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Captured shots from the 2024 Natural World Photography Contest's BigPicture Edition

Captured shots from the 2024 Natural World Photography Contest's BigPicture Edition

A fox basking under the sunlight, fireflies illuminating the night sky, and a landscape covered with fluttering butterflies are some of the captivating visuals documented by recipients of the California Academy of Sciences' yearly competition. This event has been ongoing for 11 years and serves to showcase the diversity

Catastrophic Wetland Inferno Claims Lives of Unmovable Species: 'Those Unable to Flee Face Dire Outcomes'

Catastrophic Wetland Inferno Claims Lives of Unmovable Species: 'Those Unable to Flee Face Dire Outcomes'

Perched atop blackened trees, howler monkeys surveyed the charred remains around them. A flock of emus wandered disorientedly in search of water. The skeletons of alligators lay lifeless and blackened. The world's largest wetland and one of Earth's most diverse ecosystems, known as the Pantanal, was