Sri Mahamariamman Hindu Temple, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

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

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

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

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

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

Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus), flying

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

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

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

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

Male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with a seal prey, Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway, Arctic

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus), hybrid Australorp hen

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

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

Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis), Madagascar, Africa

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

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

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

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

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

Icelandic Horse, mother and foal, Iceland, Europe

Iceland horse, mother and foal, Iceland, Europe

Wild Cat (Felis silvestris) in the snow, Bavarian Forest National Park, enclosed area, Neuschoenau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Camargue horse (Equus caballus), mare and foal, Saintes-Marie-de-la-Mer, Camargue, France, Europe

Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), pair, adult, jumping out of the water, sunset, Caribbean, Roatan, Honduras, Central America

Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), adult, jumping out of the water, sunset, Caribbean, Roatan, Honduras, Central America

Alpacas (Lama pacos), alpaca breeding, Schwaebisch Gmuend, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Pig being tied up for home butchering, Eckental, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus) perched on a branch, Samburu National Reserve, Kenya, East Africa

Two cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)

Common Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), pair, adult, jumping out of the water, sunset, Caribbean, Roatan, Honduras, Central America

Praying Mantis (Mantis religiosa) on beach sand, Lombok Island, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia

Spring lamb on the dike, looks at the viewer, Nationalpark Niedersaechsisches Wattenmeer, Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Armadillo (piche) near Punta Norte, Península Valdés, Chubut province, Patagonia, Argentina

Carp Bream (Abramis brama) in an aquarium in the Mueritzeum, Germany's largest aquarium for native freshwater fish, Waren on the Mueritz, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)

Mangalitsa Pig also Curly-hair hog (Sus scrofa domesticus), piglet, Lake Neusiedl, Burgenland, Austria, Europe

African ostriches (Struthio camelus), mating, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

Fallow deer (Dama dama) buck during the rut, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Suspension bridge over the Sulzleklamm, Karwendel Mountains, Mittenwald, Werdenfelser Land, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Flamingos (Phoenicopteridae), mating, Camargue, Southern France, France, Europe

Alpine Ibex (Capra ibex) on the edge of a cliff, Lac Blanc, Mont Blanc, France, Europe

A woman is working at pottery in the streets, Bhaktapur, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana), calf, Massai Mara, Rift Valley Province, Kenya, Africa

Howling Wolves (Canis lupus) in the snow, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Galloway cattle (Bos primigenius taurus) in backlight on a pasture, Döberitzer Heide nature reserve, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

Otter (Lutra lutra)

A man fishing in the evening from a dock in a lake

Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata), with prey at the bank of the Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Hikers climbing Mt Marmolata, fixed rope route on west ridge, Dolomites mountain range, Italy, Europe

Hoopoe (Upupa epops), Styria, Austria, Europe

Evzone, Greek guard soldier from the village Evzone, traditional changing of the guard in front of the Greek Parliament, Athens, Greece, Europe

Icelandic Horse, mother and foal, Iceland, Europe

Mackenzie Valley Wolf, Rocky Mountain Wolf, Alaskan - or Canadian Timber Wolf (Canis lupus occidentalis) baring its teeth in a forest, falling snow

Puffin (Fratercula arctica) on a cliff above the sea, Skoruvíkurbjarg bird cliffs, Langanes peninsula, North Eastern Region, Iceland, Europe

Skater at a skate park, Cologne, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe