Four month old Harpy eagle chick (Harpia harpyja), testing its wings in the nest, Alta Floresta, Amazon, Brazil, South America

Female Harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja), feeding her four month old chick, Alta Floresta, Amazon, Brazil, South America

Sinchi Warmi, Amazonia, Napo Province, Ecuador

An Agouti, rodent related to guinea pigs, common in Middle and South America, Ecuador, South America

Family from Embera native community living by the Chagres River within the Chagres National Park, Republic of Panama, Central America

Female Harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja), feeding her four month old chick, Alta Floresta, Amazon, Brazil, South America

Lava lizard (Microlophus spp) in the Galapagos Islands Archipelago, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Guayusa Upina Ceremony, Sinchi Warmi, Amazonia, Napo Province, Ecuador

Portrait of Meliza Ande, Guayusa Upina Ceremony, Sinchi Warmi, Amazonia, Napo Province, Ecuador

Face painting ritual, Sinchi Warmi, Amazonia, Napo Province, Ecuador

Four month old Harpy eagle chick (Harpia harpyja), testing its wings in the nest, Alta Floresta, Amazon, Brazil, South America

Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) perching on branch on Lake Sandoval, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru, South America

Sinchi Warmi, Amazonia, Napo Province, Ecuador

Morpho Achilles butterfly, Mindo, Ecuador, South America

Orange nectar bat (Lonchophylla robusta) hovering and drinking nectar from a wild red banana flower (Musa velutina) in the rain forest, Costa Rica

Swarm of wasps (Angiopolybia pallens) and nest in the forest, French Guiana, Overseas department and region of France, French Guiana, South America

Palm trees on Yacumama Lake, Puerto Maldonado, Tambopata Province, Madre de Dios, Peru, South America

Three yellow-spotted river turtles (Podocnemis unifilis) on wooden branch on Lake Sandoval, Tambopata National Reserve near Puerto Maldonado, Tambopata Province, Madre de Dios Region, Peru, South America

Thatched houses in a village of Embera native community living by the Chagres River within the Chagres National Park, Republic of Panama, Central America

Anhinga (anhinga anhinga) perching on branch by Lake Sandoval, Tambopata National Reserve, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru, South America

Electric eel, Electrophorus electricus; this air-breathing freshwater fish can deliver an electric shock up to 650 volts and naturally occurs in the Amazon river basins of South America including Brazil and Guyanas; photo taken in captivity.

Flooded tropical rain forest, Mamiraua sustainable development reserve, Amazonas, Brazil

Mountain overlooking the Amazon rainforest. A view from the air of one of the many peaks of the Amazon rainforest in French Guiana, towering above the clouds. A mystical and untouched environment, French Guiana.

River in the Amazon rainforest. Shot from the air, after the rain, a few evapotranspiration clouds float over this immense, dense forest as far as the eye can see - French Guiana

River in the Amazon rainforest. Shot from the air, after the rain, a few evapotranspiration clouds float over this immense, dense forest as far as the eye can see - French Guiana

Black Caracara (Daptrius ater) hooted in flight by aTropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus), Alter do Chao, Brazilian Amazon.