ABOUT HEATHER PHYSIOC

Freelance conservation writer and independent landscape, wildlife, outdoor, and nature photographer. A dog's best friend. 50% of all earnings donated to environmental protection and wildlife conservation organizations like The Nature Conservancy and the Rainforest Alliance.

Giant sow thistle seed head among Flint Hills wildflowers against a vibrant Kansas sunset backdrop

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PRAIRIE SUNSET

The fiery summer sun sets behind a giant dandelion in a field of prairie wildflowers near the Flint Hills in Kansas.

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This 2,000-pound bison is "wallowing" - its dust-bath routine. Bison roll in the dirt to shed their heavy winter fur and pro…
So, western painted turtles... 1. Can survive for up to five months in the mud under frozen ponds without breathing. 2. Can…
Eastern pondhawk dragonflies are fearless cannibals that regularly hunt and eat other dragonflies, even those of their own s…
I have never seen bluer blues in my life, in the contrast of the gold in orange in its giant beak is simply stunning. This i…
Raven and black bear seek shelter from the rain high in a tree together in the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska. #blackbear #raven…
Yes, cowbirds are brood parasites that will lay an egg in another species' nest to capitalize on their resources. #FemaleBir…
Two bald eagles survey a prairie dog town from a grassy rise beneath an enormous western sky near Laramie, Wyoming.
A Roosevelt elk cow from the South Rainier elk herd resting in the rain. I came across them in a meadow in Packwood, Washing…
Sandhill cranes are dinosaurs. For real, though. The oldest known definitive sandhill crane fossil dates back about 2.5 mill…
Twilight settled over Nebraska’s Platte River as thousands of sandhill cranes gathered to roost at Rowe Sanctuary in one of…
A wild mustang stallion and mare keep a protective watch over their foal — a new chapter in a lineage that has roamed the Wy…
A hunter built for stillness and precision. 𓅣 The great blue heron stands at the intersection of patience and speed. It’s m…
🐒 The long-tailed macaque is one of the most widely distributed primates in Southeast Asia, ranging from Myanmar and Thaila…
The Andean condor is one of the largest flying birds on Earth – and one of the Andes’ most important cleanup crews. 🏔️ With…
Oaxaca.
For centuries in medieval Europe, especially in England, mute swans were valuable food birds for the aristocracy. 🦢 The bir…
The greylag goose is the wild ancestor of most domestic geese in Europe. It's a species that bridges wetlands and barnyards,…
Red-footed tortoises move across a broad sweep of tropical America, from southeastern Panama through much of northern and ce…
Barbados has no native deer. 🦌 Red brocket deer (Mazama americana), like the ones I photographed in St. Peter, originate in…
Long-tailed macaques are social primates that live at the forest edge in tightly structured, multi-generation societies. 🐒�…
Barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) are small, striking black-and-white Arctic geese. They have undergone one of Europe's most…
The mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) may be North America’s most underrated mountaineer. 🧗🏼 From the Chugach to the Col…
🦎Found only on a handful of Caribbean islands, Cuban rock iguanas look like little dinosaurs—but they’re gentle, primarily…
We heard it before we saw it. Eerie groaning, creaking sounds echoed across Aialik Bay. I scanned the towering ice walls of…
🦌 Mule deer are one of the most familiar animals in the American West — and one of the most telling. Their bodies and movem…