Diver watching Puffer at Maldive Victory Wreck, Arothron mappa, North Male Atoll, Maldives

Diver watching Puffer at Maldive Victory Wreck, Arothron mappa, North Male Atoll, Maldives

Star Puffer and Scuba Diver, Arothron stellatus, Kai Islands, Moluccas, Indonesia

Thornback Boxfish, Lactoria fornasini, Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia

Fingerprint Toby, Canthigaster compressa, Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia

Zebra lionfish (Dendrochirus zebra) Adult animal displaying colo Gangga Island North Sulawesi Indonesia Pacific Ocean. More info: Like all lionfish this species has toxins associated with its dorsal and pectoral

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

Common lionfish, Pterois volitans, blends in with a variety of soft corals and sponges, Cars, Dumaguete, Negros Island, Philippines.

Common lionfish, Pterois volitans, close-up, Sabang wreck, Puerto Galera, Mindoro, Philippines.

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Paper-mache woman with collagen and botox needles sticking in her lips and face, Carnival (Mardi Gras) parade in Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Busty paper-mache woman with collagen and botox needles sticking in her lips and face, Carnival (Mardi Gras) parade in Duesseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Cloud of smoke from a coal power plant in Bottrop, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Sedimentation tanks at Lixao dump in the satellite city of Estrutural near Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil, South America

Sedimentation tanks at Lixao dump in the satellite city of Estrutural near Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil, South America

People walking across Hoheward waste dump, in front of chimneys of the AGR incinerating plant, Herten, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Phantasmal poison frog (Epipedobates tricolor), Buenaventura, Ecuador, South America

Red and Blue "Blue Jeans" poison dart frog, Strawberry Poison Dart Frog, Poisoned dart frog, poison arrow frog, Bluejeans frog, Dendrobates pumilio, Costa Rica

bullet ant, Paraponera clavata, Costa Rica

Bisphenol A researcher

Pesticide sprayer

Brick Kilns

Pesticide spraying

Pesticide sprayer

Crop duster

Oil Refinery

Indonesia, Lionfish (pterois volitans) floating peacefully above the reef.

Indonesia, Lionfish (pterois volitans) floating peacefully above the reef.

Hawaii, female Whitley's boxfish (Ostracion whitleyi) swimming over coral reef

Both a Crinoid Commensal Shrimp (Periclimenes cornutus) and a Crinoid Squat Lobster (Allogalathea elegans) on a crinoid. These tiny crustaceans are commensal on crinoids or feather stars and take their color from the host, Philippines

Detail of the center branching arms of a Crinoid or Feather Star (Lamprometra klunzingeri) open and feeding on plankton at night, Philippines

Malaysia, Close-up of a lionfish (pterois volitans)in dark water.

Honeycomb Cowfish, Lactophrys polygonia, Cozumel, Caribbean Sea, Mexico

Honeycomb Cowfish Courtship display, Lactophrys polygonia, Cozumel, Caribbean Sea, Mexico

Honeycomb Cowfish Courtship display, Lactophrys polygonia, Cozumel, Caribbean Sea, Mexico

Honeycomb Cowfish Courtship display, Lactophrys polygonia, Cozumel, Caribbean Sea, Mexico

Detail of a toxic phosphogypsum waste pond in the vicinity of the town of Huelva. Aerial view. Drone shot. Huelva province, Andalusia, Spain.

Woman harvesting Fringed rue (Ruta chalepensis) for maceration

Handcrafted cigar making, Cuba

Tobacco planter in its leaf dryer, Cuba

Fly agarics (Amanita muscaria) in the undergrowth of a spruce forest, Jura, France

Detail of a toxic phosphogypsum waste pond in the vicinity of the town of Huelva. Aerial view. Drone shot. Huelva province, Andalusia, Spain.

Mullein Moth (Shargacucullia verbasci) caterpillar on a stem of Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus) in spring, Countryside near Hyeres, Var, France

Green and Black Poison Frog;Dendrobates auratus), highly toxic diurnal amphibian, leaf-climber, Costa Rica

Detail of an Autumn crocus flower (Colchicum autumnale)

Roughskin newt (Taricha granulosa)

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27-year-old researcher in front of the Pracaxi legume (Pentaclethra macroloba) at the "La Selva" research station in Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Costa Rica

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