83-13370 - Shortboard surfer rides a wave at this fast-growing surf beach and yoga destination, Playa Guiones, Nosara, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America
83-13369 - Tightly coiled fern frond (fiddlehead) in the rainforest on Tenorio volcano, Volcan Tenorio National Park, Alajuela, Costa Rica, Central America
83-13368 - Shortboard surfer rides a wave at this fast-growing surf beach and yoga destination, Playa Guiones, Nosara, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America
83-13366 - Horse for hire on the popular sandy beach at this laid-back village andresort, Samara, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America
83-13367 - Olive Ridley turtle leaves after nesting at this crucial beach refuge, Playa Ostional, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America
83-13365 - Olive Ridley turtle digs nest in the sun at this crucial beach refuge, Playa Ostional, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America
83-13364 - Shortboard surfer rides a wave at this fast-growing surf beach and yoga destination, Playa Guiones, Nosara, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America
83-13362 - Shortboard surfer rides a wave at this fast-growing surf beach and yoga destination, Playa Guiones, Nosara, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America
83-13363 - Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata), named for its call, eating leaves in tree, Nosara, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Central America
83-13361 - Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata), named for its call, eating leaves in tree, Nosara, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Central America
83-13360 - Vultures wait to steal eggs as Olive Ridley turtle digs nest at this refuge, Ostional, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America
83-13358 - Shortboard surfer rides a wave at this fast-growing surf beach and yoga destination, Playa Guiones, Nosara, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America
83-13359 - Guardabarranco (turquoise-browed motmot), national bird of Nicaragua, in the Biological Reserve, Nosara, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America
83-13355 - Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) looking for fish at Nosara Beach and river mouth, Nosara, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Central America
83-13356 - Girl and surfers silhouetted by sunset at this hip surf beach and yoga destination, Playa Guiones, Nosara, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America
83-13354 - Great Egret (Ardea alba) on left and little egret (Egretta garzetta) at Nosara Beach and river mouth, Nosara, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America
1112-7382 - An adult female Costa's hummingbird (Calypte costae) feeding in Madera Canyon, southern Arizona, Arizona, United States of America, North America
1112-7383 - An adult female Costa's hummingbird (Calypte costae) feeding in Madera Canyon, southern Arizona, Arizona, United States of America, North America
1112-7381 - An adult female Costa's hummingbird (Calypte costae) feeding in Madera Canyon, southern Arizona, Arizona, United States of America, North America
1350-6678 - 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
832-398200 - Mexican violetear (Colibri thalassinus), with splayed purple feathers on the head, the violet ears, lives in the highlands, Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica, Central America
860-291319 - Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris), followed from painted comber (Serranus scriba). Marine Protected area Punta Campanella, Massa Lubrense, Penisola Sorrentina, Costa Amalfitana, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean
860-291320 - White-spotted octopus or grass octopus (Callistoctopus macropus) on a night dive. Puolo Bay, Marine Protected area Punta Campanella, Massa Lubrense, Penisola Sorrentina, Costa Amalfitana, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean