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Kick seining for darter species in the Sabinal River.
A baby black howler monkey (Alouatta caraya) eating mushed banana out of our tour guide’s hand at the Community Baboon Sanctuary in Belize.
Darwin’s cotton (Gossypium darwinii) in its flower form. The cotton formed when seeds break open is much lighter and “fluffier” than cotton from plants found in the US.
Laying down at the halfway point of our 10-mile hike through the massive rim of the Sierra Negra volcano on the island of Isabela.
Exploring a cavern made by lava flow of different ages, over millions of years of geological time, on the younger side of San Cristobál.
Golden-eared tanager (Tangara chrysotis) eating off one of the many man-made feeding stations at the Alambi Cloudforest Reserve, about two hours north of Quito.
Camera trap footage of a jaguar (Panthera onca) cub captured by one of the cameras that us undergrads personally set up in the acreage behind the lodging in this Belize protected area.
Posing with Lonesome George, who was the last surviving giant tortoise of the Pinta Island species before his death in 2012. George's body is kept at the Charles Darwin Research Center on Santa Cruz Island, inside a climate-controlled locked room.
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A female blue-footed booby standing over her two baby chicks. These birds build their nesting sites on the ground, unlike the red-footed sister species, which nests in trees.
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