Nature
Beyond The Lens: Interview with Untamed Photographer's Chris Fallows. Top Story - September 2021.
Chris Fallows is a strikingly passionate and accomplished wildlife photographer and naturalist. Best known for his discovery and ensuing depiction of breaching great white sharks in Seal Island, South Africa, the world-renowned photographer has seen his life's work featured on some of the biggest stages the industry has to offer. He's worked as a wildlife photographer, host, or expert facilitator on more than 60 international wildlife documentaries for The BBC, Discovery Channel, and National Geographic, amongst many others. Most notable of these shows are Planet Earth, Life, Africa, and Shark for The BBC. Chris has also co-hosted and photographed for Discovery Channel's most successful Shark Week series, the Air Jaws franchise.
By Untamed Photographer4 years ago in Earth
The Little Pear Tree in the Woods
The Little Pear Tree in the Woods In the deep woods behind the little cabin, the grew a little pear tree whose blossoms were soft pink flakes that made the little tree look like a cloud that was resting amidst the taller trees who did not have these blossoms. The other trees bent in the wind to protect the little pear tree. It was the jewel in their midst. None knew where this little tree had come from but they did know that she was different. Her fragrant blossoms filled the woods with a sweet fragrance in the spring. When summer came, her lighter green leaves gave a different shade and a place for smaller birds to nest. Where her blossoms grew, now there were buds of fruits. These grew larger as the summer progressed and as autumn began, they were almost full size. The fruit began to change from a soft green to a warm yellow and they grew larger. Animals began to take them for food for they were sweet and juicy. All creatures shared in the bounty of the little pear tree. One autumn, a strange creature came to live in the little cabin. She wore clothing made of plant fibers and she dyed the cloth with berries and nuts and flowers from the woods. She gathered plants and nuts and mushrooms to eat and she had a little goat for milk and some chickens for eggs. She also had a little child whom she taught all the ways of the wild. When the weather got colder, she gathered the native melons and goards and made a fire with fallen branches that she gathered from the forest. There was a stream nearby and from this she caught fish and had water to survive. This life made her very happy.
By Judith Parrish Broadbent4 years ago in Earth
Roses With Famous Names
Composers Composer George Frederic Handel has a lovely rose named after him It is a climber rose that grows to almost 8 feet. The blooms are lovely and fragrant in pink and it produces larger blooms that are semi-double. Mildly fragrant the flowers bloom repeatedly from late spring to early summer.
By Rasma Raisters4 years ago in Earth
My Father and His Bradford Pear Tree
To call my dad stubborn would be insufficient. He wasn’t merely stubborn, he was intractable. When he set his mind to something it was a guarantee that he would not budge from that position. He was, in many ways, quite different from the tree that he spent so much of his time defending. The legendary Bradford Pear tree is notoriously sensitive to the elements. It’s branches fall in the weakest of breeze, most are born barren and when they do bear fruit it’s rarely on any kind of expectation.
By Sean Patrick4 years ago in Earth
Yasha sat by my grandmother's pear tree and thought deeply about the world and people's struggles.
Yasha had spent his whole life on my family's farm. I had raised him here. He knew of nothing else and only could guess what a city was from the stories I would tell him. Yasha worked hard. He helped me in the fields all he could, but he would often get distracted, wandering off chasing some butterfly or the call of a little bird from the woods. But Yasha never wandered too far. He always skipped right back after he noticed that he’d left me working by myself. He was my little tail and would almost never leave my side. While I walked, he would follow just a step behind, and sometimes if he wasn’t paying attention, he would gently poke me with his horns. Every time I let out a little yelp, but every time I would feel guilty for verbalising this pain as an overly apologetic expression would glisten in his eyes for the rest of the day. Yasha had the most beautiful eyes. They weren’t a brilliant blue or a deep golden hazel, they were black. But his eyes weren’t just black, this black talked even if he couldn’t. It would sparkle a little brighter when I told him an interesting story. Yasha’s eyes were more human than my own. They were his character.
By Greg Dolgopolov4 years ago in Earth
A few scarabs stroll along the underside of the water's surface
Some small insects can walk along the top of water. This is all thanks to water's unique abilities. Water molecules can attract one another. (A molecule is a group of atoms bonded together.) When these molecules bond together near the water's surface, they make a film on the top of the water. This is what scientists call surface tension. It allows some tiny bugs such as water striders to easily glide on top of the water.
By Mashud M Alfoyez 4 years ago in Earth
The mask and the gloves save lives ... and furthermore contaminate
A pandemic is a sickness that contaminates many individuals rapidly and in many spots. Coronavirus is another influenza-like sickness that previously showed up in December 2019 and has since spread all throughout the planet.
By Mashud M Alfoyez 4 years ago in Earth
An Ode to Autumn!
The first thing I do when I see trees in late August or early September is to scan the whole tree and see if the leaves have started to yellow. I don’t know where it came from but for as long as I can remember, I have always been fascinated by how steadily autumn consumes the lush green leaves until it turns yellow and golden and falls to the ground.
By Worngachan Shatsang4 years ago in Earth
