Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Buttercup Blossom



Spring and ice : A buttercup blossoms through the snow in a park the eastern German town of Ostrau.
(AFP/DDP/Eckehard Schulz)

Western Spotted Skunk



In this photo released by the Wildlife Conservation Society, a western spotted skunk peeks out from between the rocks at the Bronx Zoo in New York, Friday, March 5, 2010. Normally native to western North America, this new arrival makes her home in the Bronx Zoo's 'Mouse House.'
(AP Photo/WCS, Julie Larsen Maher)

Persian leopard cubs




Persian leopard cubs. Iran has promised to donate two wild leopards to Russia, officials said Sunday, bringing closer the aim of settling the rare animals near the 2014 Winter Olympics host city of Sochi.
(AFP/File/Attila Kisbenedek)

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Giant Panda Tai Shan


Giant Panda Tai Shan licks his birthday cake on his fourth birthday Thursday, July 9, 2009 at the zoo in Washington.
(THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Smithsonian National Zoo, Mehgan Murphy)

Snow Leopard in Switzerland




A snow leopard yawns while he sits in his snow covered enclosure at the zoo in Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010.
(AP Photo/Keystone/Walter Bieri)

Newborn White Tigers


One of five newborn white tigers sits in Santiago's Metropolitan Zoo in Santiago, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010. The five white tigers were born on Dec. 28, 2009.
(AP Photo/Roberto Candia)


One of five newborn white tigers sits in Santiago's Metropolitan Zoo in Santiago, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010. The five white tigers were born on Dec. 28, 2009.
(AP Photo/Roberto Candia)



Two of five newborn white tigers sit in Santiago's Metropolitan Zoo in Santiago, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010. The five white tigers were born on Dec. 28, 2009.
(AP Photo/Roberto Candia)

Panda Cub Yun Zi



Yun Zi, the five-month-old panda cub plays in one of the panda exhibit areas at the San Diego Zoo Wednesday Jan. 6. 2010 in San Diego. Yun Zi goes on display to the public tomorrow.
(AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)




Yun Zi, the five-month-old panda cub, hangs onto a limb while playing in one of the panda exhibit areas at the San Diego Zoo Wednesday Jan. 6. 2010 in San Diego. Yun Zi goes on display to the public tomorrow.
(AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)



Yun Zi, the five-month-old panda cub takes a break from his playing to rest on a limb in one of the panda exhibit areas at the San Diego Zoo Wednesday Jan. 6, 2010 in San Diego. Yun Zi goes on display to the public tomorrow.
(AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

Friday, January 1, 2010

Happy New Year 2010

Happy New Year 2010

Thursday, December 31, 2009

New Years Eve 2009

New Years Eve 2009

Monday, December 21, 2009

Winter Solstice


Francois' Leaf Monkey


'Tantan,' a one-month-old male Francois' Leaf Monkey, relaxes with his parents at the zoological gardens Zoorasia in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Japan, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009.
(AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

Pangolin


Handout photo from the World Wildlife Fund in Malaysia shows a pangolin climbing a tree. Malaysian wildlife authorities said they have rescued 130 pangolins and arrested two men attempting to smuggle the protected species destined to be sold to restaurants and medicine shops.
(AFP/HO/WWF/File/Bjorn Olesen)

Evening Sky


In this two-minute exposure, the rising moon illuminates clouds sweeping across the evening sky over St. Martin's In The Field, an Episcopal summer chapel, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, in Biddeford Pool, Maine. With the approach winter solstice, Maine now receives only about nine hours of daylight.
(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Mud Bath

A baby elephant takes a mud bath at the Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. The baby, which hasn't been named, will go on public display Friday.(AP Photo/Mike Stark)

Longneck Buddies


In this photo provided by Busch Gardens, Bea, a three-year-old giraffe, and Wilma, an ostrich, share a moment Aug. 1, 2009 at Busch Gardens in Tampa Bay, Florida's 65-acre Serengeti Plain. Just as they do on Africa's plains, the animals usually hang out with their own species. But recently, zoo keepers at Busch Gardens noticed the unlikely pair that just can't seem to get enough of one another.(AP Photo/Busch Gardens, Matt Marriott)

Foliage in California


This photo released by the California Travel and Tourism Commission shows aspen trees in Carson Pass and Hope Valley along state 88 south of Tahoe, in California.(AP Photo Dick James)