Claus Meyer / Yellow Armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus) peeking out of burrow, Caatinga ecosystem, Brazil

Claus Meyer / Tiger-striped Leaf Frog (Phyllomedusa tomopterna) waving, Amazon rainforest, Brazil

Claus Meyer / Cotton-top Tamarin (Saguinus oedipus), Colombia

Claus Meyer / Aerial view of the Iguacu Falls, Brazil

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

Claus Meyer / Silky Short-tailed Bat (Carollia brevicauda) feeding on fruit, Amazon ecosystem, Brazil

Claus Meyer / Jaguar (Panthera onca) peeking out through foliage and flowers, Amazon, Brazil

Claus Meyer / Meandering river in forest, Amazon, Brazil

Claus Meyer / Red-tailed Amazon (Amazona brasiliensis), Atlantic Forest, Brazil

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