1116-52885 - Close-up portrait of an oystercatcher bird (Haematopus) standing on a rock covered in yellow, orange colored seaweed, on a summer day in Prince William Sound, Alaska, United States of America
832-399993 - Indians, Yellow Magpie, Arapahoe, after a picture by F.A.Rinehart, 1899, Arapaho or Arapahoe are an Indian people of North America and belonged as nomadic Plains Indians to the cultural area of the Prairies and Plains, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from that time
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
746-91090 - King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on the island of South Georgia, the rookery in St. Andrews Bay. Courtship behaviour. Antarctica, Subantarctica, South Georgia
746-91086 - King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on the island of South Georgia, the rookery on Salisbury Plain in the Bay of Isles. Antarctica, Subantarctica, South Georgia
746-91083 - King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on the island of South Georgia, the rookery on Salisbury Plain in the Bay of Isles. Adults coming ashore. Antarctica, Subantarctica, South Georgia
746-91084 - King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on the island of South Georgia, the rookery on Salisbury Plain in the Bay of Isles. Adults coming ashore. Antarctica, Subantarctica, South Georgia
746-91087 - King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on the island of South Georgia, the rookery in St. Andrews Bay. Feeding behaviour. Antarctica, Subantarctica, South Georgia
746-91085 - King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on the island of South Georgia, the rookery on Salisbury Plain in the Bay of Isles. Adults coming ashore. Antarctica, Subantarctica, South Georgia
746-91088 - King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on the island of South Georgia, the rookery in St. Andrews Bay. Feeding behaviour. Antarctica, Subantarctica, South Georgia
746-91089 - King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on the island of South Georgia, the rookery in St. Andrews Bay. Feeding behaviour. Antarctica, Subantarctica, South Georgia
846-3105 - Traditional stone barn in yellow buttercup meadow in Swaledale, Gunnerside, Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe
846-3106 - Yellow buttercup meadow with stone wall and typical landscape in Swaledale, Gunnerside, Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1116-51219 - A pair of salps (Salpa sp.) with hyperiid amphipod (Hyperiidea) hitchhikers that were photographed under water during a blackwater dive off the Kona Coast, the Big Island; Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States of America
1116-51933 - Portrait of a southern yellow-billed hornbill (Tockus leucomelas) perching in profile on a bush. It has mottled black and brown feathers, a white head and a yellow beak, taken at the Gabus Game Ranch; Otavi, Otjozondjupa, Namibia
1116-51220 - A chain of salps (Salpa sp.) that was photographed under water during a blackwater dive off the Kona coast, the Big Island; Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States of America
1116-51207 - Underwater portrait of a pair of Eyestripe Surgeonfish (Acanthurus dussumieri) off the Kona coast, the Big Island, Hawaii. The nearest individual is a male; Island of Hawaii, Hawaii, United States of America
1116-51275 - A blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) on the horizon is silhouetted against a yellow and black sky at sunset. Its horns are visible in outline, and it's standing with its head turned. Shot with a Nikon D850 in the Serengeti; Tanzania
1350-97 - The partial eclipse of the Sun, October 23, 2014, as seen from Jasper, Alberta, shot under clear skies through a mylar filter, on the front of a 66mm f/6 apo refractor using the Canon 60Da for 1/8000 (!) sec exposure at ISO 100. The colours are natural, with the mylar filter providing a neutral 'white light' image. The big sunspot on the Sun that day is just disappearing behind the Moon's limb. The mylar filter gave a white Sun, its natural colour, but I have tinted the Sun's disk yellow for a more pleasing view that is not just white Sun/black sky.
1350-659 - The German wasp has typical wasp colours of black and yellow. It is very similar to the common wasp (Vespula vulgaris), but its face has three tiny black dots.
1116-49104 - A Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) explores a Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) in a flower garden, Astoria, Oregon, United States of America
1116-50422 - Silhouette of blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) against sunset sky, Cottar's 1920s Safari Camp, Maasai Mara National Reserve; Kenya
846-315 - Chinese gateway inside Imperial city, The Citadel, Hue, UNESCO World Heritage Site, North Central Coast, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia