The Nature Conservancy
OUR MISSION IS TO PROTECT THE LANDS AND WATER ON WHICH ALL LIFE DEPENDS.
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A seal pup sunbathes along the banks of the Elkhorn Slough off of Monterey Bay, California. Several hundred Pacific harbor seals lounge here during the day ahead of their nightly trips for food in the bay. The Nature Conservancy transferred ownership...
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Photographer Mike Yamashita describes life near the Irrawaddy Delta, “every member of the family has a job in rural Myanmar. And here in the Irrawaddy Delta, the job of feeding ducks fell to the youngest. I followed her round the pond shooting her...
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photo by @yamashitaphoto—It was nearing sunset, the light was beautiful and I was searching for a subject when we chanced upon this duck farm on a canal running along side the road. I was fascinated by the single strand bamboo pole bridge the family...
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While on assignment in Myanmar, @yamashitaphoto captured life on and around the Irrawaddy Delta Area. He explains, “this is a passenger boat on the Yangon river leaving the city for the suburbs at sunset. I assume there are Buddhist monks aboard...
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#WhatsYourNature photo contest voting ends today! Top 100 winner Manon Belzile shared this: “The subject is a highly poisonous plant called Veratrum viride, or false hellebore. It is native here in Vermont, abundant on our land and is considered as a...
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@tominspires says that “nature is still the most superior technology. After trekking into the countryside for a day, [I] came across this small mountain road and a jeep. I took this aerial shot and it really shows how small we our compared to mother...
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Serene San Marcos, Texas—"Less than a block away from a major interstate. The San Marcos river bubbles up from underground here in this city, and the natural filtration that occurs makes for some very clean and crystal clear water. This picture was...
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Hayley Whalvin captured this small, peaceful moment in Wimborne, England, of a “harvest mouse [who] sat in a dandelion having lunch.” Whalvin spent “an hour and a half with them, watching them play, sleep, and eat.” She tells us that when she viewed...
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In Hong Kong Sai Kung West Country Park, one of out Top 100 photo contest contestants Leka Hule, photographed a silhouette of lanky lizard. She recounts the moment as being “full of [drama] and mystery.” Sai Kung West County Park is over 3,000...
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This snowy cabin made our Top 100 in the #WhatsYourNature photo contest. It comes to us from Jerome Guay who “was [in] the Bonnington range in British-Colombia with friends for 3 days of backcountry skiing around the Grassy hut Cabin.” Jerome says he...
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