Animal Behaviour Gallery

African lion (Panthera leo)

African lion (Panthera leo), male exhibiting flehmen response: air is drawn into the vomeronasal organ in order to detect pheromones or other scents. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Animal, Animal Behaviour, Apex Predator, Big Cat, Big Five, Carnivora, Carnivore, Cat, Charismatic Megafauna, East Africa, Endangered, Eutheria, Fauna, Felidae, Flehmen Reaction, Flehmening, Flehming, Front View, Grassland Habitat, Head Raised, Jacobson, Jacobsonís Organ, Jacobsons Organ, Keystone Predator, Lion, Male Animal, Mammal, Mammalia, Megafauna, Mouth Open, One Animal, Panthera, Predator, S Organ, Savannah Habitat, Smelling, Sniffing, Species, Vulnerable, Wild Cat, Wildlife

Golden green stag beetles (Lamprima latreillii)

Golden green stag beetles (Lamprima latreillii), mating. Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

© Michael Maconachie/AUSCAPE All rights reserved

Animal, Animal Behaviour, Australian Insect, Beetle, Biology, Bright, Coleoptera, Colorful Beetle, Colour, Coloured, Colourful, Colourful Beetle, Copulation, Fauna, Insect, Insecta, Lamprima, Lucanidae, Mating, Metallic Sheen, Reproduction, Sapro Xylophagous, Sexual Dimorphism, Sexually Dimorphic Beetle, Two Animals, Upside Down, Vibrant, Vivid, Wildlife, Wood Eating Beetle

Elk (Cervus canadensis)

Elk (Cervus canadensis), bull, in forest. Elk, eliminated in Pennsylvania by 1867, were reintroduced to the area between 1913 and 1926 and now some 600 roam the forests. Elk State Park, Elk County, Pennsylvania, USA

© Joe McDonald/AUSCAPE All rights reserved

Animal, Animals, Antlers, Artiodactyla, Captive, Cervidae, Cervus, Controlled Situation, Deer, Elk Refuge, Eutheria, Even Toed Ungulate, Fauna, Hoofed, In Captivity, Lignivore, Male, Mammal, Mammalia, Megafauna, Migratory, North America, Ungulate, Viewing Area, Wapiti, Wildlife