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Dog Walk, California

Photo of the Day, January 23, 2013

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Dog walk at dusk, Point Isabel, Richmond, California

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Cheetah Mother and Cubs, Tanzania

Photo of the Day, January 22, 2013

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A young cheetah mother named Etta by researchers scans the Serengeti ...

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Parakeets, Ecuador

Photo of the Day, January 21, 2013

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In Ecuador's Yasuní National Park, cobalt-winged parakeets flock to a ...

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Horses, Iceland

Photo of the Day, January 20, 2013

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Icelandic horses gathered on top of this hill within their paddock ...

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Zebra and Foal, Botswana

Photo of the Day, January 19, 2013

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A young zebra foal closely following an adult. Taken on a ...

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Ladybug and Daylily

Photo of the Day, January 18, 2013

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A ladybug peeks out from a daylily.

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Sleeping Lion, South Africa

Photo of the Day, January 17, 2013

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This male lion rests in the soft grass on a gloomy ...

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Eurasian Otters, Shetland Islands

Photo of the Day, January 16, 2013

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In the Shetland Islands a mother and two male cubs listen ...

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Stingrays, Grand Cayman

Photo of the Day, January 15, 2013

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Stingrays gracefully flying, forming a perfect straight line. Sand bar, Grand ...

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Geladas, Ethiopia

Photo of the Day, January 14, 2013

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A group of juvenile male gelada baboons gives chase to a ...

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Cow and Shepherd, India

Photo of the Day, January 13, 2013

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A young bovine finds safety and solace with her shepherd father ...

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Birds, Israel

Photo of the Day, January 12, 2013

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Hula Lake, Israel

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Cheetah and Leopard, Botswana

Photo of the Day, January 11, 2013

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A very rare, adrenaline-packed showdown between two spotted predators: a male ...

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Diving Bird, Mexico

Photo of the Day, January 10, 2013

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While taking photos of Santa Maria reef near Cabo San Lucas ...

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Grasshopper and Milkweed Pod

Photo of the Day, January 9, 2013

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Walking through the Northern Kettle Moraine State Forest in Wisconsin on ...

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Gentoo Penguin Chicks, Antarctica

Photo of the Day, January 8, 2013

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Elephant Herd, Kenya

Photo of the Day, January 7, 2013

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Elephants move across Kenya’s Amboseli National Park in a thunderstorm ...

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Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Florida

Photo of the Day, January 6, 2013

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A loggerhead sea turtle that never made it to sea with ...

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Rooster, Brazil

Photo of the Day, January 5, 2013

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Rooster, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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Rhinos, Kenya

Photo of the Day, January 4, 2013

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Family of rhinos, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

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Water Buffaloes, India

Photo of the Day, January 3, 2013

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A boy bathes with his three buffaloes in the river.

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Fox, Aleutian Islands

Photo of the Day, January 1, 2013

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A fox sits on a snowy hill near Dutch Harbor in ...

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Deer, Michigan

Photo of the Day, December 2, 2012

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Two deer are seen at night on Grand Island ...

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Cheetah and Cubs

Photo of the Day, November 26, 2012

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This mother cheetah, with five cubs nearby ...

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Pink Anemonefish

Photo of the Day, November 25, 2012

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This is a photo of a "family ...

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Bear Cub, Alaska

Photo of the Day, November 22, 2012

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This yearling cub was "fishing" with his ...

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Pheasant, Italy

Photo of the Day, November 20, 2012

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This pheasant is proudly calling to mark ...

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Oryx, Namibia

Photo of the Day, November 19, 2012

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Oryx captured in Namib-Naukluft National Park in ...

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Great Horned Owl, Florida

Photo of the Day, November 12, 2012

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Great horned owl in black and white ...

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Zebras, Kenya

Photo of the Day, November 7, 2012

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I was lucky enough to see these ...

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Penguins, Antarctica

Photo of the Day, November 6, 2012

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Penguins adrift on an iceberg during a ...

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African Elephant and Queleas

Photo of the Day, November 4, 2012

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A flock of red-billed queleas coming to ...

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Tern Chick, Sri Lanka

Photo of the Day, November 1, 2012

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The progeny, a solitary chick amidst the ...

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Emperor Penguins, Antarctica

Photo of the Day, October 29, 2012

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Emperor penguins are Olympian swimmers, capable of diving to ...

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Cheetah, Kenya

Photo of the Day, October 28, 2012

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A male cheetah assumes a lookout pose in a ...

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Spiny-Headed Blenny

Photo of the Day, October 24, 2012

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Corals build the rampart that shelters the landward provinces ...

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