spiny forest
A broad-billed Tody (Todus subulatus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A tarantula on a road near Pedernales,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.
Pachypodium geayi
A snail near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Bahia de las Aguilas - 8 km of undeveloped beach in Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with grass seeds on its face near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Pachypodium geayi (local name: Vontaka) [madagascar_7680]
A hawk moth near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Pachypodium geayi (local name: Vontaka)
Dwarf Madagascar Palm (Pachypodium lamerei v ramosum) - local name: Vontake [madagascar_7638]
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 view of the unique spiny forest that borders the beach of Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
A praying mantis near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with a radial collar is released back into the forest near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Spiny forest and sisal [madagascar_3021]
Aerial view of spiny forest of Andohahela and sisal [madagascar_3034]
A lizard near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Alluaudia procera [madagascar_7612]
Alluaudia montagnacii [madagascar_7634]
Spiny forest vegetation (Euphorbia stenoclada)
A hawk moth near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Spiny forest and sisal [madagascar_3017]
Spiny forest and sisal [madagascar_3023]
A cockroach near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
The Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Spiny forest vegetation [madagascar_7642]
A broad-billed Tody (Todus subulatus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Euphorbia plagiantha
Spiny forest in the Pedernales Province,Dominican Republic.
Green-capped Coua (Coua olivaceiceps) [madagascar_7595]
A lizard near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Spiny forest and sisal
Aerial view of spiny forest destruction near Amboasary [madagascar_3010]
The Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A tarantula on a road near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Alluaudia montagnacii [madagascar_7632]
Spiny forest vegetation [madagascar_7617]
A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with grass seeds on its face near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A butterfly near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Spiny forest vegetation [madagascar_7589]
Yellow flower [madagascar_7586]
Spiny forest vegetation [madagascar_7602]
A broad-billed Tody (Todus subulatus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A broad-billed Tody (Todus subulatus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with grass seeds on its face near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Spiny forest vegetation [madagascar_7686]
Paederia grevei flower (Tamboro)
Spiny forest along RN7 near Tulear
Researchers fit a radial collar onto a female Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A separated tarantula leg near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Euphorbia cedrorum [madagascar_7611]
A spider near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Spiny forest vegetation [madagascar_7636]
Spiny forest and sisal [madagascar_3013]
A snail near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Euphorbia plagiantha [madagascar_7670]
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.
Mongy plant (Kalanchoe beharensis)
Spiny forest near Tulear
Dwarf Madagascar Palm (Pachypodium lamerei v ramosum) - local name: Vontake [madagascar_7637]
A broad-billed Tody (Todus subulatus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Spiny forest along RN7 near Tulear [madagascar_7566]
Spiny forest near Tulear [madagascar_7654]
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.
Spiny forest vegetation [madagascar_7618]
A broad-billed Tody (Todus subulatus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A butterfly near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with grass seeds on its face near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A snail near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A broad-billed Tody (Todus subulatus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Aloe descoingsii
A tarantula on a road near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
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.
Spiny forest and sisal [madagascar_3018]
A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with a radial collar near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Spiny forest and sisal [madagascar_3030]
Cyphostemma (Cyphostemma montagnacii) - Mangeboka (local name)
A spider near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with a radial collar is released back into the forest near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with a radial collar is released back into the forest near Pedernales,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 hawk moth near Pedernales,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.
Spiny forest vegetation [madagascar_7646]
Jatropha mahafalensis
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 spider near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Euphorbia cedrorum
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 researcher handles 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.
A snail near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Aerial view of mountains, spiny forest, and a village outside Fourt Dauphin
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 Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with a radial collar near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with a radial collar is released back into the forest near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Jatropha mahafalensis [madagascar_7675]
Researchers release a Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) from a cloth sack. This keeps the animal safe and calm before the radial collar fitting needed for their research.
Aerial view of spiny forest destruction near Amboasary
Spiny forest vegetation [madagascar_7687]
Aerial view of spiny forest in Southern Madagascar
Alluaudia comosa
Alluaudia comosa (Somondratsaky = local name)
Aloe suzannae
A cockroach near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Aloe viguieri (Liliaceae)
Spiny forest vegetation
Euphorbia stenoclada
Research gear needed for tracking the Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A broad-billed Tody (Todus subulatus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Spiny forest and sisal [madagascar_3020]
Alluaudia procera [madagascar_7613]
Aloe vaotsanda (Local name: Vahotsanda)
Moringa drouhardii (local name:Maroserana) [madagascar_7697]
Euphorbia cylindrifolia ssp. tuberifera (not Euphorbia tulearensis)
Spiny forest vegetation [madagascar_7645]
Euphorbia oncoclada (local name: Betondro)
Spiny forest vegetation [madagascar_7616]
Fony Baobab (Adansonia rubrostipa)
Dwarf Madagascar Palm (Pachypodium lamerei v ramosum) - local name: Vontake
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.
A cricket near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Spiny forest near Tulear [madagascar_7581]
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.
A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with a radial collar is released back into the forest near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A researcher prepares the radial collar for the Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A lizard near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Spiny forest near Tulear [madagascar_7568]
A view of the unique spiny forest that borders the beach of Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
Delonix pumila
Alluaudia montagnacii
Pachypodium geayi (local name: Vontaka) [madagascar_7681]
Pachypodium [madagascar_7622]
Green-capped Coua (Coua olivaceiceps)
A moth near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Moringa drouhardii (local name:Maroserana)
Pachypodium brevicaule
Paederia grevei seed pod
A broad-billed Tody (Todus subulatus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Aerial view of sand tracks across Madagascar's spiny forest
A sand crab at Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with grass seeds stuck on its fur near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A hawk moth near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Spiny forest vegetation [madagascar_7641]
Spiny forest and sisal [madagascar_3027]
A hawk moth near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Spiny forest vegetation [madagascar_7599]
A broad-billed Tody (Todus subulatus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Moringa drouhardii [madagascar_7621]
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 cockroach near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
A moth near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Spiny forest vegetation [madagascar_7614]
Researchers release a Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) from a cloth sack. This keeps the animal safe and calm before the radial collar fitting needed for their research.
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.
The foot of a Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Alluaudia montagnacii [madagascar_7631]
30-year-old Grandidier's Baobab (Adansonia grandidieri)
A Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) with a radial collar is released back into the forest near Pedernales,Dominican Republic.
Aerial view of spiny forest of Andohahela and sisal