Immersion in the heart of the forest, with forest engineer Ernst Zürcher, an unusual scientist giving as much credit to ancestral beliefs as to his scientific knowledge. Intermingling science and ...

Where do trees come from, how old are they when they are alive, when did they die when all we are left with are their remains: The dendrochronologist 's job is to answer all these questions, and with ...

Winter in the hills of the Côte d'Azur and Liguriais brightened by the froth of countless yellow mimosa blossoms. Feted, cultivated, visited, the mimosa is today the symbol of an entire region. ...

Olga Letykai Csonka is a shaman from Chukotka, in the far north-east of Russia. For more than 20 years, she has been living in Switzerland, but her heart and soul remain deeply connected to her ...

Can children learn under a tree the same way they would sitting on a chair in a classroom? Spending 100% school time out in the forest: is this just possible? And to what benefit? For one year, a ...

In the North of Ecuador, the Los Yaltes ecological reserve is an endangered forest. French film-maker Philippe Moulin has dedicated 25 years of his life to saving Los Yaltes from deforestation, ...

Follow one of the on-site vets behind theenclosures at Basel Zoo. Learn all about theanimals and the people who care for them ina model zoo that has carried out pioneeringreproduction programmes ...

A media star, adulated by sponsors, Mike Horn has been travelling across the globe in search of new extreme exploits for three decades. But who really is the South African-born adventurer? Why and ...

Alongside legendary wildlife photographers like Vincent Munier, many amateurs scrutinize the beauty of the wild to transcribe its magic. Vincent Chabloz is one of them. An upholsterer-decorator ...

Acute mountain sickness is as much a problem for experienced alpine climbers and mountaineers as for tourists on a trekking tour. Symptoms range from simple headaches with nausea to complications ...