A coquerel’s sifaka gazes out of his enclosure at the Duke Lemur Center
Lion rock looms majestically along Piha beach near Auckland. The stunning beach’s black sand and lion rock itself are remnants from a large volcano that used to exist here.
Part of Chicago’s skyline is shrouded in mist after a morning of heavy rains on a summer day.
A mountain lion looks like it’s ready to pounce on an unsuspecting prey item at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo.
A juvenile pronghorn antelope, North America’s fastest land animal, moves through a prairie in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
Auckland’s port and skyline, starring the Sky Tower, which extends above one thousand feet into the air.
The top of a grave against the magnificent backdrop of a mountain in the Queenstown Cemetery.
St. Peter’s Anglican Church’s impeccable stones pop against the deep blue background of the morning in Queenstown, New Zealand.
One of the waterfalls from Milford Sound in Fiordland National Park, New Zealand.
A duck after some bread in Queenstown, New Zealand.
A ring-tailed lemur relaxes at the Melbourne Zoo.
Pretty in Pink: flamingos huddle up at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.
Another scene from Auckland’s port, made more picturesque by a rainbow during a brief interlude of the rain.
Some of New Zealand’s famous sheep (who are more numerous than people in New Zealand) mow the grass in Auckland’s Cornwall Park where hundreds of sheep roam free.
A ring-tailed lemur at the Melbourne Zoo.
A young koala waits eagerly for its grizzled elder koala to finish munching on eucalyptus leaves at the Featherdale Wildlife Park.
The incredible view from the top of Queenstown’s Skyline cable car route. The large mountain range along the back of the photo is the aptly-named Remarkables
The majestic stare of the ‘King of the jungle’ at the Auckland Zoo in New Zealand.
The setting sun paints the mudflats on North Stradbroke Island gold. See if you can spot the small rowboat stranded until the tide comes back in that night.
Cooper’s hawk in my yard, Wilmette, Illinois.
a bull frog in Michigan.
A menacing cassowary stares down the camera at the Featherdale Wildlife Park outside of Sydney, Australia.
A swamp wallaby among the abandoned fields where a large human community, complete with houses, roads and pets, once existed on Phillips Island near Melbourne, Australia. Read more here.
The cinereous raptor’s populations are decreasing through much of Eurasia. Photo taken at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo.
Joshua Trees in the late afternoon sun.
Making a break for it: a baby sea turtle scurries toward the ocean at Sea Island, Georgia.
Reaching the Spot: A koala trying to get an itch at Phillip Island’s Koala Reserve.
Sunset over Oyster Bay, Chatham, Cape Cod.
The Reef and the Wreck: Heron Island, in the southern portion of the Great Barrier Reef is known for its relatively pristine reef and the rusty remains of the HMAS Protector. The ship was active in both WWI and WWII before being sunk here in 1943. Read more about the reef and the island here.
A mob of ‘roos perplexed by the existence of the photographer on their turf.
View from my apartment window after a rainstorm in Brisbane, Australia where I was studying abroad in 2019.