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African penguin walking across beach in South Africa.

African Penguin

Pygmy falcon perched on a wood pole.

African Pygmy Falcon

African pygmy goose enjoys a day at the lake

African Pygmy Goose

African spurred tortoise

African Spurred Tortoise

Agouti sniffs the grass

American kestrel

American Kestrel

Anaconda slithers through the grass

Andean Bear

Andean (Spectacled) Bear

Andean Condor sitting at Mirador Cruz del Condor

Amazonian leafcutter ants

Impala

Armadillo on the prairie

Australian brush-turkey

Australian Brush-turkey

Gray axolotl floating in an aquarium.

Barbirusa and two piglets lay near a mud pit

Bald Eagle, Alaska

Bali Myna singing

Three banded archer fish swim in dark waters

Banded Archer Fish

Flying fox

bat-eared fox

Male beautiful sunbird

Beautiful Sunbird

Native California bee

A pair of bee-eaters sitting on a branch, the right-hand bird holding a bee in its beak.

Shining Leaf Chafer Beetle

Binturong or Bear Cat

Raggiana Bird of Paradise

Bird of Paradise (Bird)

Emerald tree boa

Bonobo

A bontebok nuzzles another's muzzle.

Male and female Great bowerbirds inspecting bower

Alaskan brown bear

Burrowing owl popped out of its burrow.

Monarch butterfly resting on green leaf

Butterfly, Moth, and Skipper

Caecilian slithering along dirt ground

California Condor with radio tracking devices on its wings

California Condor

Eight young bactrian camels lined up in a row facing the viewer

Group of Capybara on a river bank in Pantanal Brazil

A caracal stares to the left as it walks

Cassowary standing in front of green grassy background

Veiled chameleon

Mother cheetah grooming young cub

Two young chimpanzees sitting in a green leafy tree next to an adult

Wild short-tailed chinchilla

Chinese giant salamander in China.

Chinese Giant Salamander

Orange discus fish cichlid

Clouded leopard mother and young cub in densely foliaged jungle

Clouded Leopard

Coati climbing down a rock boulder.

King cobra with head upright on brown dirt ground

Male cock-of-the-rock

Cock-of-the-rock

Sulphur-crested cockatoo landing on fallen leaves.

Close-up of a cockerel's sifaka's face, displaying it's large round, yellow eyes.

Coquerel's Sifaka

East African Crowned Crane

A Chinese dwarf crocodile floating half-submerged in water

African crowned eagle

During the hottest part of summer, desert tortoises descend into deep burrows for a period of estivation

Desert Tortoise

A female dhole looks straight left as one of her pups stands behind her

A large pod of Spinner dolphins swimming in clear turquoise water

Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) Male

Dragonfly and Damselfly

Two dung beetles rolling a ball of dung on gravel

Two young dwarf mongoose hold each other while playing while an adult keeps watch.

Short-Beaked Echidna foraging for food in Australia

African bush Elephant calves in Serengeti N.P. - Tanzania

Emu crouching low and looking to the right

Fennec fox standing over hole in dirt

Fischer's lovebird Tanzania

Fischer's Lovebird

Fishing cat prowling through tall grass reeds

four flamingos stretch their necks up to the sky

Closeup of a female fossa looking to the right

Red-legged kassina frog

Galapagos tortoise with mouth stained by green vegetation meal

Galápagos Tortoise

Male gelada looking to the right as the wind blows his long hair

Giant African millipede walking along a wood branch

Giant African Millipede

A baby giant anteater rides on its mother's back

Giant Panda Bai Yun gazes into the distance

Gila monster crawling along rocky brown dirt

Ugandan giraffe against a blue sky background

Closeup of a male Trandcaspian urial displaying his large, curved horns

Golden eagle with wings spread and talons extended as it goes in for a landing

The goliath frog is normally found in and near fast-flowing rivers with sandy bottoms in the Middle African countries of Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.

Baby Joanne the gorilla lounges on her mother's back

Gouldian finches resting in shallow water.

A pair of guanacos from Argentina

L'hoest guenon looking left and up

Guinea pig held in a child's hand.

Gundi

Close up of a hamadryas baboon's face

Hamadryas Baboon

European hedgehog hides behind red pansy flower that it has nibbled on

East African Hippo mother and baby half submerged in water

A young honey badger looks to the left as he sits in tall blades of grass.

Honey Badger (Ratel)

Southern Ground hornbill

Costa Rican hummingbird

Grand Cayman Blue Iguana

Jacana walking on a lily pad.

A jaguar peers out from under a tree branch

Kagu bird foraging on forest floor.

A group of wallabies stare head on at the camera

Kangaroo and Wallaby

A kingfisher preening its extended wing

California kingsnake

Kinkajou climbing down leaves, sticking its tongue out.

Kiwi looking down at dried leaf covered ground.

Closeup of a klipspringer's face in front of a green background

a koala on a branch

A group of koi fish swimming.

Close up of komodo dragon face

Ladybug crawling down a blade of grass

Kookaburra sitting in an old gum tree

Laughing Kookaburra

Ring-tailed lemur mother and baby

Amur leopard looking to the right with blurred jungle background

Leopard gecko emerging from rocks.

Leopard shark swimming in a blue tank

Lion brothers nuzzle one another on the grasslands of Masai Mara, Kenya

Green-headed tree agama lizard

Juvenile Lord Howe island stick insect on green leaf

Lord Howe Island Stick Insect

Rimitara lorikeet

Lory and Lorikeet

Close up of a lynx face as it looks slightly to the left with its eyes

Lynx and Bobcat

Hyacinth Macaws

Magpie goose wading in shallow water

A pair of manatees floating in murky turquoise Florida bayou water

Close-up of a male mandrill's blue and red nose

Close up of a mangabey monkey's face as he chews on a piece of food

Close-up of a Madagascar Golden mantella frog sitting on a dark brown log

Kangaroo joey peeks out of its mother's much as mother lounges on grass

Matschie's tree kangaroo sitting on a branch, looking off to the left

Matschie's Tree Kangaroo

A group of meerkats huddled together

A Metallic Starling perched on a branch.

Metallic Starling

A monarch butterfly rests on a pink flower and spreads its wings.

Monarch Butterfly

Closeup of a white-headed langur holding onto a branch while it holds a green leaf in its mouth

mountain lion licking lips

Mountain Lion (Puma, Cougar)

A naked role rat peeks its head out from a transparent plastic tube

Female Nile lechwe displaying light coat, and male displaying dark coat

Male Nubian ibex

Closeup of an ocelot's face as it looks right

An okapi faces its striped rear toward the camera while holding its head to the left

Opposum walking on green grass that is covered with fallen Autumn leaves.

Sumatran orangutan male with cheek pads

Gemsbok oryx with head lowered

A pair of ostriches in front of a large green grassy field.

Asian short-clawed otters on log

Great horned owl in flight.

A painted dog looks to the left as it stands behind some blurred grass

Painted Dog (African Hunting Dog)

Panamanian Golden Frog sitting on an algae covered rock in front of a mossy backdrop

Panamanian Golden Frog

A pancake tortoise was across a dirt covered rock.

Pancake Tortoise

African grey parrot

Peacock with tail feathers on display.

A pair of peccaries.

Great White pelican

Platypus

Yellow-banded poison frog

Polar bear in Arctic

Porcupine

Black-tailed Prairie Dog at Sunset

pronghorn

Przewalski's Horse horse against blue sky background

Przewalski's Horse

A pair of pumpkinseed sunfish under water.

Pumpkinseed Sunfish

Pygmy hippo enjoys an apple

Pygmy Hippopotamus

Pygmy marmoset sits on a bunch of bananas

Pygmy slow loris

Pygmy Slow Loris

Burmeses python on black background

Quokka mom and baby eating fruit.

Raccoon wading into water

Radjah shelduck

Radjah Shelduck

Western diamondback rattlesnake on rust red stone

Red panda in tree

Red-tailed hawk landing

Red-tailed Hawk

Reindeer in Tromso region, Northern Norway

Reindeer (Caribou)

Black rhino on the Serengeti

Ringtail crouching.

Ringtail possum sitting on a tree branch

Ringtail Possum

A Rock Hyrax or Dassie, on lichen covered rocks in Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Rodrigues Flying Fox

Rodrigues Flying Fox

Female saiga

Fire salamander

Salamander and Newt

Scorpion in the Spanish desert

Sea lions sunning on sandstone rocks

Secretary bird displaying head plumage

Serval laying in the grass

Shoebill

Siamang looks up tot he sky while touching his left ear with his hand, absentmindedly

New Guinea singing dog looks off to the left as his background is darkened by midday shadows

African Slender-snouted crocodile

Slender-snouted Crocodile

Closeup of a sloth bear's face straight on

oncilla

Yellow bush viper

A snow leopard with aqua eyes stares at the camera

Sociable weaver bird sitting on a branch near its woven nest

Sociable Weaver

Two adult Somali wild asses standing amidst yellow wildflowers

Somali Wild Ass

Southern Cassowary

Southern Cassowary

orb weaver spider

Spiral horned Kudu antelope

Spiral-horned Antelope

Spotted hyena Turbo rests his head on his brother, Zephyr's, back as they lay in their den.

Seller's sea-eagle holding frozen fish in its talons as it flies over snow covered sea

Steller's Sea-eagle

Peruvian fire stick insect on a leafy branch

Saddlebill stork

A striped hyena looks slightly to the left as is suns itself in front of its den

Striped skunk walking across green grass.

A pair of sugar gliders on a tree branch.

A sun bear relaxes with its paw under its muzzle, on a wooden log

Surinam toad

A takin in Bhutan stands on the top of a dirt hill looking down

A young tamandua gazes at the camera with a wet nose.

Tamandua or Lesser Anteater

South American tapir

Greenbottle blue tarantula

A Tasmanian devil opens its mouth wide to let out a growl

Tasmanian Devil

Frogmouths sitting on a tree branch, looking straight at the camera

Tawny Frogmouth

A tiny tenrec standing on soil and dried leaves.

Thick-billed parrot sitting in a plumeria tree

Thick-billed Parrot

Sumatran tiger

Toucan, Costa Rica

A tree pangolin looks to the right while standing on a wood plank

Tuatara in New Zealand forest

Turtle with butterflies, Amazon

Turtle and Tortoise

Two-toed sloth

Vervant Monkey in Tree

Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)

Warthog in African habitat

Colorful waxbills drinking at water's edge, Africa

West African lungfish

West African Lungfish

Humpback whale

A southern white rhino stands in a grass field and looks slightly to the right.

White Rhinoceros

Cape Buffalo

Red River Hog piglets

Wild Swine (Pig and Hog)

Gray wolves Canis lupus

Woma python

Southern hairy-nosed wombat

African Plains

Two 'alala birds stand on a branch in a tropical forrest.

‘Alalā (Hawaiian crow)