National Geographic

Known to be the longest of all venomous snakes, king cobras certainly aren't afraid of a fight. However, when it comes to fighting for mates, these giant serpents don't use their potent venom. Instead, the males will wrap around each other, struggling to push the other's face into the dirt. Learn more about this ritualized fight at the link in bio. 

National Geographic

Happy Mother's Day, and happy Allomother's Day, too. What's an allomother? Allomothering is a common elephant practice where females help care for younger elephants who aren't their children. When a 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit Southern California in April, a group of older female elephants at the San Diego Zoo formed an "alert circle" to protect the calves in the group. Sometimes these allomothers spring into action to protect youngsters from threats, like during the earthquake, but they also take care of the calves just so the moms get a break. Learn more about allomothering and elephant society at the link in bio. 

National Geographic

It’s long been believed that the universe will end with "the big freeze," when its current trend of accelerating expansion continues until it simply can’t anymore. However, a new discovery about the mysterious force, dark energy, suggests the universe might be facing a different fate—instead ending with a "big crunch." Learn more about dark energy and what it means for the future of the universe at the link in bio. Photograph by P. Marenfeld, NOAO/AURA/NSF/Science Photo Library 

National Geographic

What does family mean to a seabird who soars alone over the open ocean, or to a primate who clings to its mother for years? Whether it's by releasing half a billion eggs like a giant clam or providing a long period of intense care like a koala, parenthood in the animal kingdom is endlessly diverse. In honor of Mother's Day, take some time to appreciate these tender moments between animal parents and their young and learn more about them at the link in bio Photographs by @joelsartore. Explore more than 120 photographs of the youngest animals across the animal kingdom in his new book, Photo Ark Babies. #PhotoArk 

Haruka 𓇼沖縄の海を毎日お届け

🌴 @haruka_okinawa_sea 南国の癒し🐢🫧✨ 年に数回の抜群の海況と透明度だった日❤️‍🔥 📍阿真ビーチ #seaturtle #paradise #okinawajapan #naturegeography #沖繩 @zamamivisit_official 

hello_dongwon 장동원

하루 종일 산책해도 지겹지 않을 날씨다. It’s the weather that you won‘t get tired of taking a walk all day. #감성사진 #색감보정 #sunsets_captures 

Jake Guzman

I’m 29 today, so here’s me in my birthday suit ✌🏻🎂 

↟ Travelers In Nature ↟

Everyday is earth day. 🌱🌎 • • • 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐲 ➩ @meghanorourkee ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #nature #photography #naturephotography #love #travel #photooftheday #instagood #beautiful #art #instagram #picoftheday #photo #naturelovers #landscape #travelphotography #happy #follow #bhfyp #wildlife #adventure #summer #sunset #style #mountains #life #beauty #photographers #happyearthday 

Mads Peter Iversen Photography

This year’s trip to Tuscany has without a doubt been the most productive and mind-blowing ever! 🤯 I’m also delighted that both our groups got to experience fog at this famous location. We actually got both the best and second best conditions @samuelsciclunaphotography and I have ever seen here! This photo is a blue hour dream photo. I absolutely love the atmosphere and how the fog makes the hills look like islands in the sky. The articulated light of the buildings helps emphasise the time of day and makes for a great colour contrast to the blues. Just like the pre-dawn warm sky adds a beautiful colour contrast to the cold landscape. Art! I have both a chapter on blue hour and one on colour and how you can use it in your landscape photography in my ebook ‘Landscape Light’. The ebook is 251 pages making it my most comprehensive ebook to date! The minimal text and tons of examples makes it easy to read though! Not to mention I have added extensive Exif data to all the photos! If you still haven’t got it there is a link in my bio. Happy learning 🤓