fauna
Red and black butterfly
Black bear cub eating Coho Salmon
Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2266
Close up of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) teeth on skull
Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) -- tz_2289a
Herd of African elephants, including calves
Elephants feeding on a grassy plain
Brown bear
A crab on the mangroves in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
Young elephant
Herd of blue wildebeest -- tz_xt_3531
Finge-eare Oryx (Oryx gazelle callotis)
A pelican in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Masai or Kilimanjaro Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) -- tz_1752
Orca dorsal fin
Perched Bald eagle in flight at sunset
A bird in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Maasai Mara Hippos
Solitary tusked warthog
Verreaux's Eagle Owl (Bubo lacteus) -- tz_2127
A sand crab at Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
A pelican in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Zebra and wildebeest -- tz_2027
Hippos standing and lying on a beach
Alpine rock hyrax feeding on moss
Hippo pool
Brown bear cubs
A manatee in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
Group of crowned cranes in flight
Plains zebras (Equus quagga)
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
Baboons -- tz_1815
Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) in Chobe National Park
Superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus) collecting nest-building materials -- tz_1443
Humpback whales
African Pygmy-falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) -- tz_1518
Male Purple Grenadier (Ureaginthus Ianthinogaster)
Brown bear cubs
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 crab on the mangroves in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Orphaned elephant at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2280
Southern Tree Dassie (Dendrohyrax arboreus) sleeping
Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori) -- tz_2092
Striped rodent -- tz_2562
African lion -- tz_1608
Brown bear cubs
Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2294
Baby warthogs nursing
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
Banded mongoose retreating into a den
Mother bear feeding with cubs in wildflowers
Black Rhino at a Nairobi rehabilitation center
Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) -- tz_1710
Humpback whale tail
White mountain goat
Female Bohor Reedbuck (Redunca redunca)
A hermit crab at Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
A tern in flight at Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.
Spur-winged Goose (Plectropterus gambensis)
African elephant twisting its trunk
South African giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa) in Chobe National Park
Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2271
Lesser Kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis) -- tz_1718
Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) landing on water
Female lion in savanna grass -- tz_2287
Shorebird at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.
Zebra feeding on grass
Large group of banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) -- tz_1499
Gulls in flight
Cattle egrets nesting in mangrove trees in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
A hermit crab at Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2278
Orphaned elephants with blankets to protect again sunburn
Weaverbird nests
Two brown bears
Orphaned elephant with soccer ball
Elephant, wildebeest, and zebra
Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis purpuropterus)
Warthogs
Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2293
Olive Baboon (Papio anubis) -- tz_1699
Malachite Kingfisher, a river kingfisher which is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa
Gulls in flight
Female agama lizard
Unidentified raptor on the banks of the Kinabantagan River in Sabah, Malaysia
Lioness with zebra kill -- tz_1646
Female Southern Tree Hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus) with baby
Orphaned elephant at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
Young female lion -- tz_1728
A manatee in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
Little Bee-eater {Merops pusillus} -- tz_1570
Brown bear
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
African fish eagle in a marsh
Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in Glacier Bay
Common Murre (Uria aalge)
Cattle egrets nesting in mangrove trees in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
Bald eagle
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
Bohor Reedbuck (Redunca redunca) -- tz_1493
A bright blue beetle in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
An example of old and new Hispaniolan hutia (Plagiodontia aedium) scat as well as feeding marks on a leaf near the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic.
African darters (Anhinga rufa) in Chobe National Park
African elephant (Loxodonta africana) on the Chobe River
Bald eagle
Researchers handle a Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) by its thick tail. Handling the creature by the is seems to be the safest and gentlest method for both the solenodon and the researchers.
African Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus)
Male lion
Shorebird at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.
Orphaned elephant at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
Lesser Spotted Eagle (Aquila pomarina)
Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in Glacier Bay
Common jackal (Canis aureus)
A bird in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
Orphaned elephant drinking milk at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Wild male Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) in a tree along the Kinabantagan River in Sabah, Malaysia
Elephants at sun down
Eland
Ducks in wetlands at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
Wildebeest migration
A cricket near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Zebras, wildebeest, and an elephant
Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) -- tz_2378
Hippos, zebra, sacred ibis, and wildebeest -- tz_2485
Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) in a tree -- tz_2450
Rhett
Lilac-breasted roller
Cheetah -- tz_2542
Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) flying over Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
African fish eagle atop a tree
A hermit crab at Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Blue Masked Lovebird (Agapornis personata personata) -- tz_1821
Abdim's Storks (Ciconia abdimii) atop a tree
Male blue-headed tree agama (Acanthocerus atricollis)
Suni (Neotragus moschatus) on Mt. Kenya
Fight topi
Warthog
Elephants in a marshy grassland
Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) -- tz_2289
Bright green beetle
Humpback whales breaching
Male ostrich -- tz_1527
A hermit crab at Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Turkey vultures soraring over karst formations in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Bald eagles in the temperate rainforest of Alaska
Vervet Monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) getting frisky
Kirk's Dik-dik (Madoqua kirkii) -- tz_1346a
Lion cubs -- tz_1652
Family of warthogs
Trioceros sternfeldi chameleon -- tz_2161
Flock of crowned cranes in flight
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) -- tz_2531
Vervet monkey digging through elephant dung for seeds
Olive Baboon (Papio anubis) -- tz_1704
Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
Herd of elephants in a riverbed -- tz_1683
Young female lion -- tz_1726
Vervet monkeys playing in a tree -- tz_1331
Black crake on the back of a hippo
Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) in Chobe National Park
Wildebeest and zebra herd
Cheetah -- tz_2550
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Female lion guarding her kill
Pair of Blacksmith Plover
Peak near Johns Hopkins Glacier
Masai giraffe -- tz_1894
Palmchat (Dulus dominicus) on a palm in the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic.
Zebra and wildebeest -- tz_2024
Approaching elephant -- tz_1321
Lion scratching itself in the morning sun
Black-chested Snake-eagle (Circaetus pectoralis)
Humpback whale tail
Young hippo
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) -- tz_2534
Klipspringer or "rock jumper" (Oreotragus oreotragus)
Researchers handle a Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) by its thick tail. Handling the creature by the is seems to be the safest and gentlest method for both the solenodon and the researchers.
Brown bear
A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with a radial collar is released back into the forest near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Pair of lions playing
Headshot of a spotted hyena
Crested Barbet (Trachyphonus vaillantii) -- tz_2111
Hippos, zebra, and wildebeest
Mother topi with calf
Lion -- tz_1622
A manatee in the Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
Zebra with an Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) on its back
Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) flying over Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
Elephants eating
Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus)
Cheetah -- tz_2545
A Vervain Hummingbird (Mellisuga minima),the second smallest hummingbird in the world,in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
A (unidentified species) Macaque visit lodge in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia
Brown toad
Blue Masked Lovebird (Agapornis personata personata) -- tz_1822
Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2263
Squirrel monkey
Hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius) in Chobe National Park
Olive Baboon (Papio anubis) feeding on a banana -- tz_1695
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) -- tz_2530
A girl and her puppy play in the fields in Punta Rusia,Dominican Republic.
A young Narrow-billed Tody (Todus angustirostris) in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
African elephant (Loxodonta africana) feeding in Zambezi River
Unidentified lizard in Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic.
Lion cubs -- tz_1650
Standing bears
Brown bear
Lion cubs -- tz_1741
Cheetah -- tz_2539
Southern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri) -- tz_1316
Lions
Buffalo in Loita forest
Olive Baboon (Papio anubis) feeding on a banana -- tz_1694
African Green Pigeon, Treron calva
A tern at Cabo Rojo in the Dominican Republic.
Ewe big horn sheep (Ovis canadensis) in the Orilla Verde Recreation Area in northern New Mexico
Crested Barbet (Trachyphonus vaillantii) -- tz_2113
A lizard near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Superb Starling, Lamprotornis superbus -- tz_1373
Turkey vultures soraring over karst formations in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Coho salmon headed upriver to spawn
Bornean gibbon (Hylobates muelleri) in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia
Hippo peeking out of a pool
Rock hyrax feeding on alpine moss on Mt. Kenya
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
Bald eagle with nestling
African elephant (Loxodonta africana) in Chobe National Park
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Nile crocodiles on a beach
Profile of a spotted hyena
Brown bear cubs
Maasai giraffe feeding -- tz_1888
Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2264
Ibis at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.
Superb Starling, Lamprotornis superbus -- tz_1448
Impala (Aepyceros melampus )
Sacred ibis and Abdim's Storks -- tz_1423
Lioness -- tz_2341
Orphaned elephants at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust
Hippos -- tz_2482
Baby rhino in Tanzania
Humpback whales breaching
Lion, with kill, showing camouflage abilities
Fisheye of zebra
Herd of blue wildebeest -- tz_xt_3529
Red-billed oxpecker on a water buffalo
Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2274
Silouhette of a Bornean rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni) named Tam, who is a captive individual representing hopes for ex-situ breeding of the Critically Endangered subspecies of the Sumatran rhino (also Critically Endangered).
A pelican in flight above the mangroves near Cayo Arena in the Dominican Republic.
Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2275
Gulls on the shore of Glacier Bay
Ox-peckers on the back of a hippo
Water frog - species unknown
African leopard resting in an Acacia tree -- tz_1488
Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius)
Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2281
Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) -- tz_2297
Elephants -- tz_1783
Blue Masked Lovebird (Agapornis personata personata) -- tz_1820
Shorebird at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.
Shorebird at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.
Male topi battling
Humpback whale tail
Frog on a lily pad
Vervet monkey -- tz_1796
African Pygmy-falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) -- tz_1521
Unstriped Ground Squirrel (Xerus rutilus)
Lilac-breasted roller (Coracius caudata)
African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) in Chobe National Park
Ibis at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.
Aerial view of South African giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis giraffa) in the Okavango delta
Female lion eating a wildebeest -- tz_2247
Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Coke's Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus)
Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) on a dirt road -- tz_2386
Cattle egrets
Lioness with zebra kill -- tz_1642
Humpback whales
Birds in flight in Glacier Bay
Lions showing camouflage abilities -- tz_elf_0493
Black Kite (Milvus migrans) -- tz_1927
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).
Hippo soup
Brown bear cubs
Starlings (unsure of species) at waterhole
Gulls in flight
Young female lion -- tz_1720
An example of old and new Hispaniolan hutia (Plagiodontia aedium) scat on a leaf near the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic.
Baby bald eagle
Herd of elephants in a riverbed -- tz_1684
Speckled Mousebird, Colius striatus
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.
Humpback whale spy-hopping
Female lion with wildebeest kill -- tz_2259
Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori) -- tz_2094
A tern at Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic.