Adult dovekie (Alle alle alle) breeding area on the island of Bolscheoya in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult dovekie (Alle alle alle) breeding area on the island of Bolscheoya in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) breeding colony on Steeple Jason Island in the Falkland Islands

Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) at a breeding and molting site in Estancia San Lorenzo, Argentina

Adult Dovekie (Little Auk) (Alle alle) breeding area in the Norge Islands in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura victoria), Rainforest Pyramid, Moody Gardens, Galveston island, Gulf of Mexico, Texas, United States of America

Young Thomsons Gazelle, Grumeti area, Tanzania, Africa

Young Thomsons Gazelle, Grumeti area, Tanzania

Guano in an Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae, colony at Madder Cliffs, Suspiros Bay, at the west end of Joinville Island, Antarctica. Adelie's are a true Antarctic species which are suffering as a result of climate change, The Antarctic Peninsular, their only breeding grounds, is one of the fastest warming areas on the planet. This is causing Adelies to migrate south. They are reducing in numbers, they feed almost exclusively on Krill, which is also declining as a result of climate change.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) plunge-diving underwater in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) plunge-diving underwater in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) pair in courtship ritual in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) chick in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nest and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) close-up in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) plunge-diving underwater in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Adult brown noddy (Anous stolidus) pair nesting on cliff face of Champion Island in the Galapagos Island Group. Champion Island is a nesting and breeding area for brown noddies, Pacific Ocean.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) plunge-diving underwater in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) pair on Punta Suarez on Espanola Island in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) mating display in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nest and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nest and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) pair on Punta Suarez on Espanola Island in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) chick calling for food from a parent in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nest and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) plunge-diving underwater in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) adult on eggs in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. MORE INFO: The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nest and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

An adult yellow-footed gull (Larus livens) on the nesting area on Isla San Esteban in the midriff region of the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California, Mexico

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) pair nesting in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) plunge-diving underwater in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nest and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) plunge-diving underwater in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nest and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nest and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) hauled out at Los Islotes in HUGE waves, this is the southernmost haul out and breeding area in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Sur, Mexico

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) tucking their wings and plunge-diving in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. MORE INFO: The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in ritualistic courtship display in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. MORE INFO: The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) tucking their wings and plunge-diving in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. MORE INFO: The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) adult on eggs in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. MORE INFO: The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) resting on the ocean in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in flight in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) pair on Punta Suarez on Espanola Island in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in ritualistic courtship display in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. MORE INFO: The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in ritualistic courtship display in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. MORE INFO: The Galapagos are a nesting and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) mating exhibition in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nest and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador. The Galapagos are a nest and breeding area for blue-footed boobies.

Strawberry Poison Frog (Dendrobates pumilio), adult, Bastimentos National Park, Bocas del Toro, Panama. The strawberry poison frog or strawberry poison-dart frog (Oophaga pumilio or Dendrobates pumilio) is a species of small amphibian poison dart frog found in Central America. It is common throughout its range, which extends from eastern central Nicaragua through Costa Rica and northwestern Panama. The species is often found in humid lowlands and premontane forest, but large populations are also found in disturbed areas such as plantations. The strawberry poison frog is perhaps most famous for its widespread variation in coloration, comprising approximately 15���30 color morphs, most of which are presumed to be true-breeding. O. pumilio, while not the most poisonous of the dendrobatids, is the most toxic member of its genus. The species is most diverse in Panama with varieties in vivid shades of all red, orange, blue, yellow or green, green and yellow, white with red, orange or black and spotted varieties. The most colorful mix is found in Isla Bastimentos Marine National Park though not all in one place. Colors vary by location. A beach on the north side of the island is named after the species. Two of Southern Explorations' Panama tours visit red frog habitat. Both the eight-day Panama Adventure trip and eleven-day Panama Highlights trip spend time in Isla Bastimentos Marine National Park and the former also goes to Red Frog Beach. The red frog is not as poisonous as some of its cousins and is not a threat to humans. It subsists on a diet of ants that dine on poisonous plants, providing the red frog its protective skin toxin. Males attract females with a loud quick chirp. To hear the distinctive sound before you depart on your Panama tours, go to the University of Michigan Museum's biodiversity website (www.animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu.) After birth, the tadpoles climb aboard the mother who deposits them in different protected areas where she retu

Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus), at nesting den, Pantanal, Brazil, South America

Barn Owl (Tyto alba), fledgling, Germany, Europe

Snowy Owls (Nyctea scandiaca), two fledglings callingtdoors, outside, ornithology, zoology, color, colour

Little Owl (Athene noctua), approaching nesting hole

Honey bees (Apis mellifera), worker bees caring for the brood, larvae, circa 8 days

Birds' nests in a Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) in Saguaro National Park, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Great Egret (Egretta alba), adult bird feeding young in the nest, Florida, USA, America

Great Egret (Egretta alba), juvenile birds, chicks in the nest, Florida, USA

Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) at nest hole in a beech with chicks (Fagus sylvatica), Biosphaerenreservat Schwaebische Alb or Swabian Mountains Biosphere Reserve, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) with chicks in a nest, Florida, USA

Great Egret (Egretta alba), juvenile birds on the nest begging adult bird for food, Florida, USA

Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) at nest hole in a beech with chick (Fagus sylvatica), Biosphaerenreservat Schwaebische Alb or Swabian Mountains Biosphere Reserve, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Snowy Owls (Nyctea scandiaca), three fledglings calling

Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Honey bees (Apis mellifera), worker bees caring for the brood, on brood cells, larvae, circa 8 days

Honey bees (Apis mellifera), worker bees caring for the brood, on brood cells, larvae, circa 8 days, in honeycomb cells

Great Spotted Woodpecker or Greater Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), with insects in its beak at the nesting hole, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Northern hawk owl (Surnia ulula), female with prey perched at the nesting hole, Finland, Europe

Barn Owl (Tyto alba), fledgling, Germany, Europe

Snowy Owls (Nyctea scandiaca), three fledglings calling

Spotted Owlet (Athene brama) in a tree hole, Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Two Spotted Owlets (Athene brama) staring from their tree hole in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) at nest hole in a beech with chicks (Fagus sylvatica), Biosphaerenreservat Schwaebische Alb or Swabian Mountains Biosphere Reserve, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Meadow landscape, cows grazing in the morning mist at sunrise, Oberalsterniederung Nature Reserve, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Mongolian child riding on a horse towards a summer camp of the nomads with a yak herd, ger or yurts round tents, in a lush green grass landscape near the Khuisiin Naiman Nuur Nature Reserve, Oevoerkhangai Aimak, Mongolia, Asia

Boreal Owl or Tengmalm's Owl (Aegolius funereus), looking out of nest cave

Boreal Owl or Tengmalm's Owl (Aegolius funereus), looking out of nest cave

Cactus field for breeding lice for natural dyes in Guatiza, prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica), Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

Flock of Domestic Sheep (Ovis ammon f. aries) grazing at a dyke, Mecklenburg Elbe Valley Nature Park, UNESCO Elbe River Landscape Biosphere Reserve, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Llamas in Gosau, Salzkammergut region, Upper Austria, Austria, Europe

Southern Masked-Weaver or African Masked-weaver (Ploceus velatus), adult male hanging beneath its nest, displaying, Madikwe National Park, South Africa

Weaver bird (Ploceidae) in the Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Young European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris)

Golden-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons), male at nesting cavity in palm tree, Brownsville, Rio Grande Valley, South Texas, USA

Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) building a nest in the Penguin National Park on Magdalena Island, Magellanes, Patagonia, Chile, South America

Rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome) on the way to their colony, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands, Great Britain, South Atlantic, South America

Weaver bird (Ploceidae) in the Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Spotted Owlet (Athene brama), Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Fish farming pond near Yangshuo at Yulong River in front of trees and karst rocks, Yangshuo, Guilin, Guanxi, China, Asia

Southern Masked-Weaver or African Masked-weaver (Ploceus velatus), adult male weaving its nest, Madikwe National Park, South Africa

Great Egret (Egretta alba), juvenile birds on the nest begging adult bird for food, Florida, USA

Two llamas and a bicycle, Huilahuila, Peru, South America, Latin America