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A moth near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



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



Shorebird at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.



Headless and bloated anaconda corpse



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



Jaguar paw print



Wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge



Ibis at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.



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



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



Water bird



Domestic water buffalo in Sabah, Malaysia



A tarantula on a road near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



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



Lizard (unidentified species) in Saguaro National Park, Arizona



Local rangersweigh food for Tam, a captive Bornean rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni), who represents the hopes for eventual ex-situ breeding for the Critically Endangered subspecies of the Sumatran rhino (also Critically Endangered)



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



Leatherback sea turtle laying eggs on the beach



A manatee in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.



A manatee in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.



Ewe big horn sheep (Ovis canadensis) in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona



A pelican in the mangroves near Cayo Arena in the Dominican Republic.



A snail near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



A lizard near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



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



Undeveloped green turtle fetus found dead in nest



A tarantula on a road near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius)



Southern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus leucomelas)



Turkey vultures soraring over karst formations in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.



A frigate bird soars over Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.



A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with a radial collar near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



Local rangers cut leaves for Tam, a captive Bornean rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni), who represents the hopes for eventual ex-situ breeding for the Critically Endangered subspecies of the Sumatran rhino (also Critically Endangered)



Fried fish at the bi-weekly Haitian market in Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



Large black bird



A pelican in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.



A bird in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.



A girl and her puppy play in the fields in Punta Rusia,Dominican Republic.



A spider near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



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



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.



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



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



Crabs (unidentified) inside the Gomantong Cave in Sabah, Malaysia



A manatee in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.



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



A spider near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



Shorebird at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.



Starlings (unsure of species) at waterhole



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



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



Plains zebras (Equus quagga)



Palmchat (Dulus dominicus) on a palm in the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic.



Gray-footed Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus griseipes)



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



A little blue heron at Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.



Plains zebras (Equus quagga)



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).



Dead unidentified katydid in Sabah, Malaysia



Roosters kept for cock fighting in the village of Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.



White-faced whistling ducks (Dendrocygna viduata)



A moth near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



Common Elands (Taurotragus oryx)



Fish for sale at the bi-weekly Haitian market in Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



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



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



Researchers carry a Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) in a cloth sack. This keeps the animal safe and calm before the radial collar fitting needed for their research.



A young Narrow-billed Tody (Todus angustirostris) in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.



A bird in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.



Orangutan bridge over the Kinabantagan River to connect fragmented populations in Sabah, Malaysia



Wild male Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) in a tree along the Kinabantagan River in Sabah, Malaysia



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



A cockroach near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



A little blue heron at Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.



Juvenile cobra (unidentified species) along the road entering Tabin Wildlife Reserve in Sabah, Malaysia



Stray dog at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.



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



Macaque (unidentified species) in Sabah, Malaysia



Green sea turtle limb--killed by a jaguar



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



A girl and her puppy play in the fields in Punta Rusia,Dominican Republic.



A young Narrow-billed Tody (Todus angustirostris) in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.



Ibis at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.



Blue wildebeest or gnu (Connochaetes taurinus) with Plains zebras (Equus quagga)



Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) taking off at sunset in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico



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



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



Cattle egrets nesting in mangrove trees in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.



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



African darters (Anhinga rufa) in Chobe National Park




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