Heather Richardson
@hg-richardson.bsky.social
📝 Freelance journalist (she/her) covering conservation, environment, travel + more for Nat Geo, Nature, BBC, etc.
📖 Writing a book about human-wildlife conflict
📍Mostly 🇬🇧 Sheffield + 🇿🇦 Cape Town
🔗 https://hg-richardson.com + instagram.com/hg_richardson
📖 Writing a book about human-wildlife conflict
📍Mostly 🇬🇧 Sheffield + 🇿🇦 Cape Town
🔗 https://hg-richardson.com + instagram.com/hg_richardson
Something I learnt today: the MGM lion's roar is actually (mostly) a tiger's roar.
"[Tigers] just sounded bigger and more majestic," wrote Mark Mangini, the audio designer responsible.
www.markmangini.com/Mark_Mangini...
"[Tigers] just sounded bigger and more majestic," wrote Mark Mangini, the audio designer responsible.
www.markmangini.com/Mark_Mangini...
November 27, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Something I learnt today: the MGM lion's roar is actually (mostly) a tiger's roar.
"[Tigers] just sounded bigger and more majestic," wrote Mark Mangini, the audio designer responsible.
www.markmangini.com/Mark_Mangini...
"[Tigers] just sounded bigger and more majestic," wrote Mark Mangini, the audio designer responsible.
www.markmangini.com/Mark_Mangini...
Thoughts?
"Perhaps fossil fuel companies will one day receive financial compensation to ease the transition away from fossil fuels – not because it is deserved, but rather as a pragmatic compromise." – theconversation.com/what-if-the-... #climatecrisis @theconversation.com
"Perhaps fossil fuel companies will one day receive financial compensation to ease the transition away from fossil fuels – not because it is deserved, but rather as a pragmatic compromise." – theconversation.com/what-if-the-... #climatecrisis @theconversation.com
What if the path to ending fossil fuels looked like the fight to end slavery?
Paying off slave owners was an imperfect compromise. But it worked.
theconversation.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Thoughts?
"Perhaps fossil fuel companies will one day receive financial compensation to ease the transition away from fossil fuels – not because it is deserved, but rather as a pragmatic compromise." – theconversation.com/what-if-the-... #climatecrisis @theconversation.com
"Perhaps fossil fuel companies will one day receive financial compensation to ease the transition away from fossil fuels – not because it is deserved, but rather as a pragmatic compromise." – theconversation.com/what-if-the-... #climatecrisis @theconversation.com
"Liberia’s peace huts...are a visible example of how women can contribute to sustaining peace. Adapted from the traditional Liberian palava hut system, peace huts provide spaces for dialogue, mediation of disputes and the sharing of information." – theconversation.com/involving-wo...
Involving women in peace deals reduces chance of a conflict restarting by up to 37%
A comprehensive study of recent civil wars highlights the role women can play in sustainable peace processes.
theconversation.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"Liberia’s peace huts...are a visible example of how women can contribute to sustaining peace. Adapted from the traditional Liberian palava hut system, peace huts provide spaces for dialogue, mediation of disputes and the sharing of information." – theconversation.com/involving-wo...
South Africa's currently struggling to diversify its tourism industry, with Cape Town and Kruger the only places to have surpassed 2019 levels. Here's what tourists are missing out on: www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/artic... #SouthAfrica #tourism
10 must-see sights in South Africa—beyond Kruger National Park and Cape Town
From visiting ancient rock art to sipping wine while on safari, here are the best things to see outside of the most touristed hot spots.
www.nationalgeographic.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:20 AM
South Africa's currently struggling to diversify its tourism industry, with Cape Town and Kruger the only places to have surpassed 2019 levels. Here's what tourists are missing out on: www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/artic... #SouthAfrica #tourism
As a long-time reader of @thecontinent.org, I'm excited to see their new pub!
Interview with @siphok.bsky.social about the new @thefridaypaper.bsky.social here:
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/pan-afr... @reutersinstitute.bsky.social
Interview with @siphok.bsky.social about the new @thefridaypaper.bsky.social here:
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/pan-afr... @reutersinstitute.bsky.social
From pan-African to South African: The team behind 'The Continent' launches a second WhatsApp newspaper
The Friday Paper’s first edition opens with the story of a theft: the theft of the newspaper. Or, more accurately, of the laptop on which the final version of the pilot edition was stored. Fortunately...
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
October 22, 2025 at 5:30 AM
As a long-time reader of @thecontinent.org, I'm excited to see their new pub!
Interview with @siphok.bsky.social about the new @thefridaypaper.bsky.social here:
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/pan-afr... @reutersinstitute.bsky.social
Interview with @siphok.bsky.social about the new @thefridaypaper.bsky.social here:
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/pan-afr... @reutersinstitute.bsky.social
Reposted by Heather Richardson
Deadly Israeli attacks have continued across Gaza as US VP and other officials visit Israel for ceasefire talks.
More Palestinians killed in Gaza as US officials visit Israel for talks
Deadly Israeli attacks have continued across Gaza as US VP and other officials visit Israel for ceasefire talks.
bit.ly
October 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Deadly Israeli attacks have continued across Gaza as US VP and other officials visit Israel for ceasefire talks.
Is anyone optimistic about this year's COP? Some ideas from Francesco Grillo on how the summit could perform better: theconversation.com/why-climate-... #climate #COP30
Why climate summits fail – and three ways to save them
The UN and its climate conferences are slow, cumbersome and undemocratic.
theconversation.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Is anyone optimistic about this year's COP? Some ideas from Francesco Grillo on how the summit could perform better: theconversation.com/why-climate-... #climate #COP30
Reposted by Heather Richardson
Fantastic piece by @hg-richardson.bsky.social. The crane example is just cool, and you can find more info about the Doñana one here: globalchangeeco.com/icom (soon to move to its own website), with @lifewatcheric.bsky.social
📢 How can "digital twins" help with wildlife management?
This article in Nature highlights several examples — one of them is Doñana National Park, where a complex digital twin is being built to mirror its ecosystems and support data-based conservation. 🌿🦩
This article in Nature highlights several examples — one of them is Doñana National Park, where a complex digital twin is being built to mirror its ecosystems and support data-based conservation. 🌿🦩
Digital flocks, predators allow ecologists to simulate real-world animal behaviour
‘Digital twins’ of real-world objects are moving from manufacturing to wildlife management.
www.nature.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Fantastic piece by @hg-richardson.bsky.social. The crane example is just cool, and you can find more info about the Doñana one here: globalchangeeco.com/icom (soon to move to its own website), with @lifewatcheric.bsky.social
‘Digital twins’ of real-world objects are moving from manufacturing to wildlife management.
go.nature.com/4nZa6Qk
go.nature.com/4nZa6Qk
Digital flocks, predators allow ecologists to simulate real-world animal behaviour
‘Digital twins’ of real-world objects are moving from manufacturing to wildlife management.
go.nature.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:47 AM
"There’s a suggestion here, then, that the pricing of hardbacks is made with altruistic intent by publishers to make booksellers look generous" –
www.thebookseller.com/comment/rich... #books #bookselling via @thebookseller.com
www.thebookseller.com/comment/rich... #books #bookselling via @thebookseller.com
Osman's sums don't add up
Despite widespread belief, indies just can't afford to discount books.
www.thebookseller.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:27 AM
"There’s a suggestion here, then, that the pricing of hardbacks is made with altruistic intent by publishers to make booksellers look generous" –
www.thebookseller.com/comment/rich... #books #bookselling via @thebookseller.com
www.thebookseller.com/comment/rich... #books #bookselling via @thebookseller.com
This is all kinds of awful: theconversation.com/israeli-doct... via @theconversation.com #humanrights
September 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This is all kinds of awful: theconversation.com/israeli-doct... via @theconversation.com #humanrights
Sadly satisfying 📧
September 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Sadly satisfying 📧
"...where wildlife tourism has led to overcrowding or habitat degradation, demand often remains disconnected from the reality on the ground." news.mongabay.com/2025/09/in-b... via @mongabay.com #tourism #conservation
In Brazil’s Pantanal, too many tourists may be the jaguar’s new predator
PORTO JOFRE, Brazil — When Oscar de Morais isn’t out tracking jaguars, you’ll find him aboard his houseboat moored along the banks of the São Lourenço River. He sits beneath a mosquito net on two stac...
news.mongabay.com
September 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"...where wildlife tourism has led to overcrowding or habitat degradation, demand often remains disconnected from the reality on the ground." news.mongabay.com/2025/09/in-b... via @mongabay.com #tourism #conservation
"Beyond numbers and compliance reports, men like Bernado and Bruiners stress what is at stake: a way of life that connects families to the sea and creates a deep respect for nature."
On a shift away from #fortressconservation in #SouthAfrica:
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
On a shift away from #fortressconservation in #SouthAfrica:
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
‘To look after nature, you look after people’ — indigenous Tsitsikamma anglers speak of their connection to the ocean
Local indigenous anglers Edward Bernado (71) and Henrico Bruiners (61) of Tsitsikamma describe angling not just as a way to catch fish, but as an ancestral practice that connects them to the sea, to n...
www.dailymaverick.co.za
September 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"Beyond numbers and compliance reports, men like Bernado and Bruiners stress what is at stake: a way of life that connects families to the sea and creates a deep respect for nature."
On a shift away from #fortressconservation in #SouthAfrica:
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
On a shift away from #fortressconservation in #SouthAfrica:
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
"If [mirror life] is achieved and Pandora’s box opens it could pose extraordinary risks. Mirror bacteria could evade our immune systems, confound our medicines and escape many of nature’s checks and balances."
Gift article link: on.ft.com/41xRvBX #biology #science
Gift article link: on.ft.com/41xRvBX #biology #science
The race to stop mirror organisms
If created, these versions of the building blocks of life could lead to environmental and ecological disaster
on.ft.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
"If [mirror life] is achieved and Pandora’s box opens it could pose extraordinary risks. Mirror bacteria could evade our immune systems, confound our medicines and escape many of nature’s checks and balances."
Gift article link: on.ft.com/41xRvBX #biology #science
Gift article link: on.ft.com/41xRvBX #biology #science
"Eighteen people have been arrested after a police force sent out female undercover officers posing as joggers to catch men harassing women while they are out exercising." 🙌 via @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... #running
Surrey police pose as joggers to catch men harassing women out exercising
Undercover female officers deployed in pilot scheme to tackle catcalling, resulting in 18 arrests
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2025 at 6:13 AM
"Eighteen people have been arrested after a police force sent out female undercover officers posing as joggers to catch men harassing women while they are out exercising." 🙌 via @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... #running
"Hundreds of authors claim they are collectively owed more than £600,000. Some individuals say they are owed tens of thousands of pounds each." On the Unbound collapse: observer.co.uk/news/busines... via @theobserveruk.bsky.social #publishing
Death of a publishing dream: how the Unbound revolution b...
The literary disrupters enjoyed great success with their crowdfunding model, signing authors that other publishers overlooked. And then the money ran out…
observer.co.uk
August 14, 2025 at 6:03 AM
"Hundreds of authors claim they are collectively owed more than £600,000. Some individuals say they are owed tens of thousands of pounds each." On the Unbound collapse: observer.co.uk/news/busines... via @theobserveruk.bsky.social #publishing
I love random stuff like this. 😂
📍Emo’s Puddle, Sofia. (Sadly dry on my pilgrimage.)
maps.app.goo.gl/sg7vhA93XbnY... #travel #Sofia #Bulgaria
📍Emo’s Puddle, Sofia. (Sadly dry on my pilgrimage.)
maps.app.goo.gl/sg7vhA93XbnY... #travel #Sofia #Bulgaria
August 8, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I love random stuff like this. 😂
📍Emo’s Puddle, Sofia. (Sadly dry on my pilgrimage.)
maps.app.goo.gl/sg7vhA93XbnY... #travel #Sofia #Bulgaria
📍Emo’s Puddle, Sofia. (Sadly dry on my pilgrimage.)
maps.app.goo.gl/sg7vhA93XbnY... #travel #Sofia #Bulgaria
On the failure of Jonathan Oppenheimer’s Brenthurst Foundation – by @simonallison.bsky.social for @thecontinent.org
Read it (for free) here: thecontinent.org/subscribe
Read it (for free) here: thecontinent.org/subscribe
August 2, 2025 at 6:42 AM
On the failure of Jonathan Oppenheimer’s Brenthurst Foundation – by @simonallison.bsky.social for @thecontinent.org
Read it (for free) here: thecontinent.org/subscribe
Read it (for free) here: thecontinent.org/subscribe
Images like this will always blow my mind.
"Unlike previous images, which contain just a handful of hues, this one features thousands of colours, representing stars, gas [and] dust". – www.nature.com/immersive/d4... #space #science
"Unlike previous images, which contain just a handful of hues, this one features thousands of colours, representing stars, gas [and] dust". – www.nature.com/immersive/d4... #space #science
July 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Images like this will always blow my mind.
"Unlike previous images, which contain just a handful of hues, this one features thousands of colours, representing stars, gas [and] dust". – www.nature.com/immersive/d4... #space #science
"Unlike previous images, which contain just a handful of hues, this one features thousands of colours, representing stars, gas [and] dust". – www.nature.com/immersive/d4... #space #science