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Wind turbine behind the Pomme de Terre River in Morris, Minnesota



Flora of the Dominican Republic.



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



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



Ibis at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.



A researcher uses a radial device to track Hispaniolan hutia (Plagiodontia aedium) in the forests near the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic.



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



A spider near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



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



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



The village of Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.



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



Impressive rainforest vines and karst formations in Los Haitises National Park 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.



Impressive karst formations with mangroves in front 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.



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



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



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



Cattle on the road in the Dominican Republic.



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



Fresh seafood dinner at the café at the departure point for Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.



A hawk moth near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



A rainbow over the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the 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.



Large trees along the river near the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic.



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



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



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.



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



Mountain views from the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.



Mangroves in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary 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.



Mountain views from 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.



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



Costal views on the Pedernales Peninsula,Dominican Republic.



Windfarm in the Pedernales Peninsula,Dominican Republic.



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



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



An aerial view of an island in the Caribbean.



The unique Cayo Arena in the Dominican Republic.



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



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



The bi-weekly Haitian market in 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.



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



Cattle being transported in the Dominican Republic.



Sugarcane fields in the Dominican Republic.



Fungi in the rainforest of Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.



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.



Fruiting tree in the Dominican Republic.



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



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



A view of the unique spiny forest that borders the beach of Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.



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



A Haitian refugee carries her goods on her head in the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic.



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



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



Mountain views from the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.



A road in the mountains near the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic.



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



Plantains and other foods for sale at the bi-weekly Haitian market in Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



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



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



Beach of Mantanani Island



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.



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



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



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



Impressive karst formations in Los Haitises National Park 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.




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