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Blue wildebeest or gnu (Connochaetes taurinus)



A tern in flight at Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.



African open bill stork (Anastomus lamelligerus) hunting in the mud



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



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



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



Plains zebras (Equus quagga)



Green sea turtle killed by a jaguar



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



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



An elk in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona



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)



Monitor lizard (unidentified) on the banks of the Kinabantagan River in Sabah Malaysia



Lilac-breasted roller (Coracius caudata)



Ants on a dead leaf in Sabah, Malaysia



Cockroaches on the hand rails in the Gomantong Cave in Sabah, Malaysia



A cockroach near Pedernales,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.



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



African elephant (Loxodonta africana) on the Chobe River



Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) hiding



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



Cattle in northern New Mexico



A crab on the mangroves in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the 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.



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



A yellow beetle in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.



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



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



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



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



A manatee and her calf in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.



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



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



African elephant (Loxodonta africana) against sunset



Local rangers feed 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)



A pelican soraring over karst formations in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.



The hairy 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 dead hutia hit by a car in the Dominican Republic. This body was found in a part of the country that hutia were not previously thought to occupy.



A butterfly near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



A Narrow-billed Tody (Todus angustirostris) nest on a vine in Los Haitises National Park 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).



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



Dead katydid (unidentified species) in Sabah, Malaysia



Cockroach in the Gomantong Cave in Sabah, Malaysia



A hawk moth near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



Cattle egrets



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



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



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



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



A tern at Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.



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



Catfish on a line



Close-up of infant Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) in Chobe National Park



Shorebird at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.



A frigate bird soars over 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.



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.



Hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius) in Chobe National Park



Snare injury on the leg of the captive Bornean rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni), Tam. The rhino represents the eventual hopes for breeding this Critically Endangered subspecies in captivity.



Herd of hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) wallowing in Chobe National Park



A stray dog by the river near the village of Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.



Raptor (species unknown) in the Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge just outside of Las Vegas, New Mexico



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



A manatee and her calf in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.



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



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



A tern at Cabo Rojo in the Dominican Republic.



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



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



Shorebird at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.



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



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



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



A stray dog in the village of Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.



Headless and bloated anaconda corpse



Squirrel monkey



Ibis at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.



South African giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa)



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



River landscape in Gooseberry State Park, Minnesota



Monitor lizard (unidentified) on the banks of the Kinabantagan River in Sabah Malaysia



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.



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.



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




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