rear view images - Joel Sartore

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A blue king crab (Paralithodes platypus) at the Alutiiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery in Seward, Alaska.

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A loggerhead sponge (Spheciospongia vesparium) with a sponge snapping shrimp (Synalpheus sp.) at Gulf Specimen Marine Lab and Aquarium in Panacea, Florida.

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A true tulip snail (Fasciolaria tulipa) at the Indianapolis Zoo.

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A cactus mouse (Peromyscus eremicus) at the Omaha Zoo.

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A Mackinders eagle owl (Bubo capensis mackinderi) photographed at Rodbaston Animal Zone in Penkridge, England.

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A male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) at the ABQ BioPark in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN red list.
He is named ‘Koluk’ (meaning ‘Spirit) and is 24 years old.

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A white-tailed antsangy (Brachytarsomys albicauda) from a private collection.

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A male eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) photographed in Bellevue, Nebraska.

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A kestrel (Falco sparverius cinnamomeus) at the Santiago Zoo.

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A fork-tailed drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis fugax) collected at Camp Chitengo in Gorongosa National Park.

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A clay-colored sparrow (Spizella pallida) from Wood River, NE.

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A darkling beetle (Eleodes obscurus) collected near Tucson, Arizona. Photographed at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington.

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A variable hawk (Buteo polyosoma fjeldsai) at Parque Zoológico Huachipa in Lima, Peru.

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A variable hawk (Buteo polyosoma fjeldsai) at Parque Zoológico Huachipa in Lima, Peru.

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A male Greater European scaup (Aythya marila marila) at WWT Slimbridge in England.

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A green ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis mutabilis) at the Chiricahua Desert Museum in Rodeo, New Mexico.

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A golden conure (Guaruba guarouba) at the Houston Zoo. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN.

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Three common river frogs (Amietia angolensis) from Gorongosa National Park.

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An endangered Marañón dart frog (Excidobates mysteriosus) Shaldon Wildlife Trust in Shaldon, England.

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A hatchling leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) crawls along the beach toward the ocean on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. (IUCN: Critically Endangered, US: Endangered)

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Horses are ridden through King’s Canyon National Park.

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A horse and rider lead a string of pack animals in King’s Canyon National Park, California, USA.

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A couple plays in the ocean waves at dusk at Riviera Beach.

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Six Panacea fiddler crab (Uca panacea) at Gulf Specimen Marine Lab and Aquarium.

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A female Western tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) at Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network.

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A great-tailed grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) at Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network.

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A Chaco tortoise (Chelonoidis chilensis) at the Santiago Zoo in Chile.

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A hairy frog (Trichobatrachus robustus) from a private collection.

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A porcelain anemone crab (Neopetrolisthes oshimai) at the Downtown Aquarium in Denver, Colorado.

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A Wilson’s warbler (Cardellina pusilla) at the Wildlife Rehab Center of Minnesota.

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A male scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea) at the Wildlife Rehab Center of Minnesota.

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An oreo spider (Cyclocosmia latusicosta) from a private collection. The members of this genus are living fossils. Its abdomen ends with a strong disc of reinforced ribs and grooves, it uses this hardened disc to defend its burrow from intruders.