Photo essay – Is tourism killing Bali?
Photo essay by Jenny Denton Its natural beauty and colorful Hindu culture have drawn visitors to Bali since the 1930s. But more than three decades of rampant development since mass tourism took hold have left the island and its people in a critical state. Bali is struggling with a severe water shortage, huge volumes of waste, a loss of agricultural land and forest, and an influx of foreign investors and workers that threaten to...
Photo essay: saving loggerhead turtles in Greece
Reader contribution by Jean-Baptiste Pouchain Among the shadows of the night, I finally spot them: fresh tracks, coming from the sea and making their way to the obscurity of the sand dunes. Somewhere up there, a sea turtle is looking for an ideal nesting site. Silently, I lie down on the wet ground and start crawling, all my senses on the watch, along the crescent-like marks. I hear her before seeing her: a muffled noise of sand...
Reader Contribution: The ‘One Tree In A Billion’ Project
By Natalie Millar With recent surveys showing the rate of deforestation in the Amazon averaging 2,000 square miles each year, we are at a time where conservation of the rainforest is becoming more and more critical. Threats like logging and illegal gold mining are becoming more prominent, particularly in the Peruvian Amazon, where mercury used in gold mining devastates habitat and pollutes waterway, threatening fauna and local...
Baby giant armadillo’s first photo wins top award
The elusive and unknown giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus) is rarely caught by the lights of a camera, and never before has a baby giant armadillo been captured on film – until now. This unprecedented image has garnered recognition from the 2013 BBC Wildlife Magazine Camera Trap photo competition. The photo, along with another winning image, is the result of the hard work of the Pantanal Giant Armadillo Project. Dr Arnaud...
