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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.



Leatherback sea turtle returning to the ocean



Close up of the tusks of a Southern warthog (Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii) in Chobe National Park



Unidentified insect



Bearded pig (Sus barbatus) at the mud volcano in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia



African elephant (Loxodonta africana) feeding in Zambezi River



Chickens are prepared as part of a family dinner by the river near Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.



Macaques (unidentified) on the banks of the Kinabantagan River in Sabah, Malaysia



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



Snow geese (Chen caerulescens) at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico



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



A bird in a mangrove tree in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.



Green sea turtle killed by a jaguar



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



Scientist and volunteer counting leatherback sea turtle eggs



Hispaniolan hutia (Plagiodontia aedium) feeding marks on a leaf near the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic.



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



Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) flying over 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.



Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus)



Impressive karst formations in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.



The hairy and muddy ear of the Bornean rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni), the hairiest of the world's rhinos. 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).



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 moth in Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



Snow geese (Chen caerulescens) at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico



Cattle in northern New Mexico



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



Leatherback sea turtle laying eggs on the beach



Fruit in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.



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



Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) in Chobe National Park



Beaver swimming in Gooseberry State Park, Minnesota



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



Ibis at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.



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



A spider near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



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



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



Turkey vultures in 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 separated tarantula leg near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



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



Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) in rehabilitation at Sepilok with pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina) peering behind



Chickens are prepared as part of a family dinner by the river near Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.



Heron at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.



A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with grass seeds on its face 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.



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.



Swifts (unidentified) in cliffs along the Kinabantagan River in Sabah, Malaysia



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



Butterfly (unidentified species) in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia



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



Cattle on the road in the Dominican Republic.



Scientist and volunteer counting leatherback sea turtle eggs



A (unidentified species) Macaque visit lodge in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia



A hawk moth near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



Chickens are a part of a family dinner by the river near Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.



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



Shorebird at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.



A (unidentified species) Macaque visit lodge in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia



Unidentified raptor on the banks of the Kinabantagan River in Sabah, Malaysia



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



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



Shorebird at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.



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



South African giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa) in Chobe National Park



Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) in Chobe National Park



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



An example of old and new Hispaniolan hutia (Plagiodontia aedium) scat on a leaf near the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic.



Unique decor in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic.



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



Rehabilitated Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) in Sabah, Malaysia



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



Southern warthog (Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii) in Chobe National Park



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



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



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



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).



Cattle being transported in the Dominican Republic.



Macaques (unidentified species) visit lodge in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia



Ducks in wetlands at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge



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



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



Terns and pelicans perch in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.




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