Photos

Bald eagle. Darlington, Maryland, United States
PHOTOGRAPH BY JERRY AM ENDE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Fox. Kamuiwakka, Hokkaido, Japan
PHOTOGRAPH BY HIROKI INOUE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Peacock bass. South Miami, Florida, United States
PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL O'NEILL, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Tree frog. Pinellas Park, Florida, United States
PHOTOGRAPH BY GAGE STOEFEN, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Meerkats. Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana
PHOTOGRAPH BY M. ENGELMANN, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Gorilla. Rubaya, Western Region, Uganda
PHOTOGRAPH BY HARRY LYNDON-SKEGGS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Polar bears. Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada
PHOTOGRAPH BY GILLIAN LLOYD, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Blue shark. Madalena, Azores, Portugal
PHOTOGRAPH BY ALDO COSTA, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Porcupine Caribou. Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada
PHOTOGRAPH BY PETER MATHER, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Green vine snake. Amboli, Maharashtra, India
PHOTOGRAPH BY VARUN ADITYA, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Horses. Sabucedo, Galicia, Spain
PHOTOGRAPH BY JAVIER ARCENILLAS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

White-tailed eagle. Pusztaszer, Csongrad, Hungary
PHOTOGRAPH BY BENCE MATE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Sidewinder. Nambia
PHOTOGRAPH BY KIRSTEN TUCKER, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Reindeer. Canada
PHOTOGRAPH BY JASON VAN BRUGGEN, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Booted racket-tail. Tandayapa, Pichincha, Ecuador
PHOTOGRAPH BY AMY MARQUES, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Yacare Caiman. Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil
PHOTOGRAPH BY GIOVANNI MARI, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Kingfishers. El Bosque, Andalusia, Spain
PHOTOGRAPH BY ANDRÉS MIGUEL DOMÍNGUEZ, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Green sea turtle
PHOTOGRAPH BY BRETT MONROE GARNER, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Peacock. Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
PHOTOGRAPH BY OCTOYURA BAMAHRY, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Walrus. Vankarem, Chukotskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia
PHOTOGRAPH BY MIKE KOROSTELEV, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Elephant. Chief Thomas, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe
PHOTOGRAPH BY JAMES BROWN, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Empusa pennatas. Madrid, Spain
PHOTOGRAPH BY JOSE PESQUERO GOMEZ, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Puffin. Skomer Island, Wales
PHOTOGRAPH BY MARIO SUAREZ PORRAS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE

Snow geese. Bosque del Apache, New Mexico
PHOTOGRAPH BY E. JOHNSON, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Bee
PHOTOGRAPH BY LAURA BARNETT, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Seal
PHOTOGRAPH BY EUGENE KITSIOS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Puffins. Cliffs of Látrabjarg, Iceland
PHOTOGRAPH BY EUGENE KITSIOS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Egret. Fort De Soto, Florida, United States
PHOTOGRAPH BY DENNIS ZAEBST, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Speckled rattlesnake. Date, Arizona, United States
PHOTOGRAPH BY DEVON MASSYN, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Orca. Andenes, Nordland, Norway
PHOTOGRAPH BY RAJ GUPTA, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Puffins. Seahouses, England, United Kingdom
PHOTOGRAPH BY BRAIS SEARA, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Whale shark
PHOTOGRAPH BY GIACOMO MARCHIONE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Fox
PHOTOGRAPH BY VLADISLAV KAMENSKI, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Grizzly bear. Carmacks, Yukon, Canada
PHOTOGRAPH BY PETER MATHER, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Horses
PHOTOGRAPH BY CHERYL TYSON, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Hippo. Kasane, North West, Botswana
PHOTOGRAPH BY SAM KURTUL, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Snowy Owl
PHOTOGRAPH BY AARON BAGGENSTOS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Grizzly bears. Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska
PHOTOGRAPH BY ERIC ESTERLE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Crested gecko. Nouméa, Province Sud, New Caledonia
PHOTOGRAPH BY HARRY LYNDON-SKEGGS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Great egret
PHOTOGRAPH BY ZSOLT KUDICH, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Fly. Inaukina, Central Province, Papua New Guinea
PHOTOGRAPH BY ESSAM AL-KHULIFI, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Bald eagle
PHOTOGRAPH BY ERIC ESTERLE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Northern Gannet. Scotland
PHOTOGRAPH BY EUGENE KITSIOS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

American crocodile. Gardens of the Queen, Cuba
PHOTOGRAPH BY BRETT LOBWEIN, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Seagulls. Essaouira, Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz, Morocco
PHOTOGRAPH BY HIDEKI MIZUTA, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT

Lion and warthog
PHOTOGRAPH BY ANDRE ERLICH, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC YOUR SHOT