Dad on duty

Dad on duty

Common tern father with chick, Nickerson Beach, Long Island, New York (© Vicki Jauron, Babylon and Beyond Photography/Getty Images)

palette

Today in History

What waterborne wizardry is this?
Jun 18, 2024Lupine fields, Snæfellsnes, Iceland
Jun 18, 2025Asian swallowtail butterfly on a red spider lily
Jun 18, 2026The ruins of Sacsayhuamán, Cusco, Peru

More Desktop Wallpapers:

The ancient home of the Minoans
Apr 13, 2024Apple trees in spring, Germany
Sep 17, 2024Mid-Autumn Festival
Jan 5, 2024International Ice and Snow Festival, Harbin, China
Oct 11, 2025World Migratory Bird Day
Nov 11, 2024Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
Jul 21, 2026Santa Catalina Arch, Antigua, Guatemala
We’ve identified these ‘flying objects’
Sep 28, 2025Town of Pienza in Tuscany, Italy
Aug 7, 2025Malshej Ghat, Maharashtra
The lord of all beginnings
Jun 12, 2024Big Bend National Park, Texas, USA
Sep 1, 2025Great Basin National Park, Nevada, United States
Feb 6, 2025Scottish Blackface sheep, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Underwater underground
Love is in the snow
Jul 19, 2026Barn swallows of different subspecies resting together
May 25, 2024Aït Benhaddou, Morocco
Jun 18, 2024Lupine fields, Snæfellsnes, Iceland
Jun 23, 2025Elbe river in Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Flying the flag for Pride
Jan 14, 2026Fortress of Palamidi, Nafplio, Greece
Dec 24, 2023Christmas Eve
A sea of humanity
Look, but don’t touch
Nov 28, 2024Murudeshwara Temple, Murdeshwar, Karnataka
Jan 27, 2026Dalmatian pelicans, Lake Kerkini, Greece
Sep 22, 2025Autumn equinox
Oct 12, 2023Old barn and canola field, Palouse region, Idaho
Apr 19, 2026Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh