Current selection
Images close to the living world.
Each series reveals a species, behaviour or habitat in natural light, with compositions made for creative use.
Aye-aye in a Madagascan rainforest — close portrait with huge amber eyes
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
High leaves behind an attentive greater bamboo lemur
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Resting Matschie's tree-kangaroo above a bromeliad-lined Andean ravine
Wildlife · Mammals · Marsupiaux
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Feeding: African palm civet feeding on a forest fruit at dusk
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Sheltered by the granite block, a Tibetan fox resting in short grass
Carnivores · Wildlife · Mammals · Renards du Tibet
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Resting Japanese serow on a mossy ledge above a forest ravine
Wildlife · Mammals · Ruminants · Saro du Japon
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Emerging African golden cat from broadleaf undergrowth on forest trail
Carnivores · Chat doré africain · Wildlife · Mammals
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Browsing southern pudu beneath autumn lenga leaves
Wildlife · Mammals · Pudu du Sud · Ruminants
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Ethiopian giant mole-rat emerging from a fresh tunnel
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Gray viscacha crossing red scree below the Andes
Wildlife · Mammals · Rongeurs · Viscachas de la puna andine
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Mountain beaver nibbling tender plants on damp ground
Aplodontes du nord-ouest pacifique · Wildlife · Mammals · Rongeurs
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Lesser grison crossing a rain-darkened coastal cerrado path
Wildlife · Loutres · Petit grison — Galictis cuja
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
At dusk, a Pyrenean desman searches beneath riverside grasses
Desmans des Pyrénées (Galemys pyrenaicus) · Wildlife · Mammals
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
On an Andean night trail, a pacarana walks among pale fungi
Wildlife · Mammals · Pacaranas (Dinomys branickii) · Rongeurs
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Maned rat beneath an East African lava ledge
Wildlife · Mammals · Rats à crête africains · Rongeurs
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Malayan moonrat pausing beneath broad leaves at dawn
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
At twilight, a pink fairy armadillo searches for food
Wildlife · Mammals · Tatou tronque Chlamyphorus truncatus · Tatous
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Dusk activity of round-eared sengi in low dry vegetation
Wildlife · Macroscélides · Mammals · Sengi à oreilles rondes (Elephantulus rupestris) · Sengis
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Emerging gundi from a limestone fissure above the valley
Wildlife · Goundis de l'Atlas · Mammals · Rongeurs
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
At dusk, the short-beaked echidna patrols low Australian vegetation
Échidnés à nez court · Wildlife · Mammals · Monotrèmes
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Long-nosed potoroo active at night among low vegetation
Wildlife · Mammals · Marsupiaux · Potoroos australiens
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Desmarest’s hutia beside rocks and Cuban fan palms
Wildlife · Hutias de Cuba · Mammals
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Dawn light catches a numbat beside a hollow fallen log
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
After tropical rain, Cuban solenodon Atopogale cubana emerges through wet leaf litter
Wildlife · Mammals · Solénodons
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Two Hoatzins (Opisthocomus hoazin) face each other on branches above an Amazonian lake
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Small brown lesser hedgehog tenrec beside a stump in dry Malagasy woodland
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Above the understory, a spotted cuscus on a branch
Couscous tachetés · Wildlife · Mammals · Marsupiaux
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Leaving the current, a Ganges gharial climbs onto the sandy shore
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Across the silty bottom, a wild axolotl walks among water plants
Amphibiens · Axolotls · Wildlife
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Between white surf and driftwood, a sea lion rises on wet rounded pebbles
Faune littorale · Wildlife · Otaries
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Sunset light outlines a horned saiga among amber grass on the open plain
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Frost-bright grass at dawn — eastern quoll (*Dasyurus viverrinus*)
Wildlife · Mammals · Quolls orientaux
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Rain-darkened shore — scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber), walking beside a Colombian lagoon
Wildlife · Ibis rouges · Birds
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Rainforest wallow — lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris), resting under the canopy
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Misty evergreen forest — dhole (Cuon alpinus), emerging between mossy roots
Carnivores · Dholes · Wildlife · Mammals
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Rain on the moss — Central American agouti (Dasyprocta punctata), emerging from dense cover in light rain
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Heathland light — European bison (Bison bonasus), moving across open heath beneath a storm sky
Bisons européens · Wildlife · Mammals · Ruminants
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Moonlit gap — Sunda colugo (Galeopterus variegatus), crossing the space between rainforest trees
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
River mist — brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus) hanging from a liana above the water
Wildlife · Mammals · Paresseux à trois doigts
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Morning mist over the cerrado — maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) moving through open savanna
Carnivores · Wildlife · Loup à crinière · Mammals
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Across fresh snow — puma (Puma concolor) crossing a snow-dusted mountain meadow
Carnivores · Wildlife · Mammals · Pumas
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
After the rain — ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) standing on a smooth stone beside the water
Carnivores · Wildlife · Mammals · Ocelots
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
In the golden hour — wild yak (Bos mutus) in short grass on a Himalayan plateau
Wildlife · Mammals · Ruminants · Yacks sauvages
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
At sunset, blue wildebeest in golden grasses
Wildlife · Gnous bleus · Mammals · Ruminants
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
At sunset, African buffalo in golden grasses
Buffles africains · Wildlife · Mammals · Ruminants
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
At sunset, sable antelope in golden grasses
Antilopes sable · Wildlife · Mammals · Ruminants
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
At sunset, sitatunga in golden grasses
Wildlife · Mammals · Ruminants · Sitatungas
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
In the mist, greater kudu on the plateau
Wildlife · Grands koudous · Mammals · Ruminants
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
In the mist, Iberian ibex climbing the ridge
Bouquetins ibériques · Wildlife · Mammals · Ruminants
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
In the dust, male Arabian oryx facing the horizon
Wildlife · Mammals · Oryx arabes · Ruminants
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
In the dust, male beisa oryx facing the horizon
Wildlife · Mammals · Oryx beisa · Ruminants
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
In the mist, male dorcas gazelle dorcas facing the desert valley
Wildlife · Gazelles dorcas · Mammals · Ruminants
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
In the mist, male giant eland facing wet woodland
Élands géants · Wildlife · Mammals · Ruminants
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
In wet vegetation, water chevrotain facing the mist
Chevrotains aquatiques · Wildlife · Mammals · Ruminants
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
In the mist, male tsessebe facing the plain
Wildlife · Mammals · Ruminants · Sassabis communs
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
In the mist, male hartebeest facing the plain
Bubales communs · Wildlife · Mammals · Ruminants
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
At sunset, common reedbuck among dry reeds
Cobe des roseaux · Wildlife · Mammals · Ruminants
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
At sunset, mountain nyala beside volcanic rocks
Wildlife · Mammals · Nyalas de montagne · Ruminants
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Under flowering acacia, common duiker in golden grass
Céphalophes de Grimm · Wildlife · Mammals · Ruminants
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
At sunset, klipspringer along the rocky ridge
Wildlife · Klipspringers · Mammals · Ruminants
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
At sunset, lesser kudu in golden savanna
Wildlife · Mammals · Petits koudous · Ruminants
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
At sunset, male waterbuck on the rocky bank
Cobes à croissant · Wildlife · Mammals · Ruminants
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Under storm clouds, large male eland by granite boulders
Élands communs · Wildlife · Mammals · Ruminants
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
At sunset, male nilgai before sandstone rocks
Wildlife · Mammals · Nilgais et antilopes bovines · Ruminants
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
At first light, Chinese goral beside bamboo
Wildlife · Gorals de Chine · Mammals · Ruminants
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
After rain, Tibetan kiang on a rocky ridge
Wildlife · Kiangs du Tibet · Mammals · Ruminants
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
After the shower, aardwolf on damp ground (Proteles cristata)
Carnivores · Wildlife · Mammals · Protèles
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
After the shower, lesser Egyptian jerboa among wet pebbles in an arid basin (Jaculus jaculus)
Wildlife · Gerboises du désert · Mammals · Rongeurs
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Between mossy stems, Philippine tarsier in the understory (Carlito syrichta)
Wildlife · Mammals · Primates · Tarsiers des Philippines
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Coastal heath holds a compact quokka beside shrubs and a weathered log (Setonix brachyurus)
Wildlife · Mammals · Marsupiaux · Quokkas
Photo: Fauna Pics Studio
Long-tailed binturong on a forked branch in a misty forest (Arctictis binturong)
Binturongs · Wildlife · Mammals
Photo: Fauna Pics Studio
Mossy bank — saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) resting on a mossy bank above an Annamite stream
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Flowering rock — Ili pika (Ochotona iliensis) beside a limestone boulder among Tian Shan cushion plants
Wildlife · Mammals · Pikas d'Ili
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Misty foliage with mountain tapir Tapirus pinchaque
Wildlife · Mammals · Tapirs des montagnes
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Through monsoon rain, an Indian rhinoceros crosses open grassland
Wildlife · Mammals · Rhinocéros indiens
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Golden evening light on a walrus by a pebbly shore
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Snow leopard on a high ridge at blue hour
Wildlife · Félins · Léopards des neiges
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Greater flamingo among reeds beside the water
Wildlife · Flamants roses · Birds
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Komodo dragon on a hillside at sunset
Dragons de Komodo · Wildlife · Reptiles
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
Patagonian mara on an arid plateau
Wildlife · Mammals · Maras de Patagonie
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
South American coati walking over stones beside a forest river
Coatis roux · Wildlife · Mammals
Photo: My Fauna Pics Studio
