Bee-Eater Feeding Chicks, Hungary Photograph by József L. Szentpéteri
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
In Hungary, adults fly to and from the nest tunnel they pecked and scratched into a sandy bank, foraging constantly to feed their ravenous chicks. Such tunnels can be three to five feet long (1 to 1.5 meters long).
See more photographs from the October 2008 feature story "Bee-eaters."
Sawarda Village Workers, India Photograph by Ed Kashi
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
Workers from drought-stricken Sawarda village in India say the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) has brought prosperity closer to home: "Today the jobs are in Jaipur, which used to be three hours away," says one. "With the highway, we can get there in 45 minutes."
See more photographs from the October 2008 feature story "India’s Highway."
Owachomo Bridge at Night, Utah
Photograph by Jim Richardson
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
A starry night gleams above Owachomo Bridge in Utah’s Natural Bridges National Monument—named the first Dark Sky Park by the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA). “Here you see something forgotten,” says ranger Scott Ryan, “and reconnect with the sky.”
See more photographs from the November 2008 feature story “Our Vanishing Night.”
Mexican Gray Wolf Photograph by Joel Sartore; photographed at the Wild Canid Survival and Research Center, Eureka, Missouri
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
Still on shaky ground, the Mexican gray wolf, an endangered subspecies, is slowly increasing in number in Arizona and New Mexico, thanks to captive breeding.
See more photographs from the January 2009 feature story "Last One".
