Kirsten Henton
Travel writer
Recent articles by Kirsten Henton
Here's why 15 giant birds were just translocated to Patagonia National Park
It's all part of the first international rewilding project to help save Darwin’s rheas in South America.
10 strange and bizarre underground animals that live beneath our feet
Discover the animals that inhabit the subterranean world we rarely see
Rare onagers return to Saudi Arabia after century-long absence
The Persian onager fills the desert niche left by its extinct relative.
These lions were tracked for eight years through the vast plains of Zambia – now researchers have found something
The study was conducted in Zambia’s Greater Kafue National Park and involved 358 lions.
This bizarre tree-dwelling animal from California just got even weirder – and there's footage to prove it
Scientists have discovered that a strange creature, known for its incredible skydiving leaps through the redwood trees of north-west California, has blood-powered toes. And they think they know why
The world’s largest wildlife crossing is now standing in California – and it's absolutely huge
The structure crosses a 10-lane freeway and has been built to help protect all sorts of wildlife, including mountain lions, bobcats, coyotes, mule deer, black bears, Pacific gopher snakes and crocodile lizards.
What happens when you release 13 huge hamsters into the Danube Delta? A lot, apparently...
The hamsters, released as part of a project to revive the ecology of the Tarutino Steppe in Ukraine, are 30cm long and can weigh more than 500g.