Why do animals collect in masses? This question is at the heart of our new project dealing with ANIMAL MASSES. Every year, millions upon millions of animals gather together all over the world. They collect in order to spend the winter together, to mate, to migrate in a community or to occupy new habitats. Some animals can only exist in masses, in effect forming super-organisms. A travelling exhibition is touring museums all over Europe. GEO Germany is going to publish a magnificant wall calendar 2011.

Naturfotografie, Naturfilm, Stativkopf, Fledermäuse, Highspeed, Bildarchiv, Tierfilm.

We are all familiar with architecture designed by human beings. Yet architecture by animals for the most part goes unnoticed, although they were building nests, dams, and huts when we still dwelled in caves. From the tiny nest of a hummingbird to the largest structures created by animals, the coral reefs, there are constructions that continue to amaze us even today. In addition to a high degree of visual aesthetics, ANIMAL ARCHITECTURE also supplies interesting information about biology and has numerous .

Elefanten im Fokus mit Josef Niedermeier. Okavangodelta intensiv mit Sandra Petrowitz. Safaritraum für Naturfotografen mit Sandra Petrowitz. Masai Mara im Fokus mit Thorsten Milse. Im Land der Lemuren mit Thorsten Milse. Orientalische Impressionen mit Kay Maeritz. Olympus NamibiaXperience mit Paul Kornacker. Namibias Tierwelt in Fokus mit Josef Niedermeier. Gorillas im Sucher mit Thorsten Milse. Mara River Crossing mit Michael Lohmann.

More information and order here. Take a look at the blog entry here. Coastal Brown Bears in GEO International.