Extreme weather photographer and storm chaser Jim Reed has spent the last 20 years being as close as possible, and perhaps closer than is advisable, to the most extreme meteorological events.
Covering disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Ike, Reed’s book Storm Chaser: A Photographer’s Journey documents his time in the field.
Surviving the [...]
A Delhi University researcher, Dr. S. D. Biju of Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems has discovered the specialized nestbuilding capabilities of an Indian tree frog Rhacophorus lateralis in its natural habitat at Kalpetta in Kerala’s Wayanad district.
The nesting method of this rare frog species is unique — a purse-like nest is made [...]
A crying face is revealed in an ice cap located on Nordaustlandet in the Svalbard archipelago in Norway.
A melting glacier has amazingly taken on the form of a face — worryingly resembling Mother Nature in tears at the state of our planet.
The stunning image shocked onlookers who felt the vivid pattern in the [...]
This amazing image shows five-year-old motherly chimp Anjana with Sierra, a nine-week-old puma cub on August 26, 2009.
The adorable kitty is the latest arrival at The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (T.I.G.E.R.S) Preserve in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Orphaned Anjana, a female chimpanzee, lives with the resident feline curator at T.I.G.E.R.S who [...]
Photogrpaher and conservationist Rob Lott travelled to Patagonia (a geographic region containing the southernmost portion of South America) to study and photograph the foraging behaviour of 18 orcas (a.k.a. killer whales).
Of the 18 only 7 have mastered the stranding behaviour whereby the orca enter the shallow surf to feed on seal pups.
During [...]
