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:

Aug 20, 2021Signs of life in the Empty Quarter
Mar 14, 2019Rocky mountain pi
Mar 25, 2025Tolkien Reading Day
Oct 10, 2023Mount Sopris, Colorado
Jun 14, 2023Flag Day
Feb 9, 2021What s going on in this sky?
Aug 3, 2019Cetacean Saturday
Jul 20, 2021Fly me to the moon
Sep 7, 2020Take a break! It s Labor Day!
Mar 6, 2023Icelandic horses, Iceland
Jun 10, 2023Porto Cathedral, Portugal
Dec 15, 2018A long winter’s nap, perhaps?
Mar 14, 2025Celebrating Pi Day
Feb 22, 2024Bathing boxes at Brighton Beach, Australia
Jun 4, 2022National Trails Day
Mar 21, 2025Happy International Day of Forests!
Aug 8, 2024Spotted owlet, Bangkok, Thailand
Feb 12, 2025Celebrating Charles Darwin
Dec 30, 2025Whooper swans, Kotoku Pond, Japan
Jun 4, 2025The beach at Cala Luna, Sardinia, Italy
Aug 12, 2024World Elephant Day
Aug 28, 2022Bearded reedlings in Flevoland
Mar 12, 2021Ringing in the new year at Teotihuacan
Aug 4, 2025Great gray owls in their nest, Finland
Jun 16, 2022Seonam Temple, South Korea
Jan 22, 2025Ad-Deir, Petra, Jordan
Sep 25, 2024Sequoia National Parks 134th anniversary
Feb 5, 2018Iceberg off the coast of Antarctica
Jan 12, 2024Bukhansan National Park, South Korea
Feb 22, 2019A rest stop for the birds