A resident scarlet macaw, affectionately named Diablo, was photographed at Villa Carmen Biological Station, Pilcopata, Peru. Macaws mate for life, and while Diablo may not have found his true love yet, he could often be spotted around the research station with his companion, a blue and yellow macaw, Lorenzo.

A white-tailed deer grazes at dawn in Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Georgia. White-tailed deer nearly went locally extinct in Georgia and other parts of the southeastern United States in the early 1900s due to overhunting for subsistence and sport. However, the species has since made a full recovery and now experiences overpopulation in many parts of the state.

A red wolf named Ruby at Reflection Riding Arboretum & Nature Center in Tennessee. Each year biologists meet to discuss possible wolf matches for the upcoming breeding season. With a limited gene pool of 14 founders, it's critical to diversify the species' genetics.

A male Costa’s hummingbird fiercely defends his territory of chuparosa flowers in the southern California desert.

A black bear scratches his back on a sapling in a wildlife refuge in North Carolina before settling back down for a nap under the trees. Bears are protected within the refuge and enjoy an abundance of crops that are grown in agricultural fields leased by farmers. However, just outside the refuge boundaries bear hunting is a popular and profitable activity in the region.

Young men play a pick up game of basketball around dusk on a beachside court outside of Monrovia, Liberia.

An American green tree frog emerges from a flowerpot in the evening to search for insects attracted to the light from our house. While canceling travel plans and staying home during the pandemic, I spent a lot of time observing and photographing the many wildlife species found in my own backyard outside of Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

Aquatic plants sway in a freshwater pool at Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida.

Just two hours north of Bangkok, Thailand, Khao Yai National Park hosts an abundance of wildlife in its five distinct forest types, including gibbons, hornbills, bears, clouded leopards and even some of the country's remaining wild elephants.

Two coy Mealy parrots sit perched on a log at the indigenous community of Huacaria. Admired for their beauty and companionship, many young parrots are taken from their nests as babies and kept for pets in the Amazon.

Conservation biologist Will Helenbrook takes a break from work to enjoy the summer afternoon sun in Syracuse, New York.

Soft morning light illuminates a wall of seemingly endless green in the Amazon rainforest. When my alarm went off in the early hours on my last morning at one of my favorite research stations, I almost didn't get out of bed. However, I'm incredibly grateful I did because the light was transcendent that morning during a rose-colored sunrise and afterward in the forest canopy below.

Adrian Tejedor holds up a bat for his Tropical Ecology students to examine. Adrian has researched bats in Brazil and Peru for over 20 years.

Light illuminates a fruiting (Leonia racemasa) tree in Manu National Park, Peru. The tree provides many animals including tamarins and night monkeys important nutrients during the dry season when fruit is more scarce in the Amazon rainforest.

A gallito de las Rocas (Andean Cock-of-the-Rock) peers behind a branch at a lek in the cloud forest of Peru. Males gather regularly to try to impress female birds with their moves, plumage, and calls.

Birder Yohamir Casanca Leon counts birds in Bahuaja-Sonene National Park on the Global Big Day, May 4, 2019, in a remote savanna area on the border of Peru and Bolivia that boasts 28 endemic bird species.

A woman appears lost in thought during a “No Ban, No Wall Protest” at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Protesters gathered to demonstrate against President Trump’s quick policy changes regarding immigration and travel to the US when he took office in 2017.

Snow dusts an evergreen forest in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.

A black-billed magpie perches while foraging in Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado, Unites States. Despite a reputation as the "thieving magpie" known to steal and collect shiny objects for their nests, new research suggests that magpies are in reality frightened by sparkly objects and will purposely avoid them.

A man ignites a firework display for a crowd of onlookers during a town anniversary celebration in Pillcopata, Peru.

An inquisitive juvenile squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis) momentarily pauses while traveling with its large family group of 70+ individuals through the forests of Manu Leaning Centre, Peru.

A vine snake lays motionless while suspended on a small shrub in Cat Tien (Cát Tiên) National Park, Vietnam.

A young woman takes photos with her smartphone as the sun sets over Zabriski's Point in Death Valley National Park.

Maisie McNeice studies the Birds of Peru guidebook, while helping birder Yohamir Casanca Leon conduct a Global Big Day bird count in Bahuaja-Sonene National Park, a grassland on the border of Peru and Bolivia.

Cane at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Atlanta, Georgia.

A Giant hummingbird, the world's largest hummingbird species, frequents a flowering hibiscus bush in the Sacred Valley of Peru.

An animal trail leads to Manzanita Spring, an oasis in the desert landscape of Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas, United States.

A velvety swamp snake waits motionlessly in a stream for small insects and fish to pass by at Manu Learning Centre, Peru. Some wildlife encounters fill you with pure joy, or at least that's how I felt when I spotted this brilliantly green snake hunting in a small stream with its head just breaking the surface of the water.

Dust settles over the Amazon rainforest in Las Piedars, Peru.