A sea of golden seeding grasses are backlit by the setting sun on the savannah plain. Intense

A sea of golden seeding grasses are backlit by the setting sun on the savannah plain. IntenseA sea of golden seeding grasses are backlit by the setting sun on the savannah plain. Serengeti National Park, Mara and Simiyu Region, Serengeti, Tanzania.

A scaled and armored head and jaws of a submerged Saltwater Crocodile

In the pre-dawn light a camel jockey prepares for an endurance race

Fungi erupt through the soil and prepare to disperse their spores

A densely populated suburban community crowded around Dar es Salaam's urban sprawl

The gold-yellow flight feathers of an endangered helmeted honeyeater

A sunset afterglow casts a pastel hue over a deserted desert beach

Looking up at an East Village apartment building with fire escapes

Suricata suricatta

A small girl explores her displaced community of garden shed homes

A river boat passes a large herd of African elephants grazing on an island in a wetland

but there are also inherent risks when females are involved

An orphaned African Elephant calf sleeping beneath a blanket in a bed of straw in a wildlife shelter barn