Aerial view of an island in the Phu Quoc archipelago in southern Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Yanomami tribes men standing in the jungle, southern Venezuela, South America

Aerial of a shabono (yanos), the traditional communal dwellings of the Yanomami tribes of Southern Venezuela, Venezuela, South America

Yanomami tribesmen sitting on a giant rock in the jungle, southern Venezuela, South America

Yanomami man climbing with a bamboo construction on a spike tree, Yanomami tribe, southern Venezuela, South America

Aerial of a shabono (yanos), the traditional communal dwellings of the Yanomami tribes of Southern Venezuela, Venezuela, South America

The River Fowey, flowing through woodland and over Golitha Falls, on the southern slopes of Bodmin Moor, near Liskeard, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

View from the Daraga Church over volcano of Mount Mayon, Legaspi, Southern Luzon, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

An juvenile acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorous), Madera Canyon, southern Arizona, Arizona, United States of America, North America

Man from the Yanomami tribe with bow and arrow in the swamplands, southern Venezuela, South America

Father and son from the Yanomami tribe in a canoe, southern Venezuela, South America

Yanomami man, Yanomami tribe, southern Venezuela, South America

Aerial view of boat crossing through the deep jungle, Yanomami tribe, southern Venezuela, South America

Aerial of a shabono (yanos), the traditional communal dwellings of the Yanomami tribes of Southern Venezuela, Venezuela, South America

Market square, Endingen, Kaiserstuhl, Breisgau, Southern Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, Europe

The Little River at Claude D Kelly State Park in Monroe County, southern Alabama, USA

Quiver Tree Forest, Keetmanshoop, Southern Namibia, Africa

Quiver Tree Forest, Keetmanshoop, Southern Namibia, Africa

Quiver Tree Forest, Keetmanshoop, Southern Namibia, Africa

Clouds reflecting in the Rio Negro, southern Venezuela, South America

Schluchsee Lake and town, Southern Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, Europe

Quiver Tree Forest, Keetmanshoop, Southern Namibia, Africa

Yanomami boy sitting in a canoe on the Rio Negro River, southern Venezuela, South America

Aerial view of boat crossing through the deep jungle, Yanomami tribe, southern Venezuela, South America

Town Gate, Burkheim am Kaiserstuhl, Breisgau, Southern Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, Europe

Creekton Rivulet, Southern Forests, Tasmania, Australia, Pacific

Early morning fog over Schluchsee Lake, Southern Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, Europe

An adult female acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorous), Madera Canyon, southern Arizona, Arizona, United States of America, North America

Aerial of a shabono (yanos), the traditional communal dwellings of the Yanomami tribes of Southern Venezuela, Venezuela, South America

Titisee Lake, Southern Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, Europe

Quiver Tree Forest, Keetmanshoop, Southern Namibia, Africa

An adult male acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorous), Madera Canyon, southern Arizona, Arizona, United States of America, North America

An adult white-nosed coati (Nasua narica), at the Santa Rita Lodge in Madera Canyon, southern Arizona, Arizona, United States of America, North America

Men from the Yanomami tribe in a canoe, southern Venezuela, South America

Waterfalls in Krka National Park in southern Croatia, Europe

St. Trudpert Monastery, Munstertal Valley, Southern Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, Europe

Aerial view of an island in the Phu Quoc archipelago in southern Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Aerial of a shabono (yanos), the traditional communal dwellings of the Yanomami tribes of Southern Venezuela, Venezuela, South America

Clouds reflecting in the Rio Negro, southern Venezuela, South America

Town Gate, Burkheim am Kaiserstuhl, Breisgau, Southern Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, Europe

Clouds reflecting in the Rio Negro, southern Venezuela, South America

Canopy walk, Southern Ridges, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

Southern Cassowary bird, Queensland, Australia

Rainbow over remote temperate forest at the southern tip of New Zealand, South Island

Devils Punchbowl Falls, 131m high, on walking track in mountain beech forest, Arthur's Pass National Park, Southern Alps, Westland, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Dawn breaking over Georgetown Lake at Southern Cross, Rocky Mountains, west Montana, Montana, United States of America (USA), North America

View across the forests in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in southern Uganda.

View of the rainforests of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in southern Uganda.

Walking trail in the rainforests of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in southern Uganda.

Walking trail in the rainforests of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in southern Uganda.

View across the Tierras Bajas rainforest from the top of the Calakmul Mayan ruins, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Campeche state, southern Mexico, North America

View across the forests in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in southern Uganda.

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

Swiss Group in traditional dress in open air restaurant in the town of Wolfach, Valley Kinzigtal, Southern Part of Black Forest, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Historic River Rafting on the river Kinzig, Wolfach, Valley Kinzigtal, Southern Part of Black Forest, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Taking down the cattle from the alpine pasture at Erlenbacher Huette to the village of Oberried, Southern Part of Black Forest, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Half-timbered houses and town hall in the main road of the town of Wolfach, Valley Kinzigtal, Southern Part of Black Forest, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Half-timbered houses and town hall at the market place in the town of Schiltach, Summer, Valley Kinzigtal, Southern Part of Black Forest, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Dramatic atmosphere above the southern Fanes nature park in the Dolomites with the view to Piz dles Conturines in last sunlight, Belluno, Italy

Chapel Ohmenkapelle near St. Maergen, Southern Part of Black Forest, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Farmhouse Griesbachhof in Jostal near the town of Titisee-Neustadt, Jostal, Southern part of the Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Southern Cassowary female and tourists on the beach, Casuarius casuarius, Moresby Range, Queensland, Australia

Village of St. Peter with abbey and the mountain Feldberg, Summer morning, Southern Part of Black Forest, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Village of St. Peter with abbey, Architekt Peter Thumb, Southern Part of Black Forest, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Half-timbered houses and open air restaurant in the main road of the town of Wolfach, Valley Kinzigtal, Southern Part of Black Forest, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Roehrbrunnen (well) and half-timbered houses at the market place of Gengenbach, Summer, Valley Kinzigtal, Southern Part of Black Forest, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Half-timbered house and well Stadtbrunnen in the town of Wolfach, Valley Kinzigtal, Southern Part of Black Forest, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Village of St. Peter with abbey, Autumn, Southern Part of Black Forest, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Half-timbered houses and town hall at the market place in the town of Schiltach, Valley Kinzigtal, Southern Part of Black Forest, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Village of St. Peter with abbey, architect Peter Thumb, Southern Part of Black Forest, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Castle and hotel at the town of Hornberg, Summer morning, Southern Part of Black Forest, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Fields and pastures near the village of St. Peter, Autumn, Southern Part of Black Forest, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

View from the Batzenberg at Kirchhofen and Staufen castle, Winter, Snow, Breisgau, Markgraeflerland, Southern part of the Black Forest, Black Forest, Baden Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Half-timbered houses in the town of Schiltach, Valley Kinzigtal, Southern Part of Black Forest, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Town hall at the town of Hornberg, Southern Part of Black Forest, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

St. Maergen with church, Autumn, Southern Part of Black Forest, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Village of St. Peter with abbey, Southern Part of Black Forest, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Emerald waters of lake carezza reflecting latemar mountain range, surrounded by lush pine forest under blue sky with white clouds in summer, dolomites, italy

Logging, felled wood being processed into lumber, Freiamt, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe, PublicGround

Laufenburg, Waldshut district, High Rhine, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe, PublicGround

Schloss Neuschwanstein Castle near Fuessen, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Mackenzie Valley Wolf, Canadian Timberwolf (Canis lupus occidentalis) in the snow, Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany, Europe

Tengmalm's Owl or Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus), Bavarian Forest National Park, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Schloss Neuschwanstein Castle near Fuessen, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Two people standing in front of sunset on Schauinsland Mountain in the Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Logging, felled wood being processed into lumber, Freiamt, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe, PublicGround

Schloss Neuschwanstein Castle, near Fussen, Ostallgaeu, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Artificial beech forest with a stuffed animal, tawny owl (Strix aluco), 2012 special exhibition at the industrial museum, Sichartstrasse street 5-25, Lauf an der Pegnitz, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Construction of the southern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline, environmentalists have opposed the pipeline because it will transport dirty tar sands oil from Alberta, contributing to global warming and raising the risk of pollution from pipeline leaks,

Laufenburg at night, Waldshut district, High Rhine, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe, PublicGround

Half-timbered houses in Schiltach, Kinzigtal Valley, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Artificial beech forest with a stuffed animal, European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), 2012 special exhibition at the industrial museum, Sichartstrasse street 5-25, Lauf an der Pegnitz, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Two girls running with a kite in a meadow in the Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemburg, Germany, Europe

Mackenzie Valley Wolf, Canadian Timberwolf (Canis lupus occidentalis) in the snow, Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany, Europe

Drops of melting frost falling behind light shining on frost covered twigs, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Snow falling from a tree catching a shaft of sunlight in front of dark snow covered trees in a wintry Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Sunlight shining through snow covered twigs in a wintry Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Zwieseler Huette (Zwiesel Cabin) at the top of Mt. Grosser Arber, Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald (Bavarian Forest National Park), Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Former slave cabins on Tezcuco Plantation, today used as hotel rooms

Historic stone bridge in Rijeka Crnojevica at Skutari lake, Montenegro