A leopard walks down a dry streambed in the lowland of Bhutan.
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Roman and Hottentot seabream gather around a baited underwater video system. Stereo cameras allow scientists to estimate the size and age of the fish drawn to the bait.
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A lower pitcher of Nepenthes rajah on Mount Kinabalu. This species produces the largest pitchers of all pitcher plants. It is extremely rare and occurs only on the higher slopes of Mount Kinabalu and neighboring Mount Tambuyukon.
Nepenthes x kinabaluensis (natural hybrid between N. villosa and N. rajah), wild, lower pitcher.
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A roman caught near Cape Point. Because roman are born female and change sex later in life, intensive fishing skews their sex ratio, hurting a population’s ability to bounce back.
Roman, Hottentot seabream, pyjama shark, and pufadder shyshark gather around a baited underwater video system. Stereo cameras allow scientists to estimate the size and age of the fish drawn to the bait.
A Red Roman in Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area. Populations of this seabream have been in decline from overfishing, but show a strong recovery in no-take marine protected areas.
A Peruvian spider monkey (Ateles chamek) kept as a pet in Boca Manú, a settlement on the bank of the Madre de Dios river.. The Peruvian spider monkey is an endangered species.
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Nepenthes rajah, grootste beker van alle bekerplanten, zeer gewild en zeer zeldzaam. Deze plant werd tijdens de expeditie gevonden op een locatie tot dan toe nog onbekende groeilocatie.
Nepenthes x kinabaluensis (natural hybrid between N. villosa and N. rajah), wild, upper pitcher.
African bush elephants at night in the Chyulus, Kenya.
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A large roman swims in one of False Bay’s no-take zones. Marine protected areas are proving to be the light at the end of the tunnel for the future of the country’s iconic reef fishes and the people that depend on them.
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A red roman and a pyjama shark swim side by side in Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area. False Bay is a real biodiversity hotspot owing to its position at the intersection of two major ocean currents.
A Peruvian spider monkey (Ateles chamek) kept as a pet in Boca Manú, a settlement on the bank of the Madre de Dios river.. The Peruvian spider monkey is an endangered species.
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Wild Nepenthes x kinabaluensis (natural hybrid between N. villosa and N. rajah), wild, live and dried out lower pitchers.
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Colorful reef fish called roman swim in a kelp forest in False Bay, South Africa. Two major ocean currents meet here, spawning some of the most diverse and unique marine life on the planet.
A Peruvian spider monkey (Ateles chamek) kept as a pet in Boca Manú, a settlement on the bank of the Madre de Dios river.. The Peruvian spider monkey is an endangered species.
The rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) is one of the most striking birds that inhabit the lower regions of Mount Kinabalu.
Nepenthes rajah pitcher, Mount Kinabalu, Borneo.
Villose pitcher plant (Nepenthes villosa)
Upper pitchers of a villose pitcher plant (Nepenthes villosa), a giant carnivorous plant, growing on Mount KInabalu, Borneo.
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Roman and hottentot seabream are abundant in the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area. Although South Africa’s fishing regulations are far from trouble-free, marine protected areas are proving to be the light at the end of the tunnel for the future of the country’s iconic reef fishes and its growing group of fishermen.
A red roman and hottentot seabream in Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area. Populations of this seabream have been in decline from overfishing, but show a strong recovery in no-take marine protected areas.
A Red Roman in Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area. Populations of this seabream have been in decline from overfishing, but show a strong recovery in no-take marine protected areas.
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The orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) has been a symbol of Borneo ever since early explorer Alfred Russell Wallace first published his book The Malay Archipelago in 1869.
Nepenthes x kinabaluensis (natural hybrid between N. villosa and N. rajah), wild, upper pitcher.
Villose pitcher plant (Nepenthes villosa)
A villose pitcher plant (Nepenthes villosa), a giant carnivorous plant, growing on Mount Kinabalu. Upper pitcher with basal rosettes in the background.
