image credit: Jacopo PandolfiniA female mallard protects her young from a great blue heron.
image credit: William BickleA swarm flying over a river in Korea.
image credit: Ryun Hyung-MinThis little baby deer was found in my wife's grandmother's front yard. We found it while doing yard work.
image credit: Chris BushA green sea turtle emerges from a pit after nesting in Tortuguero, Costa Rica. During the nesting process the female turtles are most susceptible to their predators.
image credit: Neil OsborneThis male gorilla was photographed at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C.
image credit: Alexander VasiljevDragonfly.
image credit: Kirk GardnerI was out with the camera after a passing thunderstorm. As I was photographing a group of calla lilies, I happened upon this little guy nestled comfortably in one, taking shelter from the rain.
image credit: Sainath KamathNewborn Weddell seal pup sleeping near Little Herring Island, Antarctica.
image credit: Chris WilsonSeagulls.
image credit: Bartosz NikiciukA hyena chases another hyena with a wildebeest's leg in its mouth in Tanzania, Africa.
image credit: William Cowles MeyerI found this little guy on one of the hostas this summer; he was covered in dew, sleeping.
image credit: Noah RosenSeagull at Bandon, Oregon.
image credit: Alex MorleyLake Nam Co, Tibet.
image credit: Timothy HeathRacing to complete a day’s work, a dung beetle loses control of its prize possession on the tar road that runs through Kruger National Park, South Africa.
image credit: Scott FrancisA baby gibbon clutches its mother at Roger Williams Park Zoo, Providence, Rhode Island.
image credit: Kim BotelhoNational Geographic has published its runners-up and winners from this year's international photo contest.
Source: nationalgeographic.com
