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Animals and wildlife stock photos and royalty free images

Animal images captivate viewers all over the world. From cute animals and domestic animals to the most exotic wildlife on Earth, animal images showcase the incredible variety of creatures that call our planet home. With contributors all over the world, the Shutterstock library has all of the photos, illustrations, vectors to bring the wild kingdom to your projects. Simply scroll down, and you can begin exploring the incredible world of royalty free animal images.

Using images with animals for social media

  • Using animal images for social media is always a good idea. Some of the most popular profiles on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook showcase funny, cute, or dramatic images of animals, and other users frequently like or share those posts.

  • Animal images are a great way to send a visual message — a cute family pet is endearing, while a roaring tiger connotes violence and strength.

  • If you need help sizing your animal image for social media, head over to Shutterstock Editor, where we’ve preloaded templates with the ideal proportions for each major social media platform. You can add additional design elements, include a message, or even adjust the positioning of your image to focus on a particular aspect. Take a look at our animal images collection, and when you’re ready, we’ll help you prepare it for your digital audience.

Using images with animals for social media

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Choosing stock images with animals

Animal images call our attention to the many varied features of the natural world. Whether it’s farm animals, safari animals, baby animals, or even our beloved pets, animal images rely on the drama of photography, the allure of animal pattern designs, and the fun of computer graphics to bring natural elements to your projects. Animal images are perfect for almost any design, and they appeal to all kinds of different viewers. Whether you want to save animals or simply bring them into your project, we have exactly what you need.

Questions about animals and wildlife images


How to find high quality images with animals?

Finding high-quality images with animals is easy if you head to the right image library. With over 300 million images in the Shutterstock library, we’ve got images of everything you can imagine, including animal images. You can use our A.I.-powered search functionality to find exactly the image you want, or you can get creative and browse through our collection of animal images here on this page. We’ve curated a highly varied collection of photographs, images, and vectors, so no matter what animal you’re looking for, we have images of it. When you see an image that interests you, click it, and then scroll down to “similar images,” where you can explore other options with a similar look. When you find the image you want, licensing is quick and easy — you can have your image downloaded in no time.


What are popular wildlife images?

Some of the most popular wildlife image searches are for wolverines, seals, and desert animals. Wolverines are tough creatures that are dramatically expressive. They’re very popular as mascots, and they’ve entrenched themselves in popular culture as iconic wild animals. Seals have captured animal image lovers’ hearts for years. They are the quintessential likeness of a cute creature that needs our help, so they’re perfect for creating a sense of innocence and fun when using images with animals. Desert animals come in many varieties, and their survival in the harsh, high-contrast world of the desert makes for captivating images that draw the eye and transport us to distant locations we might never see. From reptiles to small mammals to the iconic profile of the desert camel, desert animals of all kinds continue to be among the most popular searches we see.


How to download free images with animals?

If you’d like to try out some animal images for free, we’ve got you covered. You can check out the free image collection on this page, where we’ve gathered some of our favorite animal images that you can download quickly and easily. Using these royalty-free images in your online projects.


What makes animal images engaging and interesting?

Animal images are particularly captivating because we find them in environments all over the world. No particular culture “owns” an animal, even if we only find a particular species in one part of the world. Animal images bring those exotic creatures into our digital lives, and we can develop the same attachments to them as people who live nearby. Because animals don’t carry any particular message, they can appeal to anybody, no matter their opinions or beliefs. This makes them ideal for design projects — animal images can bring much broader viewing audiences to your designs than images that are attached to a particular meaning. Animals are expressive, and they have wildly different features that draw our eye. All of these elements make animal images particularly attractive to the human eye.


How to search for animal images on Shutterstock?

Searching for animal images is easy with Shutterstock’s A.I.-powered search. Simply head over to shutterstock.com, and click on the search field. Type in the kind of animal you’re looking for, or pair creative keywords, like an environment and a type of animal, for example “cute puppy”. On the results page, use the filters on the left-hand side of the page to narrow down your results. You can choose the orientation of the image, the color scheme, the image type, and more. If you already have an image in mind, and you’d like something similar, you can click “search by image” at shutterstock.com. Upload your sample image, and our A.I. will return similar images that you can then license and use in your projects — all ready for both print and digital designs.

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