False clownfish off Cabilao Island, Bohol, Philippines 17 Aug 2026

Location matters. Just ask the false clownfish seen in the image at Lighthouse Reef, near Cabilao Island, Philippines. In these tropical waters packed with hungry mouths and fierce competition, they"ve secured prime real estate: a sea anemone armed with thousands of microscopic stinging cells.

© Franco Banfi/Nature Picture Library

palette

Today in History

To the infinite and back
Ahead of the curve
17 Aug 2024International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend
17 Aug 2025International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend

More Desktop Wallpapers:

21 Mar 2026International Day of Forests
19 Oct 2024International Archaeology Day
12 Jan 2025Crescent-tail bigeye fish, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
7 Jul 2026Plate-billed mountain toucan with orchids, Ecuador
10 Sep 2024Vasco da Gama Bridge, Lisbon, Portugal
3 Dec 2025Sandhill cranes, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA
8 May 2024Marseille welcomes to Olympic torch
12 Jul 2025Thomsons gazelles, Maasai Mara, Kenya
8 Jan 2026Tufted titmouse, Massachusetts, United States
18 Jul 2026Devils Bridge, Kromlau, Saxony, Germany
14 Apr 2024Bowling Ball Beach, California, USA
9 Mar 2026Grey seal sleeping on the beach, Orkney Islands, Scotland
24 Jun 2025Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Utah, United States
17 Sep 2024Mid-Autumn Festival
13 Jun 2024Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
30 Nov 2025St Andrews Day
25 Sep 2024Sequoia National Park, California, USA
Huddled and hunting
9 Sep 2024Iguazu Falls at the border of Argentina and Brazil
22 May 2026International Day for Biological Diversity
In fine feather
13 Feb 2024Pancake Day
9 Aug 2026International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
25 May 2026Hawa Mahal, Jaipur, Rajasthan
Lighting the world
A window to the Pacific
27 Oct 2024British Summer Time ends
18 May 2025International Museum Day
22 Sep 2025Autumn equinox
24 Apr 2026Everglades National Park, Florida, United States