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Nature Photography

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Shoot, Don’t Call

Announcing our first-ever photo contest

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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.

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On the Trail of the Stealth Birds of Our Wetlands

With its cunning camouflage and some mighty morphing, a bittern can be one tough bird to find —and a tough customer to boot

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