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Last update: 2017-07-27
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Unknown frog in Gabon
(Gabon)
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African darter perched atop a bush
(Gabon)
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Brown lizard
(Uganda)
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Yellow-billed stork in a water hole
(Gabon)
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Blue-headed parrot (Pionus menstruus)
(Suriname)
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Orb spider
(Gabon)
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Rust-colored frog
(Gabon)
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Blue bird with a moderately long tail (African blue-flycatcher?)
(Uganda)
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Honey bee preparing to land on yellow flower
(Gabon)
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Blue-breasted bee-eater (Merops variegates variegatus)
(Gabon)
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Cape buffalo eating
(Uganda)
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Great White Egret (Ardea alba), a wading egret
(Uganda)
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Forest buffalo on savanna
(Gabon)
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White-throated blue swallow (Hirundo nigrita)
(Gabon)
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Palm-nut vulture (Gypohierax angolensis)
(Gabon)
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Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) perched in tree
(Gabon)
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Redtail Monkey (Cercopithecus ascanius)
(Uganda)
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Grass spider
(Gabon)
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Lizard on boards
(Gabon)
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Male Yellow-backed weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus) on grass
(Uganda)
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Juvenile West African slender-snouted crocodile, Crocodylus cataphractus, being surveyed
(Gabon)
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African pygmy kingfisher (Ceyx pictus ferruginus)
(Gabon)
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Black, yellow, and blue dragonfly (top view)
(Gabon)
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Light brown tree frog with yellow-green stripes
(Gabon)
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Cichlids in Gabon
(Gabon)
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Giant kingfisher eating a catfish while perched on a branch
(Gabon)
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Spix's Guan (Penelope jacquacu) [captive]
(Suriname)
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African Forest Elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) heading from swamp into rain forest
(Gabon)
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Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis rudis) with wings spread
(Gabon)
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Crowned hornbill in treetop
(Uganda)
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Transparent crab near Iguela
(Gabon)
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Elephant using its trunk to feed
(Uganda)
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Rain forest squirrel
(Gabon)
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Brown praying mantis
(Gabon)
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Brown katydid on leaf
(Gabon)
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Infant eastern gorilla feeding on plant shoots
(Uganda)
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Pair of Cinnamon-chested bee-eaters (Merops oreobates)
(Uganda)
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Honey bee preparing to land on yellow flower
(Gabon)
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Wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) in Kanyanchu forest
(Uganda)
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Leaf frog in Gabon
(Gabon)
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Pelicans and cormorants on the shore of Lake Edward
(Uganda)
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African crowned crane
(Uganda)
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Turtle orgy
(Uganda)
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Black and yellow butterflies gathered on elephant dung
(Uganda)
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Giant African Forest Hog
(Uganda)
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Ugandan kob humping
(Uganda)
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Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) in a treetop
(Uganda)
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Palm nut vulture resting on dead tree
(Gabon)
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Butterfly on dark green leaf
(Uganda)
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Vieillot's black weaver perched near a nest
(Uganda)
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Pair of Crowned hornbill (Tockus alboterminatus) in treetop
(Uganda)
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Crabs scurrying on beach
(Gabon)
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Bird on cactus
(Uganda)
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Male copper sunbird (Cinnyris cuprea) feeding on yellow flower
(Uganda)
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Gorilla feeding on fruit
(Gabon)
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Pair of tortoises
(Uganda)
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Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) in flight
(Gabon)
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Pair of Helmeted guinea fowl walking on a dirt road
(Uganda)
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African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer)
(Uganda)
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Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) in grass
(Uganda)
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Female Bohor Reedbuck
(Uganda)
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Transparent crab on sand
(Gabon)
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Chamaeleo ellioti
(Uganda)
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Woodland kingfisher in flight (blurred)
(Uganda)
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Yellow bird
(Gabon)
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Honey bee feeding on yellow flower
(Gabon)
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Young captive chimp
(Uganda)
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Red-necked Francolin
(Uganda)
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Small frog with broad tan and brown stripes
(Gabon)
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Butterflies gathered on the edge of a puddle
(Uganda)
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Winged mantid on a lichen covered tree trunk
(Gabon)
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Male Yellow-backed weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus) eating a seed
(Uganda)
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Pair of African crowned cranes
(Uganda)
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Dark brown to black butterfly with purple, red, and pale yellow markings showing its light brown underwings
(Uganda)
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Grey-headed kingfisher flying
(Uganda)
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Blue-headed tree agama (Acanthocerus atricollis)
(Uganda)
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Three tortoises getting frisky
(Uganda)
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Montane Side-striped Chameleon (Chamaeleo ellioti) with eye looking in reverse
(Uganda)
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Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) with a cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) on its back
(Uganda)
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Juvenile Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus, captured in Gabon
(Gabon)
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Young male gorilla standing with belly out
(Gabon)
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Forest elephant on the savanna in Loango
(Gabon)
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Young male gorilla standing
(Gabon)
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Young male gorilla running
(Gabon)
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Beetle with long antenna
(Gabon)
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Raptor in flight over a crater lake
(Uganda)
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Artistic elephant -- blurred
(Gabon)
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Skink on tree branch
(Gabon)
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Hippo tracks leading into the Atlantic Ocean
(Gabon)
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Pair of Pied Kingfishers, one taking flight
(Uganda)
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Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) with great white herons
(Gabon)
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Group of Hartlaub's duck (Pteronetta hartlaubi) in flight
(Gabon)
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Bright green grasshopper
(Gabon)
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Wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) in Kanyanchu forest
(Uganda)
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Pair of Rhino in captivity
(Uganda)
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Black and yellow butterflies gathered on elephant waste
(Uganda)
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Pied Kingfisher, Ceryle rudis, on a log
(Uganda)
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Male weaver building a nest in a papyrus plant
(Uganda)
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Red tail Monkey (Cercopithecus ascanius)
(Uganda)
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Green grasshopper on blade of grass
(Uganda)
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Black and White Colobus Monkey (Colobus guereza)
(Uganda)
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African skimmers (Rynchops flavirostris)
(Gabon)
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Raptor in flight
(Gabon)
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Male Vieillot's black weaver
(Gabon)
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Shoebill in swamp
(Uganda)
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Flock of white and gray birds in Loango estuary
(Gabon)
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Giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) eating a catfish
(Gabon)
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Woolly-necked stork (Ciconia episcopus) on grass
(Gabon)
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Raptor in a savanna tree
(Uganda)
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Forest buffalo in Loango, Gabon
(Gabon)
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Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
(Uganda)
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Domestic bull in Uganda
(Uganda)
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Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) in a tree
(Uganda)
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Palm nut vulture perched on dead tree
(Gabon)
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Dancing gorilla
(Gabon)
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Uganda's beautiful and diverse butterfly fauna in the grill of our Land Rover
(Uganda)
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Ploceus aurantius guarding its nest
(Uganda)
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Pair of giant forest hogs (Hylochoerus meinertzhageni)
(Uganda)
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Red dragonfly
(Gabon)
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Juvenile West African slender-snouted crocodile, Crocodylus cataphractus, captured for a population survey
(Gabon)
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Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) perched in tree
(Gabon)
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Hadada ibis (Bostrychia hagedash)
(Gabon)
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Headshot of a pair of grey crowned cranes
(Uganda)
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Hyena asleep
(Uganda)
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Young Bwindi gorilla
(Uganda)
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Many birds in flight in the Loango estuary
(Gabon)
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Soldier ant
(Gabon)
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Beige mantid
(Gabon)
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Crocodile eye
(Gabon)
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Cloud of lake flies in flight
(Uganda)
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Hadada ibis in a swamp in Gabon
(Gabon)
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Many birds in flight in the Loango estuary
(Gabon)
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Olive baboon gnawing on a stick
(Uganda)
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Male cape buffalo in profile
(Uganda)
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Chimps
(Uganda)
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Chamaeleo ellioti
(Uganda)
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Blue and green butterfly
(Gabon)
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Ugandan tortoise
(Uganda)
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Black and yellow butterflies (Belenois creona) gathered on elephant droppings
(Uganda)
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Blue-headed tree agama (Acanthocerus atricollis)
(Uganda)
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Yellow-lined skink
(Gabon)
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Hippo peaking out of the water in Iguela lagoon
(Gabon)
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Bird species in Loango lagoon
(Gabon)
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Warthog visible through the sananna grass of QENP
(Uganda)
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Baboons on a dirt road
(Uganda)
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Beige praying mantis in grassy savanna
(Gabon)
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Piping hornbill, Bycanistes fistulator sharpii
(Gabon)
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Old tortoise eating grass
(Uganda)
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Brown tree frog
(Gabon)
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Banded mongoose digging in a hole
(Uganda)
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African buffalo walking on a beach with waves breaking in the background
(Gabon)
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Flock of white and gray birds in Loango estuary
(Gabon)
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Young male gorilla dancing
(Gabon)
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Chimpanzee in Chumbura Gorge
(Uganda)
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Flock of white and gray birds in Loango estuary
(Gabon)
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Mushroom-shaped terminte nest
(Gabon)
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Headshot of Ugandan tortoise
(Uganda)
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Ants defending host tree
(Gabon)
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Orb spider in Uganda (underside)
(Uganda)
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Dung beetle in Uganda
(Uganda)
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African cape buffalo, egrets, and Uganda kob together on the savanna
(Uganda)
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Male yellow-backed weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus)
(Uganda)
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Weaver bird colony in a palm tree
(Gabon)
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Juvenile Nile crocodile captured for a population survey in Gabon
(Gabon)
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Flock of white and gray birds in Loango estuary
(Gabon)
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African darter (Anhinga rufa) perched in a tree
(Gabon)
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A pile of banded mongoose, highly social animals
(Uganda)
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Many birds in Loango estuary
(Gabon)
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Leaves wrapped in a spider web
(Uganda)
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Close up head shot of silverback gorillas
(Gabon)
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Blue-headed tree agama (Acanthocerus atricollis)
(Uganda)
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Baboons along a road in Uganda
(Uganda)
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Flock of white and gray birds in Loango estuary
(Gabon)
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African Forest Elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) in swamp in Loango National Park
(Gabon)
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Male weaver perched on a papyrus stem
(Uganda)
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Forest beetle
(Gabon)
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Grey-backed Fiscal, Lanius excubitoroides, in the savanna
(Uganda)
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Mating tortoises
(Uganda)
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Orange beetle with black spots
(Gabon)
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Young gorilla in the underbrush at Bwindi
(Uganda)
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Yellow bird
(Gabon)
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Partially submerged hippo
(Gabon)
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Bohor Reedbuck doe
(Uganda)
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Mother baboon with juvenile
(Uganda)
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Many birds in flight in the Loango estuary
(Gabon)
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Adult baboon sitting under a tree
(Uganda)
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Piping Hornbill in flight and silhouetted by the sky
(Gabon)
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Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) in flight
(Gabon)
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Waterbirds with a Kazinga Channel village in the background
(Uganda)
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Chimp in the tropical rainforest canopy
(Uganda)
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Butterfly
(Uganda)
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A day on the savanna
(Uganda)
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Pair of great blue turacos
(Gabon)
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Black caterpillar with red and yellow bands, resting on a green leaf
(Uganda)
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Juvenile Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus, captured for a population survey in Gabon
(Gabon)
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African darter (Anhinga rufa) taking flight
(Gabon)
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Praying mantis on underside of a leaf
(Gabon)
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Brown katydid spotted with flashlight at night
(Gabon)
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Male Waterbuck chewing
(Uganda)
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Buffalo feeding on a beach at sunset
(Gabon)
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Wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) in Kanyanchu forest
(Uganda)
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Chimp feeding in a canopy tree
(Uganda)
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Weaver bird (Ploceus aurantius) guarding its nest
(Uganda)
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Mudskippers (Periopthalmus) in Gabon
(Gabon)
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Vieillot's black weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus nigerrimus) working on a nest
(Gabon)
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Red colobus monkey huddled in the canopy
(Uganda)
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Roach in a glass
(Gabon)
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Finding frogs by flashlight
(Gabon)
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House gecko in Gabon
(Gabon)
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Silverback gorilla seated
(Gabon)
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Wild chimps in a tree
(Uganda)
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Pair of white-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata)
(Gabon)
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Silverback gorilla examining a plant shoot
(Gabon)
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Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata)
(Uganda)
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Tortoise feeding on grass
(Uganda)
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Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) perched in a tree
(Gabon)
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Hamerkop in flight
(Gabon)
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Mantid on underside of a leaf
(Gabon)
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Lake flies in an orb spider's web
(Uganda)
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Orange skipper butterfly
(Uganda)
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Monster or monitor lizard?
(Gabon)
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Woodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) perched in a tree
(Uganda)
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Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) in a tree
(Uganda)
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Pale orange butterfly with black and white markings
(Uganda)
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Black and yellow honey bee
(Uganda)
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Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) on a papyrus stalk
(Uganda)
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Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) perched in tree
(Gabon)
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Pair of olive baboon (Papio anubis)
(Uganda)
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African jacana (Actophilornis africana) on riverbank
(Gabon)
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Pair of white-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata) in Loango National Park
(Gabon)
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Elephants at daybreak
(Uganda)
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African buffalo walking on a beach with waves breaking in the background
(Gabon)
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Giant forest hogs
(Uganda)
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Many birds in flight in the Loango estuary
(Gabon)
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Blue-breasted kingfisher (Halcyon malimbica malimbica)
(Gabon)
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Grey-headed kingfisher, Halcyon leucocephala, in flight
(Uganda)
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Eastern Black & White Colobus Monkeys (Colobus guereza)
(Uganda)
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Headshot of Acanthocerus atricollis
(Uganda)
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Beetle with long antenna
(Gabon)
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Young male gorilla running
(Gabon)
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Black, yellow, and blue dragonfly
(Gabon)
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Pack of giant forest hogs (Hylochoerus meinertzhageni)
(Uganda)
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A group of young waterbuck crossing a dirt road in Uganda
(Uganda)
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Pair of Rhino feeding in captivity
(Uganda)
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Black and White Colobus Monkey (Colobus guereza)
(Uganda)
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Silverback gorilla
(Gabon)
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Wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) in Kanyanchu forest
(Uganda)
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Palm-nut Vulture, Gypohierax angolensis, atop a Euphorbia plant
(Uganda)
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Many birds in flight in the Loango estuary
(Gabon)
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Patas Monkey (Erythrocebus patas) in captivity
(Uganda)
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Insect egg case
(Gabon)
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Giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima)
(Gabon)
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Green fly
(Gabon)
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Gray agama lizard
(Uganda)
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Hippos in the Iguela lagoon
(Gabon)
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Adult mudskipper
(Gabon)
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Pied Kingfisher, Ceryle rudis, with a fish in its mouth
(Uganda)
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Black and white worm on a plant stem
(Uganda)
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Skink on tree trunk
(Gabon)
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Orange skipper butterfly
(Uganda)
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African blue-flycatcher (Elminia longicauda)
(Uganda)
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Headshot of Shoebill
(Uganda)
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Baby croc in Gabon
(Gabon)
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Wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) in Kanyanchu forest
(Uganda)
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Hundreds of butterflies gathered on elephant droppings
(Uganda)
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Wild chimp high in the forest canopy
(Uganda)
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Dominant male baboon walking on a dirt road in Uganda
(Uganda)
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Wild chimp with fruit "lipstick"
(Uganda)
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Elongated grasshopper
(Gabon)
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Hippo yawning at Iguela estuary
(Gabon)
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Chamaeleo ellioti
(Uganda)
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Sea foam approaching crab on beach
(Gabon)
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Gorilla caretaker with infant gorilla
(Gabon)
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African slender-snouted crocodile, Cocodrilo hociquifino africano, sunning on a log
(Gabon)
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Dominant male gorilla showing his silverback
(Uganda)
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Pair of hippos with eyes and ears exposed
(Gabon)
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Termite nests that have emerged followed savanna burning
(Gabon)
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Gabonese house gecko
(Gabon)
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Mother baboon protecting baby
(Uganda)
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A group of waterbuck crossing a dirt road
(Uganda)
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Many birds in flight in the Loango estuary
(Gabon)
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Piping hornbill, Bycanistes fistulator sharpii
(Gabon)
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Black and white butterfly
(Uganda)
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Red river hogs barely visible against forest background
(Gabon)
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Family of forest elephants
(Gabon)
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Unknown rust-colored frog on forest floor
(Gabon)
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Lion lounging in a tree
(Uganda)
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Adult male gorilla feeding
(Uganda)
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Running olive baboon
(Uganda)
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Male silverback gorilla
(Gabon)
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African slender-snouted crocodile sunning on a log in Loango National Park
(Gabon)
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Chamaeleo ellioti
(Uganda)
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Many birds in flight in the Loango estuary
(Gabon)
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Male Waterbuck chewing
(Uganda)
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Chimpanzee in the rain forest canopy
(Uganda)
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Blue-breasted bee-eater (Merops variegates variegatus)
(Gabon)
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Hippos (Hippopotamus amphibius) in the Loango river estuary
(Gabon)
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Piping hornbill, Bycanistes fistulator sharpii, feeding on palm fruit
(Gabon)
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Colorful caterpillars eating rainforest vegetation
(Uganda)
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Hippo with head peaking out of water
(Uganda)
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