Nadia Drake observes that The Jaguar Is Made for the Age of Humans (“A writer comes face-to-face with the cat deep in the Amazon jungle and left with a new understanding of its surprising resilience to poaching and habitat loss”): The Ese’Eja, indigenous to this area of Peru, say that the jaguar only shows himself to…
Nature
Animals, Cats, Conservation, Nature
Friday Catblogging: Can Humans and Lions Get Along?
by JOHN ADAMS •
“Lions are really causing us havoc,” laments an African pastoralist in Nani Walker and Alan Toth’s short documentary, Living with Lions. The film chronicles the conflict between lions and humans in Laikipia County, Kenya, where drought and urbanization have pushed people and wildlife into closer contact. Conservationists attempt to mitigate the encounters, which often begin…
Animals, Cats, Nature
Friday Catblogging: Suspected Poacher Eaten By Lions In South Africa
by JOHN ADAMS •
Animals, Cats, Nature, Wisconsin
Friday Catblogging: Cougar sighting verified in Washington County
by JOHN ADAMS •
Contact(s): Scott Walter, DNR Large Carnivore Specialist, 608-267-7865 or Dianne Robinson, Wildlife Biologist, 262-424-9827 MADISON- Video footage of a large cat submitted by landowners in Washington County has been verified by Department of Natural Resources biologists as a cougar. The animal was recorded on a security camera during the early morning hours of Feb. 7…
Film, Nature, Photography
Helvetia by Night (360°)
by JOHN ADAMS •
Film, Nature
Film: Hawaii – The Pace of Formation
by JOHN ADAMS •
Film, Nature
Film: Glacier Exit
by JOHN ADAMS •
Nature
Saturday Film: Dawn of Fire
by JOHN ADAMS •
Sunrise on Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano reveals new growth struggling to survive in an otherworldly landscape. Twenty years ago this rainforest was destroyed – but the rains continue. In a thousand years the forest will return after destruction sows space for new life.See the companion night timelapse film ‘River of Fire’: https://vimeo.com/175328700
Animals, Conservation, Environment, Nature
Film: The Rhino Guardians
by JOHN ADAMS •
The Rhino Guardians from Dan Sadgrove on Vimeo. Dan Sadgrove describes his recent film on an anti-poaching group: In 2016 I travelled to South Africa to visit The Black Mambas – the worlds first all female anti-poaching unit operating in the Balule Game Reserve in South Africa. Coming from disadvantaged communities and breaking strong patriarchal…