Posts by Jamie Maddison
Give the #GiftOfNature
Celebrate the holidays and welcome 2017 with wildlife well wishes that will last throughout the year. Give the gift of Love Nature today and your friends and family will enjoy these incredible nature documentaries…
These amazing Ghibli gifs show off the eye-popping beauty of nature like you've never seen it before
Every Friday we feature the work of an artist, photographer or illustrator who we feel really encapsulates the love for nature we champion. So who better to feature this week than two of the most renowned illustrators of all time—Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki, of the world famous Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli. If you’ve ever watched a … Continued
The fascinating outlines of low poly animals
If you’re here on this page reading about animals, chances are you’re rather familiar with what they look like. We all know the generalities—elephants are huge, sharks are sleek, and hedgehogs spiky. But apart from that, have you ever stopped to consider the specific outline of your favourite critter? Well Diana D’Achille has. Born and … Continued
We asked a moose expert what the heck is actually going on in this reader’s video
When Amanda Waggoner noticed two moose acting interestingly in her backyard, she did what any self-respecting disciple of the digital age would do: she filmed the encounter and shared it with us (below), stating: ‘[I] don’t know for sure if it’s a mama weaning… but sure does remind me of motherhood.’ Our curiosity captured, we … Continued
Nature’s most extreme camouflage: 8 masters of disguise
Mother Nature’s masters of disguise are hardly limited to chameleons—there’s an entire dazzling array of animals that boast impressive camouflage capabilities. Some release pigments into the outer layer of their skin via a process so complex, scientists don’t yet fully understand it, while others have evolved to look just like their chosen homes in flowers … Continued
We're supporting WWF to boost efforts against poaching in Cambodia
As the official content partner of WWF International, Love Nature is today helping make a difference to the great work the charity undertakes by donating toward a new WWF training programme for wildlife rangers at the Serepok Wildlife Sanctuary and Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary in north eastern Cambodia. The two sanctuaries are part of the … Continued
Meet Vanessa, the fastest woman to climb the highest mountain on each continent
Vanessa O’Brien is a British-American mountaineer, explorer, public speaker and former business executive. She’s the fastest woman in the world to have climbed the Seven Summits—the highest mountain on each continent—and has also skied the last degree (60 nautical miles) to both the North and South Poles. We caught up with the ever-enthusiastic ex-banker to hear … Continued
Chilli seeds and light aircraft—Latest update from GRI
Love Nature’s charity partner Game Rangers International have just launched an exciting new project in the south of Kafue National Park, combining women’s empowerment with human-elephant conflict mitigation. District Community Officer Britius Munkombwe trained the Shanangoma Women’s Group to sow and propagate chilli seeds, and to start their own chilli nursery. The majority of mature chilli … Continued
An ode to the immensity of Canada’s seasonally-changing wilderness
The camera slowly pans over a glacier. White clouds are seen swirl silently over icy cornices above, held hanging against a deep blue sky—waiting for release. The view shifts, moving under soaring evergreens, their pine needles matted with layer upon layer of fresh snow; wrapped up tight in winter’s hardship. These branches stand still in the cold crystalline … Continued
This incredible city is redefining how industry and animals interact
Those who were born in Linz half a century ago may remember a very different city to what visitors see today. Nestled on the banks of the River Danube, this capital of Upper Austria has been the site of a massive steel industry and chemical plants since the Second World War, making it one of the country’s most … Continued
We're going BIG with IMAX, all September on Love Nature
We’ve got a treat for you this September on Love Nature: stunning ultra-High Definition IMAX documentaries, and lots of them: ANTARCTICA Antartica takes you to a continent beyond imagination. Discover a new world and learn of Antarctica’s wildlife in a way never before possible. The film creates a sensation of truly being there—a remarkable film … Continued
This strange underwater contraption is revolutionising underwater filmmaking
One of Love Nature’s videographers has this week been sending back some incredible underwater shots from inside one of the strangest underwater contraptions we’ve seen so far. Great Blue Wild cameraman Kay Burn Lim was diving deep inside ‘The Explorer—a self-propelled mobile shark cage that allows camera operators to track Great White Sharks as they swim, hunt and ultimately … Continued
Come and say 'awww' to adorable alpaca this week on Love Nature
We’ve got a whole host of new shows and documentaries for you this week on the Love Nature streaming app. Join activists in the soaring treetops of Texas with Above All Else, dive under the waves with Dolphin Army, get lost in the land of fire and ice in Nordic Wild, discover an almost extra-terrestrial realm in Moray Eels: Alien Empire or immerse … Continued
Quiz: How many animals can you name?
Think you know your animals? Well we’ve come up with a quick-fire quiz to test just that. Featuring 40 creatures and critters from right across the Animal Kingdom, we challenge the Internet to get full marks on this fiendish feast of beasts, birds, fish and insects (and if you do get top marks, tweet us @lovenature and let us know). … Continued
Happy World Elephant Day!
Happy World Elephant Day! Watch this to see how working together is vital for the survival of the baby elephant and therefore the species.
Creature currency: Nature’s most beloved beasts, as illustrated on the humble banknote
Currency. Every society (more or less) uses it, but have you ever stopped to stare at the amazing array of creatures that are detailed on the back of those crumpled pieces of paper (and now, plastic) we stuff into our pockets and wallets each week? From the Philippines’ pikoy, to Bermuda’s bluebird, onto the splendid … Continued
We're cooking on the wild side this weekend with these exclusive new nature shows
How do you enjoy the world’s great wild spaces when the only resources available to you are those that Mother Nature provides? That’s the topic of Cooking in the Wild, an exclusive new show to the Love Nature streaming app. Each week instructor in survival techniques John C. invites a renowned French chef out into the wild on a quest to … Continued
Hero firefighters save animals from Dubai inferno
Dubai firefighters risked life and limb last week to rescue several animals from the burning Sulafa Tower—one of the world’s tallest residential buildings—in an extraordinary measure of selfless public service. The heroic firefighters worked quickly whilst the blaze raged up and down the 75-story building, making numerous return trips to save the many dogs, cats, birds, and … Continued
Seahorses: Wanted Dead or Alive—Brand new documentary streaming this week on Love Nature
A horse’s head, a monkey’s tail, males that give birth—seahorses are by all accounts fascinating freaks of nature. They have captured human hearts and become an icon of our oceans, but today these enchanting fish have a price on their head, the animals being worth up to their weight in silver. Indeed, the demand for seahorses is … Continued
This disturbing video shows why you should never visit a wild animal circus
Warning: some will find the above video distressing. In 2015, an eyewitness visited Suzhou, China—which encompasses more than 300 circuses—to go undercover inside 10 different circuses and animal training facilities. What they documented is eye-opening, heart-wrenching and disturbing. Behind-the-scenes footage, published today for the first time by PETA, shows bears forced to stand on two legs or face … Continued
Inside the lofty realm of the regal sea-eagles
From the wintery depths of bleakest Siberia, to the secluded seaside coves of north-west Scotland, an iconic bird of prey has been making an incredible comeback. For the two centuries preceding the 1970s, white-tailed eagles had been undergoing dramatic decline and local extinctions across many regions of western, central and southern Europe. But come the 1980s, the … Continued
This week on Love Nature: The 'assassin of the sea' scares the heck out of us all
Imagine an animal that weighs the same as a small sachet of porridge, but can generate 1500N of force—equivalent to the resting weight of two people—in a lightning attack that’s as fast as a bullet leaving a gun. Add to this species, an arsenal of hammer-like appendages, pointed claws sharper than flick-knives, an eyesight that’s unparalleled to anything else in the animal kingdom … Continued
The strange world of river sharks
Worldwide there are more than 500 recognised species of sharks and that number is continuing to grow as new species are discovered lurking in the depths of the world’s oceans. Encompassing everything from the well known great white and hammerhead sharks, to little known oddities such as the deep-sea dwarf lanternshark or the enormous plankton … Continued
Latest from the field at the Elephant Orphanage Project
Game Rangers International are a charity working hard protect Zambia’s threatened wildlife. Love Nature is currently making two shows with GRI, focusing on its Elephant Orphanage Project, which is involved in rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing orphaned elephants back into the wild. For more information, please visit our Make a Difference page. UPDATE FROM THE FIELD With the … Continued
We asked a cryptozoologist whether mythical creatures could actually exist
Have you ever glimpsed a strange animal or unknown creature looking like it had jumped straight out of a book on mythology and folklore? Probably not, but some do—many of these people then report their sightings to Cryptozoology News. Michael Bachman is the founder of the website, a journalistic platform for those who have sighted a cryptid, defined by Wikipedia as ‘an … Continued
6 hot news shows, now streaming on Love Nature
Summer has finally arrived! It’s hot, the sun is shining—you might even be able to get a decent tan, if the clouds hold off. Of course if you do find yourself too hot and flushed, us humans can always can always head off inside for a cool drink and a refreshing lie down. But not so for … Continued
