Photographer Wansun Luk traveled to Western Mongolia to spend time with and photographing eagle hunters preparing for the Golden Eagle Festival. (Wanson Luk) When photographer Wanson Luk traveled to Mongolia, he wanted to experience more than just a vacation, he wanted to capture something unique—the lifestyle and culture of Kazakh eagle hunters in the Bayan Ulgii area. Kazakhs are the , according to the BBC. With less than 400 practicing falconers, Luk had the chance to immerse himself in the...

Highly Commended. 'It's not funny...I've got cramp in my flipper!' (Julie Hunt / Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards) Animals have the power to and the smaller—and cuter—variety can even ." But as the finalists from the 2015 Comedy Wildlife Photography prove, they can also make us laugh. The is a new competition in partnership with the ,an international wildlife charity working throughout the world to stop individual wild animal suffering and protect threatened species in the wild. The competition aims to...

When archaeologists undertook the task to evaluate the site of an old prison in Gloucester, England, they had no idea they would find such well-preserved castle ruins. The prison's complex featured buildings , while the site itself had been a jail for more than 500 years, Cotswold Archaeology said in a press release. Archaeologists revealed a 12th-century castle keep wall beneath the considerably more modern recreation yard. "The castle was a large structure, with the keep, which we have now...