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  • Elephant calves are photographed in Amboselli National Park in Kenya. 1/24/2017 IFAW/Julia Cumes

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  • An elephant calf is photographed in Amboseli National Park in Kenya. 1/24/2017 IFAW/Julia Cumes


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  • A zebra and her foal are photographed in Amboseli National Park in Kenya. 1/24/2017 IFAW/Julia Cumes

  • An elephant and her calf are photographed in Amboseli National Park in Kenya. 1/24/2017 IFAW/Julia Cumes


  • A secretary bird is photographed in Amboseli National Park in Kenya. 1/24/2017 IFAW/Julia Cumes


  • Wildebeests graze in Amboseli National Park in Kenya. 01/24/2017 IFAW/Julia Cumes

  • An elephant grazes in Amboseli National Park in Kenya. 01/24/2017 IFAW/Julia Cumes

  • A zebra and her foal are photographed in Amboseli National Park in Kenya. 01/24/2017 IFAW/Julia Cumes

  • A lionness and her cubs are photographed in the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania.

  • A cheetah is photographed in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.

  • A pride of lions is photographed in the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.


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  • Male chimp Eddie is photographed at the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Lake Victoria, Uganda. Eddie, who has been on Ngamba Island since 1998, has a healthy shiny black coat of hair. His face is brown with man wrinkles and dark spots. Although in good physical condition; he was depressed on arrival at UWEC, so it took him long to integrate into our group.<br /> He often displays with objects like Jerry cans and seems to enjoy throwing stones to people.<br /> Eddie likes asking for food by standing up and raising both his hands. He often stays behind after feeding and cries for more.<br /> In 2004 he over threw the alpha male, Robbie with the help of Mika, who within a few weeks over threw him from the alpha position, which he still holds to date.<br /> Eddie now holds the 3rd position of rank. hrew the alpha male, Robbie with the help of Mika, who within a few weeks over threw him from the alpha position, which he still holds to date. 03/15 Julia Cumes/IFAW

  • Two nazca boobies are photographed on Espanola Island in the Glalapagos.

  • Marine iguanas, found only on the Galapagos Islands, lounge on a rock on Espanola Island. The marine iguana is the only modern lizard that lives and forages in the sea and its primary food source is marine algae. Because they have to rid their bodies of excess salt, one can often see marine iguanas making a sort of sneezing sound and expelling water and salt from their noses.

  • A male blue-footed booby tries to catch the attention of his female partner by performing a courtship ritual on Espanola Island in the Galaogos. Apparently, the name ìboobyî comes from the Spanish word ìboboî which means ìclownî or ìfoolî or ístupidî. They earned this name because of their clumsy movements on land. Famous for their mating dance, the male booby will spread his wings and lift his blue feet high off the ground to impress his female partner with whom he mates for life.

  • Female chimp, Ndyakira, is photographed at the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Lake Victoria, Uganda. Ndyakira, who has been on Ngamba Island since 2002, has a bald forehead and little hair around her face. Ndyakira meansí I will surviveí in Rutoro. She was named after a very famous environmental journalist in Uganda who helped in uncovering the story of the four chimps that traveled to Russia and eventually to Uganda (some of whom are now at Ngamba). Ndyakira was confiscated from dealers in Kampala. After being informed that someone was trying to sell an infant chimp, CSWCT with the assistance of the Wildlife Authority, arranged a sting operation and successfully rescued Ndyakira.<br /> On arrival Ndyakira was underweight, had a very poor appetite, dull hair all symptoms of poor nutrition. She was both psychologically and physically unhealthy. She happily integrated into the group and loves being in the trees while in the forest. She has an average hierarchy especially in her age group. 03/15 Julia Cumes/IFAW

  • A Galapagos sea lion mother snuggles with her pup on Espanola Island in the Galapagos.

  • Sally Lightfoot crabs scuttle around on a volcanic rock on Isabela Island. While the adult crabs are brightly colored, young crabs are very dark and camouflage well on the lava rocks.

  • A female lava lizard is photographed on a lava rock on Isabela Island in the Galapagos.

  • A galapagos penguin shares a rock with marine iguanas on Isabela Island in the Galapagos.

  • A yellow-crowned night heron searches for food between the sally lightfoot crabs on Florian Island in the Galapagos.

  • A marine iguana, found only on the Galapagos Islands, lounges on a rock on Isabela Island. The marine iguana is the only modern lizard that lives and forages in the sea and its primary food source is marine algae. Because they have to rid their bodies of excess salt, one can often see marine iguanas making a sort of sneezing sound and expelling water and salt from their noses.

  • A marine iguana, found only on the Galapagos Islands, lounges on a rock on Isabela Island. The marine iguana is the only modern lizard that lives and forages in the sea and its primary food source is marine algae. Because they have to rid their bodies of excess salt, one can often see marine iguanas making a sort of sneezing sound and expelling water and salt from their noses. In the distance one can see the Celebrity Xpedition ship, one of the cruise ships that bring visitors to the Galapagos Islands.

  • A galapagos penguin suns itself on a rock on Isabela Island in the Galapagos.

  • A great blue heron calls out loudly on Isabela Island in the Galapagos. The great blue herons in the Galapagos primarily eat marine iguanas, lava lizards and common fish.

  • Whale bones are left undisturbed on the lava rock while in the distance, a rainbow arcs up dramatically on Fernandina Island in the Galapagos.

  • A marine iguana, found only on the Galapagos Islands, lounges on a a piece of driftwood on Fernandina Island. The marine iguana is the only modern lizard that lives and forages in the sea and its primary food source is marine algae. Because they have to rid their bodies of excess salt, one can often see marine iguanas making a sort of sneezing sound and expelling water and salt from their noses.

  • A beautiful yellow warbler eats an insect on South Plaza Island in the Galapagos.

  • A juvenile swallow-tailed gull practices flapping its wings in preparation for flight on South Plaza Island in the Galapagos.

  • A giant tortoise is photographed at the Charles Darwin Research Station, a biological research station operated by the Charles Darwin Foundation in Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos Islands.

  • A Galapagos land iguana carries a cactus fruit before eating it on South Plaza Island in the Galapagos. Because there is very limited fresh water in the Galapagos, the iguana gets most of its moisture from the cactus plant.

  • Two black-necked stilts forage for small crabs, fish and snails in a brackish pond on Dragon Hill Island in the Galapagos.

  • A pelican is photographed in the Everglades in Florida.

  • A macaque monkey grooms a female macaque while she breast feeds her infant in the Sacred Monkey Forest in Ubud on the island of Bali in Indonesia.

  • A female mountain gorilla engulfs her three month-old infant in an embrace in the jungle of Rwanda's Virunga Mountains.

  • A three month-old gorilla demands attention from his mother while she tries to take a nap in the jungle of Rwanda's Virunga Mountains.

  • A macaque monkey holds onto her infant in the Sacred Monkey Forest in Ubud on the island of Bali in Indonesia.

  • A boat travels down the Tambopata River in Peruís Amazon Jungle.

  • A wolf spider rests on a leaf in Peruís Amazon Jungle.

  • An owl butterfly rests on a tree in Peruís Amazon Jungle.

  • A grasshopper rests on a stem in Peruís Amazon Jungle.

  • An emerald tree frog sits on a tree in Peruís Amazon Jungle.

  • A seal swims in the ocean.

  • A man walks through Peruís Amazon Jungle.








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