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



Unidentified lizard in Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic.



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



A snail near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



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



African elephant (Loxodonta africana) feeding in Zambezi River



A tern at Cabo Rojo in the Dominican Republic.



African elephant (Loxodonta africana) in Chobe National Park



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



A hawk moth near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



Brown-headed parrot baby (Poicephalus cryptoxanthus)



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



A cricket near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



A local woman carries fish on her head at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.



Close-up of African buffalo (Syncerus caffeer) herd



The foot of a Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



Herd of African buffalo (Syncerus caffeer) at sunset in Chobe Naitonal Park



Cattle in northern New Mexico



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



African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in Chobe Naitonal Park



Starling (unsure of species)



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



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



Undeveloped green turtle fetus found dead in nest



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



African elephant (Loxodonta africana) feeding in Zambezi River



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



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



Terns at Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.



Researchers handle a Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) by its thick tail. Handling the creature by the is seems to be the safest and gentlest method for both the solenodon and the researchers.



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



A snail near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



Chickens are brought on the back of a motor bike to a family dinner by the river near Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.



Researchers fit a radial collar onto a female Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



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



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



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



Bornean gibbon (Hylobates muelleri) in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia



Swifts (unidentified) in Sabah, Malaysia



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



Male common impala (Aepyceros melampus melampus) at Chobe National Park



Female waterbucks (Kobus ellipsiprymnus)



A caterpillar in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve 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.



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



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



Close-up of the Bornean rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni). 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).



Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) in Chobe National Park



A baby rooster kept for cock fighting in the village of Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.



Perching cattle egrets



Bright green beetle



Proboscis monkeys (Nasalis larvatus) 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.



Unidentified insect in Sabah, Malaysia



Two beavers in Gooseberry State Park, Minnesota



A gecko in Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



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



Undeveloped green turtle fetus found dead in nest



A researcher handles a Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) by its thick tail. Handling the creature by the is seems to be the safest and gentlest method for both the solenodon and the researchers.



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



Unknown bird, maybe a chat?



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



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



A crab on the mangroves in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.



Proboscis monkeys (Nasalis larvatus) on the banks of the Kinabantagan River in Sabah, Malaysia



A lizard in the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic.



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



Aerial view of Hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius) in the Okavango Delta



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



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



African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) in Chobe National Park



Unidentified flower in Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic.



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



Ants scurry over the leaf litter in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia



Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) foraging in Chobe National Park



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



Scientist and volunteer counting leatherback sea turtle eggs



Researchers handle a Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) by its thick tail. Handling the creature by the is seems to be the safest and gentlest method for both the solenodon and the researchers.



Researchers handle a Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) by its thick tail. Handling the creature by the is seems to be the safest and gentlest method for both the solenodon and the researchers.



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



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



African elephant (Loxodonta africana) skull



Silver-brown spider



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




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