Shaun O’Callaghan piloted a DJI Phantom quadcopter into an active volcano and got some incredible footage. The video was shot at Mount Yasur on Tanna Island, Vanuatu. Mount Yasur has a height of 361 m (1,184 ft) above sea level and is regarded by many as the world’s most accessible, active volcano. It is…
When wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in the United States after being absent nearly 70 years, one of the most remarkable trophic cascades occurred. Trophic cascades occur when predators in a food web suppress the abundance and/or alter traits (e.g., behavior) of their prey, thereby releasing the next lower trophic level from…
These birds are WAY too smart.
After four years of unsuccessful storm chasing, Mike Olbinski finally found what he was looking for. A massive rotating supercell thunderstorm with active moment and a complex structure. The storm was spotted on June 3, 2013, near Booker, Texas. It was shot with a Canon 5D Mark II and Rokinon 14mm 2.8 lens. The…
*WARNING* Some of the footage may be considered graphic as the story involves… exploding toads In 2005, a small pond in Hamburg, Germany became the focus of international attention as roughly 1,000 toads were discovered dead, having seemingly exploded. Dubbed the Pond of Death, the culprit, originally believed to be some kind of virus,…
This striated caracara took a film crew’s spy egg-cam for a ride, capturing the first ever aerial footage of a rockhopper penguin colony shot by a flying bird. The clip is from the series Penguins – Spy in the Huddle (Waddle All The Way).
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