Conservation officers examine a Jaguars paws for infection after poachers tore out dew claws.

Conservation officers examine a Jaguars paws for infection after poachers tore out dew claws.Conservation officers examine a Jaguars paws for infection after poachers tore out dew claws. Parque de Quistococha, Quistococha Zoo, Iquitos, Amazon Basin, Loreto Region, Maynas Province, Peru.

Twilight clouds over vineyards in Coonawarra

Pilgrims circle the Memorial Chorten with it's golden spire and bells offering prayers

A Centralian Bluetongue Lizard pokes out his enormous blue tongue

Flames burn in rows of butter lamps for prayers and aspirations at the Thimphu Memorial Chorten

An enormous rocky outcrop rises from the savannah plain like a monolith

A delicate Comb Jelly

A river passes through a forested valley floor below mountain peaks

A rocky foreshore and tidal pools exposed to the sun at low tide

with many regions claiming that they have the purist population

Casmerodius albus

Electricity conductors await installation into the rural power grid

A child watches Australian Fur Seals swimming in an aquarium tank