A Moose in Broken Lake Ice: The Swedish Rescue Account
A skating outing became an unexpected wildlife encounter when a group in Sweden found a moose struggling in broken lake ice. The animal cou...
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Winter Wildlife & Animal Photography
Explore wildlife photography and memorable animal encounters, from snowy habitats to other corners of the natural world. Browse the stories, then discover related wildlife and landscape collections from the Arctic and Antarctica.
The Viral Penguin Fight: Pair Bonds, Nests and Human Storytelling
A wildlife clip became a miniature relationship drama when National Geographic presented a fight between penguins as a husband discovering ...
The Gimmelwald Cat and the Hiker: An Unexpected Alpine Encounter
A black-and-white cat, an Alpine trail and a hiker with a sore ankle: it is an excellent beginning for an unexpected mountain story. The en...
A Wolf-Shaped Aurora: Marja-Terttu Karlsson’s Remarkable Photograph
First you see the green sweep of the northern lights. Then a pointed muzzle, an arched back and what looks remarkably like an animal boundi...
Vadim Trunov’s Winter Squirrels: The Playful Photographs and Their Setup
A squirrel peers over a camera. Another raises a snowball. Two stretch upwards beneath a pine cone, looking for all the world like tiny vol...
The Gulmarg Snow Leopard Encounter: What the Trip Account Clarified
A shape in the snow suddenly became a very memorable part of a ski day in Gulmarg. The 2016 footage shows an unexpected encounter with a sn...
Finn’s Snow Maze: A Small Dog Finds a Route Through a Deep Snowfall
For a small dog, a deep snowfall can turn the garden into a very tall obstacle. Finn’s owner found a cheerful solution: shovel a network of...
Feeding Community Cats in a Snowy Istanbul Neighbourhood
The cats appear one after another along a narrow route through the snow. A woman carries food between the white banks, and the scene fills ...
Miss Ice River: Steven Peterson’s Account of a Deer Rescue
A deer stands beside a man in a snowy landscape, and the story is told through sign language. The animal became known online as Miss Ice Ri...
Animal Snow Sculptures: From Backyard Walruses to Monumental Designs
A snow animal has to introduce itself quickly. Two long tusks say walrus. A curved trunk suggests elephant. An enormous mouth full of point...
Lady’s Icy-Water Rescue in Louisville: Why the Full Account Matters
When a dog is struggling in icy water, the urge to reach it is immediate. That urgency is the heart of Lady’s rescue story from Louisville,...
Ryder’s GoPro Wedding Film: A Husky’s View of a Snowy Ceremony
Most wedding films keep the camera at roughly human height. Addie and Marshall Burnette’s snowy film has another point of view: their Siber...
The Coast Guard Rescue of KC on Lake St. Clair
A dog alone on a frozen lake is a small shape in a very large place. In the story of KC, the reassuring detail is that a Coast Guard crew n...
Liezel Kennedy’s Sheep in the Snow: A Flock Hidden in Plain Sight
At first glance, it is just a field: a low horizon, patchy snow and a lot of dry stalks. Give it another look. The pale shapes between the ...
Zoofi the Kitten Meets Falling Snow
For a kitten, a window can be an entire afternoon’s entertainment. Add falling snow and the familiar view suddenly fills with little moving...
Rafael Pease’s Chilean Horse Rescue
Rafael Pease set out to ride fresh snow. The day took a different direction when he found a horse stranded in it. GoPro’s short film follow...
Akiak and Norway: A Husky in an Adventure Photo Diary
Akiak has a very photogenic habit of making a huge landscape feel personal. A husky sits above a turquoise bay, runs across snow and become...
The Calling Marmot of Blackcomb Mountain
The marmot is small; the sound is not. In the Blackcomb Mountain clip, an upright animal suddenly becomes the centre of an otherwise quiet ...
A Pigeon Brought Indoors During a Calgary Hailstorm
The first photograph is almost all weather: a city street, trees and a pale covering of hail. The last is much more intimate, showing a man...
Remembering Rambo After the Mount Bierstadt Lightning Strike
A photograph of a dog on a mountain is usually a happy record of a day outside. For Jonathan Hardman, the pictures of Rambo became somethin...