Visual stories for wildlife and conservation from the world's wild places.https://www.takemetothewild.com/https://www.takemetothewild.com/stories/what-the-orcas-taught-me/https://www.takemetothewild.com/stories/what-the-orcas-taught-me/Minus fifteen degrees. Sick with fever. Swimming with wild orcas in Norway's darkest waters. Sometimes the moments that break you are the ones that make you feel most alive.Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTAdelina Persahttps://www.takemetothewild.com/stories/bairds-tapir/https://www.takemetothewild.com/stories/bairds-tapir/High in the Talamanca Mountains of Costa Rica, one of the planet's most ancient creatures walks softly through the mist. The Baird's tapir — shy, solitary, and endangered — is the cloud forest's most devoted gardener.Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTAdelina Persahttps://www.takemetothewild.com/stories/sea-turtle-survival/https://www.takemetothewild.com/stories/sea-turtle-survival/A visual story about the nesting habits and life cycle of sea turtles, the impact of light pollution on their survival, and the conservationists fighting to keep the beaches dark.Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTChris Jimenezhttps://www.takemetothewild.com/stories/creatures-of-the-night/https://www.takemetothewild.com/stories/creatures-of-the-night/The forest at night is not a place most people choose to go. It is dark, disorienting, and full of things that make sounds you cannot identify. But if you stay long enough, and quiet enough, the fear gives way to wonder.Sun, 01 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTChris Jimenezhttps://www.takemetothewild.com/stories/hummingbirds-of-costa-rica/https://www.takemetothewild.com/stories/hummingbirds-of-costa-rica/To photograph something that moves at 80 wingbeats per second, you have to become completely still. A story about speed, stillness, and what you see when you stop moving.Sat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTChris Jimenezhttps://www.takemetothewild.com/stories/into-the-deep/https://www.takemetothewild.com/stories/into-the-deep/A journey from fear to wonder. What happens when you stop holding your breath and let the ocean show you what it has been hiding all along.Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMTChris Jimenezhttps://www.takemetothewild.com/stories/kilimanjaro/https://www.takemetothewild.com/stories/kilimanjaro/A seven-day trek to the roof of Africa. Through five climate zones, from rainforest to arctic ice, photographing the mountain, the people, and the landscape that changes everything about how you see the world.Tue, 01 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMTChris Jimenezhttps://www.takemetothewild.com/stories/colombia-wild/https://www.takemetothewild.com/stories/colombia-wild/Colombia is a country of colors, aromas, flavors, friendly people, and above all, lots of wildlife. A birding and photography expedition through the cloud forests, páramos, and rainforests of the Colombian Andes.Sun, 01 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMTChris Jimenezhttps://www.takemetothewild.com/stories/owls-of-costa-rica/https://www.takemetothewild.com/stories/owls-of-costa-rica/A years-long quest to find and photograph all 14 species of owls in Costa Rica. From the common Barn Owl in church towers to the near-impossible highland species that live above the clouds.Thu, 01 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMTChris Jimenezhttps://www.takemetothewild.com/stories/resplendent-quetzal/https://www.takemetothewild.com/stories/resplendent-quetzal/If ever there existed an ultimate symbol of the beauty embodied by birds, the Resplendent Quetzal would certainly qualify. A photographic journey through the cloud forests of Costa Rica in search of the bird that inspired gods.Thu, 01 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMTChris Jimenez