This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
As a humanitarian bush pilot flying in northeast Kalimantan, Indonesia, on the island of Borneo, I’m blessed along with my family to have many opportunities to see unique and exciting wildlife. Not far from our house is a small mangrove area that's home to these toothy crab-eating macaques. (This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot.) See more pictures of monkeys »See more pictures of Indonesia shot by our readers »
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Photo: A gaucho surveying his land in southern Patagonia
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
This picture was taken at Estancia El Condor, a ranch in southern Patagonia, near the border of Chile. A lonely gaucho surveys his land. (This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot.) See more pictures of Patagonian landscapes »
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Photo: A trio of cheetah cubs in South Africa
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
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!" (This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot.) See more pictures of big cats »See more pictures of baby animals »
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Picture of two adult elephants and a baby elephant in Namibia
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
Two adult elephants and a baby are at a waterhole in Etosha National Park in Namibia. The adults appear to be in heated conversation, but the conflict is resolved quickly and peacefully. (This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot.) See more pictures of elephants »
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Photo: A peacock tree frog in the rain
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
A female peacock tree frog sitting in the rain at night (This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot.) See more pictures of animals »
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Photo: A lynx in Canada’s Yukon Territory
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
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, and hunting snowshoe hares in the snow. (This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot.) See more pictures of big cats »See more pictures of winter wildlife »
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Picture of a herd of cattle in India
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
I shot this calf on the road in 2011 on the eve of Diwali at Neyveli, which is my hometown. Due to crackers going off everywhere, the cows couldn’t rest near homes so they sought the middle of the road for rest. The fog, noise, and the backlighting of the streetlight made me take this picture. (This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot.) See more pictures of international festivals »See more pictures of India shot by our readers »
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Photo: A chameleon standing on a door latch
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
I shot this in Hyderabad, India. I was lucky the chameleon didn’t turn blue. (This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot.) See more pictures of chameleons »
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Photo: A pride of lions in the Serengeti
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
A pride of lions behaves naturally for the camera—a remote-controlled car outfitted with still and video cameras to capture the lions at ground level. The equipment was field tested by photographer Michael "Nick" Nichols while on assignment for National Geographic magazine. See more pictures from Michael "Nick" Nichols's Project: Serengeti Lions, part of an ongoing series documenting the work of photographers in the field. See more pictures of big cats » National Geographic editor's note: We have received several comments from our readers asking about the radio collar on the female lion at the left of the frame. All of the lions Nichols photographed are part of a long-term study being conducted by the Lion Research Center at the University of Minnesota. The lions were collared for the research project, not to facilitate photography. To learn more about the project, visit www.lionresearch.org.
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Photo: An adult emperor penguin taking care of younger penguins in Antarctica
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
This is a picture of our newly born baby ducks. They are about a week old. The mother duck was killed by our neighbor's dog, and my mom did not know what to do. She was advised to set up a homemade incubator, and the baby ducks were born a couple of weeks later. This particular picture shows one of the baby ducks snuggling next to another one while keeping an eye on the camera as we took the photo. (This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot.) See more pictures of baby animals »See more pictures of adorable animal pairs »
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures Puffins interact on Machias Seal Island off the coast of Maine. The island is a sanctuary for puffins and other endangered birds that breed on its rocky coast each summer. Puffins mate in the same pairs for life, yet disperse for the winter. (This photo and caption were submitted to Your Shot.) See more pictures of adorable animal pairs »Download more bird wallpapers »
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Photo: A young mountain gorilla and its mother in Africa
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
Alert to human visitors, a young mountain gorilla and its mother sit tight in Bwindi Impenetrable Park. When the park opened in 1991, villagers resented losing access to forest where they had gathered honey and wood. Today the park shares the fees from gorilla-watching tours with the locals, a small victory in the Albertine Rift's unending clashes for livable space. See more pictures from the November 2011 feature story “Rift in Paradise.” See more pictures of adorable animal pairs »See more pictures of gorillas »
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animal Pictures
We saw a lot of cattle egrets in a dried paddy field in the afternoon. The light was profuse, and even as I concentrated on the nearest bird, it began to lift off. Although the image is bathed in light, I love it because that is what India is all about—a profusion of light. (This photo and caption were submitted to My Shot.)
