Photos and images from the Iditarod, Alaska's premier sled dog race. Dog sled teams race from Anchorage to Nome, down the Yukon river across arctic tundra. Dog mushing pictures, Iditarod start. Winners include Lance Mackey pictures.

Photos and images of campsites, tents, tentsites, backpackers, backpacking and camping. Backcountry campsites in Alaska, including ANWR (the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Denali and Wrangell - St. Elias National Parks), as well as the southern Appalachian mountains.

Canoeing photos, and paddling, boating, canoe trips, paddlers, canoes, whitewater and flatwater. Canoeing on lakes and rivers, including the Red Trail, in the Okenefokee Swamp in southern Georgia. Also canoing and canoes in Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.

Photos and images of kayakers, whitewater kayaks, kayaking photos, paddlers and boating photos. Whitewater kayaking images on the Futaleufu River and the Baker River in Patagonia, Chile, as well as the Chattooga River, Georga and South Carolina. Extreme sports, adventure sports, action pictures.

Photos and images of hikers, backpackers and campers. Hiking and backpacking photos from the wilderness. Hiking and backpacking in Wrangell - St. Elias National Park, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Denali National Park, Alaska, as well hiking and backpacking on the Appalachian Trail, in the north Georgia mountains.

Trail running photos. Photos and images of outdoor athletes, exercising, adventures, running, stretching, jogging photos, etc. Women running trails along the Chattahoochee River, in and around Atlanta, Georgia.

Whitewater rafting photos. Photos of whitewater rafting on the Futaleufu River, Patagonia, Chile, as well as rafting float trips on the Canning river, in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. Big hits, boats tipping over and flipping, surfing massive waves and whitewater rafts.

Sea kayaking photos. Sea Kayaking Icy Bay, Wrangell - St. Elias National Park, kayaking, paddling, touring, recreation, adventures, boating Alaska.

Photos of cross country skiing, skiers, xc skiing, backcountry skiing, telemark, nordic, winter sports. Skiing photos, Wrangell - St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska.

Winter hiking, snowshoeing photos, backcountry adventures in Alaska in winter, backpacking, hiking and trekking with snowshoes.

Photos from Denali National Park, Alaska, including Mt. McKinley photos. Aurora borealis over Mount McKinley photos; Pictures of outdoor adventures, camping, hiking and backpacking; Polychrome Pass, boreal forest, tundra, the Alaska Range. Scenics and landscape pictures from Denali, including travel photos and tourism photos. Denali wildlife photos include grizzly bears, caribou, moose, wolves and more.

Photos of Wrangell - St. Elias National Park and Preserve in winter. Images include Mount Blackburn photos, Mount Sanford Photos, boreal forest photos, winter landscape and scenic photos from Wrangell - St. Elias National Park. Lots of snow! For more photos of the park, visit the main Wrangell St. Elias National Park Photos page, and also the Photos from the Saint Elias Coastal Range page.

Photos and images from the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. Photos include Chugach National Forest and Kachemak Bay. Mostly landscape and scenic pictures, including the Chugach Mountains, Resurrection Pass Trail.

Alaska landscape photos of Alaska mountains and Alaska mountain ranges. Landscape photos of snow-capped peaks like Denali and Mt. St. Elias, or Blackburn. Mountain Ranges include the Chugach Mountains, the Alaska Range, the Saint Elias Mountain Range, the Brooks range and the Wrangell Mountains. The magnificence and grandeur of Alaska mountains and Alaska Landscapes..

Wrangell - St. Elias National Park and Preserve photos. Photos of Mount Sanford Mount Blackburn, Mount Drum, the Copper River,the Wrangell Mountains, Chugach mountains, fall color photos, plus a variety of scenics, aerial photos, wildlife photos, landscapes, backpacking and adventure photos and more. Also photos of the rustic and historic towns of McCarthy and Kennicott. Be sure to look over the other galleries for Wrangell St. Elias National Park, including Winter Photos and also Photos from the Saint Elias Coastal Range.

Stock photos and images from Alaska, including arctic Alaska, the Dalton highway, southeast Alaska, Yakutat, Haines, the Tongass National Forest, etc. People, travel and tourism photos, activities such as fishing and hiking, bushplanes photos, etc. This gallery might show snippets and examples of which you can find many more in the specific Alaska galleries. For more photos of specific areas and wildlife of Alaska, visit the photo galleries for location using the above navigation menu.

Stock photos of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, ANWR pictures, arctic Alaska. Photos of birds and wildlife, including caribou photos, rough-legged hawk photos, as well as scenics and landscape photos. Stock photos of oil exploration and development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Photos of the Aurora borealis, and images of the Northern Lights. Photos of the aurora over Mt. McKinley, Denali Park, Northern lights pictures over Mentasta Mountains in Wrangell St. Elias Park.

Photos of the Alaska coast along Wrangell - St. Elias National Park; Yakutat Bay, Pacific Ocean, Malaspina Glacier, St. Elias Mountain Range. Icy Bay images, the Hubbard Glacier pictures, photos of the Bagley Icefield, Mount Logan, and more. Photos from the coastal region of Wrangell St. Elias National Park and Preserve, including wildlife and icebergs. Just a small subset of pictures from Wrangell St. Elias, please be sure to check the main page for hundreds more Wrangell St. Elias National Park Photos, as well as the new Wrangell St. Elias Park in Winter Photos. Also see Mt St. Elias Photos, Mt. Blackburn Photos, and Mt. Sanford Photos.

Photos from Gates of the Arctic National Park, including the Arrigecth Peaks and the Brooks Mountain Range region. Photos include well known mountain peaks such as Xanadu, Caliban, Ariel, as well as Valley of the Maidens and Aquarius, popular climbing destinations in the Arrigetch Peaks region, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Alaska.

Stock photos of Mt. McKinley; Denali photos, as it's more commonly know. The highest mountain in the United States, mt. McKinley stands 20,320 feet (6,194 m) above sea level. Mt. McKinley is more often referred to by its native name, Denali, which translates as 'the great one'. Generally photographed form the north side of the mountain, every tourist to Denali National Park hopes to catch a glimpse, and if really lucky, the chance to shoot some photos of Mt. McKinley.

Photos and images from the Appalachian Trail, including sections from Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee. Scenic photos, hiking and backpacking photos, hardwood forest pictures and more.

Stock photos and images from Atlanta, Georgia. Downtown Atlanta skyline photos, photos and pictures from Marietta, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield. Photos of Centennial Park, and the Chattahochee River in Atlanta, Georgia

Scenics and stock photos from around Georgia, including photos of the Appalachian Trail, Cloudland Canyon State Park, providence Canyon State Park, Amicalola Falls, Cohutta Wilderness, the Chattooga River, Chattahoochee National Forest photos, Chattahoochee River photos, Okefenokee Swamp photos, Georgia mountains and Georgia travel photos and more. Also added Lake Lanier photos. See also Atlanta Stock Photos or Appalachian Trail photos for more pictures from Georgia. For outdoor recreation photos in Georgia, see the Trail Running Photos section. More Georgia photos in the Hiking and backpacking photos, and kayaking photos.

Photos and images from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina. Photos include Cades Cove, tourism, whitetail deer, Appalachian Trail, and more. Horse photos from Cades Cove.

Stock photos and images from North Carolina. Appalachian Trail, Nantahala Forest, and more.

Photos and images from Tennessee, Chattanooga, Smoky Mountains, Nashville. Wildlife including whitetail deer, and scenic photos.

Photos and images of birds such as willow ptarmigan photos, white-tailed ptarmigan photos, spruce grouse, etc.

Photos and images of songbirds, passerines and other small birds; recently added photos of Black-capped Chickadees and boreal chickadees, Pine Grosbeak pictures, Bohemian Waxwing photo, Savannah Sparrow picture, Wilson's warbler photo and more.

Photos and images of shorebirds, including photos of Wandering Tattlers, Semipalmated plover photos, etc. Recently added Red Phalarope pictures, semi-palmated plover photos, dunlin pictures, oystercatcher photos and more. Especially note migratory birds on coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, ANWR, Alaska.

Photos and images of waders. Wading birds such as Great Egret photos, tricolored heron photos, etc.

Photos of waterfowl; Barrow's Goldeneye photos, trumpeter swan photo, Harlequin ducks images, Pacific and Arctic loons, Northern Shovellers, Rednecked Grebes, Long-tailed ducks, wood ducks, tundra swans.

Photos and images of a variety of birds.

Photos and images from British Columbia, Canada. Forest and mountain scenic photos from British Columbia, Canada, including fall colors, Cassiar HIghway pictures, wildflowers and more.

Photos and images from Alberta, Canada. Canadian Rockies pictures; Photos from parks such as Banff National Park (Moraine Lake photos), Jasper National Park (Mt. Edith Cavell, Pyramid Mountain, Patricia Lake, Mt Kerkeslin, aspen stands, fall colors), and Kananaskis Country Provincial Park (Mt. Kidd, Kananaskis Lake). Wildlife and landscape photos, travel photos. Also visit the new galleries of Banff National Park photos and Jasper National Park photos for more photos from those areas.

Stock photos of Banff National Park, the Canadian Rockies photos, locations such as Moraine Lake photos, Two Jack Lake, Vermillion lakes, etc. For more photos from the area, see also photos under "Alberta Photos".

Stock photos of Jasper National Park; locations include Mt. Edith Cavell photos, Pyramid Mountain and Patricia Lake Photos, as well as Jasper National park wildlife photos. Images from the Canadian Rockies. Travel and tourism stock photos, Rocky Mountains pictures. See more photos also under the album "Alberta".

Canadian Wildlife photos, photos of bighorn sheep, elk, grizzly bears and black bears, moose, foxes, wolves, coyotes and more. Wild animal pictures of western Canada. For a much greater selection, be sure to browse the species galleries found under the "Nature" tab at the top of the page. Hundreds of fox photos, elk photos, and more.

Photos and images from the Yukon Territories, Canada. Taiga and boreal forest photos, scenics and stock photos from the Yukon Territory.

Insects and assorted tiny critters.

Stock photos of Alaska glaciers and all things glacial. Photos of Alaska piedmont glaciers, tidewater glaciers, calving glaciers, icebergs, moraines, medial moraines, terminal moraines, lateral moraines, banding, ogives, icefields and other glacial features. Alaska glaciers include Kennicott Glacier, Hubbard Glacier and the Malaspina Glacier Photos in Wrangell - St. Elias National Park and Preserve, as well as the incredible Bagley Icefield. Photos showing erosive forces and results such as the classic U-shaped glacial valleys as well.

Alaska fall landscape photos, scenic photos of autumn colors. Fall colors on the tundra, foliage on trees in forests during fall, Alaska fall colors, the Rocky Mountains in autumn, southern appalachian mountains in fall. Alaska landscape photos.

Landscape images, scenics and landscape photos from around the world. Landscape photos from Alaska, Canada, Chile, and all across the US. Wyoming Landscapes, Montana and the Rocky Mountain landscape photos, the Appalachian Mountain photos and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and more.

Winter landscapes, snow-covered scenes and scenic photos of winter.

Plants and flowers. Photos of wildflowers, interesting plans and plant photos, such as patterns, leaves, fall color photos, alpine plants, lupine photos, coumbine photos, iris photos, berries and more.

Photos of the Andes Mountains, Patagonia pictures, Region X. Osorno photos, Futaleufu River photos, Baker River pictures more. Travel and stock photos from Chile.

Photos and images from Montana, including Glacier National Park photos, Lewis and Clark National Forest photos, and more.

Photos and images from the American Southwest, incudling Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument photos, Utah, Arizona, and more.

Stock photos of Yellowstone National Park photos, Grand Teton National Park photos, Wyoming pictures; See also wildlife pictures like elk photos and bison photos. Yellowstone photos like Mammoth Hot Springs pictures, lower Falls and Yellowstone River photos, Oxbow Bend pictures of Grand Tetons and more. Photos of horses and the Grand Tetons in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.

Stock photos of Alligators, American Alligator pictures, Alligator mississippiensis. Photos from Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia, of wild alligators.

The American Alligator taxonomy is Kingdom: Metazoa; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Reptilia; Order: Crocodilia; Family: Alligatoridae; Genus: Alligator; Species: mississippiensis; Scientific name: alligator mississippiensis.

Bighorn sheep photos. Ovis canadensis. Bighorn rams and bighorn sheep lambs from Jasper National Park, Alberta Canada. Full curled or full curl trophy bighorn rams.

Bighorn sheep Taxonomy; Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Artiodactyla; Family: Bovidae; Subfamily: Caprinae; Genus: Ovis, Species: canadensis; Scientific Name: Ovis canadensis.

Stock photos of bison, also commonly and incorrectly called buffalo. Bison bos, from Yellowstone National Park, and bison from Custer State Park. These are Plains bison, one of 2 subspecies of American bison. The other species are wood bison. Photos of bull bison, cows and bison calves.

Bison taxonomy is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Artiodactyla; Family: Bovidae; Subfamily: Bovinae; Genus: Bison; Species: bison; Scientific Name: Bison bison; Subspecies include Bison bison bison (Plains bison) and Bison bison athabascae (Wood bison).

Black bear photos, Ursus americanus, from Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. Photos of black bears from Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, Wrangell - St. Elias National Park, Alaska, and black bear pictures in British Columbia and Alberta Canada.

Black bear taxonomy is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Carnivora; Family: Ursidae; Genus: Ursus; Species: americanus; Scientific Name: Ursus americanus

Caribou photos, Rangifer tarandus. Some Woodland caribou photos here, but most of these caribou photos are the more common Barren Ground caribou, found in Denali National Park, Alaska and also Wrangell St. Elias National Park. Images of caribou from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, ANWR, Alaska. Bull caribou photos, and cows and calves. Woodland caribou belong to the subspecies Rangifer tarandus caribou and Barren ground caribou to Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus.

Caribou taxonomy is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Artiodactyla; Family: Cervidae; Subfamily: Capreolinae; Genus: Rangifer; Species: tarandus; Scientific Name: Rangifer tarandus

Wild coyote photos. Coyotes from the Yukon to Yellowstone, photos of Coyotes in Jasper, Canada. Coyote pups and adult coyote photos.

Coyote Taxonomy is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Infraclass: Eutheria; Order: Carnivora; Family: Canidae; Genus: Canis; Species: latrans; Scientific Name: Canis latrans.

Dall sheep stock photos, from Denali National Park, Alaska, and also Dall sheep pictures, rams, ewes and lamb photos from Wrangell - St. Elias National Park, Alaska. Oringially called Dall's Sheep. Full curled trophy ram photos. Ovis dalli dalli images.

Dall sheep Taxonomy is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Artiodactyla;, Family: cabras; Subfamily: Caprinae; Genus: Ovis; Species: dalli; Scientific Name: Ovis dalli.

Wapiti, or Elk photos. The native American name for elk is wapiti. Cervus elaphus images. Stock photos of bull elk from Jasper National Park the Yukon Territory, Canada. Bull elk photos from Yellowstone National Park. Bugling Bull elk photos, and elk flehmen, fighting and rutting elk photos.

Elk taxonomy is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Artiodactyla; Suborder: Ruminantia; Family: Cervidae; Subfamily: Cervinae; Genus: Cervus; Species: canadensis; Scientific name: Cervus canadensis.

Fannin sheep photos; Fannin sheep, or Fannin's Sheep are either a subspecies or color morph of the Dall Sheep. Fannin sheep are found in the Pelly Mountains and Ogilvie Mountains of Yukon Territory. Ovis dalli fannini images from Yukon Territory, Canada.

Taxonomy for the Fannin Sheep is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Artiodactyla;, Family: cabras; Subfamily: Caprinae; Genus: Ovis; Species: dalli; Scientific Name: Ovis dalli fannini.

Arctic fox photos, red fox photos and cross fox photos. The red fox is Vulpes vulpes and arctic fox is Vulpes lagopus. Fox pictures from British Columbia, Canada, and Wrangell - St. Elias National Park, Alaska, Denali National Park, and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, ANWR, arctic Alaska. Fox kits, or pups, and adult foxes.

Red fox Taxonomy is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Carnivora; Family: Canidae; Tribe: Vulpini; Genus: Vulpes; Species: vulpes; Scientific Name: Vulpes vulpes.

Grizzly bear photos, Ursus arctos images. Grizzly bear pictures, also called brown bears, from Katmai National Park, Alaska. Stock grizzly bear photos from Denali and Wrangell St. Elias National Park, Alaska, and grizzly bears from Canada, including Yukon Territory and Kananaskis Country, Alberta. For photos of grizzly bear cubs, please be sure to visit the Grizzly Bear Cub Photos page.

Grizzly bear, or American brown bear Taxonomy is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Carnivora; Family: Ursidae; Genus: Ursus; Species: arctos; Scientific Name: Ursus arctos.

Moose photos, Alces alces. Bull and cow moose photos from Denali National Park, Alaska. Trophy bull moose photos. Moose pictures from Yukon Territory, Canada, and Wrangell St. Elias National Park, Alaska. Photos of moose calves around Anchorage, Alaska, in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.

North American moose taxonomy is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Artiodactyla; Family: Cervidae; Subfamily: Capreolinae; Genus: Alces; Species: laces; Scientific Name: Alces alces.

Mountain goat photos, North American mountain goat, also called the Rocky Mountain goat. Oreamnos Americanus images Most of these mountain goat photos are from Wrangell - St. Elias National Park, Alaska. Mountain goats, Chugach mountains, photos of mountain goat kids and nannies.

Taxonomy for the Rocky Mountain or North American Mountain Goat is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Artiodactyla; Family: Bovidae; Subfamily: Caprinae; Genus: Oreamnos; Species: americanus; Scientific Name: Oreamnus americanus.

Photos of muskox, or muskoxen photos, Ovibos moschatus images; also Musk Ox photos, Muskox on the arctic coastal plain, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, ANWR Muskox herd or musk ox pictures, Alaska.

Musk taxonomy is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Artiodactyla; Family: Bovidae; Subfamily: Caprinae; Genus: Ovibos; Species: moschatus; Scientific Name: Ovibos moschatus.

Pronghorn Photos, Custer State Park, South Dakota. Pronghorn antelope photos - though pronghorn are not an antelope, but are more closely related to the American mountain goat species. Correct common name is Pronghorn. Antilocapra americana images.

Pronghorn taxonomy is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Artiodactyla; Family: Antilocapridae; Genus: Antilocapra; Species: americana; Scientific Name: Antilocapra americana.

Painted turtle photo, Chrysemys picta and more coming soon.

Photos of arctic ground squirrels, snowshoe hare photos, lynx, red squirrel pictures, marmot photos, chipmunk photos, beaver photos, weasel photos, and more. Wildlife photos.

Whitetail deer photos, or white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus images. Photos of whitetail bucks from Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. Whitetail deer, or white-tailed deer, females are called does and the males are called bucks. The breeding season is called the rut, trophy whitetail buck pictures.

Taxonomy for the white-tailed deer is: Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Artiodactyla; Family: Cervidae; Subfamily: Capreolinae; Genus: Odocoileus; Species: virginianus; Scientific name: Odocoileus virginianus

Wild wolf photos. Photos of wild wolves from Denali National Park, Alaska, and wolf photos from Jasper National Park, Canada. These pictures are all pictures of wild wolves, not captive animals. Wolves are typically gray, though color morphs range from black wolves to almost white wolves. The black wolves are the most voracious.

There are numerous schools of thought on the taxonomy of wolves, and various subspecies, though few scientists agree on exactly what they might be. So, to the species level, taxonomy for North American wolves is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Carnivora; Family: Canidae; Subfamily: Caninae; Tribe: Canini; Genus: Canis; Species: lupus; Scientific Name: Canis lupus.

Photos of baby bears, brown bear cubs and grizzly bear cubs - Ursus arctos. Cute young bear cub pictures from Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Photos of sows with cubs, bear families and babies. Also, be sure to visit the main Grizzly Bear Photos page for more great bear photos.

Grizzly bear, or American brown bear Taxonomy is Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Carnivora; Family: Ursidae; Genus: Ursus; Species: arctos; Scientific Name: Ursus arctos.