Rolf Nussbaumer / Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), baby turtle walking towards sea, South Padre Island, South Texas, USA. July

Claudio Contreras / Gulf coast ribbon snake (Thamnophis proximus orarius) Laredo Borderlands, Texas, USA. April

Rolf Nussbaumer / Single White Prickly Poppy (Argemone albiflora) flower, in wildflower meadow, Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / White Prickly Poppy (Argemone albiflora) flowering in wildflower meadow, Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Detail of Wine-Cup (Callirhoe involucrata) with dew drops on petals, Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Wine-Cup (Callirhoe involucrata) in flower, Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Whooping Crane (Grus americana) wading in coastal waters, Seadrift, San Antonio Bay, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Western Cottonmouth snake (Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma) on lake flicking tongue. Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Western Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma) head portrait in grass, Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) juvenile drinking from wetland lake, Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Texan spider lily (Hymenocallis liriosme) stamens close up, Texas Coast, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Texas Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri) with mouth open in defense posture, Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA