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Photo of the Day: As curious as a California Sea Lion

9/13/2012 // Rachel Stemen

A California sea lion checks out Dennis Vandermeersch while he was on a dive in the Sea of Cortez near La Paz, Mexico. Dennis captured a series of photos of these underwater acrobats, including one that he describes as doing… Read more >

Photo of the Day: Mountaintop Marmots

9/7/2012 // Rachel Stemen

Olympic marmots at the summit of Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park Photo by Flickr member Cherished Light Photography | Rajan Desai See more of Cherished Light Photography’s photos on Flickr >> Your Photo Could Be Here We want… Read more >

Photo of the Day: Leaps and Bounds

8/30/2012 // Rachel Stemen

What Did You See Today? Share your wildlife sightings with our Wildlife Watch program and see what species others are spotting in our Wildlife Watch Flickr group. Read more >

River otters, Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Photo of the Day: “Dude, I love this tree.”

8/21/2012 // Rachel Stemen

River otters in Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park Photo by Flickr member cchoc See more of cchoc’s photos on Flickr >> Your Photo Could Be Here We want one of your nature photos to be the next Photo… Read more >

Photo of the Day: Hang in There

8/20/2012 // Rachel Stemen

Your Photo Could Be Here We want one of your nature photos to be the next Photo of the Day! Share your images with our Flickr group and tag them with PhotoOfTheDay-NWF12. Don’t have a Flickr account? It’s free and… Read more >

Photo of the Day: A Slow Climb

8/13/2012 // Rachel Stemen

Scott Nielsen was photographing butterflies in Costa Rica when he spotted a young three-toed sloth slowly descending from the tree top. Sloths live in the forest canopy, but they have to visit the ground every few days to defecate. Scott… Read more >

Grizzly bear on the Battle River in Alaska

Photo of the Day: Belly Up

8/7/2012 // Rachel Stemen

Photo of the Day: Deer Xing

7/25/2012 // Rachel Stemen

White-tailed Doe Photo by Flickr member snooker2009 See more of snooker2009’s photos on Flickr >> Your Photo Could Be Here We want one of your nature photos to be the next Photo of the Day! Share your images with our… Read more >

Chipmunk; Gebhard Woods State Park, Morris, IL

Photo of the Day: Hungry Hungry Chipmunk

7/18/2012 // Rachel Stemen

This Photo of the Day was donated by a participant in the annual National Wildlife Photo Contest. See more photos or sign up for the 42nd Annual National Wildlife Photo Contest. Read more >

Elephants in Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa

Photo of the Day: Junk in the Trunk

7/5/2012 // Rachel Stemen