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June 22, 2018

Photographer Captures the Moment a Bison Started Charging at Him in Yellowstone

It wasn't Willis Chung‘s first time photographing wildlife at Yellowstone, so he knew to be prepared for anything. But the Denver-based neuroradiologist was in for a surprise in August 2016, when he had an unusual encounter with a bison he was photographing along the Nez Pearce Creek in western central Yellowstone.

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June 21, 2018

Photographer Captures the Blissed-Out Expressions of Cats High on Catnip

Washington D.C.-based photographer Andrew Marttila quite possibly has the best job ever.

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June 18, 2018

Adorable Fat Cat Invades the Most Famous Paintings in Art History

Artist Svetlana Petrova finds a creative muse (or “mews”)

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June 14, 2018

Pretty Pigeon Portraits Celebrate the Overlooked Beauty of the Common City Bird

Many people may not consider pigeons to be beautiful birds, but photographer Andrew Garn disagrees. The native New Yorker has spent the last eight years capturing the charm of these common city birds, using high-speed strobe light photography—a technique that’s often reserved for studio fashion shoots.

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June 5, 2018

‘Dogs in Food’ Photo Series Serves Up Adorable Dogs With a Tasty Twist

In Dogs in Food, precious pups are mixed with mouthwatering bites to create cream-of-the-crop composites.

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May 31, 2018

Super Cute Photos Capture the Pure Joy of Tiny Harvest Mice Playing in Tulips

While you might associate macro photography with detailed images of creepy crawlies, there are other (much cuter)

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May 25, 2018

Early Highlights of the 2018 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

Whether an animal is the hunter or the hunted, surviving in the wild is serious business. And while many wildlife photographers aim to capture this “dog-eat-dog” world, some have been able to show that even the toughest creatures have their silly moments. Now in its fourth year, the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards recently released some of the funniest entries from the 2018 competition so far.

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May 25, 2018

Photoshop Expert Visualizes a World Where Giant Animals Roam the Land

While many would have only heard tales of human giants from folklore, Toronto-based photographer and Photoshop artist Mani visualizes a...

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May 21, 2018

Charming Wildlife Portraits Capture the Expressive Faces of Foxes in the Wild

Pairing his passion for photography with his interest in “hanging out” with animals, 21-year-old Ossi Saarinen is dedicated to documenting his encounters...

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May 9, 2018

Portraits of Dogs and Lifestyle-Specific Possessions Reveal Their Personalities

You might be familiar with the popular What’s in my bag? trend, where beauty experts, fashionistas, and travel bloggers give us a peek into their lives by laying out their daily essentials and snapping a photo from above. Well, humans aren’t the only ones with personality-specific possessions. Los Angeles-based lifestyle and animal photographer Alicia Rius reveals the objects that shape the daily routine of our canine friends in a series of dog portraits titled A Dog’s Life.

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