Em Witcutt

Discover how work to protect one of the world’s biggest marine reserves is making waves for women too.

The horror of a pandemic unfolding from one chick to entire seabird colonies - shortlisted for The Nature Writing Prize for Working Class Writers

Tackling the inequalities faced by women in the conservation sector

I work in conservation. At least I think I do. Or I used to. At this point, I’m not sure....

Happy World Seabird Day!!

The horror of marine plastic impacting even the world's most remote seabird chicks

There comes a time in every young albatross' life when they enter the 'slightly awkward teenager' phase...

Dangling from some of the world's remotest sea cliffs to remove a invasive plant, one that's probably growing just outside your front door.

Gough Island, 'The Mountains in the Sea', was quite the place to call home.

More people should know about Prions. Blue, burrow dwelling, and with mouths full of the same baleen sheets as a Humpback whale, it's unlikely you'll ever come across one.

Monitoring the breeding attempts of a Tristan Albatross colony in the face of relentless rodent attacks.

Antarctic terns; a Valentine's Day celebration of true commitment.

Life in a Sub-antarctic Fur Seal colony is a smelly affair, but one that gives us insights into their marine environment.

The first chicks of the year hatch for Gough's Atlantic Yellow-Nosed Albatrosses!

If there’s one bird not to mess with on Gough, it’s the Tristan Skua.

The daily toil to build a decades-long picture of our albatrosses.

My time in Gola Rainforest began very abruptly, with just about three weeks between being offered the job and heading off to start it, wondering what on earth I'd let myself in for over the next two months.