09年3月12日

Stallions Fighting, South Dakota

This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features

Two stallions fight at a wild horse conservation center in South Dakota. It's an equine echo of an ongoing struggle across the western United States, where mustangs compete for space with ranching and energy development.

09年3月13日

Woman Swimming, Berlin

This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features

Neurobiologist Constance Scharff finds inspiration swimming near her Berlin home. Her discoveries trace a thread woven through all creatures: "The genetic hardware a bird uses to learn to sing probably isn't far from what a mouse uses to learn to run a maze, and what you use to learn to speak."

09年3月14日

Orangutan Orphan, Borneo

This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features

Clinging to the hand of a human protector, six-year-old Mugi is one of some 500 orphans cared for at the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rescue Center in Indonesian Borneo. The island's orangutans are endangered: The population has fallen by more than 50 percent in the past 50 years.

09年3月15日

Brown Bears in Mist, Russia

This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features

In early morning mist that rolls in from the coast, two brown bears tussle like teenagers. "I was at this spot a year earlier and saw these bears doing the same thing," says John Paczkowski, a biologist with the Wildlife Conservation Society. "They sparred for about 40 minutes, taking breaks to eat a few berries." Bears in the Kronotsky reserve often encounter each other at salmon streams and seem to socialize more here than in some other food-rich areas.

09年3月16日

Kalimantan Miners

This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features

Kalimantan miners Sukardi and Suwarni (foreground) spend hours in a pond mixing mercury with ore to separate out the gold, while exposing themselves to the toxic metal. Workers also use the mercury-tainted water for drinking and bathing.

09年3月17日

Toad River Valley, Canada

This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features

Like curtains drawn across the landscape, the walls of the Toad River Valley yield to untracked forests and pure lakes in northeastern British Columbia. Years of compromise and careful planning defined the enormous Muskwa-Kechika Management Area here, where competing interests—from miners to outfitters, preservationists, and native peoples—coexist in delicate balance.

09年3月18日

Right Whales Swimming

This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features

A century ago only a few hundred right whales survived in the Southern Hemisphere. But international protections are working, and the southern rights' future, says Oregon State University biologist Scott Baker, "looks good."

09年3月19日

Tuckerman Ravine Rest, New England

This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features

The mountain's moods aren't all bad. Spring warmth draws crowds to New England's Tuckerman Ravine, including thrill seekers who attempt to ski a steep headwall. Others simply relax in the sun-washed glacial cirque and bask in the presence of the peak.

See more photographs from the February 2009 feature story "Mount Washington."

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09年3月20日

Guagüeyvo Village Girl

This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features

In the village of Guagüeyvo, Mexico, ten-year-old Leticia Mancinas García shows off the flamboyant colors and flounces of holiday fashion.

珍珠湾ART

Newborn Weigh-In, India

Stallions Fighting, South Dakota

Woman Swimming, Berlin

Orangutan Orphan, Borneo

Brown Bears in Mist, Russia

Kalimantan Miners

Toad River Valley, Canada

Right Whales Swimming

Tuckerman Ravine Rest, New England

Guagüeyvo Village Girl