Floris van Breugel / Desert Gold (Geraea canescens) and Sand Verbena (Abronia villosa) flowering in Death Valley National Park, California. Only once every 3-8 years do the flowers put on such a spectacular spring show;...

Luciano Candisani / Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) flock flying over island, Moleques do Sul Island, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Luis Quinta / Dusky grouper {Epinephelus marginatus} Reserva do Garajau, Madeira, Portugal

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Aerial view of large lake of "várzea" (floodplain) near Nova Olinda do Norte town, Amazonas State, Northern Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Children of Boca do Mamirauá village sitting under a {Lecythis pisonis} tree, Lake Mamirauá, Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, municipality of Alavarães, Amazonas State, Northern Brazil.

Pete Oxford / Iguanid lizards (Oplurus cuvieri) Two males fighting for territory. Ankarafantsika Strict Nature Reserve, Western dry-deciduous forest. MADAGASCAR . These are medium sized iguanas. This sub-group of t...

Pete Oxford / Red and Green Macaw (Ara chloroptera) flock perching and preening in tree, Cerrado habitat, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

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

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of a mythical Brazillian animal by Albertus Montanus, 1673. Copperplate from the German edition of his Dutch 'The New World'. A strange creature being pursued by colonials in the jungles...

Pete Oxford / Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) with a Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) on its back, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil