Photos of animals

Turtle in the frontier town of Coca in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico	Rainforest lizard
African elephant (Loxodonta africana) feeding in Zambezi River	Lizard in the anolis genus in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) feeding at sunset in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
Black-fronted nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.	Terns at Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.
Sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans) in Quito, Ecuador.	Researchers handle a Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) by its thick tail. Handling the creature by the is seems to be the safest and gentlest method for both the solenodon and the researchers.	A bird in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
A snail near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.	Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Fish in oxbow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Chickens are brought on the back of a motor bike to a family dinner by the river near Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.	Researchers fit a radial collar onto a female Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.	Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) feeding at sunset in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
Rufescent tiger heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	A crab on the mangroves in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.	Snow geese (Chen caerulescens) at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
Bornean gibbon (Hylobates muelleri) in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia	Great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Swifts (unidentified) in Sabah, Malaysia
Sloth in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	A manatee in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.	Male common impala (Aepyceros melampus melampus) at Chobe National Park
Red, blue, and yellow (on the underside) butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Wild female Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris), which was raised by an indigenous tribe after her mother was hunted for food, periodically seeks out humans	Black-fronted nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) with fly in an ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Female waterbucks (Kobus ellipsiprymnus)	A caterpillar in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Great kiskadees (Pitangus sulphuratus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) flying over Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.	A tern in flight at Oviedo Lagoon 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
Crested owl (Lophostrix cristata) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Many-banded aracari (Pteroglossus pluricinctus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Golden-mantled tamarin (Saguinus tripartitus) raiding a banana garden in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Crested owl (Lophostrix cristata) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.	Close-up of the Bornean rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni). This rhino, Tam, is a captive individual representing hopes for ex-situ breeding of the Critically Endangered subspecies of the Sumatran rhino (also Critically Endangered).
Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) in Chobe National Park	A baby rooster kept for cock fighting in the village of Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.	Perching cattle egrets
Bright green beetle	Proboscis monkeys (Nasalis larvatus) on the banks of the Kinabantagan River in Sabah, Malaysia	Moth or butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Sloth in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Golden-mantled tamarin (Saguinus tripartitus) raiding a banana garden in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Weevil in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Pink translucent butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	A Vervain Hummingbird (Mellisuga minima),the second smallest hummingbird in the world,in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.	Unidentified insect in Sabah, Malaysia
Two beavers in Gooseberry State Park, Minnesota	A gecko in Pedernales,Dominican Republic.	Blue feather in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
A pelican in flight above the mangroves near Cayo Arena in the Dominican Republic.	Undeveloped green turtle fetus found dead in nest	Well-camoflauged frog in the Pristimantis genus in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Ani in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	A researcher handles a Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) by its thick tail. Handling the creature by the is seems to be the safest and gentlest method for both the solenodon and the researchers.	Great kiskadees (Pitangus sulphuratus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with a radial collar is released back into the forest near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.	Frog in the Pristimantis genus in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Black agouti (Dasyprocta fuliginosa) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans) in Quito, Ecuador.	Unknown bird, maybe a chat?	A bird in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
A sand crab at Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.	A crab on the mangroves in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.	Proboscis monkeys (Nasalis larvatus) on the banks of the Kinabantagan River in Sabah, Malaysia
A lizard in the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic.	Monitor lizard (unidentified) on the Kinabantagan River in Sabah, Malaysia	Aerial view of Hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius) in the Okavango Delta
Bird in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Silouhette of a Bornean rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni) named Tam, who is a captive individual representing hopes for ex-situ breeding of the Critically Endangered subspecies of the Sumatran rhino (also Critically Endangered).	Palmchat (Dulus dominicus) on a palm in the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic.
African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) in Chobe National Park	Unidentified flower in Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic.	A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with a radial collar is released back into the forest near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Ants scurry over the leaf litter in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia	Large grasshopper in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) foraging in Chobe National Park
Lizard in the anolis genus in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Anis in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon	Golden-mantled tamarin (Saguinus tripartitus) raiding a banana garden in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon

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