Megan Shersby

Editorial Assistant

Editorial assistant at BBC Wildlife Magazine. I manage a couple of sections in the magazine, alongside the website and social media.

Recent articles by Megan Shersby

© Yongqing Bao/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Fox and marmot standoff image wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2019

Mountain chicken frog. © Durrell/ZSL

Safe haven created for Critically Endangered frog

Common seal and pup. © Graham Mee/RSPB

Seal pups counted in the Thames

Common quail caught in a mist net. © Watter AlBahry

Millions of wild birds illegally killed or taken in the Middle East

A malnourished frog. © Ministry of Housing and Urbanism of Chile

Dramatic rescue mission for rare frogs

Short-eared owl found shot in the Peak District that had to be put to sleep. © RSPB

Birdcrime 2018 report reveals persecution of birds of prey

A female long-tailed blue butterfly. © Neil Hulme/Butterfly Conservation

Climate change causes invasion of Mediterranean butterfly in the UK

Barrel jellyfish. © Dan Abbott

New jellyfish citizen science project launches

Large heath butterfly bred at Chester Zoo previously released in Lancashire.

Rare butterfly to be reintroduced

Bald eagle sitting in a tree. © Jay Peterson/Getty

US government changes Endangered Species Act

Big headed turtle. © ZSL London Zoo

Unusual turtles find a new home after smuggling ordeal

Lion cubs. © Geoff Bell/John Downer Productions/BBC

When is Serengeti on TV?

The St Helena olive became extinct in 2003. © Rebecca Cairns-Wicks

Hundreds of plants wiped out in the last 250 years

Swift Cambridgeshire. © Ben Andrew/RSPB

Swifts arriving later than usual due to bad weather

Festival of Nature. © BNHC

Festival of Nature set to flourish