This celebrates the most common bear in North America, the American black bear.  At one time they occurred in all 50 states except Hawaii.  Now they have been extirpated in several of the plains states and north eastern states. American Black Bear

This day is to help unite and rally the world to protect and restore our blue planet! Much of the oceans look like deserts, with any life under the waves. The Pacific Ocean

The lynx is the largest cat species in Europe and this day is to hope for the peaceful coexistence between lynx and human.  

National Cougar Day is to celebrate the cougar which once roamed over the entire United States, but has been extirpated from most of it's eastern range.

June 16th is World Sea Turtle Day because it is the birthday of Dr. Archie Carr who is widely known as “the father of sea turtle biology.” Dr. Carr focused his entire career on sea turtle research and conservation.  Of the 7 species of sea turtles all but one is threatened, endangered and with the […]

This day was chosen to celebrate the world's tallest animal on the longest day or night (depending on which hemisphere you live) of the year.  How cool is that!! I call this my Missouri giraffe photo with a piece of grass hanging out of the mouth.

This could almost be an April Fools Day.  It doesn't celebrate the bird but the pink flamingo lawn ornaments!  It tickled me so I decided to share it.

The idea of this day is to tackle the stigma and raise awareness about the reality of sharks, which are beautiful creatures that keep the ocean ecosystem running and rarely attack humans. Various kinds of sharks

A few days after Shark Awareness Day we have World Snake Day.  This day was set up to increase the awareness of different snake species around the world. There are lots of negative links made with snakes, so the idea behind the day was to highlight their importance in the world's ecosystem and that many […]

This day is celebrated so that humans and tigers can coexist harmoniously.  Though there is only a single species of tiger (which is listed as endangered), some of the various subspecies are are considered critically endangered (for example the Amur tiger, Sumatran tiger, and Malayan tiger). Amur Tiger