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Treefrog in the Borneo rainforest. Photo by Rhett A. Butler For the month of December, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from 2012. All of these photos were…

Draco lizard at night in Sabah, Malaysia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler For the month of December, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from 2012. All of these…

Stream frog on Nosy Mangabe. Photo by Rhett A. Butler For the month of December, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from 2012. All of these photos were…

Mating frogs in the Borneo rainforest. Photo by Rhett A. Butler For the month of December, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from 2012. All of these photos…

Backlit forest dragon in Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler For the month of December, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from 2012. All of these photos were…

Uroplatus gecko in Madagascar. Photo by Rhett A. Butler For the month of December, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from 2012. All of these photos were taken…

Crowned lemur in Madagascar. Photo by Rhett A. Butler For the month of December, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from 2012. All of these photos were taken…

Giant day gecko in Madagascar. Photo by Rhett A. Butler For the month of December, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from 2012. All of these photos were…

Emerging cicada in Java. Photo by Rhett A. Butler For the month of December, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from 2012. All of these photos were taken…

Female black lemur on Nosy Komba, an island off northern Madagascar. Photo by Rhett A. Butler For the month of December, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from…

Tree frog in Borneo. Photo by Rhett A. Butler For the month of December, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from 2012. All of these photos were taken…

Cinnamon Roller (Eurystomus glaucurus). Photo by Rhett A. Butler For the month of December, I'll be posting some of my favorite pictures from 2012. All of these photos were taken…

Leaf chameleon (Brookesia species) in the hand of a forest guide on Nosy Mangabe, Madagascar.. Photo by Rhett A. Butler This is a full grown chameleon. Brookesia are among the…

A captive fossa near Andasibe, Madagascar. Photo by Rhett A. Butler The fossa is Madagascar's largest carnivore. While it looks like a cross between a puma and a dog, the…

Parson's chameleon near Analamazoatra Reserve.

Ankarana Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur ankaranensis) in Ankarana, Madagascar. I just returned from 3+ weeks in Madagascar where I was looking into the illegal rosewood trade and other stories. I'll be…

The skull of America’s biggest cat in Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development in Guyana. Photo by: Tiffany Roufs. The jaguar (Panthera onca) is classified as Near Threatened…

For those living in North America, this animal is one of the most commonly sighted: the grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). It is also an invasive species in Britain, Ireland, Italy,…

Baby Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea in Costa Rica. Between natural predators and hazards, baby sea turtles face steep odds — only one in 5,000-10,000 survive to…

Borugo in Colombia. The Borugo or Mountain Paca is a large seed-eating rodent found in the montane forests of South America. It is commonly hunted for its meat. More photos…

Tree-climbing lion of Uganda. The lions of Queen Elizabeth National Park in western Uganda spend an unusual amount of time in trees. It's unclear why they exhibit this behavior, but…

Today is International Red Panda Day, which aims help to raise awareness about red pandas. Dozens of zoos around the world are participating in this year's event. This Red Panda…

African elephant. An African elephant in Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park. This elephant was blocking the road so we waited about 20 minutes until it went on its way. More…

Collared Puffbird (Bucco capensis). Photo by: Jeremy Hance. The Collared Puffbird (Bucco capensis) in Ecuador's Yasuni National Park

Fruit stuffed in its mouth, this long-tailed macaque peeks at the photographer from a rooftop in Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. To see other photos of the…

The giant leaf tailed gecko of Madagascar, Uroplatus fimbriatus, hangs out above a flying insect. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. The giant leaf tailed gecko is threatened by deforestation and…

A new species of miniature frog was discovered in Borneo. Microhyla nepenthicola, shown here on the tip of a pencil, is about the size of a pea. All images ©…

Frog near Manokwari in West Papua, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler in August 2010.

Bats hang out in a limestone cave in Malaysia's Taman Negara National Park. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler, 2006. To see other photos from caves in Malaysia: Malaysian caves.

Katydid nymph in West Papua, on the island of New Guinea. Photo by Rhett A. Butler, August 2010. This red, magenta, orange, and yellow katydid nymph was seen in the…