Photograph by Scott McCracken According to Science Daily the earliest modern tree lived about 345-360 million years ago. Now extinct, Archaeopteris made up most of the forests across the Earth in the Late Devonian period. The findings were reported by three scientists in the 22 April 1999 issue of Nature (“Archaeopteris is the earliest…
Morten Koldby is a commercial photographer based in Denmark. The artist studied at the Danish School of photography and assisted a number of established commercial photographers for years prior to launching his own studio. In an ongoing series of animal portraits, Koldby shoots his subjects against a stark white background, accentuating each animal’s unique…
Brazilian artist Rafael Mantesso takes portraits of his adorable bull terrier Jimmy Choo, placing him in funny situations by illustrating the background. Mantesso then posts the funny results on Instagram to his nearly 50,000 followers. In an interview with Bored Panda, Rafael says the project started after he and his wife got divorced and…
Photographer Suren Manevlyan (featured previously here, here and here) is back with his latest series of macro eye close-ups, Animal eyes 3. The amazing photos provide an astonishing level of detail and cover a wide variety of animals. In parallel to photography Suren has been teaching physics, mathematics, projective geometry and astronomy at the…
Seth Casteel, whose series of underwater photos of dogs fetching their ball first went viral in 2012 has continued to delight as the series extends with Casteel’s latest book, Underwater Puppies, set to release on 16 September 2014. In a recent interview with NPR, Casteel explains: Dogs was just such a random project, and…
Travel photographer Andrei Duman has visited over 70 countries around the world (only 126 left!) and he’s doesn’t plan on stopping any time soon. The self-taught artist has been working as an Investment Banker to afford himself the financial means to pursue his passion for travel and photography. The Sifter caught up with Andrei…
Photograph by Parken Zoo on Facebook Meet Olivia, a rolly polly dwarf Hippo and newest addition to the Parken Zoo family in Eskilstuna, Sweden. Olivia was born 2 August 2014, weighing just under 6 kg (13 lbs). A small 5-picture album of the newborn was recently shared on Parken Zoo’s Facebook page. The species…
Chinese artist Hua Tunan (featured previously) is back with more incredible splattered ink portraits. Born in 1991 in Foshan, Guangdong, China, Tunan blends traditional Chinese art and Western graffiti into his own unique style. The painter and graffiti artist has done both commercial work for global brands as well as ‘noncommissioned’ street artworks that…
The Wilderness Act of 1964 marked a historic moment for the American environmental movement: for the first time, land was set-aside for the specific purpose of protecting it from the reach of mankind. The landmark act created the National Wilderness Preservation System, a nationwide system of federally protected lands known as wilderness areas. Today…
Oxford-based artist Chloe Giordano embroiders the tiniest animals I’ve ever seen! Chloe says each piece can take 2-3 weeks with most of that time dedicated to planning. Once she’s got the design and process all set she says the actual embroidery doesn’t take long. Sewing mostly on off white calico, Giordano generally uses embroidery…
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