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Butterfly (unidentified species) in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia



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


Black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) in an ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


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



Cattle on the road in the Dominican Republic.



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


Scientist and volunteer counting leatherback sea turtle eggs



A (unidentified species) Macaque visit lodge in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia



A hawk moth near Pedernales,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.



Juvenile frog in the Pristimantis genus in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


A (unidentified species) Macaque visit lodge in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia



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


Unidentified raptor on the banks of the Kinabantagan River in Sabah, Malaysia



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


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



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.



South African giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa) in Chobe National Park



Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) in Chobe National Park



A Vervain Hummingbird (Mellisuga minima),the second smallest hummingbird in the world,in 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.



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


Unique decor in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic.



Poison dart frog 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


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



Rehabilitated Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) in Sabah, Malaysia



Wild male Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) in a tree along the Kinabantagan River in Sabah, Malaysia



Southern warthog (Phacochoerus africanus sundevallii) in Chobe National Park



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



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



Well-camoflauged frog in the Pristimantis genus in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Green, black, and yellow-striped frog in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


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



Oropendola nest in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


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.



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



Lizard in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Cattle being transported in the Dominican Republic.



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


Leaf-cutter ants in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Macaques (unidentified species) visit lodge in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia



Ducks in wetlands at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge



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


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.



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



Detail of sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans) in Quito, Ecuador.



Blue wildebeest or gnu (Connochaetes taurinus)



Bess beetle in the Passalidae family in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Red lechwe (Kobus leche leche)



Bess beetle in the Passalidae family in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


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



Well-camoflauged frog in the Pristimantis genus in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Raptor in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


African open bill stork (Anastomus lamelligerus) hunting in the mud



South African giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa) in Chobe National Park



Assassin bug 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


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



Frog in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


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



Plains zebras (Equus quagga)



Green sea turtle killed by a jaguar



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


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



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



Small bird in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Local rangers cut leaves for Tam, a captive Bornean rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni), who represents the hopes for eventual ex-situ breeding for the Critically Endangered subspecies of the Sumatran rhino (also Critically Endangered)



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



Lilac-breasted roller (Coracius caudata)



Ants on a dead leaf in Sabah, Malaysia



White-lined monkey frog (Phyllomedusa vaillantii) at night in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Cockroaches on the hand rails in the Gomantong Cave in Sabah, Malaysia



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.



Lizard in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


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



Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) flying over ox-bow lake in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


African elephant (Loxodonta africana) on the Chobe River



Bird on Tiputini River in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) hiding



Shiny emerald beetle in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon


Katydid at night in Yasuni National Park in th Ecuadorian Amazon


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



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