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Award-Winning Photo Captures Ultralight Guiding Northern Bald Ibis to Winter Homes
Key Takeaways
- Gunnar Hartmann won Nature's 2026 Scientist at Work competition with a photo of a conservationist guiding northern bald ibis via ultralight aircraft.
- The ibis were extinct in the Alps for 400 years due to poaching and climate change; Waldrappteam is reintroducing them.
- The 50-day, 2,800 km migration from Germany to Spain is led by humans in ultralights, with the birds following due to hand-raising bonds.
- Other winners include images of coral incubation chambers and whale shark skin sampling.
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DT Editorial Team··via newscientist.com