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



Flora of the Dominican Republic.



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



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



A statue of Christopher Columbus in Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic.



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



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



Windfarm in the Pedernales Peninsula,Dominican Republic.



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



An aerial view of an island in the Caribbean.



Windfarm in the Pedernales Peninsula,Dominican Republic.



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



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.



Oysters on mangroves in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.



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



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



Terns at Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.



A rainforest inlet in Los Haitises National Park 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.



Windfarm in the Pedernales Peninsula,Dominican Republic.



Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the 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.



Flora of the Dominican Republic.



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



Impressive karst formations in 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.



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



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



Costal views on the Pedernales Peninsula,Dominican Republic.



A gecko in Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



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



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



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



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.



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.



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



A lizard in the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic.



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



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.



A reforestation project nursery near Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.



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



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.



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



Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve 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.



An oil palm plantation in the Dominican Republic.



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



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



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




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