Nature Photography
Bioluminescence: Light Is Much Better, Down Where It’s Wetter
From tracking a giant squid to decoding jellyfish alarms in the Gulf, a depth-defying scientist plunges under the sea
March 2013 |
By Abigail Tucker
Brian Skerry Has the World’s Best Job: Ocean Photographer
The freelancer’s new exhibit at the Natural History Museum captures the beauty, and fragility, of sea life
March 2013 |
By Joseph Stromberg
The Best Wildlife Photographs of the Year
Over 48,000 photos were entered in the Veolia Environnement contest; these 10 were among the most stunning
November 02, 2012 |
By Smithsonian.com
Winners of Nature's Best Photography
Through January 2013, the Natural History Museum is home to stunning photographs of wildlife around the world
May 24, 2012 |
By Smithsonian.com
The Breathtaking Surfing Photos Featured in Swell
A new book catalogues some of the best sites around the world to catch a wave with stunning photography
April 17, 2012 |
By Chloë Schama
Dazzling Photographs of Earth From Above
Satellite images of mountains, glaciers, deserts and other landscapes become incredible works of art
June 09, 2011 |
By Erin Wayman
The Colorado River Runs Dry
Dams, irrigation and now climate change have drastically reduced the once-mighty river. Is it a sign of things to come?
October 2010 |
By Sarah Zielinski
For Wildebeests, Danger Ahead
Africa's wildebeest migration pits a million thundering animals against a gantlet of perils, even—some experts fear—climate change
May 2010 |
By Robert M. Poole
The Mustang Mystique
Descended from animals brought by Spanish conquistadors centuries ago, wild horses roam the West. But are they running out of room?
March 2010 |
By Abigail Tucker
Ansel Adams in Color
As a new book shows, not everything in the photographer's philosophy was black and white
November 2009 |
By Richard B. Woodward
The Hidden World of Ants
A new photo exhibit featuring the work of biologist Mark Moffett reminds us that we still live in an age of discovery
July 2009 |
By Amanda Bensen
Flowers Writ Large
With his Botanica Magnifica, podiatrist-turned-photographer Jonathan Singer captures flowers on the grandest of scales
May 21, 2009 |
By Megan Gambino
About Carleton Watkins
On the life and career of the 19th-century American landscape photographer who captured Yosemite in stereo
July 2008 |
By Bruce Hathaway
Wild in the Yukon
A Danish photographer goes the extra mile to document wildlife in one of North America's most remote, most pristing areas, now coveted by mining and oil companies.
July 2006 |
By Frank Clifford
Hiding in Plain Sight
A veteran photographer shows the extraordinary knack that some animals have for...disappearing
October 2005 |
By Laura Helmuth
Freeze Frame
Beginning in the 1880s, amateur photographer Wilson A. Bentley revealed the hidden structure of falling flakes
January 2005 |
By Owen Edwards
Portraits in the Wild
In an unexplored region of Africa's Atlantic coast, an innovative photographer captures Gabon's bountiful wildlife
October 2003 |
By Laura Tangley
Finding the Eye of the Whirlpool
Adventure photographer Peter McBride tells what it was like to shoot whirlpools while hanging from a ship's radio antenna.
August 01, 2001 |
By Peter McBride
