Earthwatch Science in the News

Earthwatch research regularly features in leading newspapers, magazines, broadcast and digital media all over the world. The following stories are some of our highlights:

October 2009:
Science Daily Scientists discover first vegetarian spider (with help from Earthwatch volunteers)! Also featured in The Boston Globe

August 2009:
Telegraph Earthwatch scientists discover new invertebrate species in South Africa. Also featured in the Guardian.

July 2009:
Current Biology Dr Mark Huxham talks about Earthwatch supported research on mangrove ecosystems
Oxford Times
The climate champions of Wytham Woods
Credit Caroline RodgersBBC
Wytham’s Climate Change champions
Credit Caroline RodgersNational Geographic's "My Wonderful World" blog
Finding the Fossa: An interview with explorer Luke Dollar
Credit Caroline RodgersAsbury Park Press
Studying the Diamondback Terrapin

June 2009:
BBC
Dolphin 'super pod' seen in firth
Audio slide-cast: Earthwatch scientist James Crabbe talks about the impacts of climate change on coral reefs. Originally posted on Discovery Earth Live website.

May 2009:
Experience Life magazine Many of the world's most spectacular landscapes are vanishing due to climate change.

April 2009:
Smithsonian magazine
Banking on Green
Credit Caroline RodgersChronicle Herald
Small mammals, big study
Telegraph
Remote-controlled helicopters used to monitor global warming
Treehugger blog
Searching For A Pristine Forest? - Don't Hold Your Breath

March 2009:
Financial Times
Going on a trip to count Kenya’s elephants
New Scientist
Rare animals to feature on Google Earth
BBC News
'Crunch year' for world's forests
American Archaeology
Life on the Frontier
February 2009:
Oxford Today
Seeing the trees for the Woods
January 2009:
Pulse of the Planet (11 radio features)
Tracie See Monkey Do

View our 2008 articles