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Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) and butterflies at a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Agami heron (Agamia agami) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Insect in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


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



Squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


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



Invertebrate in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Katydid leaving its exoskeleton at night in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


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



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



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



A bird in a mangrove tree in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.



Ants swam leaf in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Wild female Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris), which was raised by an indigenous tribe after her mother was hunted for food, periodically seeks out humans


Green sea turtle killed by a jaguar



Butterfly rests on camera in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


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



Scientist and volunteer counting leatherback sea turtle eggs



Hispaniolan hutia (Plagiodontia aedium) feeding marks on a leaf near the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic.



Crested owl (Lophostrix cristata) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Great kiskadees (Pitangus sulphuratus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


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



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



Rufescent tiger heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


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



Red, blue, and yellow (on the underside) butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


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



Orange-cheeked parrot (Pyrilia barrabandi) a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Monk saki (Pithecia monachus) monkey in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus)



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



Snake at night in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Orange spider at night in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Oropendolas (species?) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


The hairy and muddy 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).



Bird silhouette in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


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



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



Southern Warthogs (Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii)



Capped herons (Pilherodius pileatus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


A moth in Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



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



Sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans) in Quito, Ecuador.



Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


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



Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) and orange-cheeked parrot (Pyrilia barrabandi) a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Leatherback sea turtle laying eggs on the beach



Wild female Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris), which was raised by an indigenous tribe after her mother was hunted for food, periodically seeks out humans


Aerial view of animals in the Okavango delta



Dragonfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Fruit in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.



A Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.



Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) in Chobe National Park



Wild female Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris), which was raised by an indigenous tribe after her mother was hunted for food, periodically seeks out humans


Beaver swimming in Gooseberry State Park, Minnesota



Vulture (not sure of species)



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



Monk saki (Pithecia monachus) monkey in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Turtle with what looks like ticks on its shell in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Golden-mantled tamarin (Saguinus tripartitus) raiding a banana garden in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Red, blue, and yellow (on the underside) butterfly in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Ibis at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.



Sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans) in Quito, Ecuador.



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



A spider near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



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



Spider on leaf in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


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



Masked crimson tanager (Ramphocelus nigrogularis) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Brown butterfly or moth in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorain Amazon


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.



Orange-cheeked parrot (Pyrilia barrabandi) a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


A separated tarantula leg near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.



Squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


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



Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) in rehabilitation at Sepilok with pig-tailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina) peering behind



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



Heron at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.



Golden-mantled tamarins (Saguinus tripartitus) raiding a banana garden in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


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



Beetle in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


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.



Bat hanging out on ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


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



White-chinned jacamar (Galbula tombacea) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Swifts (unidentified) in cliffs along the Kinabantagan River in Sabah, Malaysia



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




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