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I took an expedition cruise from Iceland to Greenland and it was the trip of a lifetime

Rainbow-covered glaciers, hundreds of humpback whales and a lucky eclipse sighting – Jake Hall spotted some of the world’s most phenomenal natural sights on board a New Scientist Discovery Tour Bookmark popover Removed from bookmarksClose popover Get the Travel Insider newsletter for tips, deals, and inspiration from our global travel editor Email *SIGN UP As the sky

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Women farmers in Sumatra find a gentler way to keep elephants at bay

On the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, in the buffer zone of a national park, a women-led farming group has come up with a solution to reduce encounters with elephants. Deforestation and oil palm encroachment have stripped Tesso Nilo National Park of more than three-quarters of its old-growth forest. This has forced the park’s roughly 150 Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus

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