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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

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

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

Why octopuses are having a cultural moment

By Tevya Turok Shapiro

Seeing conservation through a blind rhino’s eyes

Our Burning Planet

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

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

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

By Victoria O’Regan

My Baboon Teacher

South Africa

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

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

By Keith Bain

And The Octopus Goes to...

ZAPIRO

And The Octopus Goes to...

By Stephen Francis & Rico