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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



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



Leatherback sea turtle camoflauging nest



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



Leaping Gray-footed Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus griseipes)



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



Plains zebras (Equus quagga)



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



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.



A tarantula on a road near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



Leatherback sea turtle camoflauging nest



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



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



Leatherback sea turtle returning to the ocean



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



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



Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) in Chobe National Park



Malachite kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) in Chobe National Park



Marine toad (Bufo marinus) in lodge



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



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



Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) in Chobe National Park



Leatherback sea turtle laying eggs on the beach



Plains zebras (Equus quagga)



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



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.



Female Common Impalas (Aepyceros melampus melampus)



Several African elephant (Loxodonta africana) herds meet on the Chobe River



Leatherback sea turtle returning to the ocean



Ant and fly (unidentified species) in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia



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



A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with a radial collar is released back into the forest near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



Rainforest ant



Flower with ant (unidentified species) in the Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia



African buffalo (Syncerus caffeer) in Chobe Naitonal Park



A pelican at Cabo Rojo in the Dominican Republic.



Snail (unidentified) in Santa Fe, New Mexico



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).



Aerial view of South African giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa) in the Okavango delta



Leatherback sea turtle laying eggs on the beach



A lizard near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



African elephant (Loxodonta africana) swinging grass in Chobe National Park



Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) flying over Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico



Marine toad (Bufo marinus) in lodge



Wolf tracks on frozen lake near Ely, Minnesota



A praying mantis near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



Leatherback sea turtle laying eggs on the beach



Macaque (unidentified species) in Sabah, Malaysia



Leatherback sea turtle laying eggs on the beach



Southern warthog (Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii) in Chobe National Park



A hawk moth near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



Forest frog



Southern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus leucomelas)



Infant green sea turtle



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



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




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