Stuart Chambers

Underwater Forests Return to Life off the Coast of California, and That could be Good News for the Entire Planet. Kelp beds harbour complex ecosystems
Palos Verdes Kelp Forest Restoration Project near Los Angeles forms an ecosystem that is home to many creatures.

Courtesy: Smithsonian Magazine

A tiger is treated by vets from Four Paws, in Luján, Argentina. More than 100 big cats were left in limbo when authorities closed a zoo. Once the big cats are healthy again, Four Paws plans to transfer them to wildlife sanctuaries abroad
Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP/Guardian

A wild horse trots through the lush expanse of the New Forest in Hampshire. Its powerful stride cuts through the vibrant landscape, where rich colors of late afternoon sunlight filter through the dense canopy, casting a warm, golden glow. Irina Petrova Adamatzky, United Kingdom, 2024

Sea otters use the agile, grip of their forepaws to capture and pull apart prey. Raising their paws and back flippers out of the water also helps them stay warm.

Picture ; Gretchen Kay Stuart
Courtesy: Smithsonian Magazine

Guelph, Ontario, Canada
‘A screech owl roosts on a comfortable shelf fungus in a tree.’
Photograph: Brad Morley : Guardian Community: Readers Best Pictures

For decades, archaeologists have been perplexed by thousands of mysterious dimples dotting the landscape in southern Peru. Known as the “Band of Holes,” may have been dug methodically and deliberately. Smithsonian Magazine

Otters in the Aleutian Archipelago, the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

Laura Hedien, Alaska, 2019 / Smithsonian Magazine

Ben Collins, from ‘The Onion’: ‘The powerful have a revenge fantasy, it’s the revenge of the dorks’ The CEO of the leading US satirical website explains what to do when reality is crazy, and how he is trying to buy the website of a famous conspiracy theorist

In 2024, he switched careers. He wanted to take a step back and relaunch The Onion’s print edition, which had been discontinued in 2013. The monthly paper now has over 50,000 subscribers and is its main source of revenue.

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The Mari people’s paganism closely links people and nature. Nature is seen as a source of absolute good, and as long as it is fully embraced, something that will always help the individual - Ikuru Kuwajima - Photographer

Finalist – our impact: Felled Forest
‘This area appeared to have been recently cleared. A large flock of cockatoos were present. I do not know the adaptability and resilience of these birds but wonder what they make of this destruction.’ Takayna/Tarkine, Tasmania.
Photograph: Craig McGowan

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Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, is leading a project to compile the names of as many Jewish Holocaust victims as possible. Gil Cohen Magen / Xinhua via Getty Images
Smithsonian Magazine

Archaeologists discovered an engraved intaglio that a Roman stationed at Bremenium in northern England likely used to stamp his correspondence, the military outpost was located roughly 25 miles north of Hadrian’s Wall Smithsonian Magazine

On a summer morning, this roseate spoonbill was trying to find his way. The thinker!

#florida #spoonbill
Photo by Jack Louden
Smithsonian Magazine

The little penguins in St Kilda are now back on view in Melbourne, Australia. A colony of around 1,400 little penguins live at St Kilda,a viewing platform has been built, allowing tourists to admire the adorable foot-tall penguins without trampling through their home,
Photograph: Flossy Sperring

Chilean devil rays swim in the Atlantic Ocean near the Azores. Reinhard Dirscherl / ullstein bild via Getty Images / Smithsonian Magazine

Remoras hitch a ride on a humpback whale. Screenshot of a video captured by Olaf Meynecke, via Griffith University
Marine scientist Olaf Meynecke knows all about suction—he uses suction camera tags to study the migratory movements of humpback whales

Lightning Rainbow

A beautiful storm with lightning, rain and a rainbow!

Photo by David Swindler / Courtesy Smithsonian Magazine

A juvenile yellow-headed caracara perches on the back of a resting capybara among the mangroves in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Photograph: Bob Karp/Zuma Press Wire/Shutterstock/Guardian

How community projects are building a brighter future for British farms Anna-Marie Julyan meets the farmers bringing hope and purpose to different corners of the countryside…

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Tiny but mighty: Downy woodpeckers drill into trees with a force 20 to 30 times their body weight. Picture : Brown University. Article: Smithsonian Magazine

Goya—Monet—Cézanne—Bonnard—Grosse” on view at the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Alte Nationalgalerie / David von Becker
Over four generations, one German family built a collection of European masterpieces. Now, on public display for the very first time.

Early Morning Mountains Overlooking Kotor
Taken from up on the switchback high above the city.

#landscape #montenegro #mountains
Photo by Brad Balfour
Courtesy; Smithsonian Magazine Photography Awards

The new world of information supplied by drones hovering above is allowing researchers to more easily measure whale size, body condition and health; to identify individual animals from features on their bodies; and more. Marvin del Cid/500px/Getty / Smithsonian Magazine

#Images

A bee buzzes by a hybrid magenta-and-yellow snapdragon. By Daria Shipilina / ISTA
Sitting along the border of Spain and France is a natural laboratory, not only in the typical sense of gorgeous flowers—but also as a scientific opportunity to study hybridization of flowers in the wild. Smithsonian

Winner – threatened species: Red Dawn
‘Ghost bats are rare and extremely elusive , Picture: Adelaide River Hills, Northern Territory.
Photographer: Etienne Littlefair. Australian Geographic nature photographer of the year 2025

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YouTube video by Stuart Chambers. People. Planet. Purpose. Road To Fulfilment Trailer With Award Credits - 4K UHD (2022/23)

‘Road to Fulfillment’is dedicated to the many fabulous people from around the world who care deeply about our planet and strive to create a better future

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A hiker resting on a large tree branch in the woods during a day of exploring Mount Aspiring National Park. New Zealand. By Lydia Ball, 2011 / Courtesy: Smithsonian Magazine

Spanish photographer Ángel Hidalgo has captured the world’s first ever white Iberian lynx on camera in Jaén, Spain, after months of trying
Photograph: @angeliyo_o / Courtesy Guardian