HEY! Want to help wildlife? So many people message me every day asking what the best way is to help rainforests and wild animals. I can tell you that @junglekeepers is protecting over 50,000 ACRES of PRISTINE forest that is PACKED with monkeys, birds, mammals, reptiles / amphibians and so much more stunning life. Including some of the most impressive ancient trees on earth. I usually don’t usually subscribe to these hashtag holidays but #givingtuesday is coming up and it’s a chance to DIRECTLY contribute to wildlife. We don’t spend money on advertising or marketing — we just empower local rangers and save habitat. There is nothing I can recommend that helps forest more. Please help us continue protecting this beautiful place and all the wild heartbeats it contains 🦋 . 💥LINK IN BIO Photo by @mohsinkazmitakespictures @ageofunion

Some people devote themselves completely for what they believe in. Magali of @amazonshelter is a dear friend and over the years I have watched as she selflessly and fearlessly works day and night to save every single animal she can. Even without funding or support, she has been the only hope for so many orphans of the wild. Please take a look at the link in my story to watch more 🦋🦋🦋 . @nickwerber @junglekeepers

Stunned to awe at the MOTHER OF THE FOREST! Check out this tree! One of the true giants of the forest. Wonderful reporting and great droning by @mattgutmanabc and @robertzepeda — it’s not easy weaving through those branches — but that show is so worth it. I always struggle to show people the size of these grandmother trees, but I think this does it really well! 🦋🦋🦋 . @ageofunion @junglekeepers

Completely amazed and honored that @darkgreen_film just won another award! When we set out to make this film it was so fascinating to work with a team that all had the same vision. For me I’ve done so many different projects and some are silly TV shows with a lot of talking. But I always dreamed of doing something that was more authentic. I wanted to share with people what it actually felt like to be in the jungle alone in the Amazon. The filmmakers of Dark Green said that they wanted to fill me as if I was one of the animals in the forest. As nothing more than just a human reference point to show the incredible size, complexity, and majesty of the rainforest. Judging by the reviews we’ve been getting from the film it seems like we have achieved that goal. What an amazing feeling! . Cover photo @thomasstephane

Sound on 🔈 Visions from the west Amazon. Where each day the forest breaths moisture into the air that will later rain down to fill the rivers— The jungle has a way of blurring the distinctions between science and spirituality while reminding us of the simple truth that everything is connected. . @ageofunion

Some of the @tamanduaexpeditions madness — can’t stop laughing at this. Also a reminder that we have ONE spot left on the Dec 11th expedition. You can join me in the jungle by hitting the link for those dates on www.tamanduajungle.com . Well done @earth.advocate.meg

“Deep in the forest a call was sounding, and as often as he heard this call, mysteriously thrilling and luring, he felt compelled to turn his back upon the fire and the beaten earth around it, and to plunge into the forest, and on and on, he knew not where or why; nor did he wonder where or why, the call sounding imperiously, deep in the forest.” ― Jack London, The Call of the Wild . Morning, Las Piedras River. Yesterday.

Such a SICK shot by @antonsrkn !!! We see these in the jungle from time to time and they are always mesmerizing! . Another oldie from the hard drive - an in situ shield mantis (Choeradodis sp.). Normally incredibly well camouflaged some fun lighting can make it really pop. As you can see in the photo, this genus has an very wide thorax which gives them their name 'shield mantids' but the purpose is camouflage rather than an actual shield. It helps break up their shape and aides in concealing their limbs. They patiently sit in place (I observed 1 individual on the same fern for almost a week once), waiting to ambush prey. . . . #insectsphotography #insectguru #insectphotography #shieldmantis #choeradodis #prayingmantis #mantidsofinstagram #mantid #beautiful_insects_japan #insectos #wholelottabugs #bugphotography #entomology #entomologia #wildlifeshots #macroinsect #macronature #macro_brilliance #macro_kings #insect_perfection #nikonwildlife #nikonnature #nikonnofilter

Meet the newest member of the @junglekeepers team! Around the world female rangers have emerged as a force for conservation and we are thrilled to welcome Eliz to the team! . @ageofunion

Where the Amazon Rainforest once stood. Now there are sand storms. . I haven’t had a free moment to go through the footage I shot last week. But the video I am taking in this photo, shows a massive sandstorm blowing across Amazonia where there were once ancient trees and families of monkeys — a complex ecosystem. Now it’s a wasteland. . I truly believe it’s not too late. We can stop this. There’s still time. But make no mistake— we are seeing glimpses of what the future of our planet could be like and it is terrifying. Seeing this kind of destruction makes me more than ever committed to protecting the ancient, standing forest that is so filled with life while they were still time. Please share this the world should know how crucial of a moment we are at. . Photo by @mattgutmanabc #amazonrainforest #conservation #dune #cop26

The fires are horrific but nothing has been as surreally terrifying as the sandstorm where the jungle once was… This is happening. And it’s our responsibility to fix it. All we have to do is NOT cut down trees and we save wildlife, mitigate climate change, and ensure the Amazon continues to be the powerhouse of life it always has been. . “Clearing and burning tropical forests accounts for about 20% of global annual Greenhouse Gas emissions, about as much as all of the fossil fuels burned in the US every year and more than the world’s transportation sector. China and the US are the world’s number one and two emitters, but numbers three and four are Indonesia and Brazil, with ~80% and ~70% of their emissions respectively from deforestation.” - @environmental_defense_fund

WORK HARD PLAY HARD — You’d be surprised how cold and miserable it can get to be sitting on a boat in the rain for a few hours. The wind and the rain will suck all your heat and youre left shivering. You can try to stay ‘dry’ and hide under a tarp and try to sleep OR you can embrace the rain and get some fire moving in your veins. Thankfully there’s no challenge @mattgutmanabc won’t take on. This was our second set of one-armed push-ups 🔥🔥🔥