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My Octopus Teacher

Q&A — My Octopus Teacher director on her new documentary, Pangolin: Kulu’s journey

Our Burning Planet

Q&A — My Octopus Teacher director on her new documentary, Pangolin: Kulu’s journey

by: Helen Walne

From Octopus Teacher to Amphibious Soul – filmmaker Craig Foster on why living in SA is a privilege

South Africa, Maverick Citizen, Our Burning Planet

From Octopus Teacher to Amphibious Soul – filmmaker Craig Foster on why living in SA is a privilege

by: Gunnar Oberhosel

Leading scientists declare animals to be conscious – they feel pain, joy and sadness

World, Our Burning Planet

Leading scientists declare animals to be conscious – they feel pain, joy and sadness

by: Don Pinnock

What we’re cooking today: Octopus stew

TGIFood

What we’re cooking today: Octopus stew

by: Georgina Crouth

Why octopuses are having a cultural moment

South Africa, World, Maverick Life, TGIFood, Culture

Why octopuses are having a cultural moment

by: Tevya Turok Shapiro

Seeing conservation through a blind rhino’s eyes

Our Burning Planet, DM168

Seeing conservation through a blind rhino’s eyes

by: Estelle Ellis

Penguin Town: A new way of telling sad stories could break conservation compassion fatigue

South Africa, World, Maverick Life, Our Burning Planet

Penguin Town: A new way of telling sad stories could break conservation compassion fatigue

by: Julia Evans

My Octopus Teacher: South African documentary’s Oscar triumph ‘a win for the whole country’

South Africa, Maverick Life, DM168

My Octopus Teacher: South African documentary’s Oscar triumph ‘a win for the whole country’

by: Victoria O’Regan

My Baboon Teacher

South Africa, Maverick Citizen, Our Burning Planet

My Baboon Teacher

by: Dr Jack & Curtis

Joy and ‘disbelief’ as ‘My Octopus Teacher’ gets its tentacles around Oscar – and makes history

South Africa

Joy and ‘disbelief’ as ‘My Octopus Teacher’ gets its tentacles around Oscar – and makes history

by: Victoria O’Regan

Underwater otherworld: A dive into the Cape’s kelp forests

Magazine, Maverick Life

Underwater otherworld: A dive into the Cape’s kelp forests

by: Keith Bain

And The Octopus Goes to...

Cartoons

And The Octopus Goes to...

by: Stephen Francis & Rico