Animal Kingdom celebrates 15th anniversary

Today marks the 15th anniversary of Disney's Animal Kingdom.

© Steven Liebman

To create this park, the Walt Disney company sent out seven Imagineers around the globe to document what life was like in the wild. The group ended up traveling more than 500,000 miles to make sure they could get the scenery correct.

This is the fourth and largest theme park built in Disney World. It is also the first Disney theme park to be themed entirely around animal conservation.

Here are various looks at the park, including:

• Animal Kingdom By The Numbers.
• How the Animal Kingdom is landscaped.
• How Expedition Everest village was built.
• Tips on photographing wildlife at the Animal Kingdom.
• The future of Animal Kingdom with Avatar