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Life above and below water

In this volume:

NGGELA

Photos and Text: Astrid Witte

The ancient traditions and cultures of the natives of the remote green Nggela Islands (Solomons) are a unique heritage of mankind. German photographer Astrid Witte enchants with this premiere publication.

DUEL ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA

Photos and Text: Kurt Amsler

The duel of the giants on the bottom of the sea: Crown-of-Thorns starfish against the Triton gastropod. Breathtaking underwater night photography by the famous Kurt Amsler.

CHOCÓ  

Photos: Heiko Bleher – Text: ag editorial team

In ag Vol. 1 we previewed this article about the natives of the Darién (Panama) and north-western Colombia, about their history and fate. Pictures of a vanishing tribe, its culture and knowledge.

AFRICA TERRA INCOGNITA – THE GAMBIA

Photos and Text: Heiko Bleher

The Gambia after almost 30 years of dictatorship and the recent coup. A travelogue through this small country – about half as large as Lincolnshire (UK) – its beauty, its native cultures, and its magnificent watercourse.

PORTFOLIO

Photos and Text: Astrid Witte

Astrid Witte from Hamburg, Germany with the address “Underwater-World” shows us some of her beautiful work.

QUO VADIS Chevalier d’Astacus?

Photos and Text: Falk Wieland

The fate of the European freshwater crayfishes. Falk Wieland has done some extensive research, traced the story of these armoured creatures back in history, and gone underwater to show us their present status.

DISCUS

Photos. B. Kahl & Heiko Bleher – Text: ag editorial team

The King of the Amazon was never in such a high demand as today. Facts about the most expensive tropical freshwater aquarium fish and man’s latest “creations”.

KINGFISHERS

Photos: Eric Herbert and others – Text: Eric Herbert

They are some of the most colourful and unusual birds on Earth. Although concentrating on the spectacular diving and nesting behaviour of the European species, other representatives of these fish-eating birds are illustrated.

FISHERMEN’S TALES

Photos: Burkard Kahl –  Drawings: Josef Guter – Text: Josef Guter

Beautiful Russian and Chinese stories about fishes. Tales from the indigenous peoples, handed down over the centuries, and sometimes truly heartbreaking.

SAANE

Photos and text: Michel Roggo

A Swiss river and the course of the life below its surface. Amazing pictures by Michel Roggo about the spawning migrations and the unusual reproductive behaviour of the nase and other fishes.

THE GREEN DEATH – ALGAE II

Photos and Text: Kurt Amsler

Continuing our biology series about algae: the previously untold story of Caulerpa taxifolia! A tropical alga growing 10 cm per day and threatening life in the Mediterranean Sea.

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