Animals

July 30, 2011

The World’s Largest Aquarium

Let's add it to the bucket list! The Georgia Aquarium, located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA is the world's largest aquarium with more than 8.5 million US gallons of marine and fresh water housing more than 120,000 animals of 500 different species. The stars? Four young whale sharks, four beluga whales, and four manta rays. (This aquarium is the only institution outside of Asia to house whale sharks.)

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July 7, 2011

Camera-Stealing Monkey Goes Viral!

It's been a few days since news broke out about a camera-stealing monkey with a wicked grin. We believe it was Telegraph who first told us about photographer David Slater's recent trip to a national park in North Sulawesi, Indonesia where he left his camera unattended for a moment. What came next? A crested black macaque monkey snatched his camera up and snapped hundreds of photos, including this stellar self-portrait.

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March 30, 2011

Cute Yoga Kittens

You've just got to love stories like this. When photographer Daniel Borris first started his Yoga Dogs series, he had a feeling that it would catch on but he couldn't expect that people from all over the world would eventually see it. “The photos have been written about in magazines from India to Russia and Brazil,” he tells us. “There are calendars and other products coming out in the UK, Russia (and the Balkans)

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October 22, 2010

The Fine Art of Dogs (15 photos)

British photographer Tim Flach sees animals in a completely different way. Having completed postgraduate studies at St. Martins School of Art London, Flach shoots stylized animal portraits that look more like fine art than framed shots of your puppy. Commercially trained as a professional photographer for over 25 years, Flach's conceptual style has been shaped by his background not just in photography but in, curiously, painted sculptures.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.