Timelapse of Metamorphosis

A frog and a flatfish undergo metamorphosis in a timelapse video.

Ed note: Meet the salamanders of Wisconsin who refuse to grow up.

Photo of the Day: School boys learning while dreaming of Soccer

Tarah Waters (Denver, Colorado)
Photographed October 2010, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Photo of the Day: A trailer in the Mojave Desert: All that is missing are the pink flamingos

Photo of the Day: Travel in Bangkok by the express boat

Akkara Naktamna (Bangkok, Thailand )
Photographed May 2010, Bangkok, Thailand

Nature’s Best Photography

Part adventurer, part artist, and part engineer, nature photographers travel the globe to document the beauty and mystery of its farthest reaches. The images they bring home help to broaden our awareness and appreciation of the natural world.

Ed note: The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has more photos and information on the exhibit.

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A two-day-old baby Asian elephant gets used to his wobbly legs while exploring his enclosure at Tierpark Berlin zoo. The male elephant calf, who does not have a name yet, weighs 102kg and is 91cm tall Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Thank You Mom

We went around New York City asking real people on the street to say thank you to their mothers.

Video: Michael Marantz

Ed note: After you have thanked your mom, give her one of these unorthodox foods for Mother’s Day.

Otter Family Makes a Splash at the National Zoo

As the U.S. Olympic Swim Team prepares to go for the gold in London, a new family of Asian small-clawed otters (Amblonyx cinereus) is making quite a splash of their own at the National Zoo. Eleven otters—two parents and nine offspring—will dive into their new digs this Saturday.

Ed note: Need more otter photos? Check out our article on California sea otters.

Photo of the Day: Marooned fish.

Photograph by Austin Didio (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), October 2010, Glens Falls, New York