Friendship Day Aug 4, 2024

Friendship comes in all shapes and sizes. This impala and the red-billed oxpecker, pictured in South Africa, both get something out of buddying up. The oxpecker gets food by eating ticks from the impala"s skin, while the impala gets to stay clean.

© Matrishva Vyas/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Aug 4, 2018‘Fringe’ takes center stage as Edinburgh celebrates the arts
Aug 4, 2019Pups of the prairie
Aug 4, 2020Into the woods
Aug 4, 2021A special day for a special cat
Aug 4, 2022Satla marshland in Bangladesh
Aug 4, 2023Tintern Abbey, Wales
Aug 4, 2025Great gray owls in their nest, Finland

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Aug 9, 2024International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
Mar 31, 2025Ostuni, Apulia, Italy
Apr 1, 2020It s Census Day—make it count
Mar 4, 2020A different kind of dive
Jan 15, 2023Aura River in Turku, Finland
Jul 15, 2020Who left the tub running?
Nov 28, 2019Wild turkeys in repose
May 31, 2023World Otter Day
Jul 28, 2019Road-trip worthy attraction in the heartland
Aug 28, 2023Dubrovnik, Croatia
Sep 20, 2019Fall comes to Pando
Sep 3, 2024Wilderness Act anniversary
Sep 3, 2021Welcome to the Alien Egg Hatchery
Mar 14, 2024Happy Pi Day!
Dec 20, 2018Seasonal lights dazzle in Japan
May 6, 2024The Roaches ridge in the Peak District, England
Nov 6, 2022New York City Marathon
Apr 8, 2021I m here! Take a look at me!
Dec 12, 2019On the lookout for Sheep-Cote Clod
Sep 3, 2018Construction workers resting above Manhattan
Aug 27, 2020Rocks on the move
Oct 17, 2022Long-eared owl in the Czech Republic
May 2, 2020Morocco in bloom
Jan 21, 2019A day of service for Dr. King
Feb 7, 2018The Kelpies statues in Falkirk, Scotland
Jul 4, 2022Independence Day
Aug 3, 2025Blooming sunflowers
Mar 4, 2024Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica
Jul 17, 2024Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, Germany
Oct 19, 2021These laurels are hardy