Classic animal photos

American National Geographic magazine is world-famous in the field of nature and the environment selects 10 animal photos in the wild environment are considered milestones posted over the past century.

This National Geographic photo published in July 1906 is considered the world's first photographic work on wild nature. The work of conservationist George Shiras also started the tradition of natural photo journalism in this influential specialized journal.

Researcher Jane Goodall is crouching so that the chimp Jou Jou touches her in Brazzaville, Congo. She created a revolution in primate studies by scientific work done in the 1960s at the Tanzania's Gombe Stream Game reserve, where she observed chimpanzees working and using tools, a groundbreaking discovery in wildlife research.

This picture of Dr. George Schaller in the early 1970s is one of the pioneering works of the snow leopard in the wild. This is a Panthera uncia female sitting at Chitral snow valley in Pakistan. National Geographic magazine published the first photos of wild snow in the November 1971 issue.

A photo of a cautious Arctic wolf testing the water surface in Canada's far north. Since the polar expeditions were heated since the beginning of the 20th century with the first Arctic voyage of Robert Peary and then Roald Amundsen's Antarctic expedition, the magazine's readers demanded more photos of new lands and animals in these two cold regions.

By using remote biometric technology, scientist and photographer Maurice Hornocker and his colleague Howard Quigley outlined a landmark conservation plan to protect the extinct Siberian tiger that is on the verge of extinction. . In the picture are two tigers of this rare species named Koucher and Niurka in Gayvoron, Russia. Devices such as GPS, cameras, and wireless transceivers have helped scientists keep track of endangered animals.

A Hawaii seal rests on the sand, seemingly unaware of the Crittercam tracking device on its back. The device was developed by Greg Marshall of National Geographic magazine, which includes a system of cameras that collect video, audio and environmental data, allowing scientists to remotely observe species behavior. animal.

A secret auto camera has captured this image of a cooling tiger by swamping itself in a puddle in Bandhavgarh National Park, India. This camera system consists of an auto-shooting camera when infrared rays detect animals passing by. This device allows wildlife experts and photographers to keep track of the number of endangered animals and capture rare close-up shots of them.

The group of 6 lions, together, drink water at Savuti, Botswana. This is where the two home-keepers Dereck and Beverly Joubert live for more than 25 years to explore, study and photograph wildlife. These years of living here have helped them to have a deep access to nature here and they share what is gained through books, films and lectures.

Another famous work by a remote control camera system, captures the image of a crocodile's tail returning to the lair in Zakouma National Park, in CH Chad.

The green-headed red birds of bees hunting are found in rows on the branches of the Luangwa, Zambia valley.