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Green Bright-eyed Frog (Boophis viridis) [madagascar_0511]
Green Bright-eyed Frog (Boophis viridis) [madagascar_0511]


Shield bug [brazil_1021]
Shield bug [brazil_1021]


Red-eyed katydid [costa_rica_5634]
Red-eyed katydid [costa_rica_5634]



Red-handed Tamarin (Saguinus midas)


Mating bugs [madagascar_4936]
Mating bugs [madagascar_4936]


Light brown tree frog -- borneo_6391
Light brown tree frog -- borneo_6391


Group of common brown lemurs (Eulemur fulvus) huddled in the forest canopy [madagascar_0128]
Group of common brown lemurs (Eulemur fulvus) huddled in the forest canopy [madagascar_0128]


Leaf-mimicking praying mantis
Leaf-mimicking praying mantis



Black beetle with orange spots



White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)



Undersea life in the Coral Triangle [sabah_underwater_0761]


Java Rusa (Rusa timorensis russa) [java_0606]
Java Rusa (Rusa timorensis russa) [java_0606]


Bee on a bird-of-paradise flower
Bee on a bird-of-paradise flower



Blyth's hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus)



Crested black macaque


Javan Deer
Javan Deer


Rainforest Chameleon (Furcifer balteatus) [male] [madagascar_5081]
Rainforest Chameleon (Furcifer balteatus) [male] [madagascar_5081]


Geoffroy's Spider Monkey [costa_rica_osa_0628]
Geoffroy's Spider Monkey [costa_rica_osa_0628]


Proboscis monkey -- sabah_3087
Proboscis monkey -- sabah_3087



Kinkajou at a rescue center



Green forest dragon [sabah_tawau_0209]



Xingu platinum pleco


Orangutan on a tree trunk -- borneo_5257
Orangutan on a tree trunk -- borneo_5257


Slender anole [costa_rica_la_selva_0499]
Slender anole [costa_rica_la_selva_0499]


Magenta insect with light blue feet and eyes
Magenta insect with light blue feet and eyes


Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1087]
Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1087]


Red, black, and orange insect [cr_3701]
Red, black, and orange insect [cr_3701]


Yellow and beige katydid
Yellow and beige katydid


Eastern woolly lemur [madagascar_1228]
Eastern woolly lemur [madagascar_1228]



Panda eating bamboo



Elephant at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre


Coquerel's Sifaka dancing across a clearing [madagascar_2415]
Coquerel's Sifaka dancing across a clearing [madagascar_2415]


Frog eggs [costa_rica_siquirres_0335]
Frog eggs [costa_rica_siquirres_0335]



Pileated gibbon (Hylobates pileatus)



Bear Cuscus


Researcher tagging a mouse lemur in Ranomafana for aging research
Researcher tagging a mouse lemur in Ranomafana for aging research


Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1171]
Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_1171]



Weaver nests


Camouflaged moth
Camouflaged moth


Damselfly [colombia_2717]
Damselfly [colombia_2717]



Emu



African arowana



Common langurs grooming



Sleeping red-eyed tree frog


African elephants -- tz_1472
African elephants -- tz_1472



Ant [sabah_tawau_0227]


Group of capybara on a river bank [colombia_3371]
Group of capybara on a river bank [colombia_3371]



Tamarin


Panther chameleon shooting out its tongue to catch a cricket
Panther chameleon shooting out its tongue to catch a cricket


Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_0803]
Bug [costa_rica_siquirres_0803]



Spider
[bukit_tigapuluh_0322]


Common bluebottle butterflies (Graphium sarpedon) and other colorful butterflies feeding on minerals [sumatra_0560]
Common bluebottle butterflies (Graphium sarpedon) and other colorful butterflies feeding on minerals [sumatra_0560]


Strawberry dart frog [costa_rica_la_selva_0579]
Strawberry dart frog [costa_rica_la_selva_0579]


Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii)
Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii)



Mottled moth


Green Ibis [colombia_5439]
Green Ibis [colombia_5439]



Great hornbill


Orange wasp [west-papua_0206]
Orange wasp [west-papua_0206]



Asian elephant



Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)


Male Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana)
Male Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana)


Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) [brazil_0899]
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) [brazil_0899]


Water monitor lizard walking on river rocks [sumatra_1405]
Water monitor lizard walking on river rocks [sumatra_1405]



Sri Lankan elephant



Small-clawed otter


Baby harlequin frogs
Baby harlequin frogs


Oropendula nests [costa_rica_la_selva_1390]
Oropendula nests [costa_rica_la_selva_1390]


Yellow snail in New Guinea [west-papua_6068]
Yellow snail in New Guinea [west-papua_6068]


Jumping spider [west-papua_0257]
Jumping spider [west-papua_0257]


Bird [colombia_5325]
Bird [colombia_5325]



Pangolin tongue


Bats [madagascar_3974]
Bats [madagascar_3974]



Sumatran rhino at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary


White-faced Capuchin [costa_rica_5151]
White-faced Capuchin [costa_rica_5151]


Wasp [panama_0854]
Wasp [panama_0854]


Perinet Chameleon (Calumma gastrotaenia) [madagascar_1620]
Perinet Chameleon (Calumma gastrotaenia) [madagascar_1620]



Lion in the morning sun


Bird [costa-rica_1352]
Bird [costa-rica_1352]


Blue-tongued monitor lizard
Blue-tongued monitor lizard


Southern Caracara, Caracara plancus [brazil_1399]
Southern Caracara, Caracara plancus [brazil_1399]


Bananaquit, Coereba flaveola, being measured by researchers [costa_rica_4848]
Bananaquit, Coereba flaveola, being measured by researchers [costa_rica_4848]



Pangolin at a rescue center


Giant land snail in Borneo
Giant land snail in Borneo


Green-backed Heron [colombia_4313]
Green-backed Heron [colombia_4313]


Common green iguana [colombia_5810]
Common green iguana [colombia_5810]



Pig-tailed macaque [sabah_kinabatangan_0140]


Green praying mantis with red eyes [brazil_1075]
Green praying mantis with red eyes [brazil_1075]


Small Orangutan knawing on a coconut shell
Small Orangutan knawing on a coconut shell



Elephant at sunset


Frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0882]
Frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0882]


Agamid lizard in the highlands of New Guinea
Agamid lizard in the highlands of New Guinea


Chestnut-eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) [colombia_6512]
Chestnut-eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) [colombia_6512]


Giant anole [colombia_2658]
Giant anole [colombia_2658]


Crowned lemur (Eulemur coronatus) [madagascar_3386]
Crowned lemur (Eulemur coronatus) [madagascar_3386]



Red panda


Flock of egrets [colombia_3541]
Flock of egrets [colombia_3541]


Giant green spider [kalbar_2097]
Giant green spider [kalbar_2097]


Golfodulcean poison frog (Phyllobates vittatus) [costa_rica_siquirres_0479]
Golfodulcean poison frog (Phyllobates vittatus) [costa_rica_siquirres_0479]


Black-capped Lory (Lorius lory) [west-papua_5101]
Black-capped Lory (Lorius lory) [west-papua_5101]


Melanerpes Woodpecker [colombia_5560]
Melanerpes Woodpecker [colombia_5560]


Lion cubs -- tz_1650
Lion cubs -- tz_1650


Young green iguana [colombia_6271]
Young green iguana [colombia_6271]


Tetrataenia surinama grasshopper
Tetrataenia surinama grasshopper


Mantidactylus corvis frog
Mantidactylus corvis frog



Macaque



Crested serpent-eagle


Raspberry-colored dragonfly [colombia_2437]
Raspberry-colored dragonfly [colombia_2437]



Baby gray langur



Ghost knifefish



Sugar glider


Madagascar Red Fody (Foudia madagascariensis) [animals_zh_024]
Madagascar Red Fody (Foudia madagascariensis) [animals_zh_024]


Red grasshawk dragonfly [west-papua_6095]
Red grasshawk dragonfly [west-papua_6095]


Multi-colored spider -- borneo_3471
Multi-colored spider -- borneo_3471


Shedding anole [costa_rica_osa_0096]
Shedding anole [costa_rica_osa_0096]



Douc langurs


Giant beetle [kalbar_1966]
Giant beetle [kalbar_1966]


Blue, orange, and green Calumma crypticum chameleon [male] [madagascar_5056]
Blue, orange, and green Calumma crypticum chameleon [male] [madagascar_5056]



Pangolins being fed ants at a rescue center



Peccary



Colorful metallic beetle


Flying dragon
Flying dragon



Insect that resembles bird poop


Vermilion-crowned Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
Vermilion-crowned Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)



Red panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) (male)


Bat-eared Fox (Otocyon megalotis virgatus ) -- tz_1952
Bat-eared Fox (Otocyon megalotis virgatus ) -- tz_1952


Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea [costa_rica_5713]
Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea [costa_rica_5713]



Finch


Gray Potoo (Nyctibius griseus) [cr_4160]
Gray Potoo (Nyctibius griseus) [cr_4160]



Tigress in Ranthambore


Woodpecker [panama_0018]
Woodpecker [panama_0018]


Family of Caprbara leaving the Tambopata river
Family of Caprbara leaving the Tambopata river


Mother capybara with baby [brazil_1760]
Mother capybara with baby [brazil_1760]



Elephant in Udawalawe


Green mantis [west-papua_6198]
Green mantis [west-papua_6198]


Red duiker (Cephalophus rufilatus)
Red duiker (Cephalophus rufilatus)



Female Sumatran rhino


Rhacophorus dulitensi tree frog -- sabah_2702
Rhacophorus dulitensi tree frog -- sabah_2702


Strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio) [costa_rica_siquirres_0170]
Strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio) [costa_rica_siquirres_0170]


Green-eyed insect [kalbar_0376]
Green-eyed insect [kalbar_0376]



Sri Lankan elephant


Leafhopper [costa_rica_siquirres_0530]
Leafhopper [costa_rica_siquirres_0530]


White-headed capuchin monkey [colombia_4075]
White-headed capuchin monkey [colombia_4075]



Crested black macaque


Green basilisk [costa_rica_la_selva_0633]
Green basilisk [costa_rica_la_selva_0633]



Chinese jumping spider


Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) [sumatra_9010]
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) [sumatra_9010]


Scarlet macaws in flight over the Costa Rican rainforest [costa_rica_osa_0405]
Scarlet macaws in flight over the Costa Rican rainforest [costa_rica_osa_0405]



Infant Crested Back Macaque


Glass frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0455]
Glass frog [costa_rica_siquirres_0455]


Giant shield bug
Giant shield bug



Sulawesi Scops-Owl (Otus manadensis)


White-footed Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur leucopus) in a spiny Alluaudia procera plant [madagascar_2500]
White-footed Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur leucopus) in a spiny Alluaudia procera plant [madagascar_2500]


Large black beetle in Kalimantan (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo)
Large black beetle in Kalimantan (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo)


Green basilisk [costa_rica_la_selva_0634]
Green basilisk [costa_rica_la_selva_0634]



Crested hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus)



Tortoise


Oropendula [manu_0311]
Oropendula [manu_0311]


Pristimantis martiae frog [colombia_1295]
Pristimantis martiae frog [colombia_1295]



Red howler monkeys


Capuchin monkey in Costa Rica [costa_rica_la_selva_0753]
Capuchin monkey in Costa Rica [costa_rica_la_selva_0753]


Brown cricket
Brown cricket


Stick insect [panama_0373]
Stick insect [panama_0373]


Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra)
Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra)


Birds [colombia_6430]
Birds [colombia_6430]



Flying Draco Lizard (Draco volans)



Sri Lankan elephants


Grasshopper [colombia_0399]
Grasshopper [colombia_0399]


Verreaux's Sifaka dancing
Verreaux's Sifaka dancing


Cheetah -- tz_2545
Cheetah -- tz_2545



Black macaque


Sumatran elephants in Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park [sumatra_9291]
Sumatran elephants in Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park [sumatra_9291]



Millipede [sabah_tawau_0103]


Butterfly [colombia_4688]
Butterfly [colombia_4688]


Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_0994]
Green-and-black poison dart frogs fighting [costa_rica_la_selva_0994]


Crowned lemur
Crowned lemur


Caterpillar [manu_0585]
Caterpillar [manu_0585]


Crimson-collared Tanager (Phlogothraupis sanguinolenta) [costa_rica_la_selva_0164]
Crimson-collared Tanager (Phlogothraupis sanguinolenta) [costa_rica_la_selva_0164]



Small-clawed otter



Northern Pig-tailed Macaque (Macaca nemestrina)


Bird [colombia_4178]
Bird [colombia_4178]



Sri Lankan elephants


Common Brown Lemur (Eulemur fulvus) [madagascar_1260]
Common Brown Lemur (Eulemur fulvus) [madagascar_1260]



Ebony langur


Black, yellow, white, and orange caterpillar [sumatra_0316]
Black, yellow, white, and orange caterpillar [sumatra_0316]



Angelfish


Insect [madagascar_3434]
Insect [madagascar_3434]



Flying dragon lizard [sabah_kinabatangan_0365]



Spectral tarsier in Sulawesi


Shield bug [brasil_187]
Shield bug [brasil_187]



Grasshopper



Orange moth



Bird of prey


Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) in a heated chase
Verreaux's Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) in a heated chase


Tarpon
Tarpon



Orange beetle being carried by ants


Baby three-toed sloth hugging a stuffed panda in a Trio indigenous community
Baby three-toed sloth hugging a stuffed panda in a Trio indigenous community


Insect
Insect


Tarantula on the ceiling of a thatch hut
Tarantula on the ceiling of a thatch hut


Common woolly monkey at a rehabiltiation center for animals trafficked for the pet trade [colombia_0872]
Common woolly monkey at a rehabiltiation center for animals trafficked for the pet trade [colombia_0872]



Indian gazelle calf


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