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Weighing well-over 100 pounds, the capybara is the world's largest rodent. It is present in much of South America, including the Amazon rainforest and flooded savannahs. This photograph was taken…

A flock of brown pelicans flying (Pelecanus occidentalis) over crashing surf on the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2009. To see more photos from the…

A wild chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) feeds on canopy fruit in Kanyanchu forest, Kibale Forest National Park in Uganada. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2006. Chimpanzees have become a globally symbol…

An infant Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) in Chobe National Park in the south African nation of Botswana. The baby baboon and his family played on the edge of the Chobe…

The pygmy marmoset is the world's smallest monkey. Photo taken by Rhett A. Butler, March 2010 in Amacayacu National Park, Colombia, near the border with Peru. The Pygmy Marmoset (Cebuella…

This insect hit me directly in the eye as I was hiking in the Darien region of Colombia, near Spazurro on the border with Panama. I believe it is Anisocelis…

The southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) are so-named because they hop from place to place rather than slide on their belly or waddle. Photo by: Brodie Ferguson, 2006. The species,…

This fearsome looking fish is a freshwater species from Brazil. The predatory species—Chafalote (Rhaphiodon vulpinus)—was caught in Mato Grosso, the frontline of deforestation in Brazil. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler,…

This woolly monkey is just one of some 30 species of Colombian primates. Photo by: Brodie Ferguson, 2006. A new study in the open access journal Tropical Conservation Science looks…

Madagascar is home to some strange and wonderful animals, but few stranger and more wonderful than the tenrecs. Belonging to the family of Afrotheria, the small shrew-like tenrecs are most…

Cattle roam where once the Amazon rainforest stood in Brazil. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2008. The world's livestock industry has tripled in thirty years according to a new report…

A baby bat in Brazil clinging to a napkin. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2009. Mongabay.com has been unable to identify the species of this bat. If you know the…

The beautiful spectacled eider is not in decline, but several of its neighboring species are. A new study finds that while species populations in the overall Arctic biome are on…

The Critically Endangered pygmy three-toed sloth is endemic to a small island off the coast of Panama. Photo courtesy of Bryson Voirin. The world's smallest sloth is threatened by human…

A white-headed vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis) in Tanzania. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2007. Vultures are rarely people's favorite animals, yet they play a big role by devouring the bodies of…

Flying over the Okavango Delta in Botswana is a great opportunity to get an aerial view of big mammals, such as this good-sized herd of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer). Photo…

The stuff of myths, legends, and nightmare: the anaconda, according to Paul Rosolie, is even misunderstood by Amazonian tribes. Rosolie, who refers to the world's largest snakes as 'sweethearts' in…

Agoutis, such as this Central American agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) mother with babies, deserve a lot of respect. These large rainforest rodents are seed specialists and play a major role in…

The Boophis goudoti is one of hundreds of frogs endemic to the island of Madagascar. Every single frog species in Madagascar can be found now where else in the world,…

The fearsome teeth of a piranha. The fish was caught by a local fisherman on the Essequibo River in Guyana: it is considered good-eating by locals. Photo by Tiffany Roufs,…

Hatchling Olive Ridley sea turtle makes its way out to sea near Dominical, Costa Rica. Photo by Rhett A. Butler, 2008. This Olive Ridley sea turtle was one of several…

Gorgeous red grasshawk (dragonfly) near Nyaru Menteng, Central Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo). Photo by Rhett A. Butler, 2009. Red Grasshawk (Neurothemis fluctuans) in Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler, 2006. Red…

The jaguar Panthera onca is classified as Near Threatened: a previous six-week expedition to Rewa Head observed ten jaguars. Photo by: Ashley Holland and Gordon Duncan. Guyana bans gold mining…

Blue-eyed butterfly (species unknown) in North Sumatra. Photo by Rhett A. Butler, 2009.

Blueberry poison arrow frog (Dendrobates pumilio) in Bocas de Toro, Panama. Photo by Rhett A. Butler, 2007. This is just one of many color forms for Dendrobates pumilio. More commonly,…

Anole in Las Cruces Biological Station, Costa Rica. Photo by Rhett A. Butler 2008.

Reed Frog (Heterixalus alboguttatus) I spotted this colorful frog near Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. It's common name is misleading: the White Spotted Reed Frog. Madagascar is thought to have more…

Leopard caught by a camera trap in the Jeypore-Dehing forest. Photo by: Kashmira Kakati. Using camera traps over a two-year period, wildlife biologist Kashmira Kakati has discovered seven species of…

Captive okapi. Photo by Rhett A. Butler Twelve-year-old on a mission to save Africa's most unusual animal, the okapi, an interview with Spencer Tait (02/16/2010) Anyone who says a kid…

South China Tiger in South Africa, where Save China's Tigers has established a "rewilding" facility to eventually enable to reintroduction of the South China Tiger into its native habitat in…