Nature & Wildlife

1183 stories

  • Wildlife Photo of the Week: Wood Duck

    Nov 8, 2019 · Steve Selden

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a wood duck photo from Ontario, Canada. Photographer Jaliya Rasaputra captured this beautiful image in Andrew Haydon Park in Ottawa! Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Wildlife Photo of the Week: Stuffed

    Nov 1, 2019 · Steve Selden

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a chipmunk hoarding nuts in Canada. Photographer Alice Webb snapped this image in Oshawa, Ontario. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • The Footsteps of Large Animals Fill Landscapes with Life

    Oct 29, 2019 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    When you weigh anywhere from 1,000 to 14,000 pounds, you tend to leave huge, deep footprints wherever you walk. But more than just evidence of your passing through, those footprints, it turns out, can be habitats for dozens of other beings. Much like beavers, elephants have widely been recognized as “ecosystem engineers.”

  • Wildlife Photo of the Week: Hey There!

    Oct 25, 2019 · Steve Selden

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a heron reflection image from Florida. Photographer Linn Smith captured this beautiful heron in Lake Jessup in Seminole County. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Wildlife Photo of the Week: Friends or Foe

    Oct 18, 2019 · Steve Selden

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a photo of giraffes in Namibia. Photographer Christine McCardle took this shot of Angolan Giraffes in the Ongava Conservancy, Namibia. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Wildlife Photo of the Week: Cuddly Lion Cub

    Oct 11, 2019 · Steve Selden

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a photo of a lion cub in Zimbabwe. Photographer Stuart Taylor captured this image near Ruckomechi Camp in South Africa. Have you taken some amazing wildlife photos during your travels?

  • Wildlife Photo of the Week: Lazy Day

    Oct 4, 2019 · Steve Selden

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a photo of a lion resting in a tree in Africa. Photographer Nancy Bland took this photo of a lion resting while on safari in Serengeti, Tanzania!

  • Norway Island Proposes Going Time-Free

    Oct 1, 2019 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    There are places in the world and experiences in life that make you forget about time. For me, one of those spots is in Yellowstone National Park, and many of those episodes happen when I’m on a nature tour.

  • Wildlife Photo of the Week: Fishing Lesson

    Sep 27, 2019 · Steve Selden

    Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week, we chose a brown bear sow with four cubs in the Alaskan wilderness. Photographer Valerie Van Griethuysen captured this amazing image while photographing bears near Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park!

  • Greenland: Keeping it Cool

    Sep 25, 2019 · Jennie Lay

    Last summer, encounters with the Greenland ice sheet made me cry. Twice. In August, I traveled to East Greenland—the remote part of the frozen expanse that Inuit locals call the “back side.” Sailing past a bitty hamlet called Tinit on the Sermilik Fjord, the rugged landscape bowled me over.