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A green jumping spider (Lyssomanes viridis), in a forested area of Cerro de la Muerte, in San Jose, Costa Rica, 20 May 2025. International Day for Biological Diversity is celebrated every 22 May around the world. (Photo by Jeffrey Arguedas/EPA/EFE)

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14 Sep 2025 03:12:00,post received 0 comments

Fact USA last Week, Part 1/2

A traveler arriving from Philadelphia carries his dog, Luna, in a backpack at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday, November 27, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo)

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02 Dec 2024 02:30:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Northeast Blackout of 2003

A policeman controls traffic at 42nd Street and 7th Avenue as New York City remains without electricity caused by a blackout that affected the entire city and most of the eastern part of the nation August 15, 2003 in New York, New York. More than 50 million people were affected by the outage, in Toronto, Detroit, Cleveland and New York City. (Photo by Jose Jimenez/Primera Hora/Getty Images)

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17 Aug 2017 07:43:00,post received 0 comments

Fact “Beautiful Bulldog” Pageant

Colleen Kelley, of Iowa City, Iowa, fixes the hat on her dog Bruce during judging at the 35th annual Drake Relays Beautiful Bulldog Contest, Monday, April 21, 2014, in Des Moines, Iowa. The pageant kicks off the Drake Relays festivities at Drake University where a bulldog is the mascot. (Photo by Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo)

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23 Apr 2014 08:33:00,post received 0 comments

Touching “Perfect Imperfection”

“Bali Pip”. Bali street dog. Had the skin condition mange. (Photo by Alex Cearns/The Guardian)

For her book “Perfect Imperfection”, the Australian pet photographer Alex Cearns set out to capture the personalities of animals who adapt to their damaged or different bodies without complaint. Part of the proceeds from sales of Perfect Imperfection go to the Australian Animal Cancer Foundation. Here: “Bali Pip”. Bali street dog. Had the skin condition mange. (Photo by Alex Cearns/The Guardian)

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06 Apr 2018 00:03:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Playful Kittens by Seth Casteel

Fuzzbucket. “Not only did we keep our jobs, but because of the pictures, all the kittens were adopted within hours!”. (Photo by Seth Casteel/Hachette Australia)

California-based photographer Seth Casteel made his name taking photographs of dogs underwater, but before that, he was snapping cats on land. In fact, they were his first animal subjects. Casteel’s new book, Pounce – a follow-up to his bestselling Underwater Dogs and Underwater Puppies – features more than 80 photographs of playful cats doing what they do best. Here: Fuzzbucket. (Photo by Seth Casteel/Hachette Australia)

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18 Nov 2016 11:21:00,post received 0 comments

Touching ALL 2012 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest – in HIGH RESOLUTION. Part 3: “Spontaneous Moments”, Weeks 7-14 (60 Photos)

“Cub”. In the colony of penguins in South Georgia. (Photo and caption by Ondrej Zaruba/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

ATTENTION! All pictures are presented in high resolution. To see Hi-Res images – just TWICE click on any picture. In other words, click small picture – opens the BIG picture. Click BIG picture – opens VERY BIG picture.

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28 Jun 2013 12:32:00,post received 0 comments

Touching Minimonsters of John Hallmén. Part III

Sleeping Anthidium. Female Anthidium punctatum; Size: 7 mm. (John Hallmén)

Sleeping Anthidium. Female Anthidium punctatum; Size: 7 mm. (Photo by John Hallmén)

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30 Jun 2013 12:19:00,post received 0 comments