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Unidentified bee approaching an unidentified bird of paradise flower. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. At mongabay.com we love to take photos. However, sometimes it proves difficult to decipher what species…

A salmon-bellied snake (Mastigodryas melanolomus) slips through the undergrowth in Costa Rica. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2009. A new study has found evidence that snake populations may be declining…

Capuchin monkey in Suriname shows off. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2008. To see more photos of capuchins: Capuchin monkeys.

A little bee-eater alights on a branch over the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe. Photo by: Tiffany Roufs, 2009. To see more photos of Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Photos.

Along the Karakoram highway in the Xinjjiang province of Western China, men drive their yaks. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2006. To see more photos of the highway: Karakoram highway…

A common woolly monkey at a rehabilitation center in Colombia for animals trafficked in the pet trade. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2010. The common woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagotricha) is…

Mother and baby orangutan at Camp Leaky. Photo by Janie Dubman. The lives of over 200 people have been linked to orangutans for 40 years. The people are biologists, firefighters,…

Like some prehistoric beast, a hippo rises from a mudflat on the Chobe River that it shares with dozens of other hippos. Photo by: Tiffany Roufs, Botswana, 2009. To see…

Archey's frog. Photo courtesy of: Phil Bishop. Archey's frog is a marvel. Listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List, this New Zealand amphibian—which sports a number of prehistoric…

A white-throated toucan (Ramphastos tucanus) female captured in Ecuador. Photo by: Kimberly Holbrook. New research shows that the toucans of South America and the hornbills of Asia and Africa are…

An unidentified rodent from Xinjiang, China. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2006. I have not been able to indentify this species. If you can help, please contact me. To see…

A Rough-skinned newt (Taricha granulosa) in Big Basin State Park, California. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2007. This species is known for its poison, tetrodotoxin, a strong toxin that causes…

An Oustalet's chameleon wanders across a sandy landscape near Isalo, Madagascar. This species is one of the world's largest chameleons. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2009. A new study finds…

A Hamadryas butterfly in Honduras, 2004. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler These butterflies are also known as Cracker butterflies, because males make a cracking noise to attract females. To see…

French conservationist, Stephanie Vergniault stands between two soldiers in the central African nation of Chad. Before them lies the skull of a poached elephant. Photo courtesy of: Stephanie Vergniault. Amid…

A black-maned lion in Kenya. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Frustrated Kenyan herders are lacing corpses of cattle with poison to kill lions in revenge for the great cats attacking…

A group of western lowland gorillas in the Congo Basin. Photo courtesy of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). A new study in PLoS ONE shows that protected areas are essential…

A tarantula invades our shaving cup in the coastal rainforests of Suriname. Photo by: Tiffany Roufs. To see more photos from Suriname: Jeremy Hance and Tiffany Roufs' Suriname or Suriname…

Mated white-naped cranes practice "calling" behavior as their first chick scampers below them at the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo. Photo by: Julie Larsen Maher. "Calling" behavior means that mated…

In the rainforests of Suriname, dozens of not-yet-identified wasps crowd a leaf. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. To see more photos of insects from Suriname: Suriname Invertebrates.

Triplet African Lion Cubs. Julie Larsen Maher © Wildlife Conservation Society. The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo today debuts triplet lion cubs. The cubs, born January 27, 2010, can be…

A green bright-eyed frog (Boophis viridis) from Madagascar. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2009. Tomorrow, April 30th, is the second annual Save the Frogs Day with events on six continents.…

Along the Chobe River in Botswana, the white-hot sun of Africa falls behind an elephant feeding in the grasses. Photo by: Tiffany Roufs. To see more photos of sunsets and…

Asia's great hornbill Buceros bicornis. Photo by: Shumpei Kitamura. Hornbills are big and beautiful birds, but they are also key species in Asia's fragmented rainforests. As long distance seed-dispersers, hornbills…

Silver leaf langur baby in the Bronx Zoo’s JungleWorld exhibit. Photo by Julie Larsen Maher ©WCS. The silver leaf langur baby has a striking orange color in comparison to its…

Baby brown collared lemur clinging to its mother's back in the Bronx Zoo’s Madagascar! exhibit. Photo by Julie Larsen Maher ©WCS. The Bronx Zoo has put a recently-born, female brown…

Malayan water monitor (Varanus salvator) in Laos. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2009. This big lizard is adept at tree-climbing and can reach 1.5 meters in length. The IUCN Red…

A barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) takes off while another watches on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. The barn swallow is present on every continent except Antarctica. Photo: Rhett A. Butler,…

Listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List, the tiny golden mantella (Mantella aurantiacais) is native to Madagascar. This one was filmed in the wild. Photo by: Rhett A.…

A tufted puffin(Fratercula cirrhata) glides peaceably in Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2007. To see more photos of birds in Alaska: Alaskan birds.