Moose Rescued from Lake Ice in Sweden: Skaters Chop a Path to Shore
A winter skating trip in Sweden turned into a rescue when a group of skaters found a moose trapped in a hole in the lake ice. The animal had...
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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: Magellanic Penguins, Pair Bonds and Nest Rivals
In November 2016, a short clip from Nat Geo Wild's series Animal Fight Night became one of the most shared animal videos of the year. I...
Gimmelwald Cat Guides an Injured Hiker Down a Swiss Alps Trail
A hiker with a sprained ankle, a closed path above Gimmelwald and a black-and-white cat that kept walking ahead and looking back: in August...
Wolf-Shaped Northern Lights: Marja-Terttu Karlsson’s Pajala Photograph
First you see the green sweep of the northern lights. Then a pointed muzzle, an arched back and what looks remarkably like a wolf bounding a...
Vadim Trunov’s Winter Squirrel Photos: Snowballs, Cameras and Pine Cones
A squirrel peers over a camera as if checking the shot. Another lifts a snowball over its head. Two more stretch up towards a flying pine co...
Snow Leopard Encounter in Gulmarg: Skiers, Camouflage and the Real Story
In February 2016, a group of skiers in Gulmarg, Kashmir, came within a few metres of one of the world’s most elusive big cats. Their guide t...
Finn’s Snow Maze: A Puppy’s Backyard Paths After the 2016 Blizzard
For a small dog, a foot of fresh snow turns the garden into a wall. When that much fell on Great Neck, New York, in January 2016, Finn’s ow...
Vera Kovaleva Feeds Kartal’s Street Cats in Snowy Istanbul
Every day of a snowy Istanbul winter, cats came running along narrow paths cut through the drifts to meet one woman carrying food. A video ...
Deaf Man Rescues Deer From Minnesota's Kettle River: Miss Ice River
In the last days of December 2015, Steven Peterson, a 50-year-old deaf man from Duluth, Minnesota, was driving through northern Pine County...
Animal Snow Sculptures: The Bartz Brothers' Shark, Walrus and More
Snow is a surprisingly good sculpting material. Packed, softened and left to refreeze, it can be carved into a 16-foot shark, a walrus tall...
Lady the Dog’s Icy Pond Rescue in Louisville, Kentucky, and Ice Safety
In February 2015 a dog called Lady fell through the ice of a frozen pond in Louisville, Kentucky. Her owners went out to help her and broke ...
Husky GoPro Wedding Film: Ryder Shoots a Snowy Roan Mountain Ceremony
When Addie and Marshall Burnette married on top of Roan Mountain, Tennessee, on 2 November 2014, the ground was covered in about two feet o...
Coast Guard Rescues KC the Dog from the Ice of Lake St. Clair, 2014
In early March 2014 the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay spotted a lone dog lying on the frozen surface of Lake St. Clair, a...
Sheep in the Snow: Can You Find Liezel Kennedy’s 550-Strong Flock?
The photo looks like an empty Saskatchewan field: patchy snow, dry stalks and a low prairie horizon. Look again. Hundreds of the pale shapes...
Zoofi the Kitten Sees Snow for the First Time: How Cats Watch Snowflakes
Zoofi was four months old when he saw snow for the first time. He did not go outside to meet it. He sat at a window, watched the flakes dri...
Chilean Horse Rescue: Rafael Pease Digs a Mare Out of Andes Snow
Rafael Pease went into the Chilean Andes to ride fresh powder on his 21st birthday. Instead, he spent the day digging a starving mare out o...
Akiak the Husky: Henrik Vikse's Norway Adventure Photo Diary
Akiak is a husky with a nose for adventure, and his owner, Henrik Vikse from Bergen, built a new working life around that. In 2015 the pair...
Screaming Marmot on Blackcomb Mountain: Whistler's Namesake Call
Hikers near the top of a trail on Blackcomb Mountain, above Whistler in British Columbia, met a small marmot that stood up on its hind legs...
Calgary Hailstorm Pigeon Rescue and Why Alberta Gets So Much Hail
During a hailstorm in Calgary in 2015, a man ran out into the street while ice was still pounding the pavement. Moments later he was back i...
Rambo the Dog and the 2015 Mount Bierstadt Lightning Strike
On Sunday 28 June 2015, Jonathan Hardman set out to climb Colorado's Mount Bierstadt with three friends and two dogs, one of them his se...