Jes Gruner was excited when he told me over the phone that the lions had made their first kill. A week after their release into the Akagera National Park in the northeast of Rwanda, the lions took down a waterbuck on the lakeshore and were gorging themselves on the carcass. Gruner, the Park Manager of […]
Number 30,001
With approximately 30,000 lions left on the planet, lets hope that a renewed interest from our species will help preserve his species for the future. Give this little guy a fighting chance for survival. Celebrate World Lion Day. #Worldlionday Nikon D4s. Nikon 200-400mm – ISO 800 f4 @ 1/180 sec – Lexar Media – © […]
POLL: When bears kill humans should they be slaughtered?
A mother grizzly bear and her two baby cubs may be put to death if a DNA test proves she was responsible for killing and eating a hiker in America’s Yellowstone National Park. The three bears are awaiting the results of a lab test but their case has already sparked cries of outrage from nature […]
Marl Pennant
When it comes to dragonlfies, perhaps the Marl Pennant seems rather plain. However, I think there’s a simple beauty to them that makes it so I very much enjoy finding and photographing them. However, I think the females, being a bit lighter in color, are a little more fun.
Night parrot capture and tagging hailed as ‘holy grail’ moment for bird lovers
The elusive night parrot, a species thought to be extinct for about 100 years, has finally been captured and tagged by scientists as part of a pioneering project to safeguard the remaining ground-dwelling birds. Aside from two dead parrots found over the past 25 years, the night parrot had not been captured since the 1890s […]
A walk in New Jersey
I took a nice long walk in New Jersey today. I was about an hour’s drive from New York City in Hopewell. It looked like this…
POLL: Should the trophy hunting of giraffes be banned?
A big-game trophy collector from Idaho has been criticised by animal rights activists over online images of herself posed with the carcasses of a giraffe and other wildlife she killed during a recent guided hunt in South Africa. Sabrina Corgatelli, an accountant for Idaho State University, appeared on NBC’s Today show on Monday to defend […]
Boyero ala amarilla (Golden-winged Cacique) Cacicus chrysopterus
Habiendo terminado de descargar nuestro equipaje en la posada me dispuse a salir al patio con la cámara para ver que podía fotografiar mientras el resto de los amigos acomodaban sus cosas en la habitación; cuando miro hacia la izquierda del patio veo que Javier me ganó de mano y ya estaba instalado cerca del […]