National Geographic Soapbox Science

Nature Documentaries


Cegonha-branca: entre a igreja e o penhasco

By Pedro Miguel Ferreira and Joaquim Pedro Ferreira, RTP1 (Portugal, 2023) · Watch

Quand passent les oiseaux (Ein Himmel voller Vögel)

By Thierry Ragobert, ARTE (France, Belgium, Germany, 2021) · Watch

Morcegos – entre o mistério e a ciência

By Luísa Rodrigues, Bruno Pinto and Manuel Anselmo Assunção (Portugal, 2015) · Watch

News Articles and Podcasts


Les déchets plastiques présents dans les nids d'oiseaux à l'origine d'enchevêtrements mortels pour les oisillons

Le Monde (France, 2025) · Link

Cordas sintéticas usadas pelas cegonhas nos ninhos estão a matar as crias

Público (Portugal, 2025) · Link

Killer in the nest: how young storks are being strangled by plastic

The Guardian (UK, 2025) · Link

Ser migradora ou não: cegonhas definem comportamento para a vida logo nos primeiros 4 anos

Wilder (Portugal, 2025) · Link

While young vultures gad about, older ones prefer to stay home

Times of Israel (Israel, 2024) · Link

Cegonhas-pretas ou as primas tímidas

National Geographic Portugal (Portugal, 2024) · Link

Ep. 127 - Marta Acácio e os projectos Birds on the Move e EUFLYNET

Podcast "A viagem do maçarico" (Portugal, 2024) · Listen

Marta Acácio: Reducing human waste is protecting the health of animals and humans

French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (France, 2024) · Link

Os aterros sanitários e os invernos mais amenos fazem com que as cegonhas sejam residentes em Portugal o ano todo

Podcast and written piece, Visão Verde (Portugal, 2021) · Link

Cinco curiosidades sobre a migração das cegonhas portuguesas

Wilder (Portugal, 2020) · Link

Duas cegonhas-pretas juvenis marcadas no Douro Internacional

Wilder (Portugal, 2020) · Link

Ces cigognes que ne migrent plus

Le Figaro (France, 2018) · Link

Blog Posts


Are you becoming a creature of habit with age? You're aging fine like a Griffon Vulture!

Vulture Conservation Foundation Blog (2024) · Link

Who has a voice at scientific conferences? Gender equality during the 2023 European Ornithologists' Union conference

British Ornithologists' Union Blog (UK, 2023) · Link

Surfing the blue wave: Do changes in surface water drive the movement of Shoebills?

British Ornithologists' Union Blog (UK, 2021) · Link

Science Festivals


When I grow up, I want to be a Biologist!

Science communication activity, Escola Básica Frei André da Veiga, Santiago do Cacém (Portugal, 2024)

Do White Storks still migrate?

Presentation, Sagres Birdwatching Festival (Portugal, 2020 & 2021)

A year in the life of a Black Stork

Presentation, Sagres Birdwatching Festival (Portugal, 2021)

Leader of nocturnal birds' guided tour and part of the bird ringing team

Bioblitz Tapada da Ajuda (Portugal, 2021)

Fly another day: Spying on the incredible journeys of migratory birds

Soapbox Science Presentation (UK, 2020)

Fly – The Bird Migration Game

Stand, Norwich Science Festival (UK, 2019 & 2020)