Angelo Gandolfi / Forest fire in the Cerrado during dry season. Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Goias, Brazil. September 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / Scorched vegetation and rocks after fires during the peak of the dry season, Vale de Lua, Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Cerrado region, Goias, Brazil. Fires at the peak of the dry season, Septe...

Ben Cranke / Jaguar (Panthera onca) sitting at night, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) in its natural habitat, at sunset, the grasslands of the Brazilian Cerrado, Serra da Canastra National Park, Minas Gerais State, Brazil.

Luciano Candisani / Troupial (Icterus icterus) perched in flowering tree, Cerrado Ecosystem, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Piraputanga (Brycon hilarii) schooling in clear water stream, Cerrado Ecosystem, Bodoquena Plateau, Brazil

Piotr Naskrecki / Rainbow over savanna with Bullhorn Acacia trees, Costa Rica

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Giant anteater in grassland fire {Myremecophaga tridactyla} Emas NP, Brazil - composite image

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Yellow faced amazon parrots {Alipiopsitta xanthops} Emas NP, Cerrado, Goias, Brazil. Endangered species

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Common / Greater rhea {Rhea americana} Cerrado, Emas National Park, Goias, Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Fire in fields and cerrado vegetation, Emas NP, Goias, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Anaconda sunbathing {Eunectes murinus} Cerrado habitat, Piaui state, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Red and Green Macaw (Ara chloroptera) flying, wings spread, back view, wild, ranges from humid east Panama to Brazil, east Peru, north-east Bolivia and Paraguay, Cerrado habitat, Mato Grosso do Sul, B...

Pete Oxford / Red and Green Macaw (Ara chloroptera) flying, Cerrado habitat, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Red and Green Macaw (Ara chloroptera) flying, Cerrado habitat, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) stabilizes itself with its prehensile tail while using a heavy rock hammer to crack open palm nuts placed in small pits in the anvil rock surface, Cerrado habitat, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) stabilizes itself with its prehensile tail while using a heavy rock hammer to crack open palm nuts placed in small pits in the anvil rock surface, Cerrado habitat, Brazil

Claus Meyer / Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) calling while perching on branch, Cerrado, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) pair using rock and anvil to crack open Piassava Palm (Attalea funifera) nuts, Cerrado habitat, Piaui State, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) using a rock to crack open a Piassava Palm (Attalea funifera) nut, Cerrado habitat, Piaui State, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) using a rock to crack open a Piassava Palm (Attalea funifera) nut, Cerrado habitat, Piaui State, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Brazilian Three-banded Armadillo (Tolypeutes tricinctus) rolls into a protective ball when threatened, endemic to Cerrado and Caatinga habitats, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) cracking open a Piassava Palm (Attalea funifera) nut to drink the milk, Brazil

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

Tui De Roy / Bare-faced Curassow (Crax fasciolata) male in typical Cerrado habitat, Emas National Park, Brazil

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

Pete Oxford / Roccoco toad {Bufo paracnemis} held by child. Cerrado, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Maned wolf {Chrysocyon brachyurus} Cerrado habitat. Brazil. South America.

Pete Oxford / Threatened Cerrado habitat - red sandstone cliffs, Piaui State, NE Brazil, South America - habitat for endangered Hyacinth macaw

Pete Oxford / Blue and yellow macaw {Ara ararauna} Cerrado habitat, Piaui State, Brazil

Laurie Hedges / Drone shot passing through rock formation in a cerrado landscape, Matto Grosso, Brazil.

Laurie Hedges / Drone shot tracking over cerrado grassland and cattle ranch landscape, with dramatic rock formations, Matto Grosso, Brazil, 2019.

Laurie Hedges / Drone shot tracking over cerrado grassland and cattle ranch landscape, with dramatic rock formations, Matto Grosso, Brazil, 2019.

Laurie Hedges / Drone shot tracking over cerrado grassland and cattle ranch landscape, with tall mountains and cliffs, Matto Grosso, Brazil, 2019.

Laurie Hedges / Drone shot tracking over cerrado grassland and cattle ranch landscape, with tall mountains and cliffs, Matto Grosso, Brazil, 2019.

Laurie Hedges / Drone shot tracking over cerrado grassland and cattle ranch landscape, with tall mountains and cliffs, Matto Grosso, Brazil, 2019.

Laurie Hedges / Drone shot tracking over cerrado grassland and cattle ranch landscape, with tall mountains and cliffs, Matto Grosso, Brazil, 2019.

Laurie Hedges / Drone shot tracking over cerrado grassland and cattle ranch landscape, with tall mountains and cliffs, Matto Grosso, Brazil, 2019.

Angelo Gandolfi / Tree trunk and roots, high angle view. Cerrado forest, Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / Jatoba (Hymenaea courbaril) tree. Cerrado forest, Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / Geoffroy's side-necked turtle (Phrynops geoffroanus) in the Cerrado. Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / Waterfall in the Cerrado. Estancia Mimosa, Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / Forest reflected in pool within the Cerrado. Ilha do Padre, Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sol, Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / Trees reflected in spring fed pool, Baia Bonita Ecological Reserve, Cerrado. Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / Cerrado forest landscape. Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / River through forest in Cerrado. Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Goias, Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / Forested landscape in Cerrado. Chapada dos Guimaraes National Park, Mato Grosso, Brazil. 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / Forest in the Cerrado. Chapada dos Guimaraes, Mato Grosso, Brazil. 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / Pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus), pair grazing in Cerrado grassland. Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / Church and buildings surrounded by Cerrado forest. Parque do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / Wood stork (Mycteria americana) flying over termite mounds amongst scattered trees. Cerrado, Brazil. 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / Maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) dead on roadside. very many animals are killed each year on the region's roads. Cerrado, Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / Agricultural land which has replaced the natural Cerrado ecosystem. Goias, Brazil. 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / Three horses below Pink trumpet tree (Tabebuia impetiginosa). in flower,Cerrado, Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / Cerrado landscape, Parque do Caraca, Minas Gerais, Brazil. 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / Termite mounds in savannah with scattered trees. Cerrado, Brazil. 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / Greater rhea (Rhea americana), six walking across grassland. Cerrado, Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / Freshwater pool in rock. Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Vale de Lua, Goias, Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / Fires in the Cerrado during dry season. Vulture and birds of prey gathering overhead to feed. Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Goias, Brazil. September 2010.

Angelo Gandolfi / Tree silhouetted by burning forest fire during dry season. Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park, Goias, Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) pair at nest in tree stump. Cerrado, Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / Cashew (Anacardium occidentale) fruits and nuts growing on tree. Cerrado, Goias, Brazil.

Suzi Eszterhas / Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) with Southern-crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) in Cerrado, Serra de Canastra National Park, Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Yellow-collared Macaws (Primolius auricollis) perched on wire fence, Cerrado, Caceres, Mato Grosso, Western Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Black-tailed Trogon (Trogon melanurus) calling, Cerrado, Mato Grosso State, Western Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Black-tailed Trogon (Trogon melanurus) calling, Cerrado, Mato Grosso State, Western Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Juvenile Black-and-white Hawk Eagle (Spizaetus melanoleucus) Cerrado, Mato Grosso, Western Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Azara's Capuchin Monkey (Sapajus cay) running in the Cerrado, Mato Grosso State, Western Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Azara's Capuchin Monkey (Sapajus cay) running in the Cerrado, Mato Grosso State, Western Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Azara's Capuchin Monkey (Sapajus cay) running in the Cerrado, Mato Grosso State, Western Brazil

Roland Seitre / Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) in habitat, Brazil. Vulnerable species.

Roland Seitre / Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) walking, Ecuador.

Roland Seitre / Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) walking, Ecuador.

Roland Seitre / Red Worm Lizard (Amphisbaena alba) native to South America.

Roland Seitre / Greater Rhea (Rhea americana) chicks, Argentina, captive.

Roland Seitre / Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi) La Paz Waterfall Gardens, Poas, Costa Rica.

Roland Seitre / Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi) La Paz Waterfall Gardens, Poas, Costa Rica.

Roland Seitre / Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi) La Paz Waterfall Gardens, Poas, Costa Rica.

Roland Seitre / Red-legged seriema (Cariama cristata) landing, El Fuerte, Santa Barbara, Jujuy, Argentina.

Roland Seitre / Red-legged seriema (Cariama cristata) landing, El Fuerte, Santa Barbara, Jujuy, Argentina.

Roland Seitre / Red-legged seriemas (Cariama cristata) perched on cacti, El Fuerte, Santa Barbara, Jujuy, Argentina.

Roland Seitre / Red-legged seriemas (Cariama cristata) perched on cacti, El Fuerte, Santa Barbara, Jujuy, Argentina.

Roland Seitre / Red-legged seriemas (Cariama cristata) perched on cacti, El Fuerte, Santa Barbara, Jujuy, Argentina.

Roland Seitre / Red-legged seriemas (Cariama cristata) perched on cacti, El Fuerte, Santa Barbara, Jujuy, Argentina.

Roland Seitre / Greater rhea (Rhea americana araneipes) Beni, Bolivia.

Roland Seitre / Greater rhea (Rhea americana araneipes) Beni, Bolivia.

Roland Seitre / Greater rhea (Rhea americana araneipes) Beni, Bolivia.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Female Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana) fighting her own reflection in car mirror, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Grassland Sparrow (Ammodramus humeralis) Serra da Canastra National Park,Cerrado Region, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Grassland Sparrow (Amnodramus humeralis) Serra da Canastra National Park,Cerrado Region, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Cinereous Warbling-finch (Poospiza cinerea), an endangered species, Serra da Canastra National Park,Cerrado Region, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil. Endemic, vulnerable species.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster) perched, Serra da Canastra National Park,Cerrado Region, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Cinnamon Tanager (Schistochlamys ruficapillus) perched, Serra da Canastra National Park,Cerrado Region, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Cinnamon Tanager (Schistochlamys ruficapillus) perched, Serra da Canastra National Park,Cerrado Region, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Sharp-tailed Tyrant (Culicivora caudacuta) perched, Serra da Canastra National Park,Cerrado Region, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Gray-backed Tachuri (Polystictus superciliaris) perched, Serra da Canastra National Park,Cerrado Region, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil