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A rare crocodile in Côte d’Ivoire, five Himalayan pit vipers.
Christine Kouman has studied the West African slender-snouted crocodile for over a decade; new genetic work splits what was thought to be one Himalayan pit viper into five distinct species; and the Trump administration reversed plans to dismantle a $368-million ocean monitoring network after bipartisan pushback.
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Tenth walking shark catalogued in Papua New Guinea’s coastal shallows.
A walking shark swimming across seagrass and coral reefs has been named from Milne Bay; Brazil’s yearlong campaign has cut new mining scars across Yanomami land by 99 per cent; and poachers in Naples are stripping entire sea-urchin colonies in single nocturnal raids, leaving predators with nothing to hunt.
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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.
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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