Babak Tafreshi

Apr 4, 2024 | nationalgeographic.com | Jason Bittel |Babak Tafreshi

On the afternoon of April 8, 2024, the moon will slide in front of the sun and temporarily turn the day into night across a large swath of North America. The solar eclipse begs an interesting question: Will bats, which are nocturnal, get confused by the sudden onset of darkness and emerge from their roosts in the middle of the day?

Nov 15, 2023 | nationalgeographic.com | Babak Tafreshi |Christian Elliott

In the summer of 1969, America brandished its mastery over nature, landing a man on the Moon. Closer to home—and perhaps to Americans’ hearts—it shut off Niagara Falls. After major rock collapses in 1931 and 1954, house-sized boulders had built up at the base of the American side of the falls, halving its original vertical drop and prompting concerns that the mighty natural marvel would eventually crumble into one long rapids.

Aug 4, 2023 | nationalgeographic.com | Babak Tafreshi |Jacqueline Kehoe

Visiting at night and taking free public transportation are just two of the ways the National Park Service is encouraging visitors to go green. In the early 2000s, NPS set out to address its environmental impact head-on. The first Green Parks Plan sought to answer big-picture questions: How can our national parks become carbon-neutral? Where do park emissions come from? Who or what accounts for the parks’ sizable carbon footprint? Time and again, the answer? Visitors.

Feb 3, 2023 | nationalgeographic.com | Babak Tafreshi |Heather Greenwood Davis

Nov 9, 2021 | blog.sigmaphoto.com | Babak Tafreshi