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A koala curled up asleep in the fork of a eucalyptus branch.

Two klipspringers standing on tiptoe atop the rocks in their zoo enclosure.

Pair of Klipspringers

A hippo's eyes and ears breaking the water surface, the rest submerged.

River hippopotamus at the San Diego Zoo

A herd of goats grazing a dry field behind an electric fence at sunset in San Diego.

Wildfire-Prevention Goats at Golden Hour

A honeycomb cowfish with hexagonal markings hovering over a coral reef.

Found a honeycomb cowfish on the reef

Dark brown and piebald sheep grazing on a coastal hillside with the sea and cloudy sky behind.

Sheep grazing above the coast. Ireland.

A large flock of white sheep grazing across flat green Irish pasture under a blue sky.

Flock of sheep. Ireland.

A long-tailed macaque sitting atop a stone wall above a forested clifftop and the sea.

Long-tailed macaque. Uluwatu, Bali.

A long-tailed macaque perched in the forest canopy, gripping a leafy branch.

Long-tailed macaque. Singapore.

A green heron wades in the shallows beside two red-eared slider turtles basking on a log.

Green heron and red-eared sliders

An American black bear foraging on the forest floor, with a second bear half-hidden behind a tree.

Black bear (and cub), New Jersey

A solitary wind-sculpted cypress clinging to a granite outcrop above a sunlit Pacific.

The Lone Cypress. Pebble Beach, California.

A sea otter floats in a kelp raft in front of moored boats in Monterey harbor.

Sea otter in Monterey harbor

A small flock of horned sheep crowds into the shade of a lone oak on dry golden hills.

Sheep sheltering under an oak

Four rhesus macaques, including a juvenile, perched among vines in a leafy tree.

A family of rhesus macaques on Monkey Mountain

A dark, near-black squirrel with a rufous-brown tail sits upright on a rock beside a tree in a city park.

Melanistic Eastern gray squirrel: a two-toned black morph

Bright orange Garibaldi drift through a kelp-covered reef in green coastal water.

Garibaldi at Grand View Reef

White-nosed coati nosing through leaf litter on a tropical forest floor in Panama City

A dark feral horse grazes on a misty hillside among eucalyptus trees overlooking Baños de Agua Santa, Ecuador

Wild horse, Baños de Agua Santa

Two Galápagos sea lions sprawled across a park bench under a wooden shelter, backed by mangroves.

Napping sea lions

A blue by-the-wind sailor stranded on tide pool rocks at a San Diego beach

By-the-wind sailor

An aggregating anemone clings to the base of a barnacle-crusted rock in a San Diego tidepool, tentacles fanned in a neat ring.

Anemone, San Diego

Panamanian white-faced capuchin mother with infant riding on her back, climbing across the hull of a yellow boat

Baby capuchin clinging to mom

Adult scarlet macaw perched on a wooden railing at a jungle lodge, vivid red plumage catching the overcast light

Scarlet macaw in the Amazon Rainforest

Yellow-crowned Amazon parrot perched on a wooden beam under a thatched roof with lush rainforest greenery behind it

Parrot in the Amazon Rainforest

A heap of dark marine iguanas piled on top of each other on a concrete walkway, basking together beside green mangroves

Cuddle puddle of iguanas

Adult Sally Lightfoot Crab in fiery red-orange stands its ground on black volcanic lava rock

Adult Sally Lightfoot crab blazing red and orange against jet-black Galápagos lava rock under overcast skies.

Sally Lightfoot crab, Galápagos

Juvenile marine iguana basking on porous black lava rock with ocean waves crashing behind it

Iguana, Galápagos

A marine iguana sprawled flat on sun-warmed rock, dead asleep beside a tangle of mangrove roots

A blue-footed booby perched on volcanic rock above a Galápagos penguin at the water's edge

Blue-footed booby and Galápagos penguin

A small group of Galápagos penguins perched on jagged volcanic rock at the water's edge

Galápagos penguins on the lava shore

Marine iguanas nearly invisible against black lava rock on an Isabela shoreline under a dramatic sky

Dozens of iguanas blending into the volcanic rock

Whitetip reef shark resting on the sandy seabed beside a rocky outcrop

Whitetip reef shark

A green sea turtle glides over algae-covered rocks in the shallow turquoise waters of the Galápagos

Green sea turtle, Galápagos

Blacktip reef shark gliding through murky water, dark fin tips visible against the haze

Blacktip reef shark, Galápagos Islands

Golden Pacific seahorse clinging to a submerged mangrove root on a murky seabed in Ecuador

Wild seahorse under a mangrove tree in Ecuador

Tall Galápagos prickly pear cactus with a thick woody trunk rising from black lava rock beside a tidal lagoon, more cacti dotting the volcanic landscape under overcast skies

Galápagos prickly pear

Pair of blue-footed boobies resting on dark volcanic rock at Los Túneles, lava channels and giant cacti behind them under overcast skies

Blue-footed booby, Los Túneles

An adult Galápagos giant tortoise soaks chin-deep in a muddy highland wallow surrounded by lush green trees

Giant tortoise, Galápagos

A train of pack donkeys hauls colorful bundles up a dusty switchback on the Inca Trail with steep Andean peaks behind

Donkeys on the Inca Trail

A llama grazes beside Inca stone ruins high above a steep green valley with snow-capped Andean peaks behind

More llamas in the Andes

Llamas lounging on the ancient terraces of Machu Picchu with Huayna Picchu towering behind them

Llamas at Machu Picchu

Two llamas graze on a green terrace at Machu Picchu with the jagged peak of Huayna Picchu towering behind them.

Llamas Deep in the Andes

A rhesus macaque yawns wide on a bridge railing, flashing its canines against the green hills of Hong Kong.

Yawning macaque

A rhesus macaque sits dead-center on a dirt trail through lush Hong Kong forest, staring down the photographer.

You shall not pass

An adult rhesus macaque carefully grooms a young juvenile on a concrete ledge at Kam Shan, Hong Kong, backed by dense tropical greenery.

Grooming macaques, Kam Shan (金山)

A female sika deer stares straight into the camera on a sun-dappled path in Nara Park, Japan.

Sika deer, Nara

An eastern gray squirrel perches on a bare branch against a thick tree trunk in a New York City park.

Squirrel, New York City

A white-nosed coati lounges on a concrete overlook with its long ringed tail stretched out behind it.

White-nosed coati, Panama City

Tiny bright-red frog with black spots perched on a stem among heart-shaped leaves on the forest floor of Isla Bastimentos

Strawberry poison-dart frog, Isla Bastimentos

Stocky brown-and-white sheep with a black face standing alone on bright green pasture above the Cliffs of Moher

Sheep, Cliffs of Moher

Black-headed gull with mottled dark hood perched on a railing above Shinobazu Pond, Bentendo temple in the background

Black-headed gull at Shinobazu Pond, Tokyo

Feral rooster perched high in a tropical tree, red comb poking through dense green canopy

Chicken in a tree

A long-tailed macaque mother sits on a forest path nursing her clinging infant

Mother monkey nursing her baby

Black cat sitting on polished concrete, looking up with bright green eyes between red café chairs

Black cat, Jersey City

Juvenile red fox nosing through roadside grass on Sandy Hook

Small fox on Sandy Hook

A massive white Mute Swan gliding alongside a wooden dock on the Hudson River

Mute swan on the river

A fully melanistic black squirrel perched on a bare branch high in a large tree against a blue sky

Black squirrel in a tree

A solidly black Eastern Fox Squirrel clinging to the reddish fibrous trunk of a tall coastal redwood, photographed from below against a blue sky.

Black squirrel hugging a redwood tree