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Finding Open Image Collections: Image & Music Use Guide

This guide is to assist you in better understanding the various license agreements available when accessing images on the internet. Here you will find information on licencing, how to cite images for your papers and presentations, as well as an ever-growi

Veterinary Medicine Image Collection

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Veterinary Image Collection  

Find here open collections related to general topics - you will find anything from viruses to horses in these        collections. 

 Free Nature Stock

Free Nature Stock - Animals

Royalty-free CC0 nature stock photos, videos, and vectors. Use them however you want.
Explore collections or browse by file type.

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Library of Congress - Science Images and Videos: Biology

The following are government image and video resources on the subject of biology. Resources that are not strictly from United States government agencies, but that host government images are denoted with an external link icon.

Pexels - Animals

Image Use: All photos and videos on Pexels are free to use,. Attribution is not required. Giving credit to the photographer or Pexels is not necessary but always appreciated. You can modify photos and videos.

Pexels - Veterinary Photos

Image Use: All photos and videos on Pexels are free to use,. Attribution is not required. Giving credit to the photographer or Pexels is not necessary but always appreciated. You can modify photos and videos.

Pixabay

Image Use: All content on Pixabay can be used for free for commercial and noncommercial use across print and digital, with some exceptions. Attribution is not required. Giving credit to the contributor or Pixabay is not necessary but is always appreciated by our community. You can make modifications to content from Pixabay. (Do be cautious to not select the pay-per-use Shutterstock images that may appear on this site)

Smithsonian  - Animals

These Open Access images from the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute are available to download and use as you wish—without asking!

Unsplash- Animals

Image Use: All photos can be downloaded and used for free. Commercial and non-commercial purposes permitted; no permission needed (though attribution is appreciated!).
Photos cannot be sold without significant modification. Compiling photos from Unsplash to replicate a similar or competing service is not permitted

 

Unsplash- Veterinary Images

Image Use: All photos can be downloaded and used for free. Commercial and non-commercial purposes permitted; no permission needed (though attribution is appreciated!).
Photos cannot be sold without significant modification. Compiling photos from Unsplash to replicate a similar or competing service is not permitted