In the 1950s workmen digging up the south side of Trafalgar Square in the heart of London unearthed the bones of extinct mammals that roamed Britain 120,000 years ago. They included cave lions, straight-tusked elephants – and a giant herbivore known as an aurochs which is regarded as the wild ancestor of today’s domestic cattle…
Read MoreThe rhino is targeted by a posse of pick-ups. The lead vehicle accelerates across the grassland, the driver slews to a halt and, standing in the back, I watch as a silver gun barrel pokes through the open window on the passenger side.
Read MoreThe elephant urinated in a firehose gush and his mahout (driver/keeper) cheered. ‘See?’ he said in Lao, pointing at the torrent of water darkening the red-earth road. ‘It’s clear!’ The relief was infectious.
Read MoreThe trail bike kicked up a plume of dust as it approached across the high desert steppe of south-west Mongolia. Orjan Johansson dismounted, unclipping the body protectors that made him look like the action hero of a computer game.
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