low angle view images - Joel Sartore

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A candy darter (Etheostoma osburni) at the Aquatic Resource Recovery Center at White Sulphur Springs National Fish Hatchery, West Virginia. This is a male in spawning colors.

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Three bison roam on a ranch near Valentine, Nebraska.

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A spoonbill paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) at the Medicine Park Aquarium and Natural Sciences Center in Medicine Park, OK.

This species is listed at vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

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A spoonbill paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) at the Medicine Park Aquarium and Natural Sciences Center in Medicine Park, OK.

This species is listed at vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

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A Southern kelp crab (Taliepus nuttallii) at California Science Center in Los Angeles, California.

A fruit bat (Lissonycteris angolensis) hanging with wings folded, from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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A fruit bat (Lissonycteris angolensis) hanging with wings folded, from Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) swimming in the Bighorn Creek, in the Wigwam River drainage in British Columbia. This is one of the last, best places for spawning of the vulnerable (ICUN) and federally-threatened bull trout, and is part of the Kootenay River system, which sees an annual migration of bull trout from Lake Koocanusa, some fifty miles away. The fish prefer very cold water of 40 degrees or so in order to spawn, and the springs in this area provide that. Ram Creek flows into the Wigwam, and between the two of them they support some 5,000 bull trout.

A pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) crossing under a fence near Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada.

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A pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) crossing under a fence near Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada.

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Scaled crab (Placetron wosnessenskii) at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, AK.

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Scaled crab (Placetron wosnessenskii) at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, AK.

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A helmet crab (Telmessus cheiragonus) at the Alaska SeaLife Center.

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A Pacific lyre crab (Hyas lyratus) at the Alaska SeaLife Center.

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Elementary aged boys take turns running and jumping after their t-ball game.

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Three teenage girls stand on a log.

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A teenage girl’s blonde hair surrounds her head.

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A teenage girl’s blonde hair surrounds her head.

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A Mallard duckling, Anas platyrhynchos.

A vulnerable Parker's golden frog (Mantella pulchra) from the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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A vulnerable Parker’s golden frog (Mantella pulchra) from the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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A vulnerable Parker’s golden frog (Mantella pulchra) from the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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Four bison skulls on posts at dusk.

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Four bison skulls on posts at dusk.

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A woman looks at the stars near historic columns at Pioneers Park in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A woman shines a flashlight on historic columns at Pioneers Park in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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The historic columns at Pioneers Park in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A young man looks at the sky near a 1951 International Harvester pickup truck at a farm near Bennet, Nebraska.

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A 1951 International Harvester pickup truck at a farm near Bennet, Nebraska.

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A hawk soars overhead at Parque Jaime Duque in Colombia.

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Huarani Otocinclus catfish (Otocinclus huaorani) at a private collection in Gainesville, Florida.

A federally endangered Plymouth red-bellied turtle (Pseudemys rubriventris) sometimes called the Plymouth red-bellied cooter, at the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, Massachusetts. This was the first freshwater turtle species in the United States to be listed as endangered.

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A federally endangered Plymouth red-bellied turtle (Pseudemys rubriventris) sometimes called the Plymouth red-bellied cooter, at the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, Massachusetts. This was the first freshwater turtle species in the United States to be listed as endangered.