A mango tree in the mountains near the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
A mango tree in the mountains near the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic. 
A broad-billed Tody (Todus subulatus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A gecko in Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A wild orchid in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
A tarantula on a road near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Shorebird at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.
A view of the unique spiny forest that borders the beach of Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
A child from the village of Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.
Costal views on the Pedernales Peninsula,Dominican Republic.
The mountain views near Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
A cattle egret in mangrove trees in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
A lizard in the forests near the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic. 
A snail near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. 
Bahia de las Aguilas - 8 km of undeveloped beach in Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
A hermit crab at Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
A fern 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. 
A tree with bromeliads in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Flora of the Dominican Republic.
A brilliantly colored lizard in Los Haitises National Park 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.
A fern in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
The crystal-clear waters of Cayo Arena in the Dominican Republic.
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. 
Windfarm in the Pedernales Peninsula,Dominican Republic.
A radiant blue and yellow spider in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
A new mangrove tree grows in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with grass seeds on its face near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Unique architecture in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic. 
Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
A bromeliad in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Bahia de las Aguilas - 8 km of undeveloped beach in Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Sunset at Punta Rusia,Dominican Republic.
Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Flora of the Dominican Republic.
Costal views on the Pedernales Peninsula,Dominican Republic.
A pelican in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. 
A hawk moth near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
The Pinguicula casabitoana,complete with tiny prey,is the only carnivorous plant native to the Dominican Republic and is specifically endemic to this one particular ridge of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve.
The crystal-clear waters of Cayo Arena in the Dominican Republic.
A cattle egret in mangrove trees in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
Tulum beach
A wasp in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Cancun
The base inscription of a statue of Christopher Columbus in Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic.
A cattle egret in mangrove trees in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
A cattle egret in mangrove trees in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
Cancun
Cancun
A fern in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Impressive giant mangroves in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. 
A fern in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Cancun
Caribbean sea at Parque Tayrona
A tree fern in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
A view of the unique spiny forest that borders the beach of Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Cancun
A wild orchid in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Taino cave painting of a whale in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
A crab on the mangroves in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
A pelican at Cabo Rojo in the Dominican Republic.
Views of the mountains near the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic. 
Reefs off Cancun
Impressive karst formations with mangroves in front in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
A hermit crab at Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
A fern in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
A view of the unique spiny forest that borders the beach of Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
A girl plays in the fields in Punta Rusia,Dominican Republic.
Cancun
A praying mantis near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A radiant blue and yellow spider in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. 
A tree fern in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
A hermit crab at Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
A bright blue beetle in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Unique architecture in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic. 
A manatee and her calf in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with a radial collar is released back into the forest near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A view from inside the sacred Taino caves in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
A local woman carries fish on her head at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.
A tree fern in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Cancun
Reefs off Cancun
Cancun
A Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
A statue of Christopher Columbus in Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic.
Taino cave painting of a bird in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
A lizard near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Costal views on the Pedernales Peninsula,Dominican Republic.
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. 
Costal views on the Pedernales Peninsula,Dominican Republic.
A child from the village of Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.
Mangroves in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
A cockroach near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A bromeliad in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Impressive karst formations in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Cancun
Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. 
Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
A hermit crab at Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Reefs off Cancun
A cattle egret in mangrove trees in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
Alcázar de Colónin or Columbus Alcazar in Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic. The house was built by Christoper Coulmbus' son,Diego in 1515. 
Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. 
Impressive karst formations with mangroves in front in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Bahia de las Aguilas - 8 km of undeveloped beach in Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
A hawk moth near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Views of the mountains near the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic. 
A mango tree in the mountains near the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic. 
The bi-weekly Haitian market in Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A fern in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
The Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A mangrove tree in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
An aerial view of an island in the Caribbean.
Mangroves in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
A tree in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
A broad-billed Tody (Todus subulatus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
The beach at Cabo Rojo in the Dominican Republic.
Mountain views from the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
A brilliantly colored lizard in Los Haitises National Park 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. 
A tree with bromeliads in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
A view of the river,a community gathering spot,near Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.
Spiny forest in the Pedernales Province,Dominican Republic.
Cancun
A bird in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
A lizard near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A tree with bromeliads in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
A gecko in Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A palm tree in the village of Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.
Cancun
Costal views on the Pedernales Peninsula,Dominican Republic.
Sunset at Punta Rusia,Dominican Republic.
Sunset at Punta Rusia,Dominican Republic.
A tree with bromeliads in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
A tree with bromeliads in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Unique decor in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic. 
Unique architecture in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic. 
The Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Shorebird at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.
A tarantula on a road near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Rhinoceros Iguana (Cyclura cornuta)
Cancun
A view of the river,a community gathering spot,near Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. 
Unique architecture in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic. 
A flower in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Taino cave carving of a face in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
A brilliantly colored lizard in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Cancun
A man and his children fish at Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.
Cancun
A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with grass seeds on its face near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Taino cave carving of a face in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Yucatan beach
A cattle egret in mangrove trees in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. 
Rainforest in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Taino cave carving of a face in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Impressive karst formations in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Cancun
Taino cave painting in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Wild ginger in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
A tree with bromeliads in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Drying coconuts near Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
The bi-weekly Haitian market in Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Impressive karst formations with mangroves in front in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
A harvestman on a tree near the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic. 
Decorative rocks in Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic.
Cancun
A butterfly near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Windfarm in the Pedernales Peninsula,Dominican Republic.
A pelican at Cabo Rojo in the Dominican Republic.
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.
Flora of the Dominican Republic.
Impressive karst formations with mangroves in front in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
The mountain views near Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Young children help their parents fish the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.
A broad-billed Tody (Todus subulatus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A broad-billed Tody (Todus subulatus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Mangroves in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
A Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
A manatee in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
Costal views on the Pedernales Peninsula,Dominican Republic.
Roosters kept for cock fighting in the village of Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.
A tree with bromeliads in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
A cattle egret in mangrove trees in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
Reefs off Cancun
Palmchat (Dulus dominicus) on a palm in the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic. 
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. 
Tulum ruins; Mexico
A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with grass seeds on its face near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A caterpillar in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. 
Taino cave painting of a manatee in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Mangroves in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
Views of the mountains near the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic. 
A yellow beetle in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve 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.
A hermit 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.
Cancun
A pelican in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. 
Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Taino cave painting of a fish in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Windfarm in the Pedernales Peninsula,Dominican Republic.
A bromeliad in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Fried fish at the bi-weekly Haitian market in Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Impressive karst formations in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
The village of Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.
Mountain views from the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Impressive karst formations in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Ibis at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.
The bi-weekly Haitian market in Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A veiw of the forest and river in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
A pelican in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. 
Researchers fit a radial collar onto a female Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A bird in a mangrove tree in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
Impressive karst formations with mangroves in front in Los Haitises National Park 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.
Impressive karst formations in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
A cattle egret in mangrove trees in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
A pelican soraring over karst formations in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
A mango tree in the mountains near the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic. 
A child from the village of Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.
A rainbow over the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
A statue of Christopher Columbus in Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic.
A separated tarantula leg near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. 
A frigate bird soars over Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
A spider near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Mountain views from the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Unique decor in the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic. 
Fungi in the rainforest of Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve 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.
Windfarm in the Pedernales Peninsula,Dominican Republic.
Impressive rainforest vines and karst formations in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Used shoes (donated to Haiti Relief efforts) for sale at the bi-weekly Haitian market in Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Impressive karst formations in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Costal resort on the Pedernales Peninsula,Dominican Republic.
A snail near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Mangroves in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
Flora of the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Windfarm in the Pedernales Peninsula,Dominican Republic.
A Vervain Hummingbird (Mellisuga minima),the second smallest hummingbird in the world,in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
A hermit crab at Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua 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.
Mountain views from the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Cattle on the road in the Dominican Republic. 
A road in the mountains near the village of Mencia,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.
A tarantula on a road near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. 
Fungi in the rainforest of Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. 
A manatee in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
Mangroves in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. 
A Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) 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.
The view of the mainland from Cayo Arena in the Dominican Republic.
A little blue heron at Oviedo Lagoon 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.
Parque Colon in Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic. 
A rainbow over the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
A sugarcane plantation in the Dominican Republic. 
The crystal-clear waters of Cayo Arena 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.
Impressive karst formations in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
A crab on the mangroves in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
Unidentified lizard in Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic.
A view from the river,a community gathering spot,near Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.
Mangroves in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
A broad-billed Tody (Todus subulatus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A Vervain Hummingbird (Mellisuga minima),the second smallest hummingbird in the world,in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Views of the mountains near the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic. 
The village of Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic.
Views of the mountains near the village of Mencia,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.
A bird in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Turkey vultures in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Sunset at the café at the departure point for Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Fruiting tree in the Dominican Republic.
Stray dog at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.
A seabird at Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. 
A broad-billed Tody (Todus subulatus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A butterfly near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Views of the mountains near the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic.