A group of photographers shooting from an inflatable boat in the Antarctic recently got closer to their subjects than they had expected to when a terrified penguin jumped into their boat to escape a hungry leopard seal.
A woman was hiking on a trail in Mexico's Chipinque Ecological Park recently when she was approached by a curious black bear. As the bear stood on its hind legs sniffing her hair, she decided to raise her phone and snap a selfie.
Here's a video of a disconcerting encounter between a police officer and photographer that's making the rounds online. It shows a police officer in San Diego drawing his gun on the photographer filming because he "doesn't know" what the GoPro attached to the main camera is.
Wildlife photographers Chris Bray and his wife, Jess, were leading a photo tour of Antarctica and South Georgia when the duo had a warm and fuzzy encounter with a curious (and huge) baby elephant seal. This 1-minute video shows "the hazards of being a wildlife photographer."
Swiss landscape photographer Stefan Forster was shooting in Greenland in September 2018 when he spotted a wild white Arctic Fox. After hiding and crawling for about 3,300 feet (~1,000m), Forster had a magical encounter with the beautiful fox that he captured in this 50-second video.
Photographer Maxim Deminov was taking pictures of polar bears in Cape Kozhevnikov, Russia, when one curious polar bear decided to approach him and his camera. Instead of fleeing, Deminov repeatedly stood up to the animal and shooed it away. The encounter was captured in the 3.5-minute video above.
While shooting for a conservation film about rhino poaching in South Africa, cameraman Garth De Bruno Austin was approached by a wild rhino who was apparently in search of a nice belly rub. The unusual encounter was captured in the 15-second video above.
Exploring and photographing abandoned houses always comes with its share of surprises. It also often confronts you with some moral questions and scenarios -- there are many “what if’s” that can be associated with this hobby.
Underwater videographer Joel Kistel was filming some footage for reef-conservation nonprofit TISIRI earlier this month when he ran across a rather curious and sneaky octopus who nearly cost Kistel $15,000.
Last year we shared a table listing the various hazards National Geographic photographers experience while on the …
Australian photographer Liam McHenry tells the inspiring story of an encounter he had …