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The Great Nature Trail

Six wild, true hearted adventures across oceans, savannas and skies. Follow the dotted trail and stop at every numbered camp to read a story.

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A giant tortoise gliding through a bright coral reef
1
Saint Helena · Atlantic Ocean

Jonathan, the Tortoise Who Remembered the World

Meet the oldest animal on Earth, a giant tortoise who has watched the world change for almost 200 years.

A crocodile resting at the water’s edge
💧 Water hole

Did you know?

Crocodiles grow over 3,000 teeth in their lifetime. It takes about 20 months for a full mouth of teeth to be replaced. So a 75 year old crocodile may have had 45 sets of teeth!

A humpback whale rising through the sea
2
San Francisco Bay · Pacific Coast

Humphrey the Lost Whale

A curious humpback whale takes a wrong turn into a busy city river. Can whale songs guide him back to the open sea?

A giraffe stretching out its long dark tongue
💧 Water hole

Did you know?

A giraffe's tongue can grow up to 50 centimetres long and is a deep bluish-black colour. It is a built in defence that stops the tongue getting sunburned while it strips leaves from high trees all day.

An elephant crossing the dry savanna
3
Tsavo National Park · Kenya

Tembo’s Secret Water Path

When the worst drought anyone remembers strikes the savanna, a young elephant follows his grandmother’s wisdom to find hidden water.

A close-up of an elephant’s trunk
💧 Water hole

Did you know?

An elephant's trunk is packed with over 40,000 individual muscles. The entire human body has only around 650. Strong enough to rip branches off trees, yet precise enough to pick up a single blade of grass.

Flocks overhead
Birds gathering over Lake Naivasha
4
Lake Naivasha · Kenya

Pendo and the Map of Missing Birds

The birds of Lake Naivasha have gone quiet. One girl, one notebook and one map set out to solve the mystery.

Two hyena cubs playing together
💧 Water hole

Did you know?

In a hyena clan, when two female cubs are born at the same time, only one is raised to become queen.

Asha’s forest
Eyes in the sky
A young explorer in space watching Earth and satellites
5
Nairobi · Kenya

Asha and the Sky That Sees Everything

With satellite pictures from space, a girl in Nairobi discovers her favourite forest is shrinking and rallies her whole neighbourhood.

Ocean currents swirling across the open sea
💧 Water hole

Did you know?

Ocean currents are hugely important. They distribute the sun's heat around the planet and keep our climate favourable.

A Lamu dhow
A mangrove forest growing out of the sea on the Lamu coast
6
Lamu Coast · Kenya

Sami and the Secret Mangrove Forest

A chase after a sapphire crab leads Sami into a whispering forest that grows out of the sea and a secret worth protecting.

Trail’s end

Base Camp: Games & Wonders

You made it! Rest your feet, play a game, and stuff your pockets with strange and wonderful facts.

Young explorers resting at base camp beneath a great mountain

Explorer Activities

Nature Scavenger Hunt — find different leaves, birds and insects in your backyard or park, and work out how each one helps the environment.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Challenge — track and reduce waste at home for a week, then make an artwork using only recycled materials.
Wildlife Watching Journal — observe birds, butterflies or small creatures and note their colours, behaviours and habitat.
Match the Targets to Their Icons — match key goals from the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, like protecting 30% of land and sea, to their icons.

Fun & Games

Match the Animal to Its Habitat — draw lines connecting dolphins, gorillas and penguins to their natural homes.
Eco-Hero Quiz — are you a Wildlife Warrior, an Ocean Defender or a Forest Guardian?
Storytelling Challenge — write or draw your own nature adventure and how you would help the planet.
Nature Yoga & Movement — learn poses inspired by the butterfly, the tree and the turtle.
Cover of the upcoming comic Guardians of the Wild
Coming soon
The next issue

Guardians of the Wild

Three friends, one promise: to save the planet one adventure at a time. Each protects a corner of the living world, together guarding the wild places that keep us all alive.

🌊 Guardian of the Seascape🌳 Guardian of the Forests🐾 Guardian of Biodiversity
Issue #1 · On the way 🚀