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THE BAT CAVE OF BORNEO

Deer Cave, in Mulu National Park, Sarawak, at the heart of the Borneo rainforest is not only the world's largest natural rock chamber, it is also home to millions of bats. No one knows the exact number of bats but the evidence, in the shape (and smell) of

Reportagem Ref: SPL1161 Agência: spl Nº Imagens: 21
DAVID NUNUK´S BRITISH COLUMBIA

The Canadian province of British Columbia is one of North America's last great wilderness areas. The size of a small European country, it stretches from the Pacific coastline to an interior of rain forests, mountains and glaciers.

Reportagem Ref: SPL1078 Agência: spl Nº Imagens: 22
NATURE´S GLUE

Nature abounds with examples of animals and plants that use a variety of means to adhere, stick or glue themselves to an object. Usually, as in the case of sundews and spiders, it is to trap prey. In the case of the fly and gecko, it is to climb upside do

Reportagem Ref: SPL1056 Agência: spl Nº Imagens: 30
GIRAFFE MANOR

In the heart of the African savannah, there is a very special estate, a sort of Noah's Arch spread out over the vastness Kenya's wilderness. Rick and Bryony Anderson, the owners of the manor, offer their guests the unique opportunity of enjoying the compan

Reportagem Ref: EYE100 Agência: EYEVINE Nº Imagens: 45
THE GIANT VIPER OF GABON

The giant viper of Gabon can grow up to two metres in length and weigh as much as 15 kilos. With its powerful jaws, its over-sized head and its exceptionally elastic body, this sub-surface monster can gulp down rodents, porcupines and even small antelopes.

Reportagem Ref: EYE079 Agência: EYEVINE Nº Imagens: 36
HITLERI, THE DAMNED INSECT

Among the thousands of insects that are populating Slovenia, there is one that did not have much luck. Discovered at the beginning of the thirties in a cave of the region of Celje, the Anophthalmus Hitleri was named after Hitler by a German amateur entomol

Reportagem Ref: EYE074 Agência: EYEVINE Nº Imagens: 40
EVA, THE BABY DINOSAUR

Some 75 million years ago, Eva, a huge 12 metre long baby dinosaur, died in the bed of a flooding river. Its skeleton, which was perfectly preserved in the mud, saw the light of day in the South of France on July 2001, found by French palaeontologist Jean

Reportagem Ref: EYE070 Agência: EYEVINE Nº Imagens: 41
DAI, SONS OF THE MONSOON

At the heart of Tropical China, in the region of Xishuangbanna live the Dai. Their culture is deeply rooted in this territory crossed by the Mekong river, a vital artery. A magestical place where they maintain their original culture and traditions by decor

Reportagem Ref: EYE056 Agência: EYEVINE Nº Imagens: 30
SHIBAM, MANHATTAN OF THE DESERT

With its five hundred houses all grouped together it looks like a single huge fortress in the middle of the desert; Shibam is a unique architectural phenomenon. Built with earth on stone foundations, these six storey houses give the impression of being sky

Reportagem Ref: EYE055 Agência: EYEVINE Nº Imagens: 52
HUNTING THE MIGHTY PYTHON

Wrapped in a suffocating embrace, Sambo, a member of the Gbaya tribe in Cameroon, wrestles an 11-foot African rock python before shouting for another hunter to help free him from its coils. Armed with only muscle, wits and their courage, the snake hunters

Reportagem Ref: EYE054 Agência: EYEVINE Nº Imagens: 41
OASIS OF STONE GHOSTS

Away from the over run tourist traps and off the beaten track, Egypt hides forgotten secrets. A few kilometres from the Oasis of Baharia, the White Desert has one of the most fascinating landscapes in the world. At the heart of this great desert, are stran

Reportagem Ref: EYE053 Agência: EYEVINE Nº Imagens: 40
CROCOLDILE MAN EATER

250 dead and thousands wounded - one hundred Nile crocodiles are spreading a wind of terror on the Ruaha river South of Tanzania. Daily attacks, which were rare in the past are now rampaging, but who is to blame? Exceptional consequences of the climatic ph

Reportagem Ref: EYE052 Agência: EYEVINE Nº Imagens: 28
HONEY HUNTERS, BEE KEEPERS OF CAMEROON

At the heart of Cameroon, a handful of men from the Gbaya yaayuwee ethnic group are still using an ancestral technique to harvest honey. For three months, these keepers of a long forgotten tradition run the forests of the high Adamawa plateau to look for b

Reportagem Ref: EYE051 Agência: EYEVINE Nº Imagens: 49
WEEVILS SCOURGE

An ancient representation of the Garoé Hierro island - Canaries.

Reportagem Ref: PG_05_03 Agência: PASCALGOETGHELUCK Nº Imagens: 35
AMAZING PLATS

Water tanks dug by the natives of the Canaries at the foot of the Laurel trees. Hierro’s Island. The Canaries.

Reportagem Ref: PG_05_002 Agência: PASCALGOETGHELUCK Nº Imagens: 60
THE DOGS OF RAROTONGA

Cook Islands Rarotonga. Dogs play outside the Esther Honey Animal Clinic. Dogs in Rarotonga like feral dogs everywhere live in a free-form state. There are no leashes. The dogs are not so much owned by someone as by everyone. Most of the dogs that do have

Reportagem Ref: LON437 Agência: MAGNUM Nº Imagens: 1232
THE UNIQUE WORLD OF SOCOTRA

Socotra is a unique land where cucumbers grow as tall as trees and umbrella shaped trees bleed a deep red resin. Having split from mainland Africa over ten million years ago the flora and fauna on the Socotra islands have evolved free from the pressures o

Reportagem Ref: SPL1077 Agência: SPL Nº Imagens: 28
A RAPA DAS BESTAS

The presence of herds of wild horses in the mountains of Galicia shows in an unusual way the determination of Galicians to preserve their region s natural resources. Copyright Phillipe Psaila

Reportagem Ref: PPCD604_RAPA Agência: PSAILA Nº Imagens: 59
THE QUAGGA REBIRTH

A oddly-named animal is once again roaming the vast plains of South Africa s Cape Province. At a distance it looks like a zebra but when you get closer you see that instead of the famous stripes the creature is an even light brown colour. It s a quagg

Reportagem Ref: PPCD704_QUAGGA Agência: PSAILA Nº Imagens: 45
ECO WARRIORS

Cambodian Eco Warriors Wild Aid, an American environment NGO, is training Bokor Natural Park Rangers in patrolling and law enforcement techniques with former Australian military as instructors. They also train and give assistance to Mobile Intervention Uni

Reportagem Ref: D02P039 Agência: MAGNUM Nº Imagens: 40