nocturnal images - Joel Sartore

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A bilby (Macrotis lagotis) at Dreamworld.

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

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Prehensile-tailed porcupine or Brazilian porcupine (Coendou prehensilis) at the Nashville Zoo. This animal is named Charlie.

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Prehensile-tailed porcupine or Brazilian porcupine (Coendou prehensilis) at the Nashville Zoo. This animal is named Charlie.

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Kuhli loach (Pangio kuhlii) at Shrimp Fever, from a private collection.

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Kuhli loach (Pangio kuhlii) at Shrimp Fever, from a private collection.

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Kuhli loach (Pangio kuhlii) at Shrimp Fever, from a private collection.

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Kuhli loach (Pangio kuhlii) at Shrimp Fever, from a private collection.

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Australian owlet nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus) at Moonlit Sanctuary

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Australian owlet nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus) at Moonlit Sanctuary

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Australian owlet nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus) at Moonlit Sanctuary

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Australian owlet nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus) at Moonlit Sanctuary

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A Vulnerable (IUCN) Malagasy salamander gecko (Matoatoa brevipes) from a private collection.

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A Vulnerable (IUCN) Malagasy salamander gecko (Matoatoa brevipes) from a private collection.

Picture of a dusky footed woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes) at the Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley.

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A dusky footed woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes) at the Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley.

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A dusky footed woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes) at the Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley.

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A dusky footed woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes) at the Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley.

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A dusky footed woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes) at the Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley.

Picture of a sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps).

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A squirrel Glider (Petaurus norfolcensis).

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A squirrel Glider (Petaurus norfolcensis).

A Pallas's long-tongued bat (Glossophaga soricina) at the Houston Zoo.

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A Pallas’s long-tongued bat (Glossophaga soricina) at the Houston Zoo.

A Jamaican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) at the Houston Zoo.

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A Jamaican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) at the Houston Zoo.

An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) at the Omaha Zoo.

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An endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) at the Omaha Zoo.

Endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered aye-ayes (Daubentonia madagascariensis) at the Omaha Zoo.

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Endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered aye-ayes (Daubentonia madagascariensis) at the Omaha Zoo.

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Endangered (IUCN) and federally endangered aye-ayes (Daubentonia madagascariensis) at the Omaha Zoo.

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Swallow-tailed gulls (Creagrus furcatus), on Tower Island in Galapagos National Park. This is the only nocturnal gull and it is found only in the Galapagos.

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A swallow-tailed gull (Creagrus furcatus) takes flight, on Tower Island in Galapagos National Park. This is the only nocturnal gull and it is found only in the Galapagos.

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The US-Mexico border wall splits countries and habitat. Animals like this bobcat (Lynx rufus) or its cousin the ocelot, would normally cross the border to hunt or mate. Photograph by Joel Sartore with Mitch Sternberg, Jennifer Lowry, and Naghma Malik, all U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services.