Photo of the day

The State. This image is from The State.

Chrysaora jellyfish swarm. This image is from Man V. Animal.

Ancon, Panama: A male black crowned Central American squirrel monkey, Saimiri oerstedii oerstedii, at the Summit Municipal Park. (natgeophotoark.org) This image is from Photo Ark.

Brunei: Hercules Moths, mating. This image is from Paradise Islands.

Stars Ony Uhiara as Shakira Boothe. This image is from The State.

Close up bees. This image is from Man V. Animal.

Houston, TX: An endangered baby Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus, named Aurora, with her adoptive mother, Cheyenne, a Bornean/Sumatran cross, Pongo pygmaeus x abelii, at the Houston Zoo. (natgeophotoark.org) This image is from Photo Ark.

Saturn: CGI of a backlit and beautiful Saturn planet with its rings. Saturn is the 6th planet from the Sun in our solar system. This image is from Mission Saturn.

Stars Ryan McKen as Ziyaad, Sebastian Griegel as Abu and Sam Otto as Jalal. This image is from The State.

Famous for hunting in a pack, wolves are adaptable, skilled hunters, opportunists and scavengers. This image is from Inside The Pack.

Close up bee. This image is from Man V. Animal.

Zambia: Straw coloured fruit bats flying against a settling sun. This image is from Incredible Bats.

Saturn: CGI of the icy rocky particles that make up Saturn's rings. Closer view from a different angle. The particles are as fine as dust and can be as big as a house. This image is from Mission Saturn.

Beerwah, Australia: A federally threatened koala, Phascolarctos cinereus, with her babies at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital. (natgeophotoark.org) This image is from Photo Ark.

Costa Rica: Honduran White Bats roosting. This image is from Incredible Bats.

Yellowstone National Park: Wolves have incredible stamina and can run for miles in deep snow when tracking prey. This image is from Inside The Pack.

Saturn: CGI of Cassini spacecraft coming up and over the north pole of Saturn where it sees the unique hexagon feature and approaches the dive through the gap between the rings and the planet for the first time. This image is from Mission Saturn.

Houston, TX: A Coquerel's sifaka, Propithecus coquereli, at the Houston Zoo. (natgeophotoark.org.) This image is from Photo Ark.

Indonesia: Crested Macaque. Unusual for a primate, it has striking reddish-brown eyes. Tangkoko NP, Sulawesi. This image is from Paradise Islands.

Kenya: On the savannah, hyenas and lions are arch rivals. This image is from Inside The Pack.

Australia: Little red flying fox walking upside down on vine. This image is from Incredible Bats.

New Orleans, LA: Angular wing katydids (Microcentrum sp.) at the Insectarium in New Orleans. These colour variants are found in nature, though anything but green is usually eaten by predators immediately. The Insectarium has been a leader in breeding these colour variants for display in the zoo community. (natgeophotoark.org.) This image is from Photo Ark.

Cane Toad. This image is from Man V. Animal.

Red paint dances on speaker diaphragm demonstrating how amplitude affects vibration. This image is from Science of Stupid.

Indonesia: Crested Macaque and baby. The birth of the usually single offspring happens in the spring when food is more plentiful, Tangkoko NP, Sulawesi . This image is from Paradise Islands.

Atlanta, GA: Mei Lun and Mei Huan, twin giant panda cubs, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, at Zoo Atlanta. (natgeophotoark.org.) This image is from Photo Ark.