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Clip from 'Lion' documentary film, showing a lion cub walking next to its mother
These National Geographic filmmakers spent four years following the journey of a single lion cub – I can’t wait to watch!

By Jon Stapley Published

National Geographic’s ‘Lion’ promises to be a real-life Lion King story – and the trailer footage looks incredible

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A Nurse Shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) is seen at the Hol Chan Marine Reserve coral reef in the outskirts of San Pedro village, in Ambergris Cay, Belize, on June 7, 2018.
Influencer bitten by shark is a lesson to both casual and pro photographers alike

By Mike Harris Published

News Are photographers and influencers more at risk? Rise in human-animal-related incidents suggests so

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Dolphin engaged in shelling behavior
“I started screaming because I know what shelling looks like” – dolphin photographed performing extremely rare behavior

By Mike Harris last updated

News Researchers have managed to photograph and video dolphins performing ‘shelling’ off the east coast of Australia

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SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN ISLANDS - 2015/07/20: A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on the pack ice north of Svalbard, Norway.
Horrific photograph of starving polar bear still stands out as stark warning this World Photography Day

By Mike Harris Published

News Nine years ago, Cristina Goettsch Mittermeier and Paul Nicklen captured some of the most haunting wildlife imagery I have ever seen

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A New Zealand fur seal thrashes a rough skate above the waves as seabirds crowd in for the scraps.
Photographer paddled a kayak to the edge of the continental shelf and waited. The feeding frenzy that emerged reminds us: the best wildlife shots come from watching, not chasing

By Tom May last updated

UPDATED A close encounter between a fur seal, its catch and a scrum of seabirds shows why patience beats pursuit

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Facebook screenshot of post showing photographs of rare blue-necked keelback snake
Smartphone photographer gets dangerously close to rare venomous snake – which is why wildlife is best suited to long lenses

By Mike Harris Published

News Slithering reptile photographed in Singapore is actually rare blue-necked keelback snake that’s best observed from a safe distance

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A mother humpback whale and calf are seen on the coast of Vitoria, Espirito Santo state, Brazil on August 22, 2023. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP) (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)
“It was extraordinary – my adrenaline was through the roof” says photographer who captured world-first drone footage of rare marine event

By Alan Palazon Published

News A photographer recorded the “extraordinary” moment a humpback whale gave birth to its calf, in what is believed to be a world-first drone feat

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A Sundra spotted leopard walking in a forest at night.
13 camera traps, 6.5 years, and 1 rare clouded leopard: Photography once again helps wildlife conservation as researchers set a record for the longest a single animal has been studied

By Alan Palazon last updated

News Scientists have tracked an individual Sundra clouded leopard for over 6 years using a network of camera traps on Borneo as part of a wider 15 year study

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Whale shark swimming near to the surface of ocean underwater
This whale shark POV footage isn't just mesmerizing – it's disrupting what we know about the ocean's gentle giants

By Hillary K. Grigonis last updated

NEWS A team of researchers attached camera tags to five whale sharks, collecting data that disrupts how scientists previously thought the gentle giants feed

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Man smiling after looking at trail cam footage.
Heartwarming moment camera trap researchers rediscover a "mythical" bird lost to science for over 140 years goes viral

By Alan Palazon Published

News Conservationists used camera traps to capture footage of the black-naped pheasant-pigeon, also recording the ecstatic moment they rediscovered the "mythical" avian thought to be extinct for well over a century

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