These animals evolved to be ‘ultrablack’—here’s why
An ant that disappears into the forest floor, a bird that demands attention from mates—for these animals, an inky black ...
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Sea turtles are surviving—despite us
This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... s reasonable to wonder whether we’re dooming these animals. But after months of reporting on sea turtles in ...
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His portraits capture animals that are going extinct in the wild
This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. A naked mole rat. That was photographer Joel Sartore’s first model in 2006 when he began making studio portraits of ...
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This monstrous mama laid the world’s largest egg
An intact, fossilized specimen of the world’s largest egg—of any known species ever on Earth—entered the National Geographic Society's collection in 1967. The elephant bird belongs to a ...
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Nightlife: animals after dark
A fox leaps out of the shadowy blackness and in a moment the animal’s evolutionary gamble to shun daylight for darkness has failed. But for the nocturnal hunter, it has paid off. While most ...
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To ward off extinctions, scientists get creative
This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... scientists are taking extraordinary measures to save the animals they love. Playing the PartWhite-naped crane ...
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What we lose when animals go extinct
This article is adapted from Joel Sartore’s new book, Vanishing, published by National Geographic Books. Joel Sartore has been photographing animals for his Photo Ark project for 13 years.
Here's the secret behind those stunning National Geographic wildlife photographs
Tom O’Brien is no stranger to building contraptions to have photographers get up close and personal to wildlife or deal with ...
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Inside the harsh lives of wolves living at the top of the world
This story appears in the September 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Is the measure of an animal’s wildness equal to the distance it keeps from humans? The Ellesmere wolves ...
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Shades of dark: the story of night photography
In 1895, when English photographer Paul Martin began ... lifted the veil on the nocturnal activities of animals with National Geographic magazine dedicating almost an entire issue to his ...
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What’s It Like To Be A National Geographic Photographer? Bertie Gregory Of ‘Animals Up Close’ Talks Wild Ideas
How did your obsession for animals transform into a photography ... who is a legendary National Geographic magazine wildlife photographer. It was right place right time. A Willy Wonka Golden ...