Jeff Rotman / Common Thresher Shark (Alopias vulpinus) caught on gill net being hauled up onto boat, Huatabampo, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, Pacific Ocean. Model released. Model released.

Roland Seitre / Pet Blue throated / Wagler's macaw (Ara glaucogularis) in hut amongst people preparing food, Trinidad, Beni, Bolivia, Critically endangered species, January 2008.

David Noton / Woman and man with livestock walking along path, Isla del Sol, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, December 2009

Solvin Zankl / A Costa Rican researcher monitors the temperature in the developing sea turtle nests at Ostional beach, Costa Rica, November 2009. ^^^ Sea turtles have, like many other reptiles, temperature-dependent...

Roland Seitre / Pet Blue throated / Wagler's macaw (Ara glaucogularis) in family home, Trinidad, Beni, Bolivia, January 2008, Critically endangered species

Roland Seitre / People gathered in front of laptop computer watching an educational programme on the conservation of the Blue throated / Wagler's macaw (Ara glaucogularis) Santa Ana del Yacuma, Beni, Bolivia, Critica...

Roland Seitre / Conservation officer, Hernan Vargas Ayala, on motorbike for conservation survey of Blue throated / Wagler's macaw (Ara glaucogularis) Trinidad, Beni, Bolivia, Critically endangered species, January 20...

Roland Seitre / Boy with pet Blue winged parrotlet (Forpus xanthopterygius crassirostris) in cage, Trinidad, Beni, Bolivia, January 2008

Roland Seitre / Two men relaxing on hammock in wooden hut, Trinidad, Beni, Bolivia, January 2008

Roland Seitre / Woman outside wooden hut with hens, dog and pig, La Paz, Bolivia, January 2008

Roland Seitre / Man standing in doorway of hut in the pouring rain, Trinidad, Beni, Bolivia, January 2008

Roland Seitre / Conservation officer, Edgardo Griffith, examines a Crowned tree frog (Anotheca spinosa) for fungal parasitic skin disease at El Valle Amphibian Conservation Center, Panama, Central America, March 2008

Roland Seitre / Conservation officer, Edgardo Griffith, examines a Crowned tree frog (Anotheca spinosa) for fungal parasitic skin disease at El Valle Amphibian Conservation Center, Panama, Central America, March 2008

David Noton / Woman walking along path, Isla del Sol, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, December 2009

David Noton / Farmer with his sheep on the Isla del Sol, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, December 2009

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

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