Photos of fauna

Herd of African buffalo (Syncerus caffeer) at sunset in Chobe Naitonal Park	Ghost crab	A radiant blue and yellow spider 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.	Herd of African buffalo (Syncerus caffeer) in Chobe Naitonal Park	Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius) in Chobe National Park	Squirrel monkey	African elephant (Loxodonta africana) on the Chobe River
Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) on the Zambezi River	Malachite kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) in Chobe National Park	Herd of African buffalo (Syncerus caffeer) at sunset in Chobe Naitonal Park
A manatee and her calf in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.	Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) in Chobe National Park	A local woman carries fish on her head at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.
A wasp in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.	A hermit crab at Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.	A pelican in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Male waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus)	Macaque (unidentified species) in Sabah, Malaysia	Leatherback sea turtle returning to the ocean
A crab on the mangroves in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.	Close-up on the head of a Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) in Chobe National Park	Infant green sea turtle
South African giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa) in Chobe National Park	Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) submerging	Centipedes
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.	A manatee in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.	Infant Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) in Chobe National Park
Spider on forest floor	Black caiman	White-browed sparrow weaver (Plocepasser mahali)
Black caiman	Plains zebras (Equus quagga)	Stray cow in Sabah, Malaysia
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.	Cockroach in the Gomantong Cave in Sabah, Malaysia	Black caiman in action
A Vervain Hummingbird (Mellisuga minima),the second smallest hummingbird in the world,in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.	African open bill stork (Anastomus lamelligerus)	African open bill stork (Anastomus lamelligerus) searching the mud for food
Large centipede	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).	A harvestman on a tree near the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic.
Leatherback sea turtle eggs	A gecko in Pedernales,Dominican Republic.	A tarantula on a road near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A bird in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.	Deer in Gooseberry State Park, Minnesota	A crab on the mangroves in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Hornbill (unidentified species) in tree at dusk in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia	Scientist and volunteer taking data on leatherback sea turtle	Pair of brown-headed parrots (Poicephalus cryptoxanthus)
African elephants (Loxodonta africana) drinking in the Chobe River	A broad-billed Tody (Todus subulatus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.	African elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd drinking in the Chobe River
Leatherback sea turtle laying eggs on the beach	A pelican at Cabo Rojo in the Dominican Republic.	Gecko in lodge
Termites	Cockroaches in the Gomantong Cave in Sabah, Malaysia	A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with grass seeds on its face near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Scientist and volunteer taking data on leatherback sea turtle	Female common impala (Aepyceros melampus melampus) at Chobe National Park	Hippo adult and juvenile (Hippopotamus amphibius) with African buffalo (Syncerus caffeer) in the background at Chobe National Park
African open bill stork (Anastomus lamelligerus) searching the mud for food	Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.	A yellow beetle in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
A brilliantly colored lizard in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.	Undeveloped green turtle fetus found dead in nest	Rehabilitated Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) in Sabah, Malaysia
The Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.	Close-up of Southern warthog (Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii) in Chobe National Park	A cattle egret in mangrove trees in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
Snow geese (Chen caerulescens) at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico	Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) flying over Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico	Lizard on the beach
White-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata) and black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) on the Chobe River	Blue wildebeest or gnu (Connochaetes taurinus)	Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) in rehabilitation at Sepilok
Jaguar skull	Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico	Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) foraging in Chobe National Park
Herd of hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) with African buffalo (Syncerus caffeer) in the background at Chobe National Park	Shorebird at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.	Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) in Chobe National Park
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.	A broad-billed Tody (Todus subulatus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.	Plains zebras (Equus quagga)

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