764-3597 - Female Williamson's sapsucker (Sphyrapicus thyroideus) on a feeding tree, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States of America, North America
1196-227 - Wearing tree bark cloth masks and skirts, dancers representing fish spirits are invited during the season of the peach palm harvest to drink the juice. it is a feast and ritual exchange: the host group offers the spirits large quantities of peach palm juice, smoked meat and fish, and shaman-blessed coca and snuff. the visitors are the costumed dancers impersonating animal spirits. people eat the meat and fish, animal spirits receive the fruits of peach palm, which are cultivated, harvested, and processed by humans. this exchange expresses the idea that people and animals depend on each other for survival and reproduction. vaupes basin, eastern colombia amazon, population: 600
911-2498 - Black spruce trees killed by Spruce Bark Beetles spreading northwards due to global warming, Alaska, United States of America, North America
911-2496 - Black spruce trees killed by Spruce Bark Beetles spreading northwards due to global warming, Alaska, United States of America, North America
911-2497 - Black spruce trees killed by Spruce Bark Beetles spreading northwards due to global warming, Alaska, United States of America, North America
698-2825 - Small American black bear (Ursus americanus) with cinnamon or blond colouring, digging tree bark for insects, Crescent Meadow trail, Sequoia National Park, Sierra Nevada, California, United States of America, North America
698-2788 - Hiker resting by the Faithful Couple, Giant Sequoia trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum), Mariposa Grove, Southern Yosemite, Yosemite National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sierra Nevada, California, United States of America, North America
817-30545 - Chuchuasi', Pieces from root and bark of an Amazon tree (Maytenus macrocarpa), Traditional medicinal usages in Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Colombia, etc, Aphrodisiac.
797-3529 - MYANMAR Amarapura Head and shoulders portrait of young girl at U Bein Bridge near Mandalay wearing thanakha paste patterns on her face to beautify and protect skin from the sun. cosmetic made from tree bark. Burma
764-964 - Spotted eagle owl (Bubo africanus), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, encompassing the former Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa, Africa
42-34 - Close-up of shaman's snuff from the yopo tree, the bark of which is made into hallucinogenic powder by the Yanomami Indians in Brazil, South America