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SCIENCE & NATURE Screenplay Festival – Deadline Today

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Environmental Film and Screenplay Festival

📝 Plot: After his mother dies in a freak accident, an orphaned bear cub named Youk must fend for himself in the rugged wilderness. He reluctantly teams up with a solitary adult male bear, and together they struggle to survive harsh landscapes and the threat of human hunters. This wordless adventure blends breathtaking nature, emotional bonds and a timeless survival journey.

#LOursTheBear #Adventure #Drama #Family #Survival #NatureStory #Wilderness #AnimalBond

Some mornings reward patience.

During a quiet walk across the Regte Heide near Goirle/Tilburg in the Netherlands, close to the ancient burial mounds that have watched over this landscape for thousands of years, I settled down near a patch of blackberry brambles. The sun was behind me and I sat quietly in the shade, listening rather than searching.

Birdsong filled the heathland. Geese called overhead, herons moved in the distance, and the usual chorus of finches and tits surrounded the morning. Yet two songs stood out—ones I couldn’t quite place. So I opened the Merlin bird app. Two names appeared: Yellowhammer – Emberiza citrinella (Geelgors) and European Stonechat – Saxicola rubicola (Roodborsttapuit).

Now I had to wait.

Nearly an hour passed before the first flash of yellow appeared deep inside the thorny brambles: the Yellowhammer, perched low and partially hidden. Beautiful, but difficult to photograph through the maze of branches.

Then, suddenly, a small shape landed just above it.

The European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola), perfectly visible and briefly posing as the centerpiece of the scene, while the Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) remained tucked in the lower right of the bush. Two species, sharing the same patch of bramble for a brief moment.

Moments like this remind me that wildlife photography often rewards stillness more than movement.

Captured handheld with my Canon 5D Mark IV and Sigma 100–400mm, fully zoomed at f/6.4, 1/1000 sec, ISO 500.

#WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #BirdWatching #Birding #EuropeanStonechat #SaxicolaRubicola #Yellowhammer #EmberizaCitrinella #Roodborsttapuit #Geelgors #BirdsOfEurope #DutchNature #RegteHeide #NatureNetherlands #BirdLovers #NatureObservation #WildlifeMoment #NatureStory #FieldObservation #BirdBehavior #Heathland #Brambles #BlackberryBush #NatureWalk #Canon5DMarkIV #Sigma100400 #HandheldPhotography #PatienceInNature #WildlifeEncounter #BirdSpotting #NatureDetails #WonderingLens

Graneledone Octopus द अल्टीमेट सैक्रिफाइस: एक अंतिम आलिंगन जहाँ जन्म की खुशी और मौत का मातम एक साथ मिलते हैं #NatureStory #Octopus #Motherhood #WildlifePhotography #HindiStories #DeepSea #AnimalFacts #NatureLovers #Sacrifice #IncredibleIndia #Biology #OceanLife #Wildlife #NatureFacts #Octopus #AnimalKingdom #Nature #Motherhood

https://vrnewslive.com/graneledone-octopus-the-ultimate-sacrifice-sea-octo/

The Rock Hyrax and the Elephant: A Small Animal with a Big Family Secret.

A joyful and clear look at the surprising bond between the tiny rock hyrax and the mighty elephant.

The Rock Hyrax and the Elephant: A Small Animal with a Big Family Secret.

A joyful and clear look at the surprising bond between the tiny rock hyrax and the mighty elephant.

The Rock Hyrax and the Elephant: A Small Animal with a Big Family Secret.

A joyful and clear look at the surprising bond between the tiny rock hyrax and the mighty elephant.

The garden falls silent.

A few weeks ago, a Sparrowhawk turned our garden upside down in a storm of panic and wings. Yesterday, he returned. This time, there was no chaos — only anticipation. Every bird seemed to know what was coming. Long before I noticed him, the garden emptied itself. Not in panic, but with experience.

Only two House Sparrows (Passer domesticus — Huismus — House Sparrow) made a mistake. They chose low cover beneath the bird feeder house. When the Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus — Sperwer — Eurasian Sparrowhawk) landed on top of it, right above them, they froze. Perfectly still. Camouflage doing what evolution designed it to do.

The garden was silent. Too silent.

The sparrowhawk scanned the area, clearly disappointed. Then the two sparrows shifted… and briefly quarrelled. A fatal error. In a flash of muscle and feathers, the hawk launched himself downward. The sparrows reacted instantly — nimble, desperate, alive. They fled with the hawk right on their tail, vanishing beyond the garden.

I don’t know how it ended. That’s nature.

Predators like the Sparrowhawk don’t hunt for sport. They take what they need, removing weakness and maintaining balance. Without them, ecosystems collapse quietly and invisibly. Watching this unfold from my lunch table was a reminder that even the smallest garden is part of a much larger system.

Photographed handheld with my Canon 5D Mark IV and Sigma 100–400mm at f/6.3, 1/250 sec, ISO 3200 — overcast, calm, and deceptively peaceful.

Nature rarely announces itself loudly. Sometimes, it simply holds its breath.

#AccipiterNisus #Sperwer #EurasianSparrowhawk
#PasserDomesticus #Huismus #HouseSparrow
#BirdPhotography #GardenWildlife #UrbanNature
#NatureObservation #EcologicalBalance #Predation
#WildlifeBehavior #BirdsInTheGarden #NatureStory
#HandheldPhotography #Canon5DMarkIV #Sigma100400
#WinterWildlife #OvercastDays #NaturalSelection
#FoodChain #Ecosystem #BackyardNature
#PixelfedPhotography #WildlifeMoments
Julio Alberto Lascano (@[email protected])

Donde el viento quiebra, la vida insiste El 17 de noviembre de 2025, Río Gallegos se despertó bajo un temporal furioso: vientos del oeste, sostenidos entre 60 y 80 km/h, con ráfagas que superaron los 120 km/h. Un día en que la naturaleza habló con toda su fuerza… y en casa, uno de mis rosales lo sintió. Una rama se partió sin remedio. Pero algo curioso ocurre a veces en el jardín: lo que parece pérdida se transforma en oportunidad. Tomé ese fragmento roto y lo planté, casi como un gesto de fe Siete días después, este esqueje, que empezó siendo un pedazo de daño, muestra brotes nuevos, verdes, firmes, decididos. Un recordatorio silencioso de que la vida no sólo resiste: se reinventa. En un mundo donde el viento puede arrancarlo todo, hay pequeñas historias que vuelven a crecer. #Rosa #Rosal #Esqueje #Jardinería #Naturaleza #VidaNueva #Renacer #Resiliencia #NaturalezaViva #HistoriasDelJardín #Rose #RoseCutting #Gardening #GardenLife #NatureHeals #NewGrowth #GreenResilience #NatureStory #StormRecovery #LifeFindsAWay #WindStorm #PatagoniaWinds #Storm2025 #AfterTheStorm #NatureStrikesBack

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Donde el viento quiebra, la vida insiste
El 17 de noviembre de 2025, Río Gallegos se despertó bajo un temporal furioso:
vientos del oeste, sostenidos entre 60 y 80 km/h, con ráfagas que superaron los 120 km/h.
Un día en que la naturaleza habló con toda su fuerza… y en casa, uno de mis rosales lo sintió.
Una rama se partió sin remedio.

Pero algo curioso ocurre a veces en el jardín:
lo que parece pérdida se transforma en oportunidad.

Tomé ese fragmento roto y lo planté, casi como un gesto de fe
Siete días después, este esqueje, que empezó siendo un pedazo de daño, muestra brotes nuevos, verdes, firmes, decididos.
Un recordatorio silencioso de que la vida no sólo resiste: se reinventa.

En un mundo donde el viento puede arrancarlo todo,
hay pequeñas historias que vuelven a crecer.

#Rosa
#Rosal
#Esqueje
#Jardinería
#Naturaleza
#VidaNueva
#Renacer
#Resiliencia
#NaturalezaViva
#HistoriasDelJardín

#Rose
#RoseCutting
#Gardening
#GardenLife
#NatureHeals
#NewGrowth
#GreenResilience
#NatureStory
#StormRecovery
#LifeFindsAWay

#WindStorm
#PatagoniaWinds
#Storm2025
#AfterTheStorm
#NatureStrikesBack