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PODCAST: Great Barrier Reef with explorer & photographer Julia Sumerling

Expedition diver and underwater photographer Julia Sumerling joins the Wild Lives by Faunographic podcast to share her incredible adventures in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.

Podcast: Sperm Whales of the Azores with Miranda Van Der Linde

This Wild Lives podcast episode features marine biologist Miranda Van Der Linde, who reveals the secret lives of the sperm whales of the Azores, Portugal.

PODCAST: Photographer Alastair Pollock and the sharks of the Bahamas

Acclaimed photographer Alastair Pollock shares his favourite encounters with tiger sharks and great hammerheads in the Bahamas

PODCAST: Great Barrier Reef’s dwarf minke whales with Suzanne Hillcoat

Marine biologist Suzanne Hillcoat shares her wild encounters with dwarf minke whales on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

PODCAST: Iconic oceans expert Valerie Taylor on her life with sharks

August 8, 2018 · by rachelle mackintosh · in adventure, ocean, scuba, sharks, wildlife · Leave a comment

In our new podcast, legendary oceans expert and conservationist Valerie Taylor shares some of her favourite shark encounters

PODCAST ALERT! Welcome to Wild Lives by Faunographic

August 3, 2018 · by rachelle mackintosh · in adventure, animal news, conservation, interview, mixed bag, podcast, wild travels, wildlife, wildlife news · Leave a comment

If you can’t drop everything to go see your favourite animals in the wild, this brand new podcast will bring them to you. We speak to naturalists, photographers and explorers to get up close to everything from tigers to sharks to curious cassowaries!

TRAVEL: FOR WILDLIFE, SCUBA DIVING AND LIVING THE TROPICAL ISLAND DREAM, HEAD TO ZANZIBAR

March 23, 2018 · by rachelle mackintosh · in adventure, Africa, Africa, tanzania, wild travels, wildlife · 2 Comments

Whoever said, “Blue and green should never be seen” should stop being so judgey and get to Zanzibar, stat. Wherever you look, there’s proof these colours are at their best when they’re working together – here, lush green jungle meets dazzling aqua sea meets deep blue sky. The wildlife is easy on the eye, […]

One of the blokes from the Chimbro pride

Humpback whale, off Manly Beach, Sydney. *Please note, the copyright info displayed to the right is incorrect. This is 100% my image (Brendan is my friend who I bought the camera from, and I forgot to change the info on the camera itself – awks!) If you have any queries please contact me on rmackintosh@gmail.com

Rescued elephant in Kapama Game Reserve, Greater Kruger, South Africa

Flying fish on a glassed out morning off Manly Beach

The beautiful Umajhola – wild, free and living the dream in Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India. Umajhola is one of the area’s least popular tigers as she’s never had a litter of her own and chooses to just live independently, doing her own thing.

Great White Shark surfacing near Gansbaai, South Africa

Solo langur pondering astrophysics in Bandhavgarh National Park, India. *Please note, the copyright info displayed to the right is incorrect. This is 100% my image (Brendan is my friend who I bought the camera from, and I forgot to change the info on the camera itself – awks!) If you have any queries please contact me on rmackintosh@gmail.com

Itty bitty elephant surrounded by his wild elders; Kapama, South Africa

Emu, snapped on the main street of Exmouth, Western Australia (on my wedding day!)

Wild, free and living the dream in Churchill, aka, Canada’s amazing sub-Arctic

Young one tucking into sedge; Great Bear Rainforest, Canada

Wild lorikeet trying to talk me into giving him a snack, Merimbula, NSW

One of 60,000 of the Dyer Island colony, Gansbaai, South Africa

African Fish Eagle, somewhere in Eastern South Africa

During the southbound migration, on Sydney’s Northern Beaches

Bison chilling in the -38C morning, Yukon Territory, Canada

Adult ele on his way to the Madikwe water hole

Grey Crane, Serengeti NP, Tanzania

Curious humpback whale approaches the boat; Sydney’s northern beaches. *Please note, the copyright info displayed to the right is incorrect. This is 100% my image (Brendan is my friend who I bought the camera from, and I forgot to change the info on the camera itself – awks!) If you have any queries please contact me on rmackintosh@gmail.com

Lioness, Serengeti NP, Tanzania

Canadian Lynx, Yukon Territory, Canada

An adult polar bear approaches our tundra buggy, Churchill, Canada

Humpback shaking his thang, off the Northern Beaches. *Please note, the copyright info displayed to the right is incorrect. This is 100% my image (Brendan is my friend who I bought the camera from, and I forgot to change the info on the camera itself – awks!) If you have any queries please contact me on rmackintosh@gmail.com

Taking in the day’s last rays at Sydney Park, Newtown, Australia

Solid gold morning in Kanha National Park, India, with this young gentleman as he looked for breakfast

Bouncy juvie humpback partying off North Head, Sydney

Whoever came up with the name ‘common dolphin’ probably had never seen one – cos they’re pretty spectacular. Of Sydney, somewhere…

Playful calf coming over for a gander, somewhere off Sydney

Dhawajhandi the warrior tigress of Kanha. *Please note, the copyright info displayed to the right is incorrect. This is 100% my image (Brendan is my friend who I bought the camera from, and I forgot to change the info on the camera itself – awks!) If you have any queries please contact me on rmackintosh@gmail.com

Bleak but dramatic day on the cranky Tasman Sea

My favourite area of Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh. *Please note, the copyright info displayed to the right is incorrect. This is 100% my image (Brendan is my friend who I bought the camera from, and I forgot to change the info on the camera itself – awks!) If you have any queries please contact me on rmackintosh@gmail.com

Pectoral waving away the day, somewhere between South Head an Maroubra

The wild rhino I notched/tagged in Madikwe alongside the Counter-Poaching Unit. May she have a long, safe life

Adult humpie bringing the drama, somewhere off Sydney. *Please note, the copyright info displayed to the right is incorrect. This is 100% my image (Brendan is my friend who I bought the camera from, and I forgot to change the info on the camera itself – awks!) If you have any queries please contact me on rmackintosh@gmail.com

Humpback bouncing around Sydney Heads at day’s end

Mono liiiife in Madikwe

Humpback putting on a show between Sydney Heads. *Please note, the copyright info displayed to the right is incorrect. This is 100% my image (Brendan is my friend who I bought the camera from, and I forgot to change the info on the camera itself – awks!) If you have any queries please contact me on rmackintosh@gmail.com