International Tiger Day Jul 29, 2024

International Tiger Day

We"re off to a roaring start today: It"s International Tiger Day, which aims to protect these magnificent big cats amid threats such as poaching and habitat loss. At the end of the 19th century, there were thought to be around 100,000 tigers in the wild; these days, there are fewer than 6,000.

© Sourabh Bharti/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Jul 29, 2018A Bengal tiger in Ranthambore National Park, India
Jul 29, 2019A picture-perfect day on Trillium
Jul 29, 2020Góða ólavsøku, from the Faroes!
Jul 29, 2021Hiding in plain sight
Jul 29, 2022International Tiger Day
Jul 29, 2023International Tiger Day
Jul 29, 2025International Tiger Day

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Oct 19, 2023Mekong River Delta, Long An, Vietnam
Mar 9, 2026Gray seal sleeping on the beach, Orkney Islands, Scotland
May 23, 2019Come out of your shell for World Turtle Day
Oct 28, 2019A night on the (ghost) town
Sep 23, 2019Stepping into autumn
Aug 20, 2021Signs of life in the Empty Quarter
Jun 30, 2020We re gonna need a bigger birdhouse
Jan 25, 2026Burns Night in Scotland
Sep 4, 2019Social climbing
Aug 17, 2019The buzz about bees
Feb 9, 2023Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona
Sep 24, 2022National Public Lands Day
Mar 28, 2019Let us introduce you…
May 19, 2021A path lain with petals
Nov 27, 2021Penn Station
Feb 2, 2020Hut, hut, hike!
Nov 29, 2024Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy, France
Mar 26, 2022Spring awakens
Jan 22, 2025Ad-Deir, Petra, Jordan
Sep 27, 2025Astronomy Day and National Public Lands Day
Nov 14, 2023Russell lupines, Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
Apr 4, 2022Norway s Kjeragbolten boulder
Dec 30, 2024Mount Field National Park, Tasmania, Australia
Mar 17, 2019St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland
Feb 6, 2021Where is this gorgeous peak?
Aug 1, 2023National Mountain Climbing Day
May 25, 2025Butchart Gardens in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada
Aug 18, 2018Is that a buzzing sound?
Aug 10, 2018Assembling the Smithsonian
May 20, 2021Happy Bee Day to you