Natural History Photo of the Day

January 9, 2026
Black oaks in autumn in Yosemite National Park, fall colors, Quercus kelloggii

Black oaks in autumn in Yosemite National Park, fall colors, Quercus kelloggii

Species: Black oak, Quercus kelloggii
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Created: 2020-10-18
Image ID: 36462

Previous 8 Natural History Photo of the Day entries

January 8, 2026: Horseshoe Bend Sunrise, Colorado River, Page, Arizona
January 7, 2026: Male lion, not yet full grown, Masai Mara, Kenya
January 6, 2026: Southern right whale underwater, Eubalaena australis, Argentina
January 5, 2026: Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest.
January 4, 2026: California poppies cover the hillsides in bright orange
January 3, 2026: Cardinalfish, Fiji
January 2, 2026: Two Rushing Western Grebes Walk on Water. Grebe rushing, a courtship behavior, happens when the birds slap the lake surface up to 20 times per second, literally running across the water.
January 1, 2026: Red Irish Lord sculpinfish, Browning Pass, British Columbia