Colorful nudibranch
Members of the gastropod class, finger-size nudibranchs live fully exposed,
their gills forming tufts on their backs. (Nudibranch means "naked gill," a
feature that separates them from other sea slugs.).
See more photographs from the June 2008 feature story "Living Color."
摄影者：David
Doubilet
绚丽的海蛞蝓
作为腹足类动物家族的成员，手指般大小的海蛞蝓过着完全暴露自己柔软身体的生活。（"nudibranch"意为“裸露的腮”，这是一个使他们区别于其他海洋软体动物的特征）
摄影者：David Doubilet
Female elephant with four calves, Kenya
Saturn, an elderly mother herself, cares for two calves orphaned by the
deaths of their mothers, who were her adult daughters. The extended family
structure helps groups cope with such losses. At sunset along a river channel
Saturn oversees the play of her own two calves and the orphans. From her
behavior alone, uniformly doting, you couldn't know which was which.
See more photographs from the September 2008 feature story "The Elephants of
Samburu."
摄影者：Michael
Nichols
雌象和四只幼象，肯尼亚
赛特姆自己就是一位年迈的象妈妈，还在照顾自己死去女儿们的遗孤。这个三世同堂的家庭构成帮助它们共赴艰难。日落时分，赛特姆悉心的照看着亲生的两头幼象和遗孤们沿着河槽玩耍。她对每一只幼象都关怀备至，就像每一只都是她的亲生骨肉。
Elephant seal mother and pup nuzzling
An elephant seal mother and pup nuzzle to learn each other's smell. Before
weaning at about three weeks, the 90-pound (40-kilogram) newborn could triple
its weight, while the nursing mother may lose a third.
See more photographs from the November 2008 feature story "Shore Leave."
摄影者：Yva Momatiuk and John
Eastcott
亲昵的海象母子
一只海象和她的幼崽亲昵在一起以熟悉彼此的气味。在大约3周的哺乳期内，刚出生的40公斤重幼崽的体重将增加3倍，而哺乳的母亲将减少三分之一的重量。
Japanese Macaque Swimming
A Japanese macaque swims in a geothermal hot spring in the mountains of
Japan. Throughout the day these monkeys can be seen playing, grooming, and
relaxing in the steaming waters in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
摄影者：Will Burrard
Lucas
泡温泉的日本猕猴
在日本的山涧中，一只猕猴在泡温泉。在日本长野县，整天都能看到这些猕猴在热气腾腾的温泉中嬉戏，打理毛发和放松。
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Bee-Eater in Flight
A brilliant blur as it plucks a butterfly from the air, the European
bee-eater leads a colorful life on three continents.
See more photographs from the October 2008 feature story "Painting the
Sky."
摄影者：Joszsef L.
Szentpeteri
欧洲蜂虎空中捕蝶的妙曼身影。欧洲蜂虎在三大洲过着多姿多彩的生活。
Giraffe mother nuzzling her calf
This is mother and son.
摄影者：Denham Springs
长颈鹿妈妈爱抚它的幼崽
这是一对母子
Young adult lions lying down, Australia
Twelve-year-old male lion brothers Tonyi, left, and Tombo lie with each other
at Werribee Open Range Zoo, 30 kilometers (19 miles) west of Melbourne,
Australia, in September 2008. Werribee Open Range Zoo occupies 225 hectares (556
acres) of land, which allows visitors in safari buses to get closer to animals.
The photographs were taken by a camera in a hide and triggered remotely.
摄影者：Mick
Tsikas
仰卧的年轻雄狮，澳大利亚
2008年9月，在位于澳洲墨尔本西部30公里（19英里）的威勒比开放式动物园里，一对十二岁的狮子兄弟正相依相偎地躺在一起，左边的叫托尼，右边的是托波。威勒比开放式动物园拥有225公顷（556英亩）的面积，游客们在那儿可以坐在观光大巴里近距离接触动物。这张照片是通过一个隐藏的遥控相机拍摄的。
Translucent nudibranch feeding on spindly coral
Built to feed exclusively on corals like this spindly gorgonian, a
translucent 1.7-inch-long (4.3-centimeter-long) Phyllodesmium iriomotense houses
its branching digestive gland within tentacle-like cerata—outgrowths the animal
can shed if under attack. This species is one of the few colorless
nudibranchs.
See more photographs from the June 2008 feature story "Living Color."
摄影者：Jennifer
Hayes
以细长珊瑚为食的半透明裸腮亚目动物
专门以这种细长的柳珊瑚为食，一只半透明的1.7英寸（4.3厘米）长的“Phyllodesmium
iriomotense”
（一种海蛞蝓）将其分枝状的消化腺退入触手一样的裸腮中——一旦受到攻击，这种动物就会退到其中避难。这是仅有的几种无色的裸腮亚目动物之一。
Green snake wrapped around a branch
I just love the vibrant color of this guy!
摄影者：Andrea Candela Cooney
青蛇缠枝
我很喜欢这家伙的鲜亮颜色！