Our animal friends can be amusing. The annual wildlife photo competition celebrates the silly side of the animal kingdom.

From funny to fascinating to absolutely breathtaking, these are the best photos you’ll see all year—guaranteed.

On a recent drive back from Denver International Airport, I saw a coyote running through a prairie-dog town. It was the fifth coyote I saw that morning between Estes Park and Denver, but this one ...

In the study of why and how animals look the way they do, color is king—at least, the range of color humans can see. A ...

Becky MacPherson’s exhibit “Continuously Drawn” showcases her drawings and paintings of local nature, such as a kingfisher. (Photo by Henry Behrens.) ...

The best way to experience the White Mountains’ Presidential Range is hiking between the Appalachian Mountain Club’s eight historic high-mountain huts. Connecting distances aren’t ridiculous—the ...

With his magnificent underwater images, Gerardo del Villar wants to rehabilitate the reputation of the ocean’s great ...

A photo of a polar bear sleeping in a bed of flowers in the Arctic won the 2024 Nature Photography Contest, the competition ...

Different color morphs of all kinds of species are surprisingly common, from all-white bats to all-black penguins, genetics play a huge role in determining which colors are expressed. The orca spotted ...

Leucism is the absence of pigmentation in an animal's skin or fur – but, unlike albinism, does not affect the color of the ...

Artists present a mirror and a moral compass with their work, offering countless opportunities to reconnect with place and ...

Jack Dykinga won a Pulitzer in Chicago, then came West for a celebrated career in nature photography. And at age 82, after a ...