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Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)



Owl Butterfly; Honduras


Ants on the forest floor

(Suriname)

Orange moth (Sulawesi (Celebes))
Orange moth

(Indonesia)
(Indonesia)


White moth


Cave Dwelling Rat snake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) eating a bat as another one flies by

(Malaysia)

Crab-eating monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) grooming (Ubud; Bali)
Crab-eating monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) grooming

(Indonesia)

Adult Female Proboscis Monkey in tree (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Adult Female Proboscis Monkey in tree

(Indonesia)


Geochelone radiata tortoise



Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) eating fruit of the "Tukas" palm (Caryota milis)

(Malaysia)


Large black caiman in an oxbow lake


Woolly monkey


Civit; Thailand

Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) and Red-bellied macaws (Ara manilata)
Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) and Red-bellied macaws (Ara manilata)
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Brown frog on leaf in Ubud (Ubud; Bali)
Brown frog on leaf in Ubud

(Indonesia)


Dark green beetle

(Suriname)


Acid Frog; Australia


Oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) in flight

(Malaysia)

Male Proboscis Monkey wiping his large nose with his hand (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Male Proboscis Monkey wiping his large nose with his hand

(Indonesia)


King vulture

(Suriname)


Giant Monkey Frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor)

(Suriname)


Orange and dark green beetle

(Suriname)


Calumma brevicornis chameleon (female) (Ranomafana N.P.)


Long-tailed macaque monkey (Macaca fascicularis) (Ubud; Bali)
Long-tailed macaque monkey (Macaca fascicularis)

(Indonesia)


Young Panther chameleon



Blue-crowned Motmot


Orang-utan
(Indonesia)

Macaws feeding on clay wall
Macaws feeding on clay wall
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Giant river otter eating a fish in the Amazon
Giant river otter eating a fish in the Amazon
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)

Micronesian Kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus)
Micronesian Kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus)


Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria)
Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria)


Cane toad (Bufo marinus) next to human hand for scale
Cane toad (Bufo marinus) next to human hand for scale
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)


Closeup on face of orang

(Indonesia)


Furcifer gastrotaenia (Andasibe)


Scarlet macaws atop a cecropia tree
Scarlet macaws atop a cecropia tree

(Costa Rica)

Forest squirrel in Gabon
Forest squirrel in Gabon

(Gabon)


Pygmy Marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea)



Butterfly with transparent wings; eye-spots; and orange-rust coloration

Red-Eyed Bush Crocodile Skink (Tribolonotus gracilis)
Red-Eyed Bush Crocodile Skink (Tribolonotus gracilis)


Baby Cabybaras (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) along Rio Tambopata
Baby Cabybaras (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) along Rio Tambopata

(Peru)


African darter taking flight

(Gabon)

Black and white butterfly
Black and white butterfly

(Gabon)


Uroplatus Gecko; Madagascar


Tree boa (Andasibe)


Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera)
Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera)
Macaws; parrots; and other birds feed on clay for mineral and salt supplementation and to counter dietary toxins they ingest from seeds. The clay lick also serves as a social setting for the birds
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)


Wasp nest under a rainforest leaf

Spix's Guan; Penelope jacquacu
Spix's Guan; Penelope jacquacu
Local name: Pucacunga
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Insect nest emerging from rainforest tree (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Insect nest emerging from rainforest tree

(Indonesia)


American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)



Yellow-; green-; and orange-spotted butterfly with blue underparts

(Indonesia)


Deer; Thailand


juvenile Yellow-headed Caracara, Milvago chimachima


Vieillot's black weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus nigerrimus) working on a nest that once belonged to a Village weaver (P. subpersonatus)

(Gabon)

Iridescent turquoise and black butterfly in hand (Sulawesi (Celebes))
Iridescent turquoise and black butterfly in hand

(Indonesia)

Small finch-like birds with blue heads and light orange on the breast (Kalimantan; Borneo (Indonesian Borneo))
Small finch-like birds with blue heads and light orange on the breast

(Indonesia)

Light green and brown dragonfly (Toraja Land (Torajaland); Sulawesi)
Light green and brown dragonfly

(Indonesia)

Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus)
Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus)



Roadside Hawk (Buteo magnirostris) in Colombia

Juvenile Nile crocodile; Crocodylus niloticus; captured for a population survey
Juvenile Nile crocodile; Crocodylus niloticus; captured for a population survey

(Gabon)


Giant forest gecko (Gecko stentor) with turquoise eyes

(Malaysia)



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