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Time to move on

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Italian Hiker Discovers Animal Tracks From a Time Before Dinosaurs,

Revealed by melting snow in the Alps, the imprints in rock that were left by reptiles and amphibians during the Permian period: Photograph: Elio Della Ferrera / Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape

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You need a strong stomach to watch this

https://youtu.be/OVfZw_eqJW8

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Indian from Chile (Fast Bumblebee)

One of the representatives of the tribe of Indians living in the jungles of Chile.

#chile #people #indian

Photograph:: Konstantin Turkov

The Rooftop Children (generated by AI), Hong Kong, 2023

‘The poverty and cramped conditions fostered a connection to the Walled City, drawing me into its unique world,’ Tse says. ‘This curiosity prompted me to research further, and the book by Greg and Ian had a profound impact on me. I began to use AI and see it as a time machine to help reimagine the past. Since starting my project, I reached out to Greg for permission to reference his photographs, and I truly appreciate his open-mindedness and guidance as we create the “untaken photo” together’

Illustration: Bianca Tse

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Jakarta, Indonesia

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has provided an early warning to people in coastal areas to be aware of high waves and high tides until 21 November

Photograph: Eko Siswono Toyudho/Anadolu/Getty Images

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We have a duty of care to our children we seem to have given up on. Why? Nobody answers you?

Baku, Azerbaijan

Soledad Secca Noa speaks during a demonstration at the Cop29 UN climate summit

Photograph: Peter Dejong/AP/ Guardian

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A 35,000-Year-Old Saber-Toothed Cub Was Unearthed - and It Still Had Its Whiskers and Claws

The cub belongs to the species, Homotherium latidens, unearthed from the Badyarikha River Yakutia, Siberia. A.V. Lopatin et al., Scientific Reports 2024 ; Smithsonian Magazine

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Ancient Roman Gladiators Were Huge Celebrities Who Even Had Their Own Merch

A tiny gladiator figurine was used as a handle on a 2,000-year-old copper folding knife found in an English river, suggesting that popular fascination with the ancient fighters reached the edges of the empire: Smithsonian Magazine

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A young calf follows its mother at the Ngutuni Wildlife Conservancy in southern Kenya. Elephant conservation has been a success in Tsavo aided by the Bee Project:

Photograph: Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images/ Guardian

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Elephant conservation has been a been a success in Tsavo in Kenya, with their number increasing by about 6,000 in the mid-1990s to almost 15,000 in 2021 and a long-running project by the charity Save the Elephants offered an unlikely solution: deterring some of nature’s biggest animals with some of its smallest: African honeybees ; the Guardian

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A diagnosis of ADHD aged 30 was what prompted Lilo to quit his corporate job and start carving leaves for a living. And a living it is: he’s sold 300,000 copies of his leaf-art books to date and exhibits his work throughout Japan. #beyourself #makeadifference

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For her first big project, Mother River (2010-14), Preston photographed the entire Yangtze River in China at precise 62-mile (100km) intervals on a large-format plate camera. Caption: 3,100km from the river source, 2013, Mother River

Photograph: Yan Wang Preston

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Biss is a leading macro photographer. His high magnification photographs are used in school curriculums around the world and enabling students to appreciate details normally invisible to the human eye. The eggs of 82 species of phasmids, also known as stick insects

Photograph: Levon Biss. Royal Photographic Society Awards

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Levon Biss received the RPS award for achievement in the art of photography. Pollen from the field scabious flower, found in verges and woodland.⁠ ⁠ Each grain in this photograph is about 30 microns wide (0.03mm). To put it into perspective, the width of a human hair.

Photograph: Levon Biss

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Almost every day for the past five years, the Kanagawa-born artist Lito has drawn an image on to a leaf – and carved it out before posting a photograph to social media. The combination of playful Studio Ghibli-esque imagination and exhaustive attention to detail is central to the appeal. #leaf #art

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A Javan slow loris being looked after at the Mount Kendeng national park resort in Sukabumi, Java, Indonesia. Ten of the primates have been translocated there to safeguard this critically endangered species

Photograph: internationalanimalrescue.org/Yayasan Inisiasi Alam Rehabilitasi Indonesia