rear view images - Joel Sartore

Photo

INV006-00210

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

Photo

BIR062-00027

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

Photo

BIR053-00472

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

Photo

ANI104-00295

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

Photo

ANI110-00432

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

Photo

INV006-00030

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

Photo

BIR057-00498

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

Photo

BIR057-00488

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

Photo

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.

Photo

INS006-00425

A bumblebee tarantula (Neoholothele fasciaaurinigra) from a private collection.

Photo

BIR052-00249

A Western spotted dove (Streptopelia suratensis) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Photo

BIR052-00247

A Western spotted dove (Streptopelia suratensis) at the Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Photo

INS016-00122

A female Egyptian desert cockroach (Polyphaga aegyptiaca) at Prague Zoo.

Photo

ANI109-00387

An Iraqi spiny-tailed lizard (Saara loricata) at Prague Zoo. This is the male. It can use its thick tail as a form of defense. It spends most of the year underground and is only active during the spring.

Photo

BIR076-00049

A female yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia aestiva) at Rum River Central Park.

This bird was caught and banded as part of a nation-wide study of birds called MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship) coordinated by the Institute for Bird Populations.

Photo

BIR048-00118

A female hairy woodpecker (Leuconotopicus villosus villosus) wild caught at Rum River Central Park.

This bird was caught and banded as part of a nation-wide study of birds called MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship) coordinated by the Institute for Bird Populations.

Photo

BIR040-00281

A male and a female lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni) at the Prague Zoo.

Photo

BIR040-00279

A male lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni) at the Prague Zoo.

Photo

BIR076-00032

A common linnet (Linaria cannabina) at the Prague Zoo.

Photo

BIR076-00029

A barred laughingthrush (Garrulax lunulatus) at the Prague Zoo.

Photo

BIR005-00331

A bar-backed partridge (Arborophila brunneopectus) at the Prague Zoo.

Photo

BIR064-00251

A female short-billed honeycreeper (Cyanerpes nitidus) at Zoopark Zajezd.

Photo

ANI072-00233

A red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris fuscoater) at Zoopark Zajezd.

Photo

INS006-00386

A silver orb weaver (Argiope argentata) at the Museo d’Orbigny Natural History Museum in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

Photo

ANI111-00026

Southern hognose snakes (Heterodon simus) in red and white color phases, at a private collection.

These individuals are “playing dead”, a common defense tactic for this species as some predators don’t want to touch something that’s sick, dying or dead.

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

Photo

ANI111-00024

Southern hognose snakes (Heterodon simus) in red and white color phases, at a private collection.

These individuals are “playing dead”, a common defense tactic for this species as some predators don’t want to touch something that’s sick, dying or dead.

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