Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany Jan 17, 2024

Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany

This Eurasian wolf, curled up for a winter nap in the Bavarian Forest National Park, can rest easy knowing it is an apex predator around these parts. This park covers 93 square miles of the wider forest, where it sits on Germany"s border with Czechia. The softly rolling mountains Great Rachel, Little Rachel, and Little Arber pose modest challenges for hikers as they wander through stands of Norway spruce. The forest teems with life, including lynxes, bears, pygmy owls, and Eurasian wolves, like our sleepy homepage friend. These wolves form a close-knit pack led by an alpha pair and have been spotted in the park after decades of being hunted out of Western Europe.

© Raimund Linke/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Jan 17, 2018Train crossing the Tadami River in Japan
Jan 17, 2019A wassailing we go
Jan 17, 2020A seabird gets schooled
Jan 17, 2021On the Route of the Waterfalls
Jan 17, 2022Martin Luther King Day
Jan 17, 2023Muniellos Nature Reserve
Jan 17, 2025Brown pelican, San Diego, California

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Aug 4, 2021A special day for a special cat
May 12, 2021A visit to Limerick on Limerick Day
Nov 2, 2024National Bison Day
May 7, 2022Astronomy Day
Feb 8, 2021A hero for the 21st century
Jun 12, 2025Big Bend National Park in Texas turns 81
Oct 26, 2020Corfe gets creepy
Jun 7, 2018Humpbacks return to the Inside Passage
Jun 1, 2022World Reef Day
Nov 8, 2024Glacial rivers in Iceland
Oct 12, 2018Venture into a prehistoric gallery of art
Mar 24, 2021A whale of a picture
Jun 18, 2021A city of bridges
Sep 13, 2023Hemakuta Hill, Hampi, India
Jan 5, 2019Art abounds at the Palais Garnier
Jun 30, 2022Asteroid Day
Jul 10, 2020Italy s submerged village
Jun 30, 2018The aftermath of a meteorite
Mar 31, 2025Ostuni, Apulia, Italy
May 28, 2023Tegallalang terrace farms in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
Jul 14, 2020Under Parisian skies
May 30, 2019A day to celebrate the sun
Sep 7, 2020Take a break! It s Labor Day!
Jan 21, 2026Squirrel Appreciation Day
Jan 2, 2019Tesla, the visionary
Sep 6, 2025National Hummingbird Day
Mar 13, 2022Daylight saving time
Nov 10, 2023Badlands National Parks 45th anniversary
Jul 23, 2021Let the games (finally) begin!
Nov 17, 2019Remembering the Velvet Revolution