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Taino cave painting of a manatee in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.



Beach of Mantanani Island



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



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



Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.



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



Mangroves in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.



Drying coconuts near Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.



Taino cave carving of a face in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.



The mountain views near Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.



Windfarm in the Pedernales Peninsula,Dominican Republic.



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



A palm tree in the village of Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.



The bi-weekly Haitian market in Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



Mangroves in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.



A lizard near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



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



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



A tern at Cabo Rojo in the Dominican Republic.



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



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



Kayaking through mangroves in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.



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



A tree in the rainforest of Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.



A veiw of the forest and river in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.



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



A view from the river,a community gathering spot,near Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.



A truck brings drinking water to the village of Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.



The bi-weekly Haitian market in Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



A cattle egret in mangrove trees in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.



Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.



An aerial view of an island in the Caribbean.



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



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



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



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



Costal resort on the Pedernales Peninsula,Dominican Republic.



A snorkeler off Cayo Arena in the Dominican Republic.



A moth near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



Rainforest and karst formations in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.



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



Shorebird at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.



A child from the village of Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.



The view of the mainland from Cayo Arena in the Dominican Republic.



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



A tree with bromeliads in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.



Used goods (donated to Haiti Relief efforts) for sale at the bi-weekly Haitian market in Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



Sugarcare fields in the Dominican Republic.



Ibis at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.



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



Costal views on the Pedernales Peninsula,Dominican Republic.



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



Mangroves in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.



A tarantula on a road near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



Views of the mountains near the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic.



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



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



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



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



A snail near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



A lizard near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



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



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



The Ebano Verde (green ebony) Tree in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.



Kayaking is a eco-friendly way to visit the wildlife (including manatees) in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.



A tarantula on a road near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



The mountain views near Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.



Beach of Mantanani Island



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.



Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.



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



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



Mangroves in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.



Pomme de Terre River in Morris, Minnesota



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.



Windfarm in the Pedernales Peninsula,Dominican Republic.



Unripe cocoa pod in the rainforest of Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.



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



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.




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