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Emanuele Biggi

Emanuele Biggi

www.anura.it

Emanuele Biggi is a scientist, photographer, and a television presenter on the popular Italian series GEO, broadcast on Rai3. His photographs typically feature the world’s small creatures, helping to raise awareness about the critical roles these organisms play in their environments and the threats they face. You can find more of his work at www.anura.it.

Emanuele Biggi's Latest Articles

Frog Love
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September 19, 2024

These see-through amphibians may be tiny, but they go big to protect their eggs.

Land crab and pitcher plan in Borneo
Potty Plant
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February 21, 2022

A carnivorous plant in Southeast Asia offers its leftovers to local fauna, and gets fertilized by those animals’ feces in exchange.

Peruvian Tarantula (Pamphobeteus sp.) adult, walking over Humming Frog (Chiasmocleis royi) without preying on it. Los Amigos Biological Station, Madre de Dios, Amazonia, Peru.
Enemy of My Enemy
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August 14, 2019

An Amazonian frog finds refuge under the watchful compound gaze of a surprising guardian.

This desert cricket (Acanthoplus discoidalis), armored with spines, walks among a very spiny herb in the Namib Desert. Having spines in such environment means being less attractive to predators and, for the plants, it helps a lot on retaining water. Sossusvlei, Namibia. Nikon D800, 15mm fisheye, F/16, 1/100, ISO 100, fill-flash used
Spikes and Malice
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October 4, 2016

For the armored bush cricket, survival in the Namib Desert requires a diverse and surprising arsenal of defenses.

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