Spanish horsemen in feria procession, Tarifa, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

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

Statue Commemorating the End of Slavery, Goree Island, near Dakar, Senegal

Snow leopard (Uncia uncia), adult, snow, captive, Montana, USA

Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) in the rain forests of the Masoala National Park in northeastern Madagascar, Africa, Indian Ocean

Leopard anole or Guadeloupean anole (Anolis marmoratus), male, South American species, captive, Bergkamen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Young woman sitting in shallow water with sun umbrella, Maldives, Indian Ocean

Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus), Gorges du Verdon, France, Europe

Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos medius), on tree trunk, searching of food

Little owl (Athene noctua) in flight, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

Adder (Vipera berus), male after moulting, in the bog

Great Egret (Egretta alba), adult, on perched on tree, breeding plumage, Florida, USA

Red fox (Vulpes vulpes), cub standing in a meadow, sniffing

Chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus), Wyandotte Bantam cockerel

A pack of Polar Wolves, White Wolves or Arctic Wolves (Canis lupus arctos) playing together, Parc Omega, Montebello, Quebec, Canada

Family hiking on Lake Kaltern, province of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy, Europe

Female Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on pack ice, Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

Madagascar frog species (Boophis pyrrhus), rain forests of Andasibe, Madagascar, Africa, Indian Ocean

Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus), flying

Cross-country skiing woman

Meerkats (Suricata Suricatta), family, one young

Woman in a yoga position, Anjaneyasana, by the sea in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) on the island of Nosy Faly in northwestern Madagascar, Africa

Woman lead climbing a ledge, Martinswand climbing area, Zirl, Tyrol, Austria, Europe

Penitents, Nazarenos, in their typical hooded robes during the festivities of Semana Santa, Holy Week, procession, Good Friday, Alicante, Costa Blanca, Spain, Europe

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) walking in front of a mating Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina), St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), perched on a larch tree trunk, biosphere, Swabian Alb, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) jumping adult, Tibooburra, Sturt National Park, New South Wales, Australia

Woman in a yoga position, Anjaneyasana, by the sea in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Thorny Devil, Thorny Dragon, Mountain Devil, Thorny Lizard (Moloch horridus), feeding, desert, Outback, Northern Territory, Australia

Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), perched on a birch tree trunk, fungus, biosphere, Swabian Alb, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Female Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on pack ice, Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

Polar bear cub (Ursus maritimus) jumping, Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) jumping adult female and young, Tibooburra, Sturt National Park, New South Wales, Australia

Schuhplattler, traditional folk dancer, 83rd Loisachgaufest in Neufahrn near Egling, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Two girls, eight years, jumping into a pool

Running woman as a silhouette in front of a sky with dark clouds

Siberian Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), in the snow, Siberia Tiger Park, Harbin, China

European edible frog, waterfrog (Rana esculenta)

Elephants (Loxodonta africana), bull and young crossing the road in front of tourists on a game drive, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

Massai, Maasai, Masai Giraffe or Kilimanjaro Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi), pushing young, Arusha National Park, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Pretty-faced Wallaby or Whiptail Wallaby (Macropus parryi), adult eating, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia

Little Owl (Athene noctua) approaching nesting hole with prey, Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Little Owl (Athene noctua) approaching nesting hole with prey, Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori), male, in courtship display in Ndutu, Ngorongoro, Tanzania, Africa

Porcupine puffer fish (Diodon holacanthus) swimming over a reef, San Benedicto Island, near Socorro, Revillagigedo Islands, archipelago, Mexico, eastern Pacific

Cougar or Puma (Puma concolor, Felis concolor), adult, searching for food in the snow, Montana, USA

Mackenzie Wolves, Eastern wolf, Canadian wolf (Canis lupus occidentalis) in snow, on guard

Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus), male adults fighting, Tibooburra, Sturt National Park, New South Wales, Australia

Woman, 42, and man, 52, doing Nordic Walking

Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) in the eastern highlands of Madagascar, Africa

Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) adult female and young, Tibooburra, Sturt National Park, New South Wales, Australia

Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), in flight, Urwald Sababurg Nature Reserve, North Hesse, Germany, Europe

Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), adult in tree feeding on Eucalyptus, Australia

Woman lead climbing a gully, crack in the rock, Martinswand climbing area, Zirl, Tyrol, Austria, Europe

Running woman on a dam in front of blue sky

Eurasian Elk (Alces alces), bull and cow standing in the snow, captive, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Diver and Beluga, White whale (Delphinapterus leucas), ice-diving, White Sea, north Russia, Arctic

Immature Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax), Tigre, Delta del Parana, Argentina, South America

Fjord horse or Norwegian Fjord Horse running in the snow

Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) jumping adult female and young, Tibooburra, Sturt National Park, New South Wales, Australia

Muslim women on the beach in Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa

Ring-tailed Lemurs (Lemur catta) with an infant in a tree, Madagascar, Africa

Chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus), hybrid Australorp hen

Spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari) swimming in blue water among a shoal of fish, Floreana Island, Enderby, Galápagos Islands, a World Heritage - natural site, Ecuador, South America, Pacific Ocean

Meerkats (Suricata suricatta), family with young

Tiger (Panthera tigris), walking in front of tourist vehicles on a safari, Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Woman in a yoga position, Anjaneyasana, by the sea in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Woman in a yoga position, Vrikshasana, by the sea in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia

Young woman practising Hatha yoga outdoors, showing the pose kapotasana, dove pose, pigeon pose, Nove Mesto, Okres Teplice, Czech Republic, Europe

Guanacos (Llama guanicoe), Monte Leon National Park, Rio Gallegos, Patagonia, Argentina, South America

Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), juvenile, species from Borneo, Asia, captive, Germany, Europe

Two Indian women wearing red saris carrying water filled jugs on their heads through a village, Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Running woman as a silhouette in front of a sky in back light

White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus), Island of Mahe, Seychelles, Africa, Indian Ocean

Juvenile Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) watching somthing in the grass, Ndutu, Ngorongoro, Tanzania, Africa

Red Jungle fowl (Gallus gallus) male feeding on a Rhino dung pile in Kaziranga National Park in Assam, Northeast India, Asia

Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) swimming over a reef, a shoal of fish at the back, Punta Cormorant, Floreana Island, Galápagos Islands, a World Heritage - natural site, Ecuador, South America, Pacific Ocean

Woman meditating on the Mediterranean Sea at sunrise, Aegean, Lycian coast, Lycia, Turkey, Asia Minor

Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis), Madagascar, Africa

Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) in the cocoa plantations of Ambanja in northwestern Madagascar, Africa

Beluga, White whale (Delphinapterus leucas), White Sea, Karelia, north Russia, Arctic

Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) at sunset, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe, digital composing

Spotted Eagle-Owl (Bubo africanus), perched on branch, South Africa, Africa

Young woman practising Hatha yoga outdoors, showing the pose anjaneyasana, hanumanasana, split, Nove Mesto, Okres Teplice, Czech Republic, Europe

Female Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) jumping over ice floe, Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

Girl with hat on a white sandy beach with turquoise sea lying on a blue towel

Woman lead climbing a gully, crack in the rock, Martinswand climbing area, Zirl, Tyrol, Austria, Europe

Running woman as a silhouette in front of a sky in back light

South African ostrich (Struthio camelus australis), adult, male, Oudtshoorn, Little Karoo, South Africa, Africa

Mountaineers standing on Gaisjochspitze mountain, Gitschberg mountain, Pfunderer Berge mountains at the back, province of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy, Europe

Qatari in traditional clothing with gutra, in front of Khor Al Udeid Beach, Khor El Deid, Inland Sea, desert miracle of Qatar, Emirate of Qatar, Persian Gulf, Middle East, Asia

Llama (Lama glama) running on the Altiplano, Andes Mountains, Cuzco, Peru, South America

Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), adult, male, tree, Honduras, South America

Video-operator and Beluga, White whale (Delphinapterus leucas), dolphinarium, Odessa, Ukraine, Eastern Europe

Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao), adult, flying past rainforest, Roatan, Honduras, Caribbean, Central America, Latin America

Barbed hunchback poacher (Agonomalus proboscidalis), Japan Sea, Primorsky Krai, Russian Federation, Far East

Guanacos (Llama guanicoe), Monte Leon National Park, Rio Gallegos, Patagonia, Argentina, South America

Flying Flamingo (Phoenicopterus) in the evening light in the Parc de Gau, Camargue, southern France, France, Europe

Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) at sunset, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe, digital composing