The desert surrounding Hanksville, Utah is a surreal mix of canyons, mountains and plateaus. Hanksville was first settled in the late 1800s and was a supply post for Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch, who

Earth Day celebrations make me think of the great joy of being inside Fingal’s Cave on the Isle of Staffa, Scotland. Here I was surrounded by the basalt columns of the great volcanic flow that covered

With flamboyant red-orange beaks, peach-coloured feet and white-feathered caps, the Gentoo Penguin stands out as one of the Antarctic species of penguins who call the Deep South home. These penguins typically

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Fishing boat, anchored in the shallow waters on Shah Porir Dwip Island, Bangladesh. It was just there, floating under the beauty of sky, while waiting to cross by another boat along a typhoon

Paddleboaring is my favorite way to explore the backwaters of the Everglades. Here I am standing on Fisheating Creek composing photographs of a cypress tree that embodies this mysterious and wild waterway.

St Mary’s Church in Crawley Hampshire. The church is a grade 2 listed building from the Norman period.

Mary Lengees is caring for orphaned elephants at Reteti Elephant Sanctuary (@r.e.s.c.u.e) the first indigenous-owned and run elephant sanctuary in northern Kenya. Mary is one of the first indigenous Samburu

A slither of light peaks out amongst storm clouds brewing over the town of Tinghir in Morocco.

Prayers in the Perfume Pagoda, a sacred Buddhist cave in northern Vietnam. To see more of my work from around the globe with National Geographic, follow me @beukaya

Late afternoon preparations at the underwater restaurant on Rangali Atoll, Maldives. With sea level expected to rise 1-2 meters by 2100, this may be a luxurious view of our future. To see more, follow

Taking it all in at Playa Maderas in Nicaragua.

Cheetahs are the most vulnerable of the world’s big cats, with cub mortality as high as 95 percent, often due to predation by lions and hyenas. But studies have shown that a small number of cheetah females

Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. This shows a realistic sky in 3D, like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or telescopes. It is used in planetarium projector. Just

A coatimundi on the hunt for breakfast in front of Temple I in the Great Plaza of Tikal. Coatis are omnivores that often use their long pointy nose to search for grubs and other invertebrates found below

Traveling Scotland for the last 20 years I find myself drawn further out into the wild islands. The Callanish Stones are one of the great rewards of the journey out to the Isles of Lewis and Harris, a

For a recent story about the Gulf of Mexico, I explored Louisiana’s cypress swamps by stand up paddleboard with husband and wife local adventure guides, picture here in Lake Fausse Pointe State Park, near

we’re settling back in after a great trip exploring the marine ecosystems around San Salvador Island, Bahamas. We started this expedition with many unknowns. Would we find an abundance of sharks? How would

The Danakil depression is located in the northern part of Ethiopia, in the so-called “Afar’s Triangle”, which takes its name from the nomadic people who live there. It is a region close to the border area

The Viceroy Special, Sri Lanka's only vintage stream train, prepares to take a chartered tour from Nanu Oya train station, near Nuwara Eliya in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. The train follows the

Magic hour from Malabar Hill. Sunrise reveals the incredible terrain of Lord Howe Island and the gorgeous hues of the surrounding Tasman Sea. This tiny island is a Unesco World Heritage site and home to