Protecting wildlife today and tomorrow Dec 4, 2020

Protecting wildlife today and tomorrow

For World Wildlife Conservation Day, we"re dropping in to visit a herd of African elephants at Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa. Established in 1931 to protect a small herd of just 11 African elephants, today Addo ranks as third largest of the 19 national parks in South Africa. It provides a safe haven for about 600 of these magnificent creatures, as well as Cape buffaloes, various antelope species, lions, hyenas, and endangered black rhinos.

© Robert Harding/Alamy

palette

Today in History

Dec 4, 2018A viewer with a view
Dec 4, 2019Protecting endangered giants
Dec 4, 2021Cheetah mother and cub
Dec 4, 2022World Wildlife Conservation Day
Dec 4, 2023International Cheetah Day
Dec 4, 2024Wildlife Conservation Day
Dec 4, 2025International Cheetah Day

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Sep 30, 2019Wheels up in Beijing
May 29, 2020It s Bermuda s big day
Dec 28, 2018A species no longer at risk
Apr 20, 2023Juniper Springs, Florida
Mar 9, 2026Gray seal sleeping on the beach, Orkney Islands, Scotland
May 20, 2018Who doesn’t love a ‘Puppy’?
Feb 22, 2022Twosday
Aug 31, 2025Scotts Bluff National Monument, Gering, Nebraska
Aug 5, 2019A ‘Superior’ paddle
Jul 15, 2023Castelmezzano, Italy
Sep 4, 2018What the hay?
May 10, 2020Happy Mother s Day
Aug 15, 2018Best. Holiday. Ever.
Nov 6, 2023Lake Pehoé, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile
May 30, 2022Memorial Day
Aug 1, 2022Hawai i Volcanoes National Park at 106
Dec 27, 2023Kirkjufell, Iceland
Mar 15, 2024Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California
May 7, 2022Astronomy Day
Feb 28, 2024Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, England
Dec 15, 2018A long winter’s nap, perhaps?
Dec 25, 2023Merry Christmas!
Mar 2, 2026Harbor and longtail boats at Ko Samui, Thailand
Feb 14, 2020Two rocks and a heart spot
Mar 6, 2022Great cormorants
Aug 19, 2022National Aviation Day
Feb 23, 2026Great white egret, Upper Bavaria, Germany
Mar 10, 2023Vale of Edale, Peak District, England
Sep 27, 2023Via Krupp, Capri, Italy
Feb 27, 2023International Polar Bear Day