Cyril Ruoso / Man with Chamec spider monkeys (Ateles chamek) holding onto him as he walks through sanctuary. Ikamaperou Sanctuary, Amazon, Peru. October 2006.

Cyril Ruoso / Common woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha) climbing over keeper in Ikamaperou Sanctuary, Amazon, Peru. October 2006.

Cyril Ruoso / Keeper feeding Common woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha) in Ikamaperou Sanctuary, Amazon, Peru. October 2006.

JIM CLARE / Inca temple of the sun, Ingapirca archeological complex. Canar province, Andes, Ecuador.

JIM CLARE / Ingapirca archeological complex, Inca and Canari construction. Canar province, Andes, Ecuador.

JIM CLARE / Inca temple of the sun, Ingapirca archeological complex. Canar province, Andes, Ecuador.

Jack Dykinga / Mother and daughters and home in Campo village of Agua Caliente. Sierra Alamos, Mexico 1992

Jack Dykinga / Family living near the Rio Cuchujaqui with hunted Ocelot (Felis pardalis) skin / pelt. Sierra Madre foothills, Mexico 1992

Jack Dykinga / Poolhall in the Alamdeda, Alamos, Sonora, Mexico 1992

Jack Dykinga / Family with baby in La Higuera, Sierra Alamos, Mexico 1992

Jack Dykinga / Woman weaving sleeping mat outside her home, Campo Village, aqua Caliente, Sierra Alamos, Mexico 1992

Jack Dykinga / Grandmother and grandson standing next to Strangler fig (Ficus padifolia) covering the wall of their home, Aduana, near Alamos, Sonora, Mexico 1992

Pascal Kobeh / Mayan skull, possibly result of human sacrifice to the gods that the Maya culture made and then threw in cenote, Prehispanic Era, Punta Laguna Cenote, Yucatan peninsula, Mexico

Pascal Kobeh / Mayan human and animal skulls and bones, possibly result of human sacrifice to the gods that the Maya culture made and then threw in cenote, pre-Hispanic era, Punta Laguna Cenote, Yucatan peninsula, M...

Pascal Kobeh / Mayan skull, possibly result of human sacrifice to the gods that the Maya culture made and then threw in cenote, pre-Hispanic era, Punta Laguna Cenote, Yucatan peninsula, Mexico

Pascal Kobeh / Mayan human skull and bones, possibly result of human sacrifice to the gods that the Maya culture made and then thrown into cenote, pre-Hispanic era, Punta Laguna Cenote, Yucatan peninsula, Mexico

Merryn Thomas / Machu Picchu in morning. Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Peru. December 2013.

Merryn Thomas / Morning light on Machu Picchu. Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Peru. December 2013.

Merryn Thomas / Morning at Machu Picchu, Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Peru. December 2013.

Merryn Thomas / Inca ruins on Inca Trail, Peru. December 2013.

Merryn Thomas / Hands on loom in Planeterra-supported women's weaving project, Huchuy Qosco, indigenous village, Sacred Valley, Peru. December 2013.

Merryn Thomas / Woman sitting at backstrap loom. Planeterra-supported women's weaving project, Huchuy Qosco, indigenous village, Sacred Valley, Peru. December 2013.

Merryn Thomas / Women dying wool in Planeterra-supported women's weaving project, Huchuy Qosco indigenous village, Sacred Valley, Peru. December 2013.

Constantinos Petrinos / Old Cuban man standing by his domestic donkey and smoking a Cuban cigar in a typical cobblestone street with a house in pastel colors in the background, Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus Province, Cuba, Carib...

Mark Bowler / Indigenous Maijuna fisherman with Red-bellied pacu fish (Piaractus brachypomus) Rio Napo, Loreto, Peru. October 2014.

Mark Bowler / Indigenous Maijuna fisherman with Red-bellied pacu fish (Piaractus brachypomus) Rio Napo, Loreto, Peru. October 2014.

Konrad Wothe / Trader with animal-skins, Pucallpa, Huanuco Region, Peru. September 2013.

Tui De Roy / El Fatal Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis sp), a newly described species, with Wacho Tapia, the director of the Giant Tortoise Restoration Initiative and co-author of the new species description, Cerro Mes...

Jeff Rotman / Miskito Indian fishermen preparing gill net, Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, Caribbean Sea. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Miskito Indian fishermen hauling in endangered Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) catch, Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, Caribbean Sea. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Miskito Indian fisherman cooking Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) meat, Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, Caribbean Sea. Model released.

Pal Hermansen / Vegetable market with Green bell peppers (Capsicum annuum) Havana, Cuba, January.

Pal Hermansen / Local vegetable market with onions (Allium cepa) Havana, Cuba, January.

Roland Seitre / Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) veterinarians treating orphan with mange, Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary, Costa Rica

Pete Oxford / South American River Turtle (Podocnemis expansa) researchers weighing individual, part of captive breeding program, Orinoco River, Apure, Venezuela

Albert Lleal / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) held by farmer in his corn field, El Salvador

Theo Allofs / Biolat Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates biolat) on nose of biologist Aleyda Curo Miranda, Tambopata River, Peru

Luciano Candisani / Domestic Cattle (Bos taurus), Zebu breed, and cowboy on a farm, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Thomas Marent / Green Anaconda (Eunectes murinus) being held up by two men, Leticia, Colombia

Luciano Candisani / Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) researcher looking for nests with newborns, Rocas Atoll, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Lemon Shark (Negaprion acutidens) young being released by biologist of Dr. Gruber research team, Rocas Atoll, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Brazil Nut (Bertholletia excelsa) harvest collected by young Native Amazonian boy, Cajari River Ecological Reserve, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Acai Palm (Euterpe sp) fruit being transported in boat by Native Amazonian, Cajari River Ecological Reserve, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Rubber tapper extracting latex, Tapajos Arapiuns Reserve, Amazon, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Amazonian Manatee (Trichechus inunguis) hunter, an illegal activity still practiced for sustenance, Rio Negro, Amazon, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) researcher hydrating a female surprised by very low tide after laying her eggs, Rocas Atoll, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia) animal from zoo to be released into wild, endangered species, Atlantic Forest, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) researcher attaching radio collar in cloud forest and paramo habitat, Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) researcher measuring individual in cloud forest and paramo habitat, Andes, Ecuador

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) biologists, Ale Car and Eleonore Hachemen, collecting unhatched eggs, Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Jaguar (Panthera onca) biologists, Stephanny Arroyo-Arce and Ian Thomson, making plaster cast of jaguar track on beach, Coastal Jaguar Conservation Project, Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) biologists, Ale Car and Eleonore Hachemen, collecting unhatched eggs, while a volunteer takes down data, Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) biologists, Ale Car and Eleonore Hachemen, collecting unhatched eggs, Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

Thomas Marent / Amazon Water Lily (Victoria amazonica) pad raised by man in boat, Mamiraua Reserve, Amazon, Brazil

Nick Upton / Quechua mother and daughter preparing Palm weevil larvae (Rhynchophorus palmarum) before cooking them as food and to use in medicine, Amazonia, Ecuador.

Pete Oxford / Jaguar (Panthera onca) male on riverbank observed by tourists near Porto Joffre, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) captured by a researcher of the Marine Turtle Tamar Project, Fernando De Noronha Island, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) holding onto Native Amazonian girl's arm, Amazon, Brazil

Ugo Mellone / The Mamo Romualdo, the spiritual authority of the Kogui tribe, who lives beside Ciudad Perdida, the archaeological site of an ancient city, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. December, 2021.

Ugo Mellone / Woman holding her baby with man looking out of window behind in village in the El Encanto Wiwa community, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. December, 2021.

Ugo Mellone / Woman with her children sitting outside village hut, El Encanto, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. December, 2021.

Ugo Mellone / Woman from the Wiwa community cutting wood for cooking in village, El Encanto, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. December, 2021.

Ugo Mellone / Woman from the Wiwa community cutting wood for cooking in village, El Encanto, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. December, 2021.

Ugo Mellone / A young boy from the Wiwa community in El Encanto, holding an Algarrobo tree (Hymenaea courbaril) sapling before planting as part of the reforestation project, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia....

Daniel Nunez / Annual kite festival celebrating Day of the Dead. Every 1st of November families reunite in the cemetery to remember dead relatives. A tradition of more than 124 years is the display and making of gia...

Daniel Nunez / Annual kite festival celebrating Day of the Dead. Every 1st of November families reunite in the cemetery to remember dead relatives. A tradition of more than 124 years is the display and making of gia...

Daniel Nunez / Annual kite festival celebrating Day of the Dead. Every 1st of November families reunite in the cemetery to remember dead relatives. A tradition of more than 124 years is the display and making of gia...

Tui De Roy / Scalloped Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna lewini) being released after tagging for research, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Alejandro Prieto / Local people dressed in Jaguar costumes participating in a tradition called 'La Tigrada', probably the most important celebration dedicated to any animal in the country. They invoke 'T...

Alejandro Prieto / Local children wearing Jaguar costumes participating in a tradition called 'La Tigrada', a celebration dedicated to the Jaguar, Chilapa de Alvarez, Guerrero, Mexico.

Alejandro Prieto / A hunter holding a Jaguar (Panthera onca) skin, Quintana Roo, Mexico.

Tui De Roy / Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) conservationists digging up hatchlings from nests in enclosed area, Oaxaca, Mexico

Tui De Roy / Volcan Alcedo Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis vandenburghi) being measured by biologists, Wolf Volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Suzi Eszterhas / Carambola (Averrhoa carambola) seedlings to be planted by sloth conservationist, Patricio Mariano Silfeni, to restore habitat, Sloth Conservation Foundation, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica

David Fleetham / A woman weaving on a loom in Peguche, a village of weavers near Otavalo, Ecuador. Editorial use only.