the back of his head again. Oscar stumbles, catches himself, adjusts the unwieldy birchwood skeleton strapped to his shoulders. It rocks with every step — two and a half metres of folded Klepper kayak, jutting above…
What stayed with them — that is the centre of every conversation.
Adventure Diaries is a long-form interview podcast covering exploration, wildlife and conservation. Each episode goes deep on one person, one story, and what they came back with.
Hosted by Chris Watson, recorded in Scotland, edited by hand.
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