Author: Stan Tekiela

While photographing black bears in northern Minnesota, outdoor columnist Stan Tekiela encountered a rare solitary sandpiper nesting in trees.

Ground-nesting birds, including the iconic Horned Lark, are facing a concerning decline in North America, attributed to various environmental challenges.

Stan Tekiela captures the intricate courtship displays of sharp-tailed grouse, highlighting their survival and mating rituals.

Stan Tekiela ventures into the chilly pre-dawn to document the dwindling prairie chicken population in their natural habitat.

A marsh rabbit in southeast Florida captivates observers, highlighting the region’s rich biodiversity and the species’ unique adaptation to aquatic habitats.

Witnessing the annual migration of Sandhill Cranes over Nebraska’s Platte River offers an unforgettable spectacle of nature’s rhythm and beauty.

Stan Tekiela delves into the complexities of non-native species, exploring their ecological impact and the challenges they pose for conservation efforts.

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: Nature is always changing. For some reason, people always think that everything stays the same. But when it comes to nature, it is never the same and is always changing. Nature is in constant flux. It’s how nature works. I have experienced the constant changing of nature many times. Over the past 40 years of working as a wildlife photographer, I have seen this happen over and over again. It is a very familiar tune. Once incredible opportunities to photograph or study a particular critter were so good, then…

In Yellowstone, Stan Tekiela photographs a stark display of survival, as wolves hunt a weakened bison, revealing nature’s unfiltered circle of life.

Stan Tekiela shares the story of a close encounter with a big bull moose in the heart of Wyoming’s snowy wilderness.