Pictures of fauna

Male sunbird
(Kenya)
Orphaned elephant drinking milk at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
(Kenya)
Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) -- tz_2414
(Tanzania)
Orphaned elephant at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
(Kenya)
Close-up of infant Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) searching for prey in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
Lioness -- tz_2347
(Tanzania)
A lizard in the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
African elephant (Loxodonta africana) feeding in Zambezi River
(Zimbabwe)
Female lion eating a wildebeest -- tz_2246
(Tanzania)
Zebra among scrub trees -- tz_1940
(Tanzania)
Wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
(United States)
A frigate bird soars over Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
A frigate bird soars over Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
A pelican in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Cattle egrets nesting in mangrove trees in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Lioness with zebra kill -- tz_1623
(Tanzania)
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) - headshot
(Kenya)
Brown bear cubs
(United States)
Olive Baboon (Papio anubis) feeding on a banana -- tz_1696
(Tanzania)
South African giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa) in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
Mabuya skink
(Tanzania)
African lion -- tz_1595
(Tanzania)
Mara zebra
(Kenya)
Two young brown bears in Glacier Bay
(United States)
Bald eagle atop a tree in Glacier Bay National Park
(United States)
Ravens atop a tree in Alaska
(United States)
Male ostrich with chicks -- tz_1860
(Tanzania)
Go-away bird
(Kenya)
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Brown bear cubs
(United States)
Coho salmon headed upriver to spawn
(United States)
Brown bear cubs
(United States)
Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) hiding
(Zimbabwe)
Sea anemone
(United States)
Herd of elephants in a riverbed -- tz_1685
(Tanzania)
Eagle nest
(Tanzania)
A foal, as a baby zebra is called
(Kenya)
Blue wildebeest or gnu (Connochaetes taurinus)
(Botswana)
A local woman carries fish on her head at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Herd of hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) wallowing in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
Leaping fish
(United States)
Young hippo
(Kenya)
Tawny eagle (Aquila rapax)
(Tanzania)
Running bear cubs
(United States)
Researchers carry a Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) in a cloth sack. This keeps the animal safe and calm before the radial collar fitting needed for their research.
(Dominican Republic)
White-headed vultures
(Kenya)
Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) landing on water
(United States)
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
A spider near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Large group of banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) -- tz_1501
(Tanzania)
Lions showing camouflage abilities -- tz_elf_0494
(Tanzania)
Lion's eye
(Kenya)
Mother elephant with calf
(Kenya)
Abdim's Stork (Ciconia abdimii) -- tz_1482
(Tanzania)
Baboon with a baby on its back
(Kenya)
Snare injury on the leg of the captive Bornean rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni), Tam. The rhino represents the eventual hopes for breeding this Critically Endangered subspecies in captivity.
(Malaysia)
Lion approaching a wildebeest herd
(Kenya)
A Vervain Hummingbird (Mellisuga minima),the second smallest hummingbird in the world,in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
A manatee in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Lion in the morning sun
(Kenya)
Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2251
(Tanzania)
Vervet monkey
(Tanzania)
Male ostrich defending chicks -- tz_1879
(Tanzania)
Pair of vervet monkeys standing on rear legs -- tz_2438
(Tanzania)
Sea otters at play
(United States)
Common Elands (Taurotragus oryx)
(Zimbabwe)
Male ostrich -- tz_1763
(Tanzania)
Mother topi with calf
(Kenya)
Female lion eating a wildebeest -- tz_2240
(Tanzania)
Black bear cub eating Coho Salmon
(United States)
Red-necked Francolin (Francolinus afer)
(Tanzania)
A researcher handles a Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) by its thick tail. Handling the creature by the is seems to be the safest and gentlest method for both the solenodon and the researchers.
(Dominican Republic)
Warbler feeding on the nectar of the African sausage tree (Kigelia pinnata)
(Kenya)
Plains zebra (Equus quagga burchellii) -- tz_1383
(Tanzania)
Bush buck on Mt. Kenya
(Kenya)
Banded mongoose (Mungos mungo)
(Kenya)
Palmchat (Dulus dominicus) on a palm in the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Elephant -- tz_1901
(Tanzania)
A snail near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
(Kenya)
Eels for sale at the bi-weekly Haitian market in Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Brown bear cubs
(United States)
White-backed Vultures, Gyps africanus, feeding on a zebra carcass
(Kenya)
Mother elephant leading a calf across a streambed
(Tanzania)
Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2269
(Tanzania)
Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus) -- tz_1393
(Tanzania)
Snow geese (Chen caerulescens) at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
(United States)
Southern Ground Hornbill swallowing an insect
(Tanzania)
A gecko in Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Small lizards
(Kenya)
Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis purpuropterus)
(Kenya)
Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2292
(Tanzania)
Baboons -- tz_1811
(Tanzania)
Olive Baboon (Papio anubis) -- tz_1701
(Tanzania)
Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) landing on water
(United States)
Male ostrich defending chicks -- tz_1871
(Tanzania)
Undeveloped green turtle fetus found dead in nest
(Suriname)
Cape buffalo
(Tanzania)
Eristaline hover-fly (Eristalinus quinquelineatus), not a Buffalo tse-tse fly
(Kenya)
Hippo on a beach
(Kenya)
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
(Kenya)
Sunbird on an orchid
(Kenya)
Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2283
(Tanzania)
A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with a radial collar near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Baboons atop a rock outcropping -- tz_2070
(Tanzania)
Gulls
(United States)
Maasai giraffe feeding -- tz_1891
(Tanzania)
Pair of Ruppell's Vulture (Gyps rueppelli)
(Kenya)
Large group of banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) -- tz_1498
(Tanzania)
Heron at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
(Kenya)
A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with a radial collar is released back into the forest near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Brown bear cubs
(United States)
Black Kite (Milvus migrans) taking flight
(Tanzania)
Butterfly (unidentified species) in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
Red-necked Spurfowl (Francolinus afer)
(Tanzania)
Female lion standing over its kill as a jackal watches -- tz_2322
(Tanzania)
Pair of Yellow-throated Sandgrouse (Pterocles gutturalis)
(Tanzania)
African elephants -- tz_1471
(Tanzania)
Superb Starling, Lamprotornis superbus -- tz_1446
(Tanzania)
Bald eagles in the temperate rainforest of Alaska
(United States)
Verreaux's Eagle Owl (Bubo lacteus)
(Tanzania)
A Vervain Hummingbird (Mellisuga minima),the second smallest hummingbird in the world,in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Green sea turtle killed by a jaguar
(Suriname)
Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) -- tz_1971
(Tanzania)
Greater blue-eared starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) with a Ring-Necked Dove (Streptopelia capicola)
(Kenya)
Local rangers cut leaves for Tam, a captive Bornean rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni), who represents the hopes for eventual ex-situ breeding for the Critically Endangered subspecies of the Sumatran rhino (also Critically Endangered)
(Malaysia)
Hippo standing on a beach
(Kenya)
Elephants huddled in the shade of an Acacia -- tz_elf_0517
(Tanzania)
A bird in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) on a dirt road -- tz_2388
(Tanzania)
Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) on a dirt road -- tz_2389
(Tanzania)
Black and white colobus monkey feeding in a tree
(Kenya)
Hippos in the Maasai Mara
(Kenya)
Black and white colobus monkey in a tree
(Kenya)
A manatee in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Sykes's Monkey feeding
(Kenya)
Helmeted guineafowl looking for grubs
(Kenya)
Topi (Damaliscus lunatus)
(Kenya)
Brown bear cubs
(United States)
Orphaned elephant at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
(Kenya)
Warbler
(Kenya)
Plains zebras (Equus quagga)
(Botswana)
Elephant -- tz_1777
(Tanzania)
Sunbird on an orchid
(Kenya)
Splendid starling (Lamprotornis splendidus)
(Kenya)
Warthogs
(Kenya)
Flukes of a humpback whale tail
(United States)
Cape buffalo with a Red-billed Oxpecker -- tz_1583
(Tanzania)
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Gold dust day gecko, a lizard introduced to Maui from Madagascar
(United States)
Cheetah -- tz_2543
(Tanzania)
Elephant at sunset
(Kenya)
Lion chasing a jackal away from a wildebeest kill
(Tanzania)
Unknown birds
(Botswana)
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)
Lioness with zebra kill -- tz_1626
(Tanzania)
Sykes's Monkey, Cercopithecus albogularis, in bamboo
(Kenya)
Hippos, zebra, sacred ibis, and wildebeest -- tz_2483
(Tanzania)
Brown bear cubs
(United States)
Augur buzzard -- tz_1964
(Tanzania)
African elephant (Loxodonta africana) against sunset
(Botswana)
Researchers release a Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) from a cloth sack. This keeps the animal safe and calm before the radial collar fitting needed for their research.
(Dominican Republic)
Blue Masked Lovebirds (Agapornis personata personata) in the wild -- tz_1819
(Tanzania)
African Grey Hornbill (Tockus nasutus) -- tz_2136
(Tanzania)
Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2279
(Tanzania)
Brown bear cubs
(United States)
Yellow-necked Spurfowl, Francolinus leucoscepus
(Kenya)
Weaning warthogs piglets
(Kenya)
Perching cattle egrets
(Guyana)
Dead katydid (unidentified species) in Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Lilac-breasted roller
(Kenya)
Gold dust day gecko, a lizard introduced to Hawaii from Madagascar
(United States)
Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) flying over Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
(United States)
Black and white colobus monkey in a tree
(Kenya)
Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2272
(Tanzania)
Barnacles on a humpback whale in Alaska
(United States)
Cheetah -- tz_2548
(Tanzania)
White-backed Vulture, Gyps africanus, in safari grass
(Kenya)
Bateleur eagle (Terathopius ecaudatus) in flight -- tz_1902
(Tanzania)
Monitor lizard (unidentified) on the banks of the Kinabantagan River in Sabah Malaysia
(Malaysia)
Frog on a lily pad
(Kenya)
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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)
Gray heron, cattle egret, sacred ibis, yellow billed stork -- tz_2487
(Tanzania)
Gulls in flight
(United States)
Thompson's gazelles at play
(Kenya)
African Green Pigeon, Treron calva
(Kenya)
Harbor seals
(United States)
Female lion eating a wildebeest -- tz_2242
(Tanzania)
Coho salmon headed upriver to spawn
(United States)
Fruit in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Large black bird
(Guyana)
Elephants at sun down
(Kenya)
Pair of Egyptian Geese (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
(Kenya)
Hippo soup
(Kenya)
Vervet Monkeys doing monkey business
(Tanzania)
Macaque (unidentified) on the banks of the Kinabantagan River in Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
Lioness with zebra kill -- tz_1631
(Tanzania)
Brown bear cubs
(United States)
Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2267
(Tanzania)
White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) -- tz_1957
(Tanzania)
Brown bear
(United States)
Dead unidentified katydid in Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
Terns and pelicans perch in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Baboons atop a rock outcropping -- tz_2077
(Tanzania)
Sunbird
(Kenya)
African Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus)
(Kenya)
Nile crocodile entering the Mara river
(Kenya)
Thomson's Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) [female] -- tz_2356
(Tanzania)
Ewe big horn sheep (Ovis canadensis) in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
(United States)
Black bear cub eating Coho Salmon
(United States)
Pair of vervet monkeys -- tz_2445
(Tanzania)
Black vultures on the beach
(Suriname)
Large group of banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) -- tz_1497
(Tanzania)
Female ostrich, the world's largest and heaviest bird
(Tanzania)
A manatee in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Brown bear cubs
(United States)
Unidentified insect in Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) landing on water
(United States)
Lilac-breasted Roller, Coracias caudata -- tz_1357
(Tanzania)
Barnacles on a humpback whale in Alaska
(United States)
Impressive karst formations in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Black Rhino at a Nairobi rehabilitation center
(Kenya)
Brown-headed parrot baby (Poicephalus cryptoxanthus)
(Botswana)
Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in Glacier Bay
(United States)
The hairy and muddy ear of the Bornean rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni), the hairiest of the world's rhinos. This rhino, Tam, is a captive individual representing hopes for ex-situ breeding of the Critically Endangered subspecies of the Sumatran rhino (also Critically Endangered).
(Malaysia)
Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis purpuropterus)
(Kenya)
Male sunbird
(Kenya)
Buffalo at sunset
(Kenya)
Male vervet monkey standing on hind legs
(Tanzania)
White-backed Vultures, Gyps africanus
(Kenya)
A cockroach near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Thompson's gazelles running
(Kenya)
Cheetah -- tz_2547
(Tanzania)
Vervet Monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) getting frisky
(Tanzania)
Male ostrich defending chicks -- tz_1874
(Tanzania)
Black and white colobus monkey in a tree
(Kenya)
Drinking elephant
(Tanzania)
Father warthog chasing a baby warthog
(Kenya)
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) - headshot
(Kenya)
Headless and bloated anaconda corpse
(Suriname)
Humpback whale tail
(United States)
Eastern Chanting-goshawk (Melierax poliopterus) -- tz_2106
(Tanzania)
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Uraeginthus bengalus
(Kenya)
Small lizard
(Kenya)
The hairy ear of the Bornean rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni), the hairiest of the world's rhinos. This rhino, Tam, is a captive individual representing hopes for ex-situ breeding of the Critically Endangered subspecies of the Sumatran rhino (also Critically Endangered).
(Malaysia)
African lion -- tz_1610
(Tanzania)
Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in Glacier Bay
(United States)
Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) taking off at sunset in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
(United States)
Standing bears
(United States)
Lion approaching a wildebeest herd
(Kenya)
Greater blue-eared starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus)
(Kenya)
Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2318
(Tanzania)
Juvenile common puff adder (Bitis arietans)
(Tanzania)
Cattle in northern New Mexico
(United States)
Close-up of the Bornean rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni). This rhino, Tam, is a captive individual representing hopes for ex-situ breeding of the Critically Endangered subspecies of the Sumatran rhino (also Critically Endangered).
(Malaysia)
Abdim's Storks (Ciconia abdimii) atop a tree -- tz_1420
(Tanzania)
Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) feeding in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
(United States)
Plains zebra (Equus quagga) -- tz_2021
(Tanzania)
Sea otter in Alaska
(United States)
Mother warthog with piglets
(Kenya)
A bird in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Two beavers in Gooseberry State Park, Minnesota
(United States)
Macaques (unidentified) on the banks of the Kinabantagan River in Sabah, Malaysia
(Malaysia)
A broad-billed Tody (Todus subulatus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Maasai Mara sunset width buffalo
(Kenya)
African elephants -- tz_1431
(Tanzania)
Maasai Mara sunset
(Kenya)
Abdim's Stork (Ciconia abdimii) -- tz_1479
(Tanzania)
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Approaching elephant -- tz_1322
(Tanzania)
Female waterbucks (Kobus ellipsiprymnus)
(Zimbabwe)
South African giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa)
(Zimbabwe)
Bird taking flight
(United States)
Zebra among scrub trees -- tz_1943
(Tanzania)
Sea otter
(United States)
Family of elephants
(Kenya)
Masai Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) -- tz_1751
(Tanzania)
Cheetah on an ant hill
(Kenya)
Red-rumped swallow (Hirundo daurica) -- tz_xt_3558
(Tanzania)
Approaching African elephant
(Tanzania)
African fish eagle
(Kenya)
Charging sea otter
(United States)
Chickens are brought on the back of a motor bike to a family dinner by the river near Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Female agama lizard
(Kenya)
Lion cubs -- tz_1739
(Tanzania)
Lioness -- tz_2349
(Tanzania)
Lion cubs -- tz_1660
(Tanzania)
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) -- tz_2132a
(Tanzania)
Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) on sea ice in front of Johns Hopkins Glacier
(United States)
Orphaned elephant at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
(Kenya)
Group of helmeted guineafowl
(Kenya)
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)