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.
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,…
