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A broad-billed Tody (Todus subulatus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



A hermit crab at Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.



Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) in Chobe National Park



Aerial view of large herd of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in the Okavango delta



Leatherback sea turtle laying eggs on the beach



A lizard in the forests near the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic.



Aerial view of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) wading in Okavango delta



Rufescent tiger heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


A cattle egret in mangrove trees in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.



African elephant (Loxodonta africana) at sunset on the Chobe River



Macaque (unidentified species) in Sabah, Malaysia



Brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica) in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia



African elephants (Loxodonta africana) drinking in the Chobe River



A radiant blue and yellow spider in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.



Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.



Infant green sea turtle



Shorebird at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.



Leatherback sea turtle laying eggs on the beach



Blue, black, and orange butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Leatherback sea turtle camoflauging nest



A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with grass seeds on its face near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



Piranha



Leaping Gray-footed Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus griseipes)



Collared puffbird (Bucco capensis) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Ants in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) with fish in Chobe National Park



Plains zebras (Equus quagga)



Black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) with fly in an ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Collared puffbird (Bucco capensis) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.



Close-up of pattern on South African giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa) in Chobe National Park



African elephant (Loxodonta africana) under the setting sun on the Chobe River



Ants in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Malachite kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) with tiny fish in its mouth in Chobe National Park



A brilliantly colored lizard in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.



A snail near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



A Vervain Hummingbird (Mellisuga minima),the second smallest hummingbird in the world,in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.



Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.



Wild female Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris), which was raised by an indigenous tribe after her mother was hunted for food, periodically seeks out humans


A tarantula on a road near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



Leatherback sea turtle camoflauging nest



Morpho butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


A gecko in Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



This Bornean rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni), Tam, is a captive individual representing hopes for ex-situ breeding of the Critically Endangered subspecies of the Sumatran rhino (also Critically Endangered).



Infant Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) in Chobe National Park



Wild female Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris), which was raised by an indigenous tribe after her mother was hunted for food, periodically seeks out humans


Eye of a black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) in an ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Guide picking up a bom jardim toad (Rhinella dapsilis) with a leaf in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Tarantula laying eggs at night in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans) in Quito, Ecuador.



Male Common Impala (Aepyceros melampus melampus) next to the Blue wildebeest or gnu (Connochaetes taurinus)



Plains zebra (Equus quagga)



Close-up of malachite kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) in Chobe National Park



Many-banded aracari (Pteroglossus pluricinctus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


A cattle egret in mangrove trees in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.



White-chinned jacamar (Galbula tombacea) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Close-up of wild female Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris), which was raised by an indigenous tribe after her mother was hunted for food, periodically seeks out humans


A bright blue beetle in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.



Birds (unidentified species) in tree in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia



Blue, black, and orange butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Green sea turtle infant making its way towards the sea



Close-up of the body of a Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) in Chobe National Park



Southern warthog (Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii) in Chobe National Park



Little Bee-eater (Merops pusillus)



Bess beetle in the Passalidae family in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) in Chobe National Park



Bat hanging out on ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Malachite kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) in Chobe National Park



Many-banded aracari (Pteroglossus pluricinctus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Ferocious looking insect in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Oropendola (species?) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Collared puffbird (Bucco capensis) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


A Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.



Black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) with fly in an ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.



Eye of a black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) in an ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) in Chobe National Park



Leatherback sea turtle laying eggs on the beach



Plains zebras (Equus quagga)



Poison dart frog (Ameerega bilinguis) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


A hermit crab at Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.



Ewe big horn sheep (Ovis canadensis) in the Orilla Verde Recreation Area in northern New Mexico



Leatherback sea turtle laying eggs on the beach



The Pinguicula casabitoana,complete with tiny prey,is the only carnivorous plant native to the Dominican Republic and is specifically endemic to this one particular ridge of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve.



Close-up of hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius)



Macaque (unidentified species) in Sabah, Malaysia



Many-banded aracari (Pteroglossus pluricinctus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica) in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia



A cattle egret in mangrove trees in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.



Red-capped cardinal (Paroaria gularis) feeding juvenile in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon



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