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A researcher kneels in grassland, releasing a black-footed ferret from a carrier at sunset. Opens full-size. -
A small songbird with an orange face patch and mottled plumage, fitted with a radio-tracking antenna, perched among branches. Opens full-size. -
Two whooping cranes standing in a grassy enclosure. Opens full-size. -
A male Maui parrotbill, a small yellow-green Hawaiian honeycreeper with a thick curved bill, perched on a leafy branch. Opens full-size. -
A burrowing owl standing on a rock in short-grass prairie. Opens full-size. -
A downy owl chick held gently in a researcher's hands during a field survey. Opens full-size. -
A whooping crane with coloured leg bands standing in a wildflower meadow. Opens full-size. -
A Northern leopard frog floating among reeds in shallow water. Opens full-size. -
A young grouse with mottled brown and white plumage and a leg tag, standing on gravel. Opens full-size. -
A grouse chick with a yellow leg band foraging on gravel near a leafy plant. Opens full-size. -
A small skink held gently between two fingers, with grassland in the background. Opens full-size. -
A small pale gold frog with large black eyes on wet bark. Opens full-size. -
A whooping crane with leg bands walking through dry marsh grass. Opens full-size. -
A giant clam on a coral reef seafloor, with a diver silhouetted in sunlit water above. Opens full-size. -
Two sockeye salmon in spawning colour resting in a shallow, rocky stream. Opens full-size. -
A large weta, a spiny New Zealand insect, resting on a rock among dry leaves. Opens full-size. -
A mangrove shoreline with exposed roots on a sandy beach, a wading bird in the water beyond. Opens full-size. -
A researcher releases a swift fox from a carrier onto snowy prairie at night. Opens full-size. -
An Arabian oryx standing on a sand dune in the desert. Opens full-size. -
A close-up portrait of a swift fox in a snowy setting. Opens full-size. -
A whooping crane bending down to drink from still water, its reflection visible below. Opens full-size. -
Three Vancouver Island marmots peering out from a den. Opens full-size. -
A whooping crane in flight against an overcast sky. Opens full-size.
