A Costas Hummingbird. Baja California Sur, Mexico. 2016

The Catalina Rattlesnake, which has evolved to have no rattle. Baja California Sur, Mexico. 2016

A vulture suns on a cactus. Baja California Sur, Mexico. 2016

Spinner dolphin in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico. 2016

A tree frog sleeps on a leaf, in Cost Rica. 2007

Believed to be a bare-shanked screech owl, this owl was found on the forest floor of Isla San Lucas, Costa Rica. 2009

Howler Monkies have several colonies on Isla San Lucas. 2009

An iguana sleeps in a campus tree at the University of Miami. 2006

Koi in a pond at the National Arboretum, in Washington, DC 2012

A female Kalij Pheasant in Hawaii.

A male Kalij Pheasant in Hawaii.

Hawaiian Green Turtles on Punalu’u Beach in Hawaii.

A Kea bird in Fjordlands National Park, New Zealand.