Luiz Claudio Marigo / View of Brazilian Baroque town Ouro Preto (UNESCO World Heritage Site)Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) in its natural habitat, at sunset, the grasslands of the Brazilian Cerrado, Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil. Endangered

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil. Endangered

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Golden capped conure {Aratinga auricapilla} Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Claus Meyer / Visitors explore an expansive cavern with stalactites, Vale Do Peruacu, Minas Gerais, south Cerrado savannah, Brazil

MYN / Joao P. Burini / Parasitoid wasp (Ichneumonidae) from urban environment, Sao Lourenço, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

Angelo Gandolfi / Church and buildings surrounded by Cerrado forest. Parque do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / Cerrado landscape, Parque do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 2010.

Joao Burini / Metallic leaf beetle ( Eumolpinae) with rain droplets, in Aiuruoca, Minas Gerais, Brazil. South-east Atlantic forest.

Joao Burini / Close-up of a Metallic jewel beetle (Buspretidae) in Aiuruoca, Minas Gerais, Brazil. South-east Atlantic forest.

Joao Burini / Frontal view of a metallic jewel beetle (Buprestidae) in Aiuruoca, Minas Gerais, Brazil. South-east Atlantic forest.

Joao Burini / Metallic leaf beetle (Chrysomelidae) with rain droplets, frontal view, in Aiuruoca, Minas Gerais, Brazil. South-east Atlantic forest.

MYN / Joao P. Burini / Ant mimicking jumping spider (Myrmarachne sp.) Sao Lourenco, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Composite image Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Joao P. Burini / Black arctiid moth (Ascalapha sp.) Sao Lourenco, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Joao P. Burini / Snout mouth (Pyralidae) Sao Lourenco, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Joao P. Burini / Weevil (Naupactus rivulosus) Sao Lourenco, Minas Gerais, Brazil. December. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

Cyril Ruoso / Buffy-headed marmoset (Callithrix flaviceps) on tree trunk, Atlantic Forest, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Cyril Ruoso / Buffy headed marmoset (Callithrix flaviceps) on branch with food in hand, Atlantic Forest, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Endangered species.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Black-fronted Titi Monkey (Callicebus nigrifrons) climbing, Atlantic Rainforest, Sao Lourenco, Southern Minas Gerais State, Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Titi monkey (Callicebus sp) in tree, Atlantic Rainforest, Sao Lourenco, Southern Minas Gerais State, Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Titi monkey (Callicebus sp) in tree, Atlantic Rainforest, Sao Lourenco, Southern Minas Gerais State, Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Titi monkey (Callicebus sp) in tree, Atlantic Rainforest, Sao Lourenço, Southern Minas Gerais State, Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Velvety Black-Tyrant (Knipolegus nigerrimus) perched, highlands of Itatiaia National Park, Itamonte. Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Great Pampa-Finch (Embernagra platenis) highlands of Itatiaia National Park, Itamonte. Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Great Pampa-Finch (Embernagra platenis) highlands of Itatiaia National Park, Itamonte. Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Velvety Black Tyrant (Knipolegus nigerrimus) highlands of Itatiaia National Park, Itamonte. Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Diademed tanager (Stephanophorus diadematus) Itatiaia National Park, Itamonte. Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Female Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana) fighting her own reflection in car mirror, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Grassland Sparrow (Ammodramus humeralis) Serra da Canastra National Park,Cerrado Region, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Grassland Sparrow (Amnodramus humeralis) Serra da Canastra National Park,Cerrado Region, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Cinereous Warbling-finch (Poospiza cinerea), an endangered species, Serra da Canastra National Park,Cerrado Region, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil. Endemic, vulnerable species.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Sapphire-spangled Emerald (Amazilia lactea) perched, Vargem Bonita town, near Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Stripe-breasted Starthroat (Heliomaster squamosus) perched, Vargem Bonita town, near Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster) perched, Serra da Canastra National Park,Cerrado Region, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Cinnamon Tanager (Schistochlamys ruficapillus) perched, Serra da Canastra National Park,Cerrado Region, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Cinnamon Tanager (Schistochlamys ruficapillus) perched, Serra da Canastra National Park,Cerrado Region, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Sharp-tailed Tyrant (Culicivora caudacuta) perched, Serra da Canastra National Park,Cerrado Region, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Glttering-bellied Emerald (Chlorostilbon lucidus) taking off, Vargem Bonita town, near Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Gray-backed Tachuri (Polystictus superciliaris) perched, Serra da Canastra National Park,Cerrado Region, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Collared Crescentchest (Melanopareia torquata) perched, Serra da Canastra National Park,Cerrado Region, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Sapphire-spangled Emerald (Amazilia lactea) perched, Vargem Bonita town, near Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Glttering-bellied Emerald (Chlorostilbon lucidus) perched, Vargem Bonita town, near Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Collared Crescentchest (Melanopareia torquata) Serra da Canastra National Park,Cerrado Region, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Swallow-tailed Hummingbird (Eupetomena macroura) perched, Vargem Bonita town, near Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / White-vented Violetear (Colibri serrirostris) perched, Vargem Bonita town, near Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Cinereous Warbling-finch (Poospiza cinerea) Serra da Canastra National Park,Cerrado Region, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil. Vulnerable species, endemic.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Cinereous Warbling-finch (Poospiza cinerea), Serra da Canastra National Park,Cerrado Region, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil. Vulnerable species, endemic.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Stripe-breasted Starthroat (Heliomaster squamosus) looking upwards Vargem Bonita town, near Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Peach-fronted Parakeet (Aratinga aurea) feeding on sunflower near Serra da Canastra National Park,Cerrado Region, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Peach-fronted Parakeet (Aratinga aurea) feeding on sunflower near Serra da Canastra National Park,Cerrado Region, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Peach-fronted Parakeet (Aratinga aurea) feeding on sunflower near Serra da Canastra National Park,Cerrado Region, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Glttering-bellied Emerald (Chlorostilbon lucidus) perched Vargem Bonita town, near Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Stripe-breasted Starthroat (Heliomaster squamosus) perched, Vargem Bonita town, near Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Stripe-breasted Starthroat (Heliomaster squamosus) perched, Vargem Bonita town, near Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Swallow-tailed Hummingbird (Eupetomena macroura) perched, Vargem Bonita town, near Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Sapphire-spangled Emerald (Amazilia lactea) perched, Vargem Bonita town, near Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Glttering-bellied Emerald (Chlorostilbon lucidus) perched, Vargem Bonita town, near Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Swallow-tailed Hummingbird (Eupetomena macroura) perched, Vargem Bonita town, near Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Swallow-tailed Hummingbird (Eupetomena macroura) perched, Vargem Bonita town, near Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Swallow-tailed Hummingbird (Eupetomena macroura) perched, Vargem Bonita town, near Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Swallow-tailed Hummingbird (Eupetomena macroura) perched, Vargem Bonita town, near Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Stripe-breasted Starthroat (Heliomaster squamosus) perched, Vargem Bonita town, near Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Glttering-bellied Emerald (Chlorostilbon lucidus) perched, Vargem Bonita town, near Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Stripe-breasted Starthroat (Heliomaster squamosus) perched, Vargem Bonita town, near Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Sapphire-spangled Emerald (Amazilia lactea) perched, Vargem Bonita town, near Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Stripe-breasted Starthroat (Heliomaster squamosus) perched Vargem Bonita town, near Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Diademed Tanager (Stephanophorus diadematus) in highlands of Itatiaia National Park, Itamonte. Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Highlands of Itatiaia National Park, Itamonte. Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil, July 2013.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Altitude fields of the the highlands of Itatiaia National Park, Itamonte. Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil, July 2013.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Jatoba Tree (Hymenaea courbaril) at Sao Roque de Minas town, near Serra da Canastra National Park, Cerrado region, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Fruits of 'Canjerana' tree (Cabralea canjerana) at Sao Roque de Minas town, near Serra da Canastra National Park, Cerrado region, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Jatoba Tree (Hymenaea courbaril) at Sao Roque de Minas town, near Serra da Canastra National Park, Cerrado region, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Flock of Peach-fronted Parakeet (Aratinga aurea) in flight, Serra da Canastra National Park,Cerrado Region, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) on Neotropical mound building termite (Cornitermes cumulans) mound feeding on queen termites which fly out of the termite mound to create new colonies, Sao Roq...

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Neotropical mound building termite (Cornitermes cumulans) mound with scars made by Giant anteater which climbs the mound to eat the queen termites when they are flying out of the termite mound to foun...

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Fungi growing from the inside of a termite mound, Sao Roque de Minas municipality, Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Woman standing next to Neotropical mound building termite (Cornitermes cumulans) mound with scars made by Giant anteater, Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) at Santurio do Caraca at night, coming to be fed, with tourists watching, Parque do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil, October 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) at Santurio do Caraca at night, coming to be fed, with tourists watching, Parque do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil, October 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) at Santurio do Caraca, where it is fed, at night. Parque do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil, October 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / Maned Wolves (Chrysocyon brachyurus) at Santurio do Caraca, where they are fed, at night. Parque do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil, October 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / Brazilian Squirrel (Sciurus aestuans ingrami) in Cerrado, October, Parque do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Angelo Gandolfi / Brazilian Squirrel (Sciurus aestuans ingrami) investigating banana, Parque do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / Brazilian Squirrel (Sciurus aestuans ingrami) feeding on fruit, Parque do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / The Cascatona waterfall in the dry season, Cerrado, Parque do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Angelo Gandolfi / Dusky-legged guans (Penelope obscura) interacting, Parque do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / Dusky-legged guan (Penelope obscura) Parque do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / Azure-shouldered tanager (Thraupis cyanoptera) female, Parque do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil

John Cancalosi / Rose Quartz SiO2 from Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Luciano Candisani / Northern Muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus) juvenile, Caratinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Flowers of (Vellozia squamata) Serra de Sao Jose, Tiradenbtes, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil, March

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Santo Antonio Wall / Paredao de Santo Antonio and Salto River at Ibitipoca State Park, municipality of Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil, February 2012.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Santo Antonio Wall / Paredao de Santo Antonio and Salto River with people bathing in water at Ibitipoca State Park, municipality of Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil, February 2012.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Plant (Paepalanthus acuminatus) endemic to the Ibitipoca State Park, municipality of Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Salto River at Ibitipoca State Park, with people bathing in river, municipality of Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil, February 2012.