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Happy birthday to "Her Deepness" Sylvia Earle, Explorer at Large, famed oceanographer, record-setting diver, and advocate for ocean health. Her dedication to ocean conservation — logging over 100 expeditions and 7,000 hours underwater — has inspired generations! @mission_blue Link in bio to learn more about Sylvia Earle’s life and legacy. Photo by Kip Evans Photography

For hundreds of years, thousands of attendees have pilgrimaged to the religious festival in honor of the Lord of Qoyllorit'i, but recently, climate change and mining have threatened this sacred festival in the Andes Mountains of Peru. #NatGeoExplorer Armando Vega (@armandovega.photo) captured this moment as one attendee recalled what it was like before the changing climate threatened the sacred glacier. Photo by @armandovega.photo

An update from our @IntoTheOkavango team: 🍯 “After a long day of poling, while we were resting at our campsite, Mr. Water heard something and suddenly stood up and looked. The Greater Honeyguide was calling from a nearby tree. And it's the particular birdcall that is so unmistakable to Mr. Water. He immediately told us that there must be a beehive close by. I knew the story of a honeyguide and all along I thought it was some bush fiction. So Mr. Water together with Ralf and son, Yamaha, followed the little bird, so small we couldn't even see it, we were just following its call. From one tree to another during the following, Mr Water kept responding to the bird with a particular whistle. Few more trees and the whistling, we got to some big Jackal Berry trees and the bird called from one spot without moving. And that's when Mr. Water discovered the beehive, thanks to the Honeyguide. But it was so high that it couldn't be harvested without destroying the tree. Obviously, Mr. Water was a little disappointed that the beehive is unreachable (he loves honey), but I was incredibly impressed, I had just witnessed a wild bird work with a human!” Video by @thalefang.charles

On #InternationalDogDay, we celebrate these furry companions for life’s great adventures. 🐕 In this photo taken by #NatGeoExplorer @Ronan_Donovan, a wildlife tour guide in the the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem takes in the sunset with his dog. #DogDay

Happy birthday to the @NationalParkService, established 106 years ago! To celebrate, swipe through this gallery of some of our favorite photos from the National Geographic Society archives—highlighting our long-standing support for their mission to protect the natural spaces of our world. Can you guess these notable places? #NPSBirthday Photos (1) & (2) by Michael Nichols, (3) James L. Amos, (4) Dean Conger, (5) Justin Locke

#NatGeoExplorer and researcher Ana Belen Avila is seen here installing a camera trap for the study of capybara activity patterns in Ibera. Through this work, she hopes to better understand the capybara’s antipredator responses in order to predict potential population threats from carnivore reintroductions. Photo by Constanza Pasian

Did you know? Foxes like this juvenile gray fox have hooked claws that make them excellent tree climbers, capable of reaching heights of nearly 60 feet! They often ascend up high to escape predators like coyotes or to reach food sources like bird eggs. #NatGeoExplorer and #PhotoArk founder @JoelSartore documented this juvenile gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus ocythous) at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota (@wrcmn).

“A little girl from a village in south India stumbles upon a sacred grove, awakening its spirit…” The animated short film “Spirit of the Forest,” a Society-funded project from #NatGeoExplorer and botanical artist @NirupaRao, tells the story of a girl from a village in south India who finds a very special place on her way home from school. The hand-drawn flora and fauna featured in this film are accurate to the habitat, while the roots of this ecological fairy tale are derived from contemporary scientific research. “The film aims to weave together all these elements—plants, animals, people, spirituality, culture, art, and science—into a beautiful web of life,” shared Rao. Rao collaboration with @lighter_collective and @ghostanimation. Watch this trailer and stay tuned for the full @spiritoftheforestfilm.

Photos by documentary photographer Debsuddha Banerjee @deb_shuddho. “Belonging, an ongoing body of work that has been continuing since 2020, intends to visually narrate the lives of my two aunts, Gayatri and Swati who have been living as well as dealing with psychological claustrophobia led by social seclusion throughout their life for being born as an albino in the metropolitan city Kolkata in India. Along with all the crude experiences they have faced throughout their life, it is also a story about their sisterly companionship, love, affection for each other, and also hope that they still possess deep down in their cognitive state. Being a photographer and their nephew I try to observe and witness their resilience through my own affection and understanding I have with my aunts.” Debsuddha documented this story as part of a project funded by the National Geographic Society's COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Journalists, which supports storytellers around the world who wish to safely cover #COVID19.

Video by #NatGeoExplorer and marine conservationist @pabloborboroglu 🐧 Pablo (Popi) Garcia Borboroglu has worked in marine conservation with a special emphasis on penguins since 1989! As the founder and President of the @GlobalPenguinSociety, his team worked with the government of Argentina to secure the protection of 3.1 million hectares of penguin habitat in Patagonia.

#NatGeoExplorer Christine Lin (@chrriscross) just wrapped filming for her latest documentary following Thaidene Nëné (“land of the ancestors”) and the people that protect it. “This wouldn’t have been possible without the National Geographic Society, @audubonsociety, and my best friends @jeremyliguoridp (cinematography), @sophlebo_ (producer), and @vic_guillem (sound + post) who incidentally also make the best film crew ever. Thanks to @daysedge for the invaluable tips shared during the @jacksonwildorg media lab and of course, the Łutsël Kʼé Dene First Nation." Swipe to see some behind-the-scenes photos and stay tuned for more from this project. Photos by Christine Lin

For more than 20 years, #NatGeoExplorer @CirilJazbec’s work as a photographer and documentarian has taken him around the world, to report on the technology revolution in Africa, hunters in Greenland, and rising sea levels in Kiribati. Jazbec explains, “I’m trying to portray and produce stories that are addressing the solutions, the attempts from scientific to local communities of how to find solutions to the consequences of climate change.” Jazbec continues this work as part of our collaboration with @TheClimatePledge to support climate storytelling. Read more at the link in our bio. #WorldPhotographyDay Photo by Ciril Jazbec

#NatGeoExplorer @CirilJazbec is well-versed in the art of storytelling. For more than 20 years, his work as a photographer and documentarian has taken him around the world, to report on the technology revolution in Africa, hunters in Greenland, and rising sea levels in Kiribati. Jazbec explains, “I’m trying to portray and produce stories that are addressing the solutions, the attempts from scientific to local communities of how to find solutions to the consequences of climate change.” Link in bio to see what’s next for Jazbec as he continues to investigate inspiring attempts to fight and adapt to climate change. Photo by: Ciril Jazbec

Pete Muller (@Pete_K_Muller) is a photographer, researcher, and #NatGeoExplorer based in East Africa and the United States. His ongoing project, “A Tale of Two Wolves: A Study of Men and Behavior,” examines the interplay between notions of masculinity, male experience, and violence. Listen as Muller explains his interest in how changing environments change people—and the pieces of what he calls a conflict equation.

Can you guess what vibrant creature this is…? It’s a sea slug! Those curly projections on the “back” of the slug are known as cerata; each ceratum includes an extension of the ducts of the digestive gland. #NatGeoExplorer and #PhotoArk founder @JoelSartore documented this Brazilian aeolid nudibranch (Spurilla braziliana) at Gulf Specimen Marine Lab and Aquarium.