Claus Meyer / Green Iguana (Iguana iguana) clinging to branch in tropical rainforest, Caatinga, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Scaled Dove (Columbina squammata) four huddled together on branch, Brazil

Claus Meyer / Red-breasted Toucan (Ramphastos dicolorus) close-up through vegetation, south Brazil

Claus Meyer / Scorpion tail ends in a stinger that protects the young carried on back, Caatinga ecosystem, Brazil

Claus Meyer / Coatimundi (Nasua nasua) young in tree, Pantanal ecosystem, Brazil

Konrad Wothe / Cattle Tyrant (Machetornis rixosa) on Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), Pantanal, Brazil

Norbert Wu / Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) bill is actually light and spongy, Brazil

Flip Nicklin / Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris) pair, Brazil

Tui De Roy / Cerrado habitat, fire resistant savannah scrubland, prone to burning from lightning strikes, Serra de Canastra National Park, Brazil

Flip Nicklin / Tucuxi River Dolphin (Sotalia fluviatilis) in small lake, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Greater Rhea (Rhea americana) portrait, Pantanal, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) cooling off in shallow water, Brazil