In a world of high-tech concrete and glass cities, it is easy to forget that we share this planet with innumerable creatures of all shapes, colors, and sizes. A browse through these few pages will serve to remind you just what diversity of life is out there of the feathered, furry, fishy, and four-legged kind.
Bird-watchers could do no better than a visit to New Zealand for some truly exceptional sights. The endangered Kaka and the pesky Kea are two native parrots, while the Variable Oystercatcher is a coastal feeder, prancing about on long pink legs.
Zoos and other animal reserves offer a chance to photograph some of the earth's rare creatures, such as the Sumatran Tiger. In the wild, this small tiger is found only on the Island of Sumatra, Indonesia, but the Auckland Zoo is doing their part to help conserve the species that now number less than 500 individuals. The Cotton Topped Tamarin is another happy resident of the Auckland Zoo, a monkey well-named for the sprout of white hair growing from the top of their heads.
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Grey White Horse Plaine De La Camargue Provence France A Camargue Horse, proper name Equus caballus, hides its head down in the grass in the Plaine de la Camargue in the Parc Naturel Regional de Camargue, in the gorgeous Bouches du Rhone region of Provence in France. |
Bull Picture Camargue Bouches Du Rhone Provence France A long horned Camargue Bull stands in a field in the Plaine de la Camargue in the Parc Naturel Regional de Camargue. This park in the Camargue in the Bouches du Rhone region of Provence, France is home to unique breeds of horses and bulls. |
Endangered Yellow Eyed Penguin Reserve Otago New Zealand A Yellow Eyed Penguin rests in the grass at the Penguin Place Reserve on the Otago Peninsula in Otago, which is located on the East Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. This reserve was founded in 1985 and was built to protect these animals. |
Northern Royal Albatross Taiaroa Head Colony Otago South Island New Zealand A Northern Royal Albatross, proper name Diomedea epomophora sanfordi, part of the Taiaroa Head Colony, flies high in the sky over the Otago Peninsula near Dunedin in Otago on the East Coast of the South Island in New Zealand. |
Fratercula Arctica Common Puffin Picture Newfoundland A species of seabird with several nicknames, the Common (Atlantic) Puffin is also known by its scientific name of Fratercula arctica. The Common puffin is found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe, Iceland, and North America such as in Newfoundland. |
Amsel Bird Nest Animal Skull Freising Bavaria Germany An Amsel Bird, which is a type of bird found in Bavaria in Germany is seen here sitting on top of an animal skull in its nest. Birds can nest anywhere they feel comfortable and somewhere where they feel they won't be disturbed with their young ones. |
Morus Serrator Australasian Gannets Cape Kidnappers New Zealand Preening one another is a common social practice in the world of Australian Gannets, also known as Morus serrator, especially straight after a reunion of a pair. This species of gannet is also known as Takapu in the Maori language. |
Young Foal Horse Port De La Bonaigua Pyrenees Catalonia Spain A young foal, a horse, walks down a precarious rocky slope at Port de la Bonaigua (Bonaigua Pass) at about 2,072 metres in teh Pyrenees Mountain Range in Catalonia, Spain. About 75 species of wildlife can be found in these mountains. |
Moose Viking Trail Northern Peninsula Newfoundland A Moose, proper name Alces alces, looks up from grazing in a property in St Lunaire-Griquet off Highway 436, along the Viking Trail in the Great Northern Peninsula in Newfoundland. These animals are known in Europe as elk, rather than moose. |
Cute Ginger White Cat Felis Catus Animal A Ginger and white coloured cat, proper name Felis catus, looks into the sunlight outside the southern facade of the Palace of Charles V at 'The Alhambra', which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Granada, Andalusia, Spain. |
Indigenous Canadian Eskimo Dog Puppy Churchill Manitoba Canada A Canadian Eskimo Dog puppy, proper name Canis familiaris, looks right at the camera from outside its kennel in Churchill, Manitoba. These Eskimo Dogs are a large breed of dog indigenous to Canada. |
Willow Ptarmigan Bird Tundra Hudson Bay Churchill Manitoba A Willow Ptarmigan, proper name Lagopus lagopus, almost blends in to the tundra near Hudson Bay in Churchill, Manitoba. These are gamebirds that are part of the grouse family and breed mostly in the forests and tundra regions. |
Cows Port De La Bonaigua Pyrenees Catalonia Spain Cows hang out at 2,072 metres at Port de la Bonaigua (Bonaigua Pass) in the Pyrenees Mountain Range in Catalonia, Spain. These cows are not like domestic cows that can be found across Europe and North America, but they are part of the cow family. |
Arctic Fox Tundra Churchill Wildlife Management Area Hudson Bay Manitoba An Arctic Fox, proper name Alopex lagopus, forages for food on the tundra landscape of the Churchill Wildlife Management Area in Hudson Bay, Churchill, Manitoba. These can also be called the White Fox or the Snow Fox. |
Beautiful Camargue Horses Parc Naturel Regional De Camargue Provence France Two Camargue Horses nozzle each others backs in the Plaine de la Camargue in Parc Naturel Regional de Camargue, in Camargue in Bouches du Rhone in Provence, France. These horses are a very ancient breed found only in southern France. |
Humpback Tail Fluke Whale Watching Bay Fundy Nova Scotia As the Humpback Whale comes up out of the water and dives back down again it's magnificent tail is visible above the surface of the water. This whale was seen in the Bay of Fundy during a whale watching tour from Tiverton on Long Island in Nova Scotia. |
Mountain Animals Bighorn Sheep Lake Banff National Park Alberta This Bighorn sheep is a species of sheep that is native to North America and Siberia. This species of mountain animal thrives in the alpine regions of Banff and Jasper National Parks in the province of Alberta, Canada. |
Bison Enclosure Riding Mountain National Park Manitoba The American Bison and the European Bison are the only two of six species that still exist out of the six species of the subfamily Bovinae. The bison pictured here at Riding Mountain National Park in Manitoba, Canada are of the American Bison subspecies. |
Grazing Bull Mennonite Heritage Village Farm Steinbach Manitoba An adult male species of cattle is called a bull, and they are a domesticated member of the Bovinae Family. This bull lives at the Mennonite Heritage Village, which recreates the Mennonite way of life in modern day Steinbach, Manitoba. |
Barbary Macaque Portrait Rock Of Gibraltar Britain The Barbary Macaque that can be found in Gibraltar, which is a part of Great Britain, are the last group of apes in the whole of Europe that is actually thriving. This is mostly due to the fact that they drive tourism to the area. |
Black Bear Ursus Americanus Red Lake Ontario Canada This black bear, proper name Ursus americanus, is the most common bear species in North America. It can be found all the way from Alaska to Mexico, and this bear in particular is grazing on lush green grass near the town of Red Lake in Ontario. |
Atlantic White Sided Dolphins Bay Of Fundy Nova Scotia Two Atlantic White Sided Dolphins swim playfully alongside a tour boat during a sunny day in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia. These dolphins are found in cool waters in the North Atlantic Ocean. |
Humpback Whale Watching Tour Bay Of Fundy Nova Scotia Canada Whale watching is a very popular attraction along the coasts of Canada because it gives people the chance to see whales in their natural habitat and get up close but not disturbing them. This humpback whale was seen in the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia. |
Little Shag Picture Catlins Highway Otago South Island New Zealand These birds, commonly known as 'Little Shag' can also be known by the name of Little Pied Cormorant in Australia. This bird is commonly seen along the Catlins Highway near water in Otago on the South Island of New Zealand. |
Bird Species Of New Zealand Spur Winged Plover Pied Oystercatcher South Island Two birds native to New Zealand, the Spur-Winged Plover, and the Pied Oystercatcher, forage at the water's edge in an estuary near Hinahina, which is along the popular Southern Scenic Route on the east coast of the South Island in New Zealand. |
Atlantic Ocean Sea Birds Puffins Two Atlantic Puffins, proper name Fratercula arctica, nest on Bird Island, which is an island devoted just to birds, off shore from Cape Bonavista Lighthouse on the Bonavista Peninsula in that same bay near Newfoundland Labrador in Newfoundland, Canada. |
Australasian Gannet Sea Birds Hawkes Bay New Zealand Australasian Gannets hang out on a cliff-top colony together at Cape Kidnappers, which is located in the Hawkes Bay on the North Island of New Zealand. Adults of this species can be identified by their white bodies with dark wing tips and yellow heads. |
Wild Boar Animal Parc Omega Montebello Quebec A Black Wild Boar wandering around the grassland of Parc Omega in Montebello, Outaouais, Quebec in Canada. |
Timber Wolf Canis Lupus Parc Omega Montebello Quebec Canada A Timber Wolf, more commonly known as a Gray Wolf, looks directly at the camera in Parc Omega, located in Montebello, Outaouais, in Quebec, Canada. This species of wolf is the largest member of the Canidae family, which includes coyotes, jackals, wolves. |
Hookers Sea Lion Waipapa Point South Island New Zealand A Hookers Sea Lion, native to New Zealand, relaxes on the beach at Waipapa Point along the Catlins Coastal Heritage Trail, which is part of the Southern Scenic Route in Southland, the South Island of New Zealand. |
Fin Whales Tadoussac Gulf St Lawrence Quebec Canada A large and graceful Fin Whale can be seen swimming alongside a Whale watching boat from Tadoussac, a town along the Route des Baleines on Highway 138 in Manicouagan in the shores of the famous St Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. |
Long Finned Pilot Whales Gulf Of St Lawrence Canada Two Long Finned Pilot Whales, proper name Globicephala melas, are seen swimming alongside each other during a whale watching excursion from Pleasant Bay in the Gulf of St Lawrence, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
Aerial View Sperm Whale South Island Coast New Zealand An aerial view of a Sperm Whale as it swims along the surface of the water during a Whale Watching flight with 'Wings over Whales'. This flight took place from Kaikoura, Canterbury on the East Coast of the South Island in New Zealand. |
Cute Penguin Picture Catlins Forest South Island NZ A cute Yellow Eyed Penguin walks along the rocks in the Catlins Forest at the Petrified Forest, located in Porpoise Bay and Curio Bay in Otago, on the South Island of New Zealand. These penguins are a native species there. |
Nestor Notabilis Kea Bird Darran Mountains Fiordland New Zealand A Cheeky Kea, proper name Nestor notabilis, takes a closer look at a car antenna in the Fiordland National Park, which is located along the Milford Road near the Homer Mountains in the South Island of beautiful New Zealand. |
White Stork Birds Ciconia Ciconia Camargue France A White Stork (Cicconia ciconia) stretches its wings in its nest in the Parc Naturel Regional de Camargue in the Plaine de la Camargue, Camargue in the beautiful Bouches du Rhone area of Provence in France. |
Phoenicopterus Roseus Greater Flamingo Birds Camargue France Three Greater Flamingos, or Phoenicopterus roseus as they are known by their scientific name, get their feet wet in the Parc Naturel Regional de Camargue in the Plaine de la Camargue, in the gorgeous Bouches du Rhone region of the Provence in France. |
Atlantic Puffin Birds Cape Bonavista Newfoundland Two Atlantic Puffins stand on Bird Island, a nesting place for them, discovered by Captin James Cook in 1775. The Island is located just off shore from Cape Bonavista Lighthouse, in Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland Canada. |
Native Yellow Eyed Penguin Bird South Island New Zealand A Yellow-Eyed Penguin, a native marine bird of New Zealand, makes it way to nest near the Fossil Forest at Curio Bay, on the Southern Scenic Route of the South Island. The Fossil Forest is found in the Catlins district of the South Island. |
Climate Change Impact On Wildlife Polar Bears Global warming and climate change both have a direct impact on wildlife especially species who dwell in the arctic regions such as the great Polar Bear. |
Ripiro Beach Picture Seagulls Tasman Sea New Zealand Two seagulls wander the compacted sandy shores of Ripiro Beach at Glinks Gully on the North Island of New Zealand while a motorcyclist rides near the surf of the Tasman Sea. |
QuAppelle Valley Scenery Saskatchewan Canada The 430 kilometre long Qu'Appelle River meanders through a valley which is home to an abundance of wildlife and outstanding scenery. |
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... sperm whales share the salt water with acrobatic Dusky Dolphins, while Bottle-nosed dolphins perform tricks for a captive audience.
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