Kori Bustard
When I asked a local Zimbabwean the name of this bird, with our different accents, I thought he called it something else entirely. I was wondering what this innocent looking creature did to offend.

They look quite serene until they dive into elephant poop looking for insects- the filthy bustards. 😂
#koribustards #bustards #Africa #Zimbabwe #Hwange #birds #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeprotection #natgeo #natgeonature #nature #naturephotography
'Ocean' Doc Captures the Horrors of Seabed Trawling for the First Time

Capturing the beauty and the devastation.

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👀 Really honoured to have been invited to present at this National Geographic masterclass session. A total of 3 hours on travel photography, taking place online on June 9th at 6pm GMT.
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If anyone is interested, you can use the discount code SPEAKER20 for 20% off. Link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-masterclasses-the-complete-travel-photographer-tickets-1984884373593?aff=oddtdtcreator
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#natgeo #travel #photography
Final Finesses: A rufous hummingbird puts the final touches on her nest. With a long lens, a small break in the foliage, and the eagle eye of @kcscrimshaw , I was lucky enough to spy this beauty a few weeks ago. Despite living in a refuge with hundreds of acres of protected wilderness, she chose to build her nest close to a public pathway. I wonder if her predators avoids humans, making her babies safer, or if it was just random chance. #hummingbirds #rufoushummingbirds #birds #birdwatching #wildlife #wildlifeprotection #bcbirds #nature #naturephotography #vogel #oiseaux #natgeo #natgeonature #birdsofpixelfed
Sixty-two million years ago, four million years after the sky fell, a stretch of Egyptian seafloor filled with fish — and held them, perfectly, in stone. Five hundred specimens. More than twenty kinds. A petrified aquarium pulled from blistering sand at a site called Qreiya 3. The asteroid gutted the ocean's food webs, and into that emptied water the percomorphs exploded into needle-toothed predators and the ancestors of tuna and seahorses.
https://twp.ai/4hs7AI
#Fossils #Paleontology #Science #Egypt #Ocean #Nature #Extinction #DeepTime #NatGeo #EarthHistory #ThistleAndMoss #TheGathering
Science / the fossils
62 million years ago, 4 million years after the asteroid, a stretch of Egyptian seafloor filled with fish — and held them in stone. 500 specimens. Paleontologist Sanaa El-Sayed pulled them from blistering desert, closing a ten-million-year hole in how life rebuilds after catastrophe.
https://twp.ai/4hs7C2
#Science #Paleontology #Fossils #Egypt #Extinction #Ocean #Climate #NatGeo #ThistleAndMoss #TheGathering