This is one of those times when scientists discover a structure whose function is absolutely mysterious. Piotr (Peter) Naskrecki, an entomologist, photographer and author working the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard, is currently in Mozambique, documenting his adventures at a website called The Smaller Majority. Piotr is one of the best animal photographers ever, […]
This, taken yesterday, is from our anonymous reader who lives in a beautiful part of Idaho. His explanation of the photo: This is an HDR photograph — high dynamic range, a composite of three photos at different exposures. It would have been impossible otherwise. The full-resolution version of the original image is drop-dead stunning. Click […]
I usually end the week (a long one this time!) with a kitty, but three readers sent in nice animal photos, so I’ll post those instead. But the cats will come out tomorrow: bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow there’ll be cats. First, reader Pete Moulton sent a lovely but grisly scene from nature (click […]
I’m very pleased that posting of some some readers’ photographs has inspired others to send me their nature photos. If you’ve got good ones, send them along, but I reserve the right to choose which ones to publish. This one clearly made the cut. Reader John Chardine, a professional bird photographer, sent me a picture […]
This reminds me of the famous 1963 song by Nino Temple and April Stevens—a monster hit:
Our reader/photographer in the beautiful wilds of Idaho has been monitoring a nest of bald eagles (two chicks, I believe), and sent these photos of one parent taking wing:
boston.com has put up 40 entries in National Geographic Traveler‘s 2013 photo contest; the selection represents editors’ favorites in the four categories Travel Portraits, Outdoor Scenes, Sense of Place and Spontaneous Moments. I love these photo contests, and have put my six favorite entries below. (See more editor favorites here.) Hoooo nooo that owls were cryptic? […]
Astronomy buffs will know that two days ago there was an annular solar eclipse visible from Australia and much of the South Pacific (this eclipse occurs when the Moon blocks most of the Sun’s image, leaving a ring of fire, or annulus, around the edge of the Moon). Reader John Scanlon was in Oz to […]
Reader Richard, who lives near Cape Town, South Africa, sent some photos he took of a malachite sunbird, and noted this: A Nectarinia famosa visits our garden each year when these flowers emerge. Sunbirds, including this species, are the Old World equivalent of hummingbirds: an example of convergent evolution. They make their living, like hummingbirds, […]
