Tag Archive | "wildlife"
Animals Menace Photographers
On the one hand, being a wildlife photographer sounds like the greatest job in the world. Travelling to far-flung destinations in search of amazing fauna, then getting all outdoorsy as you prepare to take the perfect animal shot. On the other hand, however, one might foresee certain risks attached to the profession, not least for those trying to take pictures of the larger, more aggressive or carnivorous of our creature kin – and particularly when going in for a close-up.
Continue reading...Mountain Biking through the Mashatu Game Reserve
Monday, August 10, 2009
Darkness was creeping in, and with it the first traces of fear. The opening stage in the tour was only about 20 km long, but with less than an hour of daylight before the big cats would get active, everyone knew they needed to hurry up. Despite precautions like thorn-proof green slime for their wheels, yellow-flowered devil thorns ensured the riders were as plagued by flat tyres as they were by mosquitoes – and this was no time for a hold-up.
Continue reading...Animals Poke Fun at Photographers
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
We humans love to take pictures of animals, and strive to elicit "ooohs" and "awwws" from our friends. But what about the animals and how they're feeling when we decide to invade their space and point flashbulbs in their faces? Well, it seems that sometimes our furry friends really don't appreciate our paparazzi ways and fight back by refusing to sit pretty. The thing is, it doesn't stop, but encourages us, and somehow the snapshots still end up cute as ever.
Continue reading...Happy Dragonfly
Friday, September 19, 2008
While out for a stroll in the UK’s Peak District, Mark Manders discovered this happy-looking dragonfly and quickly snapped some shots on his camera phone (good advert for the phone, eh – and no, we don’t know what make it was).
Continue reading...Did Pandas Know The Earthquake Was Coming?
Friday, May 16, 2008
Image from avlxyz It’s been well-documented that animals are better than we are at picking up little changes in the surrounding world. Watch your dog lose his marbles 30 minutes before a thunderstorm arrives and you’ll know exactly what I’m talking about. It only makes sense then, that [...]
Continue reading...Positive Effects of Nuclear Radiation: Explained
Thursday, April 17, 2008
National Geographic has announced that the ARC Centre for Coral Reef Studies has surveyed the 1.2-mile crater from the hydrogen bomb tests at Bikini Atoll and discovered something phenomenal: the corals are bouncing back from nuclear annihilation. Image from Ze Eduardo on Flickr
Continue reading...Gorillas, Guns and Blogs
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Kenyan writer Dipesh Pabari sent us his report on how Africans are using blogging to help conservation efforts in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Senkekwe, one of the gorillas killed in the Rugendo massacre. Image from Wildlife Direct 29TH OCTOBER 2007 – 1200HRS: “A Ranger was killed and another [...]
Continue reading...The French Will Mess You Up for Killing Their Bears
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
A French hunter is on trial, facing serious charges over the shooting of what was likely the last native female Pyrenees bear in existence. A Pyrenees bear in a French animal park In 2004, French hunter Rene Marqueze was hunting boar in the Aspe valley in the Pyrenees mountains [...]
Continue reading...Rebels Threaten Execution for Gorilla Rangers
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Congolese rebels in control of eastern Congo and Virunga National Park have said they will execute any wildlife rangers attempting to enter the area, home to nearly half the world’s endangered mountain gorillas. Land mines have been placed on routes leading into the region, despite a recent signed [...]
Continue reading...Environmentalism in 250 B.C.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Last week we kicked off our new series covering environmental issues throughout history. Our first post covered King Edward I’s decision to ban coal burning in 1306. We’re now travelling 1500 years backwards and halfway across planet Earth to look at the environmental issues and ideas of another [...]
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Monday, August 31, 2009
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