Jami Tarris / Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) huntress, Altai Mountains, Bayan Ulgii, Mongolia

Jami Tarris / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) entering teepee for food, Khovsgol, Mongolia

Suzi Eszterhas / Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) rehabilitator, Isabel Luevano, with one day old orphan duckling, International Bird Rescue, Fairfield, California

Ingo Arndt / Villagers collecting eggs from Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) during the first two days of the arribada (mass nesting event). This is the only place in the world where it is legal to...

Suzi Eszterhas / Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus) foster mother, Linda Tabone, bottle feeding six month old orphaned joey, Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary, Tasmania, Australia

Suzi Eszterhas / Pygmy Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus) biologist, Rebecca Cliffe, taking hair samples, Isla Escudo de Veraguas, Panama

Constantinos Petrinos / Woman from the Oromo tribe transporting firewood on her back. Oromia Region, Central Ethiopia, Africa, March 2009.

Pedro Narra / Man and woman undertaking monitoring work measuring Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) nests as the the female digs it, Bissagos Islands, Guinea Bissau. Endangered species. 3rd Place in the SOS Especes M...

Suzi Eszterhas / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) caretaker, Deanna Troeauga, bottle-feeding three week old orphaned pup, Alaska SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska

Suzi Eszterhas / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) stranding supervisor, Halley Werner, carrying three week old orphaned pup, Alaska SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Woman with stick at the Jumping of the bulls Hamer ceremony. This Hamer ceremony, is a right of passage into manhood for Hamer boys. During the ceremony young female relatives of the boys beg to be wh...

Pete Oxford / Yellow-tailed Surgeonfish (Prionurus laticlavius) school and snorkelers, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador