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“I visited the beach at sunrise after high tide and found this skimmer feeding, providing me with this reflected shot.” -- Nature's Best photographer, James A. Galletto. Equipment Used to Capture the Shot: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III; 500mm lens; 1/1600 sec
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Black Skimmer, Nickerson Beach, Long Island, N.Y., USA

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A group of macaroni penguins on rocks.
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Macaroni Penguins

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an illustration of two surf ducks
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Surf Duck

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Only 2,000 individuals of the endangered short-tailed albatross remain after the species was hunted for its feathers in the 1940s.
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Short-tailed Albatross

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A polar bear and its cub in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.
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Celebrating Marine Moms

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Illustration of the common tern
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Great Tern

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A green iridescent hummingbird
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Mangrove Hummingbird

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A Hawaiian petrel in flight
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Hawaiian Petrel

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Midway Atoll, where these photos were taken, is more than 2,000 miles from the nearest land.These photos portray baby albatrosses, which are fed the plastic by their parents. A chick can have an ounce of plastic in its belly and remain healthy; the dead ch
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Laysan Albatrosses’ Plastic Problem 2

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After leaving Australia, Dampier and his men reached the western coast of New Guinea on New Year’s Day 1700. There Dampier observed birds that he had never seen before, like the “stately land-fowl” shown here.
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New Guinea Birds

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Seabirds on a rocky outcrop.
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A Gathering of Seabirds and Seals

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Red Phalaropes have specialized in feeding in open water by spinning rapidly on the surface to create a small whirlpool, which draws plankton to the surface to eat.
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Red Pharalopes

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