central america

Male spider monkey standing
(Belize)

Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura similis)
(Belize)

White tail deer (Odocoileus virginianus) [local name: Venado]
(Belize)

Female Long-haired Spider Monkey (Ateles belzebuth)
(Belize)

Spider monkey hanging in a tree
(Belize)

Margay (Leopardus wiedii)
(Belize)

Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra)
(Belize)

Sunrise seen from the beach of Blackbird Caye
(Belize)

Flounder camouflaged in the sand
(Belize)

Cougar (Puma concolor) [Local name: red tiger]
(Belize)

Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_8754]
(Belize)

Harpy eagle
(Belize)

Entrance to St. Herman's Cave
(Belize)

Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii)
(Belize)

Black butterfly with green spots and an orange mark
(Belize)

Jaguar (Panthera onca)
(Belize)

Pink fringed hibiscus (Hibiscus schizopetalus)
(Belize)

Slash-and-burn agriculture
(Belize)

Mother Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) with babies
(Belize)

Sunset on Blackbird Caye
(Belize)

Emerald toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus)
(Belize)

Red ginger
(Belize)

Frog with a green patch under its eye
(Belize)

Unknown forest anole
(Belize)

Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos salfuratus)
(Belize)

Turquoise waters seen through palm trees on Lighthouse Caye
(Belize)

Corn planted on former rainforest land
(Belize)

Clear creek pool
(Belize)

Male Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
(Belize)

Light orange heliconia
(Belize)

Jungle pool near ATM cave; habitat for cichlids
(Belize)

Slash-and-burn agriculture [belize_7618]
(Belize)

Red-footed Booby, Sula sula
(Belize)

Boa constrictor (known as wowla in Belizean / local name)
(Belize)

Liana wrapped around a rainforest canopy tree
(Belize)

Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus) eating a caterpillar
(Belize)

Green iguana in the rainforest canopy
(Belize)

Great egret (Casmendius albus) (Local name in Belize: Gallin garza]
(Belize)

Gumbo limbo 'Tourist trees' used for treating rashes and sunburn
(Belize)

American crocodile
(Belize)

Gray fox (Urocyon cinerea argentieus) [local name: Zorro]
(Belize)

Half Moon Caye
(Belize)

Purple sea anemones
(Belize)

Orange orchard planted on deforested land
(Belize)

Sea grass and mangroves
(Belize)

A stack of burning trees in a deforested landscape
(Belize)

Belizean slash-and-burn
(Belize)

Great Blue Hole
(Belize)

Black Stilt-legged Fly (family Micropezidae) with an orange-red head
(Belize)

American Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja)
(Belize)

Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii) [belize_6935]
(Belize)

Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_8741]
(Belize)

Brown pelican floating on a reef
(Belize)

Lizard
(Belize)

Freshwater turtle
(Belize)

Skink
(Belize)

Gray fox (Urocyon cinerea argentieus) [local name: Zorro] [belize_7156]
(Belize)

Smoldering trees in a deforested landscape
(Belize)

Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) [belize_8539]
(Belize)

Jaguarundi (Felis yagouaroundi) [local name: Halari or Jaguaroundi]
(Belize)

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)
(Belize)

Margay sleeping atop a tree branch
(Belize)

Pink flowers [belize_8470]
(Belize)

Harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja)
(Belize)

Philodendron leaves
(Belize)

Mountain lion (Puma concolor)
(Belize)

Blue fruit/berries
(Belize)

Slash-and-burn agriculture [belize_7604]
(Belize)

Brown Leaf-footed Bug (family Coreidae) with black and red antenna
(Belize)

Great Blue Hole [belize_0330]
(Belize)

Half Moon Caye [belize_0370]
(Belize)

Slash-and-burn agriculture [belize_7617]
(Belize)

Brown pelican (Pelicanus occidentalis) [local name in Belize: Pelicano]
(Belize)

Green leaf katydid
(Belize)

Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_7332a]
(Belize)

Exit from St. Herman's Cave
(Belize)

Red-footed Boobies
(Belize)

Roaring creek in Belize
(Belize)

Giant sea sponge
(Belize)

Pink flower of a Tillandsia epiphyte
(Belize)

Harpy eagle [belize_7141]
(Belize)

Forest cleared for pasture
(Belize)

Emerald toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus) [belize_7320]
(Belize)

Black hawk
(Belize)

Pool on the Roaring River
(Belize)

Scarlet macaws (Ara macao) pair
(Belize)

Unknown forest anole [belize_8161]
(Belize)

Entrance to ATM cave [belize_8379]
(Belize)

White flower buds
(Belize)

Lobster
(Belize)

Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii) [belize_6635]
(Belize)

Young Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) eating berries
(Belize)

Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos salfuratus) [belize_7278]
(Belize)

Sting ray buried in sand [belize_uw0139]
(Belize)

Coatimundi (Nasua nasua) [local name: Quash or Pizote]
(Belize)

Rain forest pool near ATM cave
(Belize)

Slash-and-burn agriculture [belize_7606]
(Belize)

Brown pelican taking flight near Half Moon Caye
(Belize)

Entrance to Actun Tunichil Muknal cave
(Belize)

Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii) [belize_6939]
(Belize)

Bird
(Belize)

Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
(Belize)

Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)
(Belize)

Spider monkey
(Belize)

Turquoise waters seen through palm trees on Lighthouse Caye [belize_0428]
(Belize)

Strangler fig wrapped around a canopy tree
(Belize)

Entrance to ATM cave
(Belize)

Rainforest pool on a creek near ATM cave
(Belize)

Young Red-footed Booby
(Belize)

White tail deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
(Belize)

Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata)
(Belize)

Corn field converted from on rainforest land
(Belize)

Butterfly
(Belize)

Spider monkey in a yoga pose
(Belize)

Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos salfuratus) [belize_7272]
(Belize)

Sunrise on Turneffe Atoll
(Belize)

Recent cut rainforest
(Belize)

Elongated centipede
(Belize)

Rainforest leaves
(Belize)

Margay (Leopardus wiedii) [belize_7057]
(Belize)

Pink flowers
(Belize)

Scorpion-spider (Amblipigy order)
(Belize)

Frog with a green patch under its eye [belize_8572]
(Belize)

Sleeping kinkajou (Potos flavus)
(Belize)

Collared Peccaries
(Belize)

Flowers of a bromeliad
(Belize)

Black butterfly with green spots and an orange mark [belize_7186]
(Belize)

Deforested plain
(Belize)

Geoffroy's Spider Monkey, Ateles geoffroyi
(Belize)

Cleared forest land in Belize
(Belize)

Sea grass, mangroves, and ocean of Turneffe Atoll
(Belize)

Margay (Leopardus wiedii) [belize_7053]
(Belize)

Fish
(Belize)

Inland Blue Hole
(Belize)

Great Blue Hole [belize_0338]
(Belize)

Green flower
(Belize)

Mother agouti with babies
(Belize)

Gumbo limbo 'Tourist tree' (Bursera simaruba)
(Belize)

Sting ray buried in sand
(Belize)

Crystal clear jungle pool near ATM cave
(Belize)

Stalactites in ATM cave
(Belize)

Red-footed Booby, Sula sula [belize_0385]
(Belize)

Nests of the Montezuma Oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma) hanging in a tree
(Belize)

Rainforest transformed into cattle pasture
(Belize)

Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris)
(Belize)

Brown Basilisk (Basiliscus vittatus)
(Belize)

Colorful leaf
(Belize)

American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) [Local name = Aligata or Cocodrilo]
(Belize)

Dark green beetle with red spots
(Belize)

Heliconius butterly
(Belize)

Flamingo tongue (Cyphoma gibbosum)
(Belize)

Rainforest pool
(Belize)

Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) with a bird in its mouth
(Belize)

Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)
(Belize)

Spider monkey hanging in a tree [belize_0026]
(Belize)

Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata), local name Guatusa
(Belize)

Yellow sea sponge
(Belize)

Morelet's Crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) [belize_6944]
(Belize)

Turquoise waters of Lighthouse Reef [belize_0365]
(Belize)

Forest beetle
(Belize)

Coral reef near Blue Hole National Park
(Belize)

Juvenile Red-footed Booby
(Belize)

Sunrise and a palm tree at Blackbird Caye beach
(Belize)

Rainforest land cleared for an orange orchard or cattle pasture
(Belize)

Deforestation for cattle pasture in Belize
(Belize)

Kinkajou (Potos flavus), sometimes known as the cat-monkey
(Belize)

Soft corals
(Belize)

Purple soft coral [belize_uw0040]
(Belize)

Sunrise over the Caribbean seen from the beach of Blackbird Caye
(Belize)

Leaf-footed Bug, family Coreidae
(Belize)

American crocodile [belize_7380]
(Belize)

Tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) or cascavel
(Belize)

Spider monkey hanging with its prehensile tail
(Belize)

Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) [belize_0098]
(Belize)

Butterfly [belize_8327]
(Belize)

Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus)
(Belize)

Bare-throated tiger heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum)
(Belize)

Green iguana in the forest canopy
(Belize)

Stalactites in ATM cave [belize_8438]
(Belize)

Rainforest pool [belize_8411]
(Belize)

Acacia trees share a symbiotic relationship with ants
(Belize)

Heliconia
(Belize)

Sunset over the tropical forest of Belize's Cayo District
(Belize)

Orange and rust-colored centipede
(Belize)

Transparent cleaner shrimp with blue and white markings
(Belize)

Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_8764]
(Belize)

Yellow sea sponge [belize_uw0090]
(Belize)

Sunrise over the dock on Blackbird Caye
(Belize)

Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) [belize_7292A]
(Belize)

Stork or Ibis
(Belize)

Aerial view of deforestation in Belize
(Belize)

Sunrise on Turneffe Atoll [belize_0301]
(Belize)

Ancient Mayan vessel with a monkey inscription
(Belize)

Cattle pasture on former rainforest land in Belize [belize_7594]
(Belize)

Rainforest pool [belize_8405]
(Belize)

Sunrise over the boat dock on Blackbird Caye
(Belize)

Reef
(Belize)

Male Black Howler Monkey howling
(Belize)

Human skull in ATM cave
(Belize)

Transparent shrimp with blue and white markings [belize_uw0173A]
(Belize)

Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) [belize_8541]
(Belize)

Rainforest creek
(Belize)

Cattle pasture on former rainforest land in Belize
(Belize)

Gaudy Sphinx Moth (Dark green moth)
(Belize)

Mangroves of Turneffe Atoll
(Belize)

Fer-de-lance
(Belize)

Deforestation in Belize
(Belize)

Ancient Mayan pot
(Belize)

Giant sea sponge [belize_uw0041]
(Belize)

Coatimundi (Nasua nasua) [local name: Quash or Pizote] in a tree
(Belize)

Green moray eel
(Belize)

Yellow and red thorn spider
(Belize)

Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus) [belize_8273a]
(Belize)

American crocodile [belize_7075]
(Belize)

Mangroves on a Turneffe Atoll island
(Belize)

Slash-and-burn agriculture [belize_7611]
(Belize)

Mayan pottery fragments in ATM cave
(Belize)

American crocodile [belize_7074]
(Belize)

Cichlids and tetras in a clear Central American stream
(Belize)

American Pygmy Kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea)
(Belize)

Brain coral
(Belize)

Pool on the Roaring River [belize_8321]
(Belize)

Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) [belize_8530]
(Belize)

Brown Leaf Beetle (family Chrysomelidae) with green spots
(Belize)

Great Blue Hole [belize_0323]
(Belize)

Half Moon Caye [belize_0369]
(Belize)

Magnificent Frigatebird inflating his red gula pouch to attract female boobies
(Belize)

Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii) [belize_6934]
(Belize)

Young Howler Monkey hanging in a tree
(Belize)

Sea grass and mangroves [belize_0249]
(Belize)

Sunrise on Turneffe Atoll [belize_0300]
(Belize)

Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) [belize_0092]
(Belize)

Rainforest pool [belize_8404]
(Belize)

Spider
(Belize)

Gray-necked wood rail
(Belize)

Blue sponge and a damselfish
(Belize)

Molting katydid
(Belize)

Half Moon Caye [belize_0352]
(Belize)

Sunrise on Turneffe Atoll [belize_0298]
(Belize)

Fan coral
(Belize)

Great Curassow (Crax rubra)
(Belize)

Forest land cleared for an orange orchard
(Belize)

Red-footed Boobies [belize_0408]
(Belize)

Great Blue Hole [belize_0333]
(Belize)

Clearwater creek just outside the entrance to Actun Tunichil Muknal cave
(Belize)

Giant sea sponge [belize_uw0087]
(Belize)

Emerald toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus) [belize_7305]
(Belize)

Slash-and-burn agriculture [belize_7607]
(Belize)

Palm flowers
(Belize)

Margay sleeping atop a tree branch [belize_7363]
(Belize)

Mother agouti nursing her young
(Belize)

Great Blue Hole [belize_0324]
(Belize)

Clearing recent cut in the tropical rainforest of Belize
(Belize)

Fer de lance (Bothrops asper) [local name in Belize: Yellow-jaw tommygoff]
(Belize)

Purple soft coral
(Belize)

Entrance to St. Herman's Cave [belize_8494]
(Belize)

Symbiosis between the cecropia tree and defensive Azteca ants
(Belize)

Turquoise waters of Lighthouse Reef
(Belize)

American crocodile [belize_7080]
(Belize)

Lizard [belize_8149]
(Belize)

Single tree standing in a deforested field
(Belize)

View from the lookout toward at St Herman's Cave National Park
(Belize)

Feeble-looking orange orchard planted on former rainforest land
(Belize)

Brown pelican (Pelicanus occidentalis) in flight
(Belize)

American crocodile [belize_7374]
(Belize)

Cleared forest land in Belize [belize_7631]
(Belize)

Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) with an inflated gula pouch
(Belize)

White butterfly feeding on tubular red flowers
(Belize)

Black Stilt-legged Fly (family Micropezidae) with an orange-red head [belize_8054z]
(Belize)

Tropical rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus) or cascabel
(Belize)

Transparent shrimp with blue and white markings
(Belize)

Black Iguana (Ctenosaura similis)
(Belize)

Cashew nut still part of the fruit on the tree
(Belize)

Mother Agouti with offspring
(Belize)

Corals
(Belize)

Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) [belize_8522]
(Belize)

American crocodile [belize_7071]
(Belize)

Fish [belize_uw0135]
(Belize)

Yellow fruits/berries
(Belize)

Crystal clear rain forest pool near ATM cave
(Belize)

Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) [belize_8734]
(Belize)

Morelet's Crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii)
(Belize)

Orange-flowers of the Ziricote tree
(Belize)

Stingray swimming above a sandy sea floor
(Belize)

Black Iguana
(Belize)

Unknown centipede
(Belize)

Slash-and-burn forest clearing in Belize
(Belize)

Grey-necked Wood Rail (Aramides cajaneus) [Bird with yellow beak and red legs]
(Belize)

Jaguar (Panthera onca) [belize_7482]
(Belize)

Yellow katydid - Pyrgocorypha hamata (Scudder, 1878)
(Belize)

Coralscape
(Belize)

Gaudy Sphinx Moth (Dark green moth) [belize_8343]
(Belize)

Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) [belize_0087]
(Belize)

American crocodile [Local Belizean name = Aligata or Cocodrilo]
(Belize)

Scarlet macaw digging in the soil
(Belize)

Neotropical cormorant (Phalacrocorax olivaceus)
(Belize)

Male Great Curassow (Crax rubra) at the Belize Zoo
(Belize)

Orange and rust-colored centipede [belize_8352]
(Belize)

Black hawk [belize_6658]
(Belize)

Red ginger [belize_7242]
(Belize)

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