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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).

Tree Frog, South America Photograph by Kenneth Deitcher This Month in Photo of the Day: Your Photos Unusual tree frog from South America. —Caption by Kenneth Deitcher This photo is from the 2008 International Photo Contest. See photo galleries, play jigsaw puzzles, and download wallpaper of images from more than 105,000 submissions

A tree frog shows off its broad and effective grip while clinging to a tree trunk in the Pacific Islands. Frogs—particularly tropical species—are vanishing at alarming rates, in part due to disease epidemics attributed to climate change. Amphibian skin is incredibly thin, making frogs acutely susceptible to changes in temperature, humidity, or water quality. (Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Hotspots: Preserving Pieces of a Fragile Biosphere," March 2003, National Geographic magazine)

Koi Feeding, Texas Photograph by Randy Heisch This Month in Photo of the Day: Your Photos Blue sky reflects off the surface waves created by a koi surfacing to feed in our backyard pond. —Caption by Randy Heisch This photo is from the 2008 International Photo Contest. See photo galleries, play jigsaw puzzles, and download wallpaper of images from more than 105,000 submissions.

This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature The locals say palm trees here grow legs and walk to find more sunlight. Standing on stilts, Madidi’s “walking” trees, at right, appear to move as their shadyside roots wither. The palms may need strong root structures to quickly reach optimum height. This photograph was taken on assignment for "Madidi: Will Bolivia Drown Its New National Park?" in the March 2000 National Geographic.

This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature This photo was taken in the lagoon at Coconut Island, Hawaii. I worked there for seven years and Kaneohe is one of my favorite places. Because the little island is preserved, the reefs are still intact—paradise. This photo and caption were submitted to My Shot. Create and share albums, puzzles, and games with your photos in our My Shot community

A bug feeds on a ripening tropical fig in Borneo’s Gunung Palung National Park. The rain forest contains many varieties of these strangler fig trees, and their fruit is a critical food source for numerous rain forest dwellers, including monkeys, civets, butterflies, and ants. (Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Borneo’s Strangler Fig Trees," April 1997, National Geographic magazine)

Looking like delicate seeds, the spiky spores of a tiny parasitic fungus produce fruit on the back of a fly. These fungi are found throughout the world but will only live on certain insects. (Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Fungi," August 2000, National Geographic magazine)