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Go behind the lens and above the ground with photographer Dave Showalter as he reveals the hidden meanings behind aerial images he made on LightHawk flights.
iLCP Photo Expedition to Document Cradle of Marine Biodiversity
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on March 15, 2013 
“Long term and meaningful conservation success really is only possible if NGOs and photographers work together – very often also working with scientists. If you can get those three sectors working together, you’re pretty much a non-stoppable force.” Thomas Peschak, Conservation Photographer and iLCP Fellow The International League of Conservation Photographers has pulled together an…
A colorful mystery critter from this year’s BioBlitz gets identified and shown off in all its cold-blooded glory.
In the Field at BioBlitz
Posted by Andrew Howley of NG Staff on August 25, 2012 
If you’re going to find a few thousand species in a park, you’d better look beyond just the bears and elk. See how volunteers at BioBlitz are leaving no stone unturned.
How to “Meet Your Neighbours”
Posted by Andrew Howley of NG Staff on August 24, 2012 
Between tiny sizes, detailed camouflage, and an unbelievable ability simply to hide, it’s easy to never notice most of the species living around us every day. The photographers of Meet Your Neighbours are on a mission to change that.
Deceptive Beauties – The World of Wild Orchids
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on January 25, 2012 
Confucius called them the “king of fragrant plants,” and John Ruskin condemned them as “prurient apparitions.” Across the centuries, orchids have captivated us with their elaborate exoticism, their powerful perfumes, and their sublime seductiveness. But the disquieting beauty of orchids is an unplanned marvel of evolution, and the story of orchids is as captivating as…
Plight of the Ice Bear
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on January 10, 2012 
“As I stood on the deck of the Professor Khromov in the Chukchi Sea and strained to see the lone swimming polar bear buffeted by waves as she disappeared into the distance, the uncertainty of her fate weighed heavily on me. But the uncertain future of her entire species, and indeed the uncertain future facing all life on Earth, weighed on me even more.” -Jenny Ross
The Black Turtle Project
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on December 20, 2011 
The good news: the black turtles are back. The bad news: so are the poachers.
Challenging Science Stereotypes with Science on Ice
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on December 9, 2011 
What do you think of when you hear the word “scientist”—white-bearded men scribbling formulas on blackboards or huddling over bubbling test tubes? These are not the scientists I know.
Strongholds in the Pacific Rim; Keep Salmon Wild
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on November 29, 2011 Wild Salmon Center 08/16/11 from iLCP on Vimeo.
In 1892, Livingston Stone, a Minister and avid fisherman called upon the US government to create a salmon park, saying, “Let us now, at the eleventh hour, take pity on our long persecuted salmon and do him the poor and tardy justice of giving him, in our broad land that he has done so much for, one place where he can come and go unmolested and where he can rest in safety.”
Restoring the Balance– Restoration of Hope
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on November 22, 2011 
Imbedded with the field team I am absolutely overwhelmed by the professionalism, scientific rigor and discipline. The daily grind for this mainly female field biology team starts at 7am with a calorie laden breakfast fit for a logger or two.
Relics: Travels in Nature’s Time Machine
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on November 7, 2011 
Why are cycads, plants that thrived in the Mesozoic, full of toxins so powerful that they will alter your DNA if ingested?
Tibet, A Culture on the Edge
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on October 26, 2011 
In the mornings and afternoons I watched thousands of Tibetans, even elders crippled with bad hips and knees, make their daily walks around stupas, temples and mountains, spinning their prayer wheels and chanting their mantra, “Om Mani Padme Hum.”
Sheep Mountain
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on October 25, 2011 
Just west of Telluride, lies the Paradox Valley, a broad agricultural valley bordered by farms, ranches, red rock canyons, and rivers. Abandoned mines, ghost towns evacuated due to radioactive poisoning, elevated cancer rates, and radioactive tailings for which there is no long term solution dot the landscape, bearing witness to the failed legacy of uranium mining.
Spirit Bears in NYC
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on October 20, 2011 We set up tripods, we followed guides, we lived on sailboats and tugboats, we were welcomed by the Gitga’at community, we took to the air – swam in the ocean and shimmied on our stomachs with salmon working their way upstream to their spawning grounds…
Bristol Bay
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on October 18, 2011 
Bristol Bay is America’s last, clean seafood resource. Now that’s a funny place to put a mine. An eye-witness account of the unique beauty and economic value of the region by Photographer Robert Glenn Ketchum.
The Fragile State of Our Environment
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on October 14, 2011 
“I have found it is often best to work from the air, which more easily allows for the juxtaposition of nature with the destruction wrought by industrial accidents. Aerial photography gives us a wider context to the beauty and destruction happening on the Earth.” – Daniel Beltra
Finding Wilderness in Europe with Bruno D’Amicis
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on October 13, 2011 
“Very few people know of the existence of true wilderness in Europe and even less understand the very strict, but necessary, conservation measures needed to protect this lingering natural heritage” – Bruno D’Amicis
Redefining the fundraising landscape; Crowd Funding
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on October 10, 2011 
“Crowd funding a project allows the photographer complete creative freedom and control over his project, which most don’t have when working for media organizations.” – Tina Ahrens, COO Emphas.is
Beluga Whales are beautiful, yet toxic?
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on October 3, 2011 Without Beluga whales, these angels of the Arctic Ocean, the world will surly be a lesser place, and because of Persistent Organic Pollutants they are considered toxic waste in some locations in Canada.
Battle over the Serengeti
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on September 28, 2011 What would be the greatest threat to the Serengeti ecosystem? A commercial highway cutting across northern Serengeti National Park… and it’s scheduled for construction in 2012.
Mendenhall Glacier, Now and Then
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on September 15, 2011 
Over the past decade I have climbed and explored near glaciers in North America, The Alps and Andes to find the spots where old photographs were taken and carefully rephotograph the scene. The images together illustrate the data from current scientific observations of more than 100,000 glaciers around the world, measuring an ongoing trend of “global and rapid, if not accelerating, glacier shrinkage” which may lead to the deglaciation of large parts of many mountain ranges in the coming decades.
Thunderstruck by the Absaroka-Beartooth Front
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on August 30, 2011 
“I’m thunderstruck by the beauty, immense scale, diversity, and wildness of the Absaroka landscape. I’m sure that I belted out “Wow” many times each day while traveling from rolling sagebrush to alpine tundra below tilted granite peaks.”
Ten Years After 9/11 – Canada’s True Cost of Oil
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on August 17, 2011 
The unseen environmental costs of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001
Reduce Pollution to Our Waterways: The Chesapeake Bay
Posted by International League of Conservation Photographers on July 20, 2011 
Last December, EPA issued a science-based diet that—if achieved—would reduce pollution to our waterways. Just as progress is underway, powerful forces are working to derail the recovery effort. All of us who love the Chesapeake Bay and its rivers and streams must make our voices heard. The Scoop The Chesapeake Bay watershed covers approximately 64,000…
