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20 riveting images from the Sony World Photography Awards 2026
Chile's Torres Del Paine is famous for its stunning landscapes, but it's also home to a fierce predator: the puma. These majestic creatures feed primarily on guanacos, although the hunting success rate is not very high, especially for female pumas. The photographer followed this female and her two cubs for several days, before witnessing her hunting. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. In Chile's famous Torres Del Paine National Park, a mother puma with her two cubs in tow attacks a guanaco.
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- North America > Canada > Ontario > Middlesex County > London (0.05)
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Society of Photographers announces Photographer of the Year
Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. The Society of Photographers has announced the winners of its prestigious 2025 Photographer of the Year awards. Photographer Therese Asplund earned the top honors of Photographer of the Year for an image (seen below) of young birds on branch. "Demonstrating outstanding skill, narrative depth, and execution, this bold and distinctive image emerged as a clear standout and generated animated discussion among the judges," a press release said. More than 5,000 images were submitted across 28 categories.
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- Health & Medicine > Therapeutic Area (0.69)
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- Government > Regional Government (0.67)
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The world's only dark sky airport sits inside a national park
The world's only dark sky airport sits inside a national park Visitors at Jackson Hole Airport can spot the Milky Way from the parking lot. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Airports aren't typically known for being the best places to view the night sky. But last spring, the Jackson Hole Airport in Wyoming became the first airport in the world to become certified as an International Dark Sky Place, thanks to a community committed to night sky preservation. Here's how they did it, why it matters, and how it's still as safe to fly into as any other airport (because we know you were wondering).
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- Transportation > Infrastructure & Services > Airport (0.63)
16 astonishing images from the 2026 Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards
Playful bear cubs and a swirling superpod of dolphins compete for People's Choice honors. Josef has wanted to photograph lynxes for a long time. He was delighted when the opportunity arose to spend two weeks observing them from a hide at Torre de Juan Abad, Ciudad Real, Spain. It's common for young lynxes to play with their prey before killing it. This one repeatedly threw the rodent high in the air and caught it again.
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11 stunning finalists for the Youth Photographer of the Year prize
Reichert captured this family of monkeys on Pidurangala Rock, Sri Lanka. The photographer describes how this image particularly struck him because of the gaze of the little monkey in the middle of the picture and'the strong sense of family, even among animals'. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Young people have a different perspective on our world, both literally and figuratively. Their eyes see things differently and if you hand them a camera, you might understand more.
The swinging sex lives of Alaska's beluga whales
To survive, this isolated population of only 2,000 whales needs to be smart about mates. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Among marine mammals, beluga whales () are particularly difficult to study in their icy habitat. To better understand and protect this endangered species, scientists must piece together bits of their lives from fragments, including one of the most important behaviors of any species--mating. One small population of beluga whales living in southwest Alaska's Bristol Bay appears to have a surprising strategy.
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13 gorgeous black-and-white images of the animal kingdom
The 2025 Nature Photography Contest features a playful fox and a muscly horse. Crowned in Dust and Shadow A young male lion steps through a cloud of dust lifted by his own movement and caught in the back light. The night around him stays silent, but the glow reveals every contour of rising strength. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. While our world is filled with brilliant colors, seeing it in monochrome can be striking.
Stop using so much sidewalk salt
Winter needs a low-sodium diet. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Every winter across most of the northern US, giant bags of salt materialize at grocery stores and home improvement retailers as residents and business owners prepare to combat icy sidewalks and slick driveways. But when it comes to salting walkways and parking lots, most people overdo it, which costs more than just cash; using too much salt can have surprisingly harmful effects on the local environment, water quality, and human health. When salt is applied to roads and sidewalks as a deicing agent, as snow melts, salt gets washed into streams, lakes, and wetlands.
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12 ethereal images from the 2025 Northern Lights Photographer of the Year awards
Photographer Victor Lima used a 12 millimeter fisheye lens to take this panoramic image of the aurora borealis over the Skógafoss waterfall in Iceland. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Watching the aurora borealis (in the Northern Hemisphere) or aurora australis (in the Southern Hemisphere) is unforgettable. Photographing them is on a whole other level. Capturing these ribbons of light as they move and twist across the night sky transforms even the darkest winter night into a surreal wonderland.
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