White storks nesting on artificial nesting poles in Extremadura (Spain). Artificial platforms installed in suitable areas can be an effective in helping to increase breeding populations of white storks. During the second half of the last century, wh
As a child, my mom would always recite “De Wolken” from the late Dutch poet Martinus Nijhoff. My dad and I would always make fun of my mom, but lately I have started to understand and appreciate how Nijhoff has used the drifting clouds a
At the end of the day, when the intensity of sun decreases, a small family group of forest elephants has left the forest and crosses the savanna to forage in a different part of the forest during the night. The elephants follow ancient pathways that
Wildlife Photographer of the Year @nhm_wpy has just released a preview of its fifty-eight competition year. Among the 100 photographs that will soon be displayed at the Natural History Museum in London, is a photograph I made on assignment for WWF in
At the Kayabuki Tavern, tucked away in a corner of Utsunomiya's concrete jungle, Japanese macaque Fuku-chan wears a home made paper mâché carnaval mask during its performance practice. Yes, that’s correct, there’s an actual
These past few weeks, as I just finished an assignment, I’ve been reminiscing as I go through the archives. And as I listen to the radio in my office, hear the discussion about droughts, natural resources, climate, refugees etc etc, and look b
Every year, thousands of demoiselle cranes flock to the village of Khichan, in Rajasthan (India). There haven’t always been so many demoiselles at Khichan. It all started 70 years ago when one Khichan resident started feeding a few dozen cran
With the Western part of Zambia facing the worst drought in 30 years in 2019, members of Mishulundu Conservation Club (part of Mishulundu primary school) are being taught how to grow vegetables as the community (that mainly depends on fishing) needs
Morning fog dances over the rainforest in Lopé National Park, turning into clouds. Gabon is the second most forested country on earth, and forms part of the great Congo Basin rainforest that stretches across central Africa. In tropical rainfor
As we wanted to photograph the critically endangered African forest elephants deep within their forest habitat in Gabon, we deployed several infrared-converted DSLR camera traps near foraging sites. We eventually managed to capture the forest elephan
An eco guard holds an elephant tusk after the animal was hit by a train. Eco guards were called to the scene to secure the ivory as poaching for ivory is the most immediate threat for African forest elephants. Their populations declined by 62% betwee
It’s midnight but I can’t sleep; bright light’s shining through the curtains and generators just outside the window run all throughout the night. During nsenene harvest season in Uganda the country doesn’t seem to sleep as swa
Kaoru Amagai washes Hana, the youngest of the three Japanese macaques Mr Amagai and his wife keep as pets. He says he treats the monkeys as he would children, dressing them (he has a hundred pieces of clothing), bathing them, and feeding them daily y
This seemed to be the most common wild animal during our family holiday: Italy's indigenous scorpion - the Euscorpius italicus. I caught eight of them in our holiday cottage. Since we don’t have scorpions in the Netherlands, our girls we&rsqu
A female macaque shows the results of earlier wounds. She got caught-up in a fight between two rivalry monkeys when she was a baby and was bitten in the face. While her wounds partially healed, the left side of her nose and lip never reattached to th
A black kite soars over Katwe market in Kampala, the largest wholesale market for katydids in Uganda. The katydids are a national delicacy and sold one the market to local vendors. Cars from all over the country arrive here around sunrise to be the f
In 2009 maakte ik mijn eerste reportage in opdracht van National Geographic Magazine. Hoewel de managing editor van de Nederlandse editie onder de indruk was van mijn beelden, twijfelde hij sterk aan mijn journalistieke kwaliteiten—niet ontere

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