Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...

Pete Oxford / Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) foal standing beside mother in waterhole, Africa

Pete Oxford / African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) portrait, endangered, Africa

Pete Oxford / Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) herd drinking at waterhole, Africa

Pete Oxford / African Lion (Panthera leo) watching Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) herd, Africa

Pete Oxford / African Lion (Panthera leo) pair of females watching Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) herd, Africa

Pete Oxford / African Lion (Panthera leo) female bringing down Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger), Africa

Winfried Wisniewski / African Lion (Panthera leo) female, Africa

Winfried Wisniewski / Leopard (Panthera pardus) walking across bare ground, Africa

Winfried Wisniewski / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) mother with calf, Africa

Winfried Wisniewski / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) mother with calf drinking, Africa

Winfried Wisniewski / Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) migrating herd crossing river, Africa

Winfried Wisniewski / African Lion (Panthera leo) two males resting, Africa

Shin Yoshino / Leopard (Panthera pardus) snarling, Africa

Gerry Ellis / Ostrich (Struthio camelus), east Africa

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Cape Cobra (Naja nivea) speckled morph, in defensive display, showcasing hood threat, Africa

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Common Egg-eating Snake (Dasypeltis scabra) swallowing egg, Africa

Gerry Ellis / African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus) portrait, east Africa

Thomas Mangelsen / Giraffe (Giraffa sp) close up of head, Africa

Thomas Mangelsen / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) herd walking in a line, Africa

Gerry Ellis / African Hedgehog (Atelerix algirus) portrait, northwest Africa

Konrad Wothe / Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) silverback, Africa

Gerry Ellis / African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus) preening, east Africa

Gerry Ellis / Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) silverback male portrait, Africa

Gerry Ellis / Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) silverback male, equatorial Africa

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) walking towards camera, sub-Sahara, east Africa

Konrad Wothe / Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) male carrying baby, central Africa

Norbert Wu / Old-world Chameleons, male and female preparing to mate, Africa

ZSSD / Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) portrait, native to eastern Africa

ZSSD / Red River Hog (Potamochoerus porcus) baby and mother interacting, a highly social bush pig native to West Africa

Peter Blackwell / Mount Kilimanjaro in cloud, Amboseli National Park, Kenya, East Africa

Roland Seitre / Bottle-nosed Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) at surface with calamari fishermen in the background. Senegal, West Africa.

Roland Seitre / Bottle-nosed Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) at surface with calamari fishermen in the background. Senegal, West Africa.

Roland Seitre / Bottle-nosed Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) at surface with calamari fishermen in the background. Senegal, West Africa.

Roland Seitre / Bottle-nosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) dorsal fin at sea surface. Senegal, West Africa.

Roland Seitre / Bottle-nosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) dorsal fins at sea surface. Senegal, West Africa.

Roland Seitre / Bottle-nosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) dorsal fins at sea surface. Senegal, West Africa.

Roland Seitre / Bottle-nosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) dorsal fins at sea surface, calamari fishermen and land in the background. Senegal, West Africa.

Roland Seitre / Bottle-nosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) dorsal fins at sea surface. Senegal, West Africa.

Roland Seitre / Bottle-nosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) dorsal fin at sea surface. Senegal, West Africa.

Roland Seitre / Bottle-nosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) dorsal fins at sea surface, man on small boat in background. Senegal, West Africa.

Roland Seitre / Bottle-nosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) dorsal fins at sea surface. Senegal, West Africa.

Roland Seitre / Bottle-nosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) dorsal fins at sea surface. Senegal, West Africa.

Roland Seitre / Tana River Red Colobus (Procolobus rufomitratus) in tree branches. Tsavo National Park, Kenya, January 2009.

Konrad Wothe / Chimpanzee Camp at Lake Tanganyika, Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania, East Africa

Konrad Wothe / Fishing boats, Kalilani village at lake Tanganyika, Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania, East Africa

Konrad Wothe / African children bathing, Kalilani village at lake Tanganyika, Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania, East Africa 2011

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) grazing at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century...

Roland Seitre / Fence allowing grazing-land to recover - to the left is over-grazed land, to the right is recovering land. Scimitar Oryx rehabilitation program, Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal, 2002.

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) with their handlers at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 2...

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) and their handler at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20t...

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...

Richard Du Toit / Aerial photo of stone fish traps, Cape Agulhas, Southern Cape, South Africa, August 2009

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Dogon Cave Painting. Mali, West Africa, 1981.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Dogon Cave paintings. Mali, West Africa, 1981.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Dogon healer letting blood in attempt to cure man suffering from fever. Tireli, Mali, West Africa, 1981.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Dogon boy with toy gun. Mali, West Africa, 1981.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Dogon elder telling the future with Cowrie shells. Mali, West Africa, 1981.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Mud houses and thatched granaries in Dogon village of Tireli. Mali, West Africa, 1981.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Dogon elder using fox divination for answering questions, which are set in a grid on the ground. The sand fox is believed to be the earthly intermediary and to communicate directly with the supreme Do...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Dogon elders telling the future with fox divination, reading fox tracks on a grid in the sand. The sand fox is believed to be the earthly intermediary and to communicate directly with the supreme Dogo...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Dogon women placing pots in firing pit with rims touching sides to conduct the heat. Tireli, Mali, West Africa, 1981.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Masked dancers in Dogon village of Sanga. Mali, West Africa 1981.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Mud huts and thatched granaries in the Dogon village of Sangha. Mali, West Africa, 1981.

Ingo Arndt / Ostrich (Struthio camelus) chick hatching, Africa

Ingo Arndt / Egyptian Locust (Anacridium aegyptium) first instars hatching from earth, Africa

Peter Blackwell / Isolated tree and volcanic rocks on shore of Lake Turkana, Kenya, 2006

Peter Blackwell / Isolated tree and volcanic rocks on shore of Lake Turkana, Kenya, 2006

Peter Blackwell / Fisherman on raft boat pulling in his net, Lake Turkana, Kenya, 2006

Peter Blackwell / Isolated tree and volcanic rocks on shore of Lake Turkana, Kenya, 2006

Peter Blackwell / Track along the shore of Lake Turkana, Kenya, 2006

Peter Blackwell / Fisherman with catch on his raft boat, Lake Turkana, Kenya, 2006

Peter Blackwell / Ballanites tree silhouetted at sunrise, Masai Mara NR, Kenya

Peter Blackwell / Murchison Falls, Uganda

Theo Allofs / Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) running, Africa

Theo Allofs / Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) baby near mother, Africa

Theo Allofs / Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) male sleeping, Africa

Theo Allofs / Ripples caused by wind on sand dune, Africa

Theo Allofs / Giraffe (Giraffa sp) male licking female's urine to determine if she's in estrus, called the flehmen response, Africa

Theo Allofs / Giraffe (Giraffa sp) mother with calf, early morning, dry season, August, Africa

Theo Allofs / Common Eland (Tragelaphus oryx) antelope in early morning, dry season, August, Africa

Theo Allofs / Giraffe (Giraffa sp) mother with calf, early morning, dry season, August, Africa

Theo Allofs / Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) babies in mother's arms, Africa

Theo Allofs / Spotted Sandgrouse (Pterocles ) taking off after having soaked up water in feathers, Africa

Richard Du Toit / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) warning sign, Africa

Thomas Mangelsen / African Lion (Panthera leo) pair fighting during mating, Africa