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Brown bear with her 3 cubs. Tough to beat moments like these 🐻 National Geographic

This time of year the animals are all shed out or mostly shed out. Antlers are almost calcified and they have put on considerable muscle since the Spring. The days are getting shorter. Their feed intake begins to transit…

Meet the bleeding-heart monkey, the gelada of Ethiopia’s Simien Mountains. 🗻🦍 This powerful male bares his fangs not out of aggression, but as a form of social communication. In fact, geladas “smile” to avoid conflict,…

This devoted mother humpback basked in the warm waters off the coast of Tonga – patiently waiting for her baby to grow, and building strength for the long journey back to their feeding grounds in Antarctica. National Geo…

Baby steps! 🐢 The last of his clutch to emerge, this tiny tortoise is starting out on a tough journey. It will take five years for his shell to harden into a true shield. Until then, he’s taking it one tiny step at a ti…