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Our world is stil beautiful if you care to look.

The 2023 Nature Conservancy photo contest winners – in pictures Here are some of the standout images from the 2023 Nature Conservancy photo contest. Entries from more than 80,000 photographers in 191 countries and territories were judged across 12 categories

The week in wildlife. There is still beauty and splendor in the world if you take the time to look...

The week in wildlife – in pictures The best of this week’s wildlife photographs, including thirsty leopards, a released vulture and a swan shopping in Bath

Amazing!

‘Even pigeons look amazing’: the multicoloured magic of a biofluorescent nature walk Unlike many animals, humans can’t see biofluorescence unaided – but with a UV torch, a night stroll looks very different

Fantastic talent!

Capturing Ecology 2023 – in pictures The winning images of the British Ecological Society’s annual photography competition feature a lone tree dominating an empty landscape and a giant squirrel devouring a jackfruit

Here's a different approach to tourism. Is it scalable to other countries?

People-First Tourism | Discover the Adventure Next Door Discover the Adventure Next Door People-First Tourism is committed to supporting the people that make destinations special.We connect the explorers to the guides, the learners to the teachers, the dancers to the music makers. What Makes Our Experiences Special? Curated We are not a generic event ser...

We are connected to nature...

Eight of the world’s most amazing trees – from the Major Oak to the Lone Cypress Spectacular ancient trees stir deep feelings, as the felling of Sycamore Gap showed. Here are more noble specimens, including one whose survival is a deep-rooted puzzle

Our world is still beautiful if you take the time to stop, pause, and look.

The week in wildlife – in pictures The best of this week’s wildlife photographs, including hungry bears, a goliath grouper and a dew-covered dragonfly

Africa's week in pictures: 8-14 August 2023 A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.

Amazing photos!

The week in wildlife – in pictures The best of this week’s wildlife photographs, including a jellyfish bloom, a happy seal, and an endangered Amur leopard cub

Amazing!

Wildlife photographer of the year 2023 – preview A forest rodeo, a hidden stargazer and a mason bee at work are just a few of the awe-inspiring images featured in the 59th wildlife photographer of the year competition

The big picture: a celebration of life in the Peruvian rainforest The result of three years immersed in the ​Amazon​, Arguiñe Escandón and Yann Gross’s photographs​ capture the communities and rituals​ ​they encountered​

Wow! Nature will always find a way…

Crows and magpies using anti-bird spikes to build nests, researchers find Dutch study identifies several examples of corvids’ ‘amazing’ ability to adapt to the urban environment

Amazing!

'Full of life': scientists discover pristine deep-sea Galapagos coral reefs – video Diving to 600m, researchers find reefs full of octopus, lobster and fish, raising hopes for corals’ survival amid rising sea temperatures

If you have seen these in real life, they are truly amazing, and their biology is fascinating.

Newly identified waterlily species is world’s largest Leaves of species grown at Kew Gardens can reach up to three metres in the wild

RIP Heroes of Earth 😢

‘Heartbroken’: family pay tribute to Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira Colleagues call for journalist and Indigenous activist’s work to be inspiration to others

Amazing!

American dream: Los Angeles as it really isn’t – in pictures George Byrne’s candy-coloured pictures of LA provide a gateway to the photographer’s imagination

Africa's week in pictures: 1-7 April 2022 A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week.

‘Legends are to be told’: Colombian library goes beyond books to keep stories alive The award-winning Kankuaka library opened with one box of books. Now it is reconnecting indigenous youth to their past through oral histories, gatherings with elders and workshops

The big idea: can forests teach us to live better? Community, family, connection … how trees could be the model for a new way of being

What we can learn from older generations...

‘Wisdom and respect’: what Peru’s forgotten generation can teach us about life and ageing Connection to nature and strong family ties met photographer Alex Kornhuber on his journey to document elderly people in his country – as well as dementia, hardship and a brutal wave of Covid

A bit of beauty to lighten up your day!

The week in wildlife – in pictures The best of this week’s wildlife pictures, including a short-legged snake eagle, a popa langur and a rooster interrupting play

We have no idea what the rest of the world is going through

Covid: Viral photo highlights challenges of vaccinating Amazon A photo of a man carrying his father has highlighted the challenges of vaccinating indigenous villages.

Rhino kisses and tiny turtles: 100 wildlife photographers capture our fragile world An exclusive Jane Goodall self-portrait is among prints from 100 leading wildlife photographers being sold to help protect endangered habitats

Don't feed the wildlife!

‘I saw a big set of white teeth coming towards me’: the people who survived terrifying wild animal attacks How does it feel to fight off a predator in the wild? And what effect does it have on your life? Five people who lived to tell the tale explain

From prison to park!

Colombia’s former Alcatraz: from prison to national park – in pictures Until 1984, the prison on the island of Gorgona off Colombia’s Pacific coast was a place where political prisoners and dangerous criminals served their sentences. Now it is a national natural park of coral reefs, dense jungle and exuberant fauna

The effects of climate change are being documented.

‘Our house was gone, it was sea and sand’: life on the vanishing coasts – in pictures Coastal communities in Mexico, Bangladesh and Somalia are struggling to adapt to the climate crisis. Many people have already lost livelihoods and homes to rising waters

Pictures have told us the stories of the world this year

A year of extreme weather in the American west – in pictures Droughts, wildfires, bomb cyclones: it was a year of extremes – and scientists say it’s a likely taste of what’s to come

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/dec/27/the-best-photographs-of-2021-and-the-stories-behind-them

The best photographs of 2021 – and the stories behind them The photographers who shot the most striking images of the year – capturing everything from the terrifying power of nature to the human cost of war and Covid – recall how they were taken and what they tell us

Wow! Definitely worth checking out!

Icy surfing and a Base jumper: the weekend’s best photos The Guardian’s picture editors select photo highlights from around the world