6,677 images for natural history

  • 862-07496171

    Kenya, Masai Mara, North Mara Conservancy, Narok County. 2 three month old lion cubs at the den where their mother has left them to go off and hunt.

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    Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Boscia tree and wildebeest at dawn during the annual migration. Dry season.

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    Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A lioness alert in long red oat grass watching other members of her pride hunting.

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  • 862-03367284

    A Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema) in Matandia National Park,eastern Madagascar.

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  • 862-07496174

    Kenya, Diani Beach, Kwale County. Young Angola Colubus.

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    Heart shapes carved into tree in forest

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  • 862-07496199

    Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A female leopard stands alert near to the tree where she has stashed her kill, and her cub is feeding. She is watchful for lions and hyenas.

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    Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A four year old male lion watching other members of his pride at dawn.

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  • 862-03438085

    Elephant in early morning mist feeding on water hyacinths

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  • 862-07496073

    Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Female cheetah with two of her 5 playful three month old cubs early in the morning.

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  • 862-07496196

    Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A male hippo threatening a cow who was accompanied by a younger bull.

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  • 862-07496144

    Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A Grey Crowned Crane feeding on seeds and grass heads.

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  • 862-08091023

    South East Asia, Philippines, south east Luzon, Legazpi, Busay falls (MR)

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    Chinstrap penguins (pygoscelis antarctica) on iceberg.

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  • 862-03366440

    A herd of elephants moves across the Amboseli plains.Elephants are gregarious,living in family groups consisting of related cows and their offspring. They are led by an old female,known as a matriarch. Sometimes,family groups met up to form large herds.

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  • 862-03437629

    USA,Utah,Bryce Canyon National Park. A knarled tree and colourful rock pinnacles known as Hoodoos on the Peekaboo Loop Trail

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  • 862-07496117

    Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Immature Lillac-Breasted Rollers perched among the grasslands hunting for inscet prey. Immature birds are duller in colour and do not have the long central tail feathers.

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    Greenhouse, Botanical Gardens of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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  • 862-03366453

    A cheetah surveys the grassy plains of Masai Mara from a termite mound. The cheetah is a fast,efficient and frequent killer of gazelles and impala. .

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  • 862-03438033

    Zambia,Lower Zambezi National park. A walking safari watch from a safe distance as an elephant reaches up to feed on an acacia.

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  • 862-03437633

    USA,Utah,Bryce Canyon National Park. Douglas Fir Trees in Wall Street,slot canyon of colourful rock pinnacles known as Hoodoos

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  • 862-07496138

    Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A female cheetah strangling an adult female impala. This is the typical killing bits used by big cats, pinning their prey to the ground and strangling or suffocating it.

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  • 862-07496133

    Kenya, Masai Mara, Musiara Marsh, Narok County. A herd of elephants walking towards the marsh having fed during the night on higher ground. Large bull in the foreground.

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  • 862-07496156

    Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A female leopard lying in the shade of a croton bush watching for prey.

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  • 862-03288578

    Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)

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  • 854-03740166

    View of the Benny Benson Memorial, Seward, Kenai Peninsula, Southcentral Alaska, Spring

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  • 862-07496181

    Kenya, Masai Mara, Mara North Conservancy, Leopard Gorge, Narok County. A female leopard watches for prey from her hiding place in a tree at the edge of the plains.

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  • 862-03366506

    A pride of lions rests near water in the Masai Mara Game Reserve.The nucleus of any pride is a number of closely related females.

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    Kenya, Laikipia, Lewa Downs. A mother and calf Black rhinoceros.

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  • 862-03437217

    A Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema) eating wild guava fruit in Matandia National Park,eastern Madagascar.

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  • 862-03437627

    USA,Utah,Bryce Canyon National Park. Haunting and colourful rock pinnacles known as Hoodoos at Inspiration Point

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  • 832-02252814

    Knowth, Co Meath, Ireland, Neolithic passage grave and satellite graves

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  • 862-07496139

    Kenya, Masai Mara, Leopard Gorge, Narok District. Female leopard resting in a large and ancient fig tree in the heart of her territory during the heat of the day.

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  • 862-03366197

    A herd of elephants (Loxodonta africana) strides out beneath Mount Kilimanjaro,Africa's highest snow-capped mountain at 19,340 feet above sea level.

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  • 862-07496112

    Kenya, Masai Mara, Musiara Marsh, Narok County. A lioness jumps across a water filled drainage ditch in a marsh as her cubs and other members of the pride hesitate.

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  • 862-03366257

    During the annual migration of up to 1.5 million wildebeest from Serengeti,Tanzania,to the Mara and back each year,the animals ford or swim across the Mara River on several occasions. At times,their crossing places are badly chosen and many drown.

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  • 862-03731564

    Kenya, Laikipia, Lewa Downs. Male impala.

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  • 862-03366321

    A herd of Masai Giraffe (Giraffa camelopadalis tippelskirchi) stride across the dry,grassy plains of Masai Mara Game Reserve.

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  • 862-03366370

    Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) Crossing Mara River

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  • 600-06732587

    Cypress trees along country road, green fields. Pienza, Val d'Orcia, Tuscany, Italy.

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  • 862-03366256

    During the annual migration of up to 1.5 million wildebeest from Serengeti,Tanzania,to the Mara and back each year,the animals ford or swim across the Mara River on several occasions.

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    Bamburgh Castle bathed in evening light, viewed from Bamburgh Beach, Bamburgh, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

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  • 862-03437631

    USA Utah Bryce Canyon National Park A lone Pine Tree and colourful rock pinnacles known as Hoodoos on the Peekaboo Loop Trail

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  • 862-03438032

    Zambia,Lower Zambezi National park. A walking safari watch from a safe distance as an elephant reaches up to feed on an acacia.

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  • 862-07496160

    Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. An African Fish Eagle takes to the sky with a full crop of food.

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    Sigiriya Rock Fortress, UNESCO World Heritage Site, seen from Pidurangala Rock, Sri Lanka, Asia

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  • 862-07496147

    Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Three adult male lions out patrolling their territory stopping to roll in the dung left by a buffalo.

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  • 841-07082947

    Castlerigg Stone Circle with Blencathra mountain behind, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

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  • 862-07496132

    Kenya, Masai Mara, Musiara Marsh, Narok County. Malachite Kingfisher perched on a sedge stem watching for prey such as small fish and frogs in the marsh.

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  • 862-03736899

    Kenya. A warthog running across the grass plains of Masai Mara National Reserve.

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  • 862-03361109

    Giraffe skin (Giraffa camelopardalis)

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  • 862-03731686

    Kenya, Masai Mara. Two young Masai giraffe look out over the plains.

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  • 862-03366246

    An aerial photograph of the wildebeest migration in Masai Mara. Up to 1.5 million wildebeest join the migration from Serengeti,Tanzania,to the Mara and back each year.

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  • 862-03438089

    Male Elephant (Loxodonta africana) under stormy clouds on bank of Zambezi River.

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  • 862-03366446

    Two black rhinos on the open plains at Amboseli. Poaching of this severely endangered species led to its extermination in this region in the late 1980's.Rhinos have very poor eyesight and are prone to charge at the slightest noise or disturbance. .

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  • 649-07596465

    Lake Maggiore and Isola Madre, Novara, Italy

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  • 700-03392413

    Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Kansai Region, Honshu, Japan

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  • 862-03437194

    Kenya,Masai Mara National Reserve. A herd of Thomson's gazelle out on the plains of the Masai Mara under a stormy sky.

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  • 862-03437218

    A chameleon.

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  • 862-07496191

    Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A female cheetah resting among the red oat grass at dusk . She is searching for prey before it gets too dark to hunt.

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  • 862-07496189

    Kenya, Masai Mara, Mara North Conservancy, Leopard Gorge, Narok County. A female leopard in a fig tree looking out across her territory for danger and possible prey early in the morning.

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  • 862-07496179

    Kenya, Masai Mara, North Mara Conservancy, Narok County. Female leopard at Leopard Gorge among long red oat grass with her 4 month old daughter Malaika.

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  • 862-07496216

    Kenya, Masai Mara, Musiara Marsh, Narok County. Grey Crowned Crane roosting in a dead tree at the edge of a marsh at dawn.

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  • 862-03361332

    Golden Eagle

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  • 862-03366505

    A fine maned lion.Adult male lions weigh up to 500lb. They begin to grow manes at the age of eighteen months,which will not fully develop until the age of five or six.

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  • 649-07905711

    Girl taking picture of ancient temple at sunset, Siem Reap, Cambodia

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  • 862-03361113

    Female Leopard (Panthera pardus)

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  • 862-03366255

    During the annual migration of up to 1.5 million wildebeest from Serengeti,Tanzania,to the Mara and back each year,the animals ford or swim across the Mara River on several occasions.

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    Europe, Poland, Malopolska, Ojcow National Park, Pieskowa Skala Castle

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  • 841-06805547

    Saint Johann Church, near Saint Magdalena, Val di Funes, Dolomites, Trentino-Alto Adige, South Tirol, Italy, Europe

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  • 649-07280596

    Windmills and canal marsh, Kinderdijk, Netherlands

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  • 862-03731743

    Kenya, Masai Mara. Masai giraffe.

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  • 862-03366253

    During the annual migration of up to 1.5 million wildebeest from Serengeti,Tanzania,to the Mara and back each year,the animals ford or swim across the Mara River on several occasions.

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  • 862-03366554

    An elephant matriarch keeps a careful watch over her baby in the Samburu National Game Reserve. The gestation period of elephants is twenty-two months with an interval between calves of four to nine years.

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    A lioness surveys her surroundings from a comfortable perch in a tree in the Tarangire National Park.

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  • 845-05838335

    View of rocky beach with sea spray washing over rocks, with seagulls in sky and wooden pier in the background, Monterey, Califonia.

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  • 862-03366573

    A porcupine in Masai Mara National Reserve.These large rodents are normally nocturnal and rely on their spines to deter predators.

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  • 841-06501323

    Church of St. Mary the Virgin surrounded by beautiful countryside, Lasborough in the Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

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  • 700-03460394

    The Siq leading to Petra, Jordan, Middle East

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  • 862-03361453

    Scots Pine,Slioch.

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  • 862-07496137

    Kenya, Masai Mara, Leopard Gorge, Narok District. Female leopard raking her forepaws along the trunk of a fig tree to leave a visible scar and scent from glands between her toes helping to mark her territory.

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  • 862-03366250

    An aerial photograph of wildebeest during their migration in Masai Mara. Up to 1.5 million wildebeest join the migration from Serengeti,Tanzania,to the Mara and back each year.

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  • 600-03004089

    Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

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  • 862-07496145

    Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Three male lions greeting and investigating scent. One of the males had found a buffalo dropping and rolled in it.

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  • 862-03366247

    An aerial photograph of the wildebeest migration in Masai Mara. Up to 1.5 million wildebeest join the migration from Serengeti,Tanzania,to the Mara and back each year.

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  • 862-03366466

    An unstriped ground squirrel.Unlike other members of the squirrel family,ground squirrels rarely climb trees. They frequently stand upright to get a better view of their surroundings. .

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  • 859-08008452

    Autumn Leaves

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  • 862-07496182

    Kenya, Masai Mara, Mara North Conservancy, Leopard Gorge, Narok County. A female leopard stretches as she becomes active in the late afternoon.

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  • 862-07496086

    Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A herd of male and female Masai Giraffe making their way across the plains.

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  • 700-07840761

    Scenic view of beach and Bahia Honda Rail Bridge at sunset, Bahia Honda, Florida Keys, Florida, USA

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