Pictures of fauna

Maasai Mara sunset width buffalo
(Kenya)
Bohor Reedbuck doe
(Kenya)
Superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus) collecting grass
(Tanzania)
Elephants on a sandy riverbed
(Tanzania)
Gulls in flight
(United States)
Juvenile African puff adder (Bitis arietans)
(Tanzania)
Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas)
(Tanzania)
A broad-billed Tody (Todus subulatus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
White-headed Vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis)
(Tanzania)
Pair of vervet monkeys standing on rear legs
(Tanzania)
Brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica) in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
Plains zebra (Equus quagga burchellii)
(Tanzania)
Male Defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) chewing on grass
(Kenya)
African elephants (Loxodonta africana) drinking in the Chobe River
(Botswana)
African Pygmy-falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus)
(Tanzania)
Leatherback sea turtle camoflauging nest
(Suriname)
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
(Kenya)
Two young brown bears on a rocky beach in Alaska
(United States)
Infant Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
Infant elephant
(Kenya)
Bohor Reedbuck doe licking her ankle
(Kenya)
African elephants wading in a marsh
(Tanzania)
Female lion with wildebeest kill
(Tanzania)
Suni (Neotragus moschatus) on Mt. Kenya
(Kenya)
Orphaned elephant drinking milk at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
(Kenya)
Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2221
(Tanzania)
Close-up of pattern on South African giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa) in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
A gecko in Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Pair of plains zebra
(Kenya)
Male Common Impala (Aepyceros melampus melampus) next to the Blue wildebeest or gnu (Connochaetes taurinus)
(Botswana)
A tarantula on a road near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Humpback whales breaching
(United States)
Male ostrich defending chicks
(Tanzania)
Madagascar giant day gecko (Phelsuma grandis)
(0)
Warthog
(Kenya)
Shorebird at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
African Wattled Plover (Vanellus senegallus)
(Kenya)
This Bornean rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni), Tam, is a captive individual representing hopes for ex-situ breeding of the Critically Endangered subspecies of the Sumatran rhino (also Critically Endangered).
(Malaysia)
Infant green sea turtle
(Suriname)
Stellar's sea lions
(United States)
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in the Ngorongoro Crater
(Tanzania)
African elephant (Loxodonta africana) under the setting sun on the Chobe River
(Botswana)
Vietnamese Mossy Frog (Theloderma corticale)
(0)
Southern Tree Hyrax with baby
(Kenya)
A cattle egret in mangrove trees in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Trioceros sternfeldi chameleon
(Tanzania)
Plains zebra (Equus quagga)
(Botswana)
A lizard in the forests near the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Little Bee-eater {Merops pusillus}
(Tanzania)
A snail near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
African elephant (Loxodonta africana) covering its eyes with its trunk
(Kenya)
Helmeted guineafowl
(Kenya)
Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) with fish in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
A hermit crab at Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Close-up of malachite kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
(Tanzania)
Kirk's Dik-dik (Madoqua kirkii)
(Tanzania)
Bald eagle
(United States)
Ruppell's Vultures (Gyps rueppelli)
(Kenya)
Bald eagle
(United States)
Impala (Aepyceros melampus )
(Kenya)
Water buffalo
(Kenya)
Sykes's Monkey, Cercopithecus albogularis
(Kenya)
Leatherback sea turtle camoflauging nest
(Suriname)
Leaping Gray-footed Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus griseipes)
(Botswana)
Leatherback sea turtle laying eggs on the beach
(Suriname)
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Lion cubs
(Tanzania)
Blue, orange, and green beetle on Mt. Kenya
(Kenya)
Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) on a dirt road
(Tanzania)
Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)
(United States)
Humpback whales breaching
(United States)
Spotted hyena
(Kenya)
A brilliantly colored lizard in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
A Vervain Hummingbird (Mellisuga minima),the second smallest hummingbird in the world,in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Elephants crossing a river bed
(Tanzania)
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
(Kenya)
Infant elephant
(Kenya)
Young female lion -- tz_1726a
(Tanzania)
Southern Tree Hyrax and baby in a Giant cactus (Cereus peruvianus)
(Kenya)
African elephant
(Tanzania)
Standing bears
(United States)
Frog
(Kenya)
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Young female lion
(Tanzania)
Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
A radiant blue and yellow spider in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
African elephant (Loxodonta africana) at sunset on the Chobe River
(Botswana)
A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with grass seeds on its face near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Aerial view of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) wading in Okavango delta
(Botswana)
Macaque (unidentified species) in Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
Lion approaching a wildebeest herd
(Kenya)
Humpback whales breaching
(United States)
Cape buffalo with a Red-billed Oxpecker
(Tanzania)
Sunbird
(Kenya)
Leatherback sea turtle laying eggs on the beach
(Suriname)
Aerial view of large herd of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in the Okavango delta
(Botswana)
Malachite kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) with tiny fish in its mouth in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
Tiny magenta-colored spider
(Kenya)
Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) feeding on a lion kill
(Tanzania)
Black Colobus monkey (Colobus angolensis)
(Kenya)
Plains zebras (Equus quagga)
(Zimbabwe)
Humpback whale spyhopping
(United States)
Close-up of the body of a Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
Marine toad (Bufo marinus) in lodge
(Guyana)
Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
(Tanzania)
Defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) stag
(Kenya)
Lamplugh Glacier
(United States)
Humpback whales breaching
(United States)
Habor seals on sea ice
(United States)
Bald eagle
(United States)
Southern warthog (Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii) in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) landing on water
(United States)
Wildebeest migration
(Kenya)
Rainforest ant
(Guyana)
Flower with ant (unidentified species) in the Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
Bohor Reedbuck (Redunca redunca)
(Tanzania)
Aerial view of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) wading in Okavango delta
(Botswana)
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) - headshot
(Kenya)
Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) flying over Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
(United States)
African buffalo (Syncerus caffeer) in Chobe Naitonal Park
(Botswana)
Yellow-fronted Canary (Serinus mozambicus)
(Kenya)
Leatherback sea turtle returning to the ocean
(Suriname)
A pelican in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
A hawk moth near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Close-up on the head of a Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
Macaque (unidentified species) in Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
The Pinguicula casabitoana,complete with tiny prey,is the only carnivorous plant native to the Dominican Republic and is specifically endemic to this one particular ridge of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve.
(Dominican Republic)
Three young brown bears watching two other bear cubs on a rocky beach
(United States)
Buffalo at sunset
(Kenya)
Tanzania blue gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi)
(0)
A cattle egret in mangrove trees in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Tanzania blue day gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi)
(0)
Gulls on the shore of Glacier Bay
(United States)
A wasp in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Warthog
(Kenya)
Plains zebra
(Kenya)
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Uraeginthus bengalus
(Kenya)
Great blue heron (Ardea herodias) in flight
(United States)
Squirrel monkey
(Suriname)
Birds (unidentified species) in tree in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
$Little Bee-eater {Merops pusillus} -- tz_1567$ Little Bee-eater {Merops pusillus} -- tz_1567
(Tanzania)
Lioness
(Tanzania)
Lilac-breasted Roller, Coracias caudata
(Tanzania)
South African giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa) in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
Humpback whales breaching
(United States)
This Bornean rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni), Tam, is a captive individual representing hopes for ex-situ breeding of the Critically Endangered subspecies of the Sumatran rhino (also Critically Endangered).
(Malaysia)
Plains zebras (Equus quagga)
(Zimbabwe)
Humpback whales breaching
(United States)
Green sea turtle infant making its way towards the sea
(Suriname)
Blue morpho butterfly
(0)
Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) submerging
(Botswana)
Humpback whales breaching
(United States)
Wolf tracks on frozen lake near Ely, Minnesota
(United States)
A cattle egret in mangrove trees in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Wagler's Pit Viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri)
(0)
Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
(Tanzania)
Snail (unidentified) in Santa Fe, New Mexico
(United States)
Rock hyrax feeding on alpine moss on Mt. Kenya
(Kenya)
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
(Tanzania)
Striped rodent
(Tanzania)
Moon jelly (Aurelia sp)
(0)
Black Colobus monkey (Colobus angolensis)
(Kenya)
Baby vervet monkey
(Tanzania)
Humpback whales breaching
(United States)
Infant green sea turtle
(Suriname)
A cattle egret in mangrove trees in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Herd of Thomson's Gazelle (Gazella thomsoni)
(Kenya)
Humpback whale tail
(United States)
Several African elephant (Loxodonta africana) herds meet on the Chobe River
(Botswana)
African elephants
(Tanzania)
Lion scratching itself in the morning sun
(Kenya)
Brown bear cubs
(United States)
Pair of golden jackal (Canis aureus)
(Tanzania)
Arrow-marked Babbler (Turdoides jardineii)
(Kenya)
Standing bears
(United States)
Herd of African buffalo (Syncerus caffeer) at sunset in Chobe Naitonal Park
(Botswana)
Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
Forest frog
(Guyana)
Cape buffalo with a Red-billed Oxpecker -- tz_1585
(Tanzania)
Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori) headshot
(Tanzania)
Phyllobates vittatus dart poison frog
(0)
Aerial view of South African giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa) in the Okavango delta
(Botswana)
Lion cub
(Tanzania)
White-bellied Bustard (Eupodotis senegalensis) [female]
(Tanzania)
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Lion cubs peaking around a tree
(Tanzania)
Lilac-breasted Roller, Coracias caudata -- tz_1355
(Tanzania)
Superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus), not Hildebrandt's Starling (Lamprotornis hildebrandti)
(Tanzania)
Line of Wildebeest; part of their famous migration
(Kenya)
Malachite kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) on the Zambezi River
(Zimbabwe)
Leatherback sea turtle laying eggs on the beach
(Suriname)
Lioness with wildebeest kill
(Tanzania)
Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2304
(Tanzania)
Ant and fly (unidentified species) in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
Red wasp
(Kenya)
Humpback whales breaching
(United States)
African elephant (Loxodonta africana) on the Chobe River
(Botswana)
Malachite kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) landing on water
(United States)
Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus)
(Tanzania)
A crab on the mangroves in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Elephant at sunset
(Kenya)
Dark red flowers of the African sausage tree (Kigelia pinnata)
(Kenya)
Female Common Impalas (Aepyceros melampus melampus)
(Botswana)
Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
Augur buzzard
(Tanzania)
A pelican at Cabo Rojo in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius) in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
Warthog
(Kenya)
A hermit crab at Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
African elephant eating savanna grass
(Tanzania)
Mother lion sleeping with cubs
(Kenya)
Herd of wildebeest
(Tanzania)
Southern warthog (Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii) in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
White-Headed Buffalo Weaver (Dimenellia dinemelli)
(Tanzania)
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) sitting on a termite mount
(Kenya)
Green Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons)
(0)
Humpback whales breaching
(United States)
Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
Gulls in flight
(United States)
Leatherback sea turtle returning to the ocean
(Suriname)
Scrube hare (Lepus saxatilis)
(Kenya)
This Bornean rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni), Tam, is a captive individual representing hopes for ex-situ breeding of the Critically Endangered subspecies of the Sumatran rhino (also Critically Endangered).
(Malaysia)
Humpback whale tail
(United States)
Male ostrich
(Tanzania)
A praying mantis near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Leatherback sea turtle laying eggs on the beach
(Suriname)
Herd of African buffalo (Syncerus caffeer) in Chobe Naitonal Park
(Botswana)
A radiant blue and yellow spider in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
African elephant (Loxodonta africana) swinging grass in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
Leatherback sea turtle laying eggs on the beach
(Suriname)
Ewe big horn sheep (Ovis canadensis) in the Orilla Verde Recreation Area in northern New Mexico
(United States)
Superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus) collecting nest-building materials
(Tanzania)
Macaque (unidentified species) in Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
Humpback whale tail
(United States)
Profile of an Olive Baboon (Papio anubis)
(Tanzania)
Group of Little Grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis
(Kenya)
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Male ostrich defending chicks -- tz_1868
(Tanzania)
Marine toad (Bufo marinus) in lodge
(Guyana)
Heliconius melpomene butterflies mating
(0)
Herd of blue wildebeest
(Tanzania)
Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)
(Tanzania)
Bald eagle
(United States)
African elephant (Loxodonta africana)
(Kenya)
Hippopotami
(Kenya)
Bald eagle atop a tree in Glacier Bay National Park
(United States)
Black and white colobus monkey in a Jacaranda tree
(Kenya)
Stellar's sea lions
(United States)
A hermit crab at Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Humpback whales breaching
(United States)
Crowned Cranes (Balearica regulorum)
(Kenya)
A bright blue beetle in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Snarling lioness
(Tanzania)
Pair of plains zebra
(Kenya)
Bald eagle
(United States)
Gull
(United States)
Macaque (unidentified species) in Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
Humpback whales breaching
(United States)
Gold dust day gecko, a lizard introduced to Hawaii from Madagascar
(United States)
Infant elephant
(Kenya)
Blue morpho butterfly
(0)
White-headed Vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis)
(Kenya)
Yellow-throated longclaw (Macronyx croceus)
(Kenya)
Humpback whales breaching
(United States)
Bumble bee
(Kenya)
Southern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus leucomelas)
(Botswana)
Male waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus)
(Zimbabwe)
Lion in the morning sun
(Kenya)
A manatee and her calf in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with a radial collar is released back into the forest near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
A local woman carries fish on her head at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) -- tz_1554
(Tanzania)
Trioceros sternfeldi chameleon -- tz_2148
(Tanzania)
Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) on sea ice in front of Johns Hopkins Glacier
(United States)
Brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica) in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
House gecko
(Kenya)
Leatherback sea turtle laying eggs on the beach
(Suriname)
Female lion eating a wildebeest
(Tanzania)
Approaching elephant
(Tanzania)
Waxy monkey tree frog (Phyllomedusa sauvagei)
(0)
Group of Southern Eland (Taurotragus oryx)
(Kenya)
A Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Herd of African buffalo (Syncerus caffeer) at sunset in Chobe Naitonal Park
(Botswana)
Mandarin Goby (Pterosynchiropus splendidus)
(0)
Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus caeruleus)
(Kenya)
Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori)
(Tanzania)
Close-up of hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius)
(Botswana)
Zebra among scrub trees
(Tanzania)
Humpback whales breaching
(United States)
Ghost crab
(Suriname)
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
(Kenya)
Altum Angel (Pterophyllum altum)
(0)
Eristaline hover-fly (Eristalinus quinquelineatus), not a tse-tse fly
(Kenya)
Zebras
(Tanzania)
Leatherback sea turtle returning to the ocean
(Suriname)
Yellow-fronted Canary (Serinus mozambicus)
(Kenya)