Megan Shersby

Editorial and digital co-ordinator at BBC Wildlife Magazine, and countryfile.com

Editorial and digital co-ordinator at BBC Wildlife Magazine. I manage a couple of sections in the magazine, alongside the websites discoverwildlife.com and countryfile.com, plus social media.

Recent articles by Megan Shersby

Western lowland gorilla dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years, in Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. © Fiona Rogers/Getty

Guide to tautonyms, triple tautonyms, and binomial nomenclature

Sir David Attenborough. © Sam Barker/BBC

When is Extinction: The Facts on TV?

Dara McAnulty and Benedict Macdonald announced as winners of 2020 Wainwright Prize

Giant horned frog tadpole. © Benjamin Tapley/ZSL

DNA detective work to match unusual tadpoles to adult frogs

Common pipistrelle bat. © Hugh Clark/www.bats.org.uk

BatFest: what it is, when it’s on, and how to take part

Red underwing moth. © Peter Maton

Moth Night: what and when it is, how to take part, and which species to target

Himalayan mountains in clouds in Nepal. © BBC

When is Mindful Escapes: Breathe, Release, Restore on TV?

A Somali sengi at Assamo in Djibouti. © Steven Heritage

A sengi species ‘lost’ for half a century has been rediscovered in a surprising location

Virtual Birdfair

Birdfair goes virtual for 2020

David Attenborough. © Sarah Dunn/BBC

When is Planet Earth: A Celebration on TV?

Iolo in Elan Valley.

When is Iolo: The Last Wilderness of Wales on TV?

An endangered tiger in western Thailand caught on camera. © DNP/Panthera/ZSL/RCU

New tigers spotted in western Thailand for the first time in four years

10-13 Winner Oliver Sander

Winners of children’s Antarctic stamp competition announced

Caterpillar. © Wayne Kliewer

New invertebrate photography competition launched

The Cape or ground pangolin in Zimbabwe. © Christopher Scott/Getty

Pangolin scales can still be legally traded and used in China