A northern giant petrel sits on its nest at the edge of a rātā tree forest on Enderby Island, New Zealand. Northern giant petrels are large seabirds. They’re used to flying above the waves for weeks ...
The 25 shots have been shortlisted for the People's Choice Award of the prestigious Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photographer of the Year prize. Four are from UK entrants.
Signy is occupied only during the austral summer, research focuses on the island's bird populations (one in ten of the world's 50,000 southern giant petrels live around Signy), and land-based ecology.
involving three Wandering Albatross chicks and two Southern Giant Petrel adults. The virus can be transported long distances by migrating birds, and this is likely how the virus arrived on Marion ...
A beluga whale rubs itself on the underside of a river bottom to exfoliate its skin "A northern giant petrel sits on its nest at the edge of a rātā tree forest on Enderby Island, New Zealand.