Fox Steals Three Trail Cameras in 10 Minutes
An Arizona woman got a shock when surveillance footage revealed that a fox had stolen three of her backyard trail cameras in just 10 minutes.
Thief Steals City Trail Camera, Gets Secretly Photographed in His Bedroom
A hapless thief who stole a city game camera which began sending photos of him to the police has been arrested.
Spy Octopus Camera Gets Hug From Real Octopus in Wildlife Documentary
BBC wildlife documentary Spy in the Ocean used a camera cunningly disguised an animatronic octopus to communicate with a real octopus in the ocean -- even getting a tentacled cuddle from the creature in the process.
Parrot Steals GoPro, Films Bird’s-Eye View of New Zealand National Park
A parrot in New Zealand has become Internet famous after stealing a tourist family's GoPro camera and flying away to capture some gorgeous views of a national park.
Researcher Says Giant Crabs Keep Stealing and Destroying Her Cameras
A researcher on Christmas Island—an Australian Territory in the Indian Ocean—is losing thousands of dollars worth of camera gear to theft and vandalism. But it's not humans that are to blame, her gear is being stolen and destroyed by the aptly named 'Robber Crab,' the world's largest arthropod.
Watch Two Tiny Owls Discover and Take Out a Wildlife Camera
The UK's Hawk Conservancy Trust recently earned quite a bit of attention for their cause when a pair of Burrowing Owls they were trying to document discovered their hidden camera. The resulting video, which shows the owls "taking out" the camera, makes for a humorous entry in the battle of man vs beast.
Lioness Steals Photographer’s Canon DSLR and Gives It to Her Cubs
Wildlife photographer Barbara Jensen Vorster was photographing a pride of lions in Botswana in July when she had her camera stolen by a lioness. She luckily had another camera ready and captured a series of photos showing what happened next.
Squirrel Steals GoPro, Shoots Video Game Worthy POV Run Through a Tree
Animals stealing action cameras is nothing new—monkeys, seagulls, and foxes have all gotten their 15 minutes of fame this way. But this thieving squirrel is a veritable filmmaker by comparison.
Octopus Grabs Camera, Photographs Photographer, and Becomes Famous
An octopus is getting quite a bit of attention this week for its photography skills. After noticing a camera placed in its enclosure to photograph it, the eight-legged creature grabbed the camera, turned it around, and unintentionally captured a portrait of the photographer.
Crab Tries to Steal GoPro, Reinforces Our Belief that Animals Love Action Cams
We're starting to suspect that wild animals the world over are collecting action cams for some nefarious plot... well, either that or wild animals like carrying away shiny objects, but we prefer our first theory. We've seen birds, cheetahs and hyenas all make away with GoPros, and now it seems the crustaceans are getting involved too.
Fox Plunders a Dead Animal Carcass and Runs Off With the Camera Hidden Inside
Animals love cameras. It seems we can infer that much from videos and stories we've shared in the past. From Lions to Bears, it seems that animals are often as interesting in camera gear as they are in a free meal.
Another case in point is the video above. Shot for the Dutch TV series De Nieuwe Wildernis (The New Wilderness), the clip shows a curious fox making off with a GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition that was hidden inside a dead animal carcass.
Seagull Steals Camera, Films Itself Flying Off Into the Sunset
Be careful not to leave your camera unattended when animals are nearby -- you never know what might happen. We've shared a number of videos in the past of animals such as monkeys, octopi, sharks, and seagulls "borrowing" cameras for their own purposes.
A Closer Look at the Camera-Stealing “Klepto” Tiger Shark
Remember that "klepto" tiger shark that was filmed swimming away with an underwater photographer's DSLR? Turns out it has a name: Emma.
CNN picked up on the story and did a little digging, resulting in the short report seen above.
Tiger Shark Swims Off with Camera Rig
What’s with underwater photographers getting mugged by large sea creatures these days? Dutch photographer …
Adorable Moment Photographer Helps Baby Sloth and Mother ‘Thanks Him’
A viral video of a nature photographer helping a baby sloth back to its mother is lighting up the internet.
Ami Vitale: From Photographer to Conservationist
Ami Vitale started as a photo editor for the Associated Press in 1993. She then quit her job to be a photographer/foreign correspondent in the Czech Republic in 1997. Today, she is a well-known conservationist championing the cause of endangered wildlife and the environment with her own photography and that of others.
Baby Foxes Find GoPro and Play With It, Adorable Footage Ensues
A group of adorable fox cubs found and started playing with a wildlife photographer's GoPro, footage that was captured thanks to its motion detection feature.
Curious Octopus Plays Tug-of-War with Diver’s GoPro, Tries to Steal It
Earlier this month, in the waters off the coast of Mandelieu-la-Napoule, France, a freediver got into an underwater tug-of-war with a small octopus who badly wanted to run away with the diver's GoPro. The resulting footage is sort of like a 4-minute underwater chase scene.
The Art of the Portrait: My Journey to 100 Portraits in 100 Days
As a junior in high school in 1997, when I was deciding which path I wanted to go down, fine arts or photography, things were pretty simple. Did I want to express myself with a camera or a pencil? Inspired by masters like Annie Leibovitz and David LaChapelle, I opted for the camera.
All I wanted to do was create beautiful images for a living. By signing up for a degree in fine art photography, little did I know what lay ahead for me.
Pulitzer Winning Photographer David Turnley’s Advice to a Class of Photojournalism Students
I had a wonderful opportunity today in that I got to enjoy the company of Pulitzer Prize-winner photojournalist David Turnley in the setting of my very own classroom. He was very personable, very intelligent, and even made us all stand up and touch each other's faces to make the point of what photojournalists, street photographers, and portrait photographers do: we create a more intimate viewpoint into someones life that we typically (and this especially true for us mid-westerners) don't experience on a day-to-day basis.
Curious Octopus Attempts to Snag Entire Underwater SLR Rig from Diver
Sea creatures are out to get your cameras. Don't believe us? Well the evidence is overwhelmingly in our favor. Sharks, crabs and manta rays have all tried to snatch photography equipment from unsuspecting camera men and women in the past, and this video shows that octopuses (octopi? moosen?) are trying to get in on the action as well.