rear view images - Joel Sartore

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BIR064-00330

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

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BIR049-00148

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

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INS026-00028

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

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BIR024-00292

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

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BIR024-00289

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

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BIR066-00107

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

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ANI111-00111

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

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BIR038-00104

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

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ANI071-00481

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

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ANI110-00462

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

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ANI079-00114

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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SCE049-00026

Horses are ridden through King’s Canyon National Park.

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SCE049-00025

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

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PEO022-00038

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

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INV006-00210

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

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BIR062-00027

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

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BIR053-00472

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

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ANI104-00295

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

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ANI110-00432

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

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INV006-00030

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

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BIR057-00498

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

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BIR057-00488

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.

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INS006-00425

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

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BIR052-00249

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

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BIR052-00247

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

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INS016-00122

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

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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.

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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.

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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.