Wildlife Photography

April 5, 2025

Why This Photographer Dedicates Her Practice to the Quiet Strength of Horses [Interview]

Growing up on a farm in Denmark, photographer Katja Jensen encountered countless animals. Horses, above all else, proved to be her favorite. This fascination, though beginning early in her childhood, only intensified over time and has served as a sort of unifying “thread” throughout her life. Since then, Jensen has dedicated herself to equine photography, capturing the allure, intrigue, and majesty of horses in a variety of global contexts.

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February 22, 2025

Photographer Captures the Summertime Magic of Fireflies Swarming Japan’s Lush Forests [Interview]

Every summer, Japan’s forests bear witness to magic. Thousands of fireflies, or himebotaru, drift through the night sky, emitting a soft glow not unlike that of a candle or a star. Against the thick leaves, these insects almost resemble fairies, a comparison that has not gone unnoticed by photographer Kazuaki Koseki. For the past eight years, Koseki has pursued himebotaru throughout Japan’s Yamagata prefecture, a region in which they’re an endemic species.

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January 9, 2025

Photographer and Scientist Shares Majestic Beauty of “Big Tuskers” [Interview]

Wildlife photographer, scientist, and world record seeker George Dian Balan has long been fascinated by big tusked elephants. These “big tuskers” have tusks so large that they reach the ground, but are exceedingly difficult to find in nature. The big tuskers hearken back to the woolly mammoths of epochs past, seeming to come from another time.

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December 26, 2024

Exceptionally Rare All-Black Penguin Caught on Camera by Wildlife Photographer

As one of the most remote destinations on Earth, South Georgia Island is best known for its rugged landscape, freezing climate, and extraordinary wildlife. Belgian photographer Yves Adams has visited the island countless times; however, during a recent expedition, he discovered something unexpected. This past November, Adams arrived at the island’s St. Andrew’s Bay when a fellow photographer pointed out a strange bird waddling across the beach.

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