animals
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Snowy Owl
This snowy owl was captured during a snowstorm. Unlike most owls, which are nocturnal, snowy owls are diurnal—they hunt and are active both day and night.
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Canadian Lynx in the Ogilvie Mountains, Yukon Territory
A Canadian lynx is seen in the Ogilvie Mountains (Yukon Territory, Canada) last winter. I followed fresh wolf tracks, north of Tombstone, before I found this lynx enjoying the sunset. I spent three hours with the feline, watching him resting, stretching,…
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Cheetah Cubs Posing On A Tree 4 A Pictcher, South Africa
As three cheetah cubs at Phinda Game Reserve in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, played around their watchful mother, one by one they ran up the tree branch and lined up in a beautiful pose, as if to say, "We are ready for prime time!"
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Horses, Mongolian Steppe
An ocean of green, Mongolia is the most sparsely populated country in the world, with just under three million people in a landmass larger than Alaska. Mongolian culture—physical, mobile, self-reliant, and free—developed out here on the steppe. "When peop…
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Twilight Of The Giant Elephants
Twilight Of The Giant Elephants, Elephants are gathered around the lake under a full moon
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Lions and Cubs Share Quality Time
A lion and lioness share some quality time with their cubs. Governor's Camp, Kenya.
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Coyote Sleeping In The Snow During Sunrise, Yellowstone National Park
With a strong vision and sense of smell, and the ability to reach up to 40 miles per hour, coyotes are symbolic of adventure. I was fortunate enough to find this wild coyote while visiting Yellowstone National Park. It leaped and ran under tree branches a…
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Wolf Fighting Another Wolf
A very large juvenile male (white) challenges the alpha male (gray) for control of the wolf pack. Although it faced a formidable challenger, the alpha prevailed … for now.
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"Once-In-A-Lifetime" Resting Lions
I took this "once-in-a-lifetime" shot at Klein's Camp in the Serengeti, Tanzania. We came upon these lions at 7:17 in the morning. I scrambled for my two camera bodies (Nikon D4 and D3s and 200mm-400mm and 500mm) and got the shot! Exactly six minutes late…
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Beautiful Cheetah Male Lookout Pose In A Fig Tree
A male cheetah assumes a lookout pose in a fig tree in Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve. His prospects are sobering. Shy and aloof by nature, requiring vast spaces to live and hunt, the planet's fastest sprinters are in a race for their very survival.
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Dragonfly In The Rain
Arrows of rain seem to pelt a dragonfly in Indonesia's Riau Islands. To capture the photo, photographer Shikhei Goh took advantage of “superb lighting” and a friend spraying water on the dragonfly to simulate rain.
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Mama Alligator with her Babies, Texas
This is a photograph of two baby alligators on the mother alligator’s head. The photograph was taken at Brazos Bend State Park in Texas. This nature park is well known for its huge alligator population.
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Cheetah and Leopard, Botswana
A very rare, adrenaline-packed showdown between two spotted predators: a male cheetah and a female leopard. The leopard came to steal the cheetah's fresh kill. No one expected the cheetah to fight for it, as he is lower on the predator hierarchy, but he w…
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Parakeets, Ecuador
In Ecuador's Yasuní National Park, cobalt-winged parakeets flock to a pool. Scientists have identified nearly 600 species of birds in the park.
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Cheetah Mother and Cubs, Tanzania
A young cheetah mother named Etta by researchers scans the Serengeti for signs of danger while her four 12-week-old cubs wrestle. A long-running study has found that the majority of cubs here are raised by a small group of cheetah supermoms.
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Cape Fur Seals, South Africa
Cape fur seals are a favorite photographic subject of mine. They are curious and playful but at the same time hard to photograph. When there are hundreds of seals in the water they zoom around at breakneck speeds, their bodies forming strange shapes as th…
