Oostvardersplassen is a "rewilded" swathe of the Netherlands teeming with konik (small ponies) graylag geese and wild cattle.
Wild ponies in the Netherlands —
Oostvardersplassen is a "rewilded" swathe of the Netherlands teeming with konik (small ponies) graylag geese and wild cattle.
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About 3,000 polar bears roam Svalbard, the northernmost stretch of Norway. To see them on foot, you're obliged to carry a rifle.
Polar bears (Norway) —
About 3,000 polar bears roam Svalbard, the northernmost stretch of Norway. To see them on foot, you're obliged to carry a rifle.
Roy Mangersnes - wildphoto.no/www.nordnorge.com
Sweden: moose capital of the world. One of the best places to see them is the Bergslagen forest, a two-hour drive from Stockholm.
Moose (Sweden) —
Sweden: moose capital of the world. One of the best places to see them is the Bergslagen forest, a two-hour drive from Stockholm.
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From a hide you can get close to a wild Finnish bear.
Brown bear (Finland) —
From a hide you can get close to a wild Finnish bear.
Marko Junttila/VisitFinland.com
Europe's only wild bison herd stomp through -- and roll around -- primeval woodland hanging on between Poland and Belarus.
Bison (Eastern Europe) —
Europe's only wild bison herd stomp through -- and roll around -- primeval woodland hanging on between Poland and Belarus.
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Lynx are incredibly rare, but with patience some of the 250 or so remaining can be spotted in Andalusia and other parts of Spain.
Lynx (Spain) —
Lynx are incredibly rare, but with patience some of the 250 or so remaining can be spotted in Andalusia and other parts of Spain.
CRISTINA QUICLER/AFP/Getty Images
Corsica's fierce hinterland -- the maquis -- provides refuge for the mouflon wild sheep that are the island's emblem.
Mouflon (Corsica) —
Corsica's fierce hinterland -- the maquis -- provides refuge for the mouflon wild sheep that are the island's emblem.
JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP/Getty Images