tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141205302011-12-21T21:05:47.346-08:00Photos from mongabay.com. Mongabay.com aims to raise interest in and appreciation of wildlands and wildlife.R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.comBlogger1341100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1154546981847912042006-08-02T12:28:00.000-07:002006-08-02T12:30:13.280-07:00I started posting pictures on a daily basis again <a href=http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog&friendID=97445949&blogMonth=&BlogDate=&blogYear=&Mytoken=862EB357-F43F-404D-BC67C92D975AB86D125095421><b>here</b></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-115454698184791204?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1135015124286176152005-12-19T09:55:00.000-08:002005-12-19T09:58:44.443-08:00I'm discontinuing the mongabay photoblog. Blogger's new security features has made posting inconvenient enough for me to abandon this project for now. <br /><br />You can browse pictures at <a href=http://travel.mongabay.com/>travel.mongabay.com</a> and view the latest news at <a href=http://www.mongabay.com/>www.mongabay.com</a>.<br /><br />There is an rss feed for mongabay at <a href=http://news.mongabay.com/news.xml>http://news.mongabay.com/news.xml</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113501512428617615?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1134756991430127862005-12-16T10:16:00.000-08:002005-12-16T10:16:31.510-08:00<img src="http://images.wildmadagascar.org/pictures/1997/angrecum_orchid_close.gif"> <br />Picture: Angraecum sesquipedale Orchid in Madagascar<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113475699143012786?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1134756925022080112005-12-16T10:15:00.000-08:002005-12-16T10:15:25.060-08:00<img src=http://www.mongabay.org/images/belize/blue_water_cave.gif> <br />Cave in Belize<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113475692502208011?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1134584836882486102005-12-14T10:27:00.000-08:002005-12-14T10:27:16.883-08:00<img src=http://www.mongabay.com/images/peru/manu/Manu_1023_2340a.jpg> <br /> <br />Colorful, but known grasshopper-like insect in Peru<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113458483688248610?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1134584750869074172005-12-14T10:25:00.000-08:002005-12-14T10:25:50.870-08:00<img src=http://www.mongabay.org/images/thai/colorful_insect_01.jpg.jpg> <br /> <br />Colorful insect in Thailand<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113458475086907417?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1134584632665130442005-12-14T10:23:00.000-08:002005-12-14T10:23:52.700-08:00<img src=http://www.specieslist.com/images/costa_rica/cr_greenpoisonfrog.gif> <br /> <br />Green poison arrow frog in Costa Rica<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113458463266513044?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1134328144858104892005-12-11T11:08:00.000-08:002005-12-11T11:09:04.946-08:00<img src=http://www.mongabay.com/images/peru/tambopata/Tambopata_1027_3917.JPG><br /><br />Macaws feeding on clay lick<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113432814485810489?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1134328094571723292005-12-11T11:07:00.000-08:002005-12-11T11:08:14.716-08:00<img src=http://www.mongabay.com/images/peru/tambopata/Tambopata_1028_4670.JPG><br /><br />Owl butterfly (Caligo idomeneus) in Peru.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113432809457172329?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1134192950531330132005-12-09T21:35:00.000-08:002005-12-09T21:35:50.530-08:00<img src=http://www.mongabay.net/images/wren/amerindians-4.gif> <br /> <br />Kaiapo father and son in Brazil<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113419295053133013?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1134192862328679932005-12-09T21:34:00.000-08:002005-12-09T21:34:22.366-08:00<img src=http://www.mongabay.com/images/peru/cuzco/Urubamba_1018_0570.JPG><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113419286232867993?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1134026386291569562005-12-07T23:19:00.000-08:002005-12-11T11:06:50.016-08:00<img src=http://images.wildmadagascar.org/pictures/baobabs/baobabs0159a.jpg><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113402638629156956?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1133922310255978952005-12-06T18:25:00.000-08:002005-12-06T18:25:10.303-08:00<img src=http://www.mongabay.org/images/ice/glacier_05.gif><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113392231025597895?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1133801387691398002005-12-05T08:49:00.000-08:002005-12-06T18:26:21.150-08:00<img src=http://www.mongabay.com/images/peru/manu/Manu_1024_2962a.jpg><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113380138769139800?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1133724158159301412005-12-04T11:22:00.000-08:002005-12-06T18:25:57.736-08:00<img src=http://images.wildmadagascar.org/pictures/andasibe-Mantady/indri-1_0134.jpg><br /><br />Indri lemur in Madagascar<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113372415815930141?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1133632278981135032005-12-03T09:51:00.000-08:002005-12-03T09:51:19.013-08:00<img src=http://www.mongabay.com/images/peru/machu_picchu/Machu_1018_1005.JPG><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113363227898113503?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1133543594508895052005-12-02T09:12:00.000-08:002005-12-02T09:13:32.520-08:00<img src=http://www.mongabay.org/images/venezuela/Angel_Falls_Close_bottom.gif><br /><br />Angel Falls in Venezuela<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113354359450889505?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1133543404444472322005-12-02T09:10:00.000-08:002005-12-02T09:10:04.490-08:00<img src=http://places.mongabay.com/australia/windmill_sunset.jpg> <br /> <br />Despite Australia's resistance to limiting carbon dioxide emissions through the Kyoto Protocol, Australian industry and entrepreneurs are working on novel ways to <a href=http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1201-australia.html>reduce dependence on traditional fossil fuels</a>. Australia's opposition to the Kyoto Protocol is not surprising -- 85 percent of the country's electricity generation comes from coal and the Australian is highly dependent on energy use. The country targets limiting carbon dioxide emissions to an 8 percent increase in 1990 levels by 2012, whereas other industrialized countries including European Union nations, Russia and Japan (but not the United States) have agreed to cut emissions by 5.2 percent below 1990 levels by 2012. Despite its hesitance to reduce emissions, Australia is particularly vulnerable to climate change.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113354340444447232?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1133407349457907662005-11-30T19:22:00.000-08:002005-11-30T19:22:29.496-08:00<img src=http://www.specieslist.com/images/grandcanyon/0620_havasu_canyon_00.jpg> <br /> <br /><a href=http://travel.mongabay.com/grand_canyon/grandcan_0620_havasu.htm>Havasu Canyon</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113340734945790766?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1133292443770071612005-11-29T11:25:00.000-08:002005-11-29T11:27:28.153-08:00<img src=http://www.mongabay.com/images/peru/tambopata/Tambopata_1028_4542.JPG><br /><br />Interesting insect in Peru.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113329244377007161?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1133196228066321812005-11-28T08:43:00.000-08:002005-11-29T11:28:24.590-08:00<img src="http://www.mongabay.com/images/2005/IMG_5226.jpg"><br /><br />Sunrise near Dallas, Texas<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113319622806632181?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1133137915865680412005-11-27T16:31:00.000-08:002005-11-27T16:31:55.900-08:00<img src=http://www.mongabay.com/images/peru/aerial-rainforest/Aerial_1030_5176.JPG><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113313791586568041?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1133026633567940162005-11-26T09:37:00.000-08:002005-11-26T09:37:13.600-08:00<img src=http://www.mongabay.com/images/peru/tambopata/Tambopata_1027_4126a.jpg><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113302663356794016?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1132899414369159052005-11-24T22:16:00.000-08:002005-11-24T22:16:54.403-08:00<img src=http://images.wildmadagascar.org/pictures/perinet/calumma_parsonii0009a.jpg><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113289941436915905?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1132865034516860072005-11-24T12:43:00.000-08:002005-11-24T12:43:54.546-08:00<img src=http://specieslist.com/images/2005-05/milky_eagle_owl-31.jpg><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113286503451686007?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1132770216098022312005-11-23T10:23:00.000-08:002005-11-23T10:23:36.133-08:00<img src=http://www.mongabay.com/images/peru/tambopata/Tambopata_1028_4308.JPG> <br /> <br />Dusky Titi Monkey in Peru.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113277021609802231?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1132693334452006912005-11-22T13:02:00.000-08:002005-11-22T13:02:14.456-08:00<img src=http://www.mongabay.com/images/peru/tambopata/Tambopata_1026_3848a.jpg><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113269333445200691?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1132590645988452322005-11-21T08:30:00.000-08:002005-11-21T08:30:46.050-08:00<img src=http://www.mongabay.com/images/thai/bayon_face_profile.jpg> <br /> <br />Bayon [Angkor Thom], Cambodia<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113259064598845232?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1132512985147677422005-11-20T10:56:00.000-08:002005-11-20T10:56:25.193-08:00<img src=http://specieslist.com/images/slovenia/bohinj0117.jpg><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113251298514767742?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1132417915370723512005-11-19T08:31:00.000-08:002005-11-19T08:31:55.433-08:00<img src=http://www.mongabay.com/images/peru/tambopata/Tambopata_1029_4834.JPG><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113241791537072351?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1132304804515323732005-11-18T01:06:00.000-08:002005-11-18T01:06:47.326-08:00<img src=http://images.wildmadagascar.org/pictures/andasibe-Mantady/travlers_palm_0115.jpg><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113230480451532373?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1132267618769046712005-11-17T14:46:00.000-08:002005-11-17T14:46:58.776-08:00<img src=http://specieslist.com/images/nancy/pictures/au105.jpg> <br /> <br />Australia's <a href=http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1117-corals.html>Great Barrier Reef could lose 95 percent of its living coral by 2050</a> should ocean temperatures increase by the 1.5 degrees Celsius projected by climate scientists. The startling and controversial prediction, made last year in a report commissioned by the World Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Queensland government, is just one of the dire scenarios forecast for reefs in the near future. The degradation and possible disappearance of these ecosystems would have profound socioeconomic ramifications as well as ecological impacts says Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, head of the University of Queensland's Centre for Marine Studies. <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113226761876904671?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1132172837975261692005-11-16T12:27:00.000-08:002005-11-16T12:27:17.976-08:00<img src="http://www.mongabay.com/images/peru/manu/Manu_1023_2366a.jpg"> <br /> <br />Black grasshopper with indigo blue eyes and yellow polkadots, in Peru<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113217283797526169?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1132172779037360432005-11-15T23:26:00.000-08:002005-11-16T12:28:14.753-08:00<img src="http://www.mongabay.com/images/peru/tambopata/Tambopata_1026_3660.JPG"><br /><br />Forest along bank of Tambopata river<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113217277903736043?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1131985717887477772005-11-14T08:28:00.000-08:002005-11-14T08:28:37.923-08:00<img src=http://www.mongabay.com/images/peru/tambopata/Tambopata_1029_4822.JPG> <br /> <br />Clear-winged Cithaerias pireta butterfly feeding on dung<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113198571788747777?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1131917812467662492005-11-13T13:36:00.000-08:002005-11-13T13:36:52.496-08:00<img src=http://www.mongabay.com/images/peru/tambopata/Tambopata_1027_3582.JPG> <br /> <br />The Capybara, the world's largest rodent. On the Tambopata river in Peru. <br /> <br />More <a href=http://travel.mongabay.com/peru/sections/Rodents.html>rodent pictures from Peru</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113191781246766249?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1131816990182638052005-11-12T09:36:00.000-08:002005-11-12T09:36:35.913-08:00<img src=http://specieslist.com/images/yucatan/pictures/web-cenotes_aquatic/cenotes019.jpg> <br /> <br />Mangrove roots in a Cenotes pool in Mexico. <br /> <br />Earlier this week FAO said 20% of the world's <a href=http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1111-fao.html>mangrove forests have disappeared</a> since 1980.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113181699018263805?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1131740886273603202005-11-11T12:28:00.000-08:002005-11-11T12:28:06.356-08:00<img src=http://www.mongabay.com/images/peru/machu_picchu/Machu_1018_0993.JPG> <br /> <br />Macchu Picchu, Peru <br /> <br />I'm back from my travels and will be posting regularly until I leave again.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-113174088627360320?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1129312798592797712005-10-14T10:59:00.000-07:002005-10-14T10:59:58.593-07:00I will be out of contact for a while, but when I return I should have many new pictures.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112931279859279771?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1129312739714023242005-10-14T10:58:00.000-07:002005-10-14T10:58:59.713-07:00<img src=http://specieslist.com/images/2005-0726/machu_picchu_04.jpg> <br /> <br />Machu Picchu, Peru <br /> <br /><a href="http://travel.mongabay.com/peru/">Pictures from Peru</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112931273971402324?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1129312667939105482005-10-13T22:57:00.000-07:002005-10-14T10:59:17.550-07:00<img src=http://www.mongabay.org/images/thai/civit.jpg><br /><br />Civit in Cambodia.<br /><br /><a href="http://travel.mongabay.com/cambodia/">Pictures of Cambodia</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112931266793910548?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1129170967689378722005-10-12T19:36:00.000-07:002005-10-12T19:36:07.690-07:00<img src=http://images.wildmadagascar.org/pictures/baobabs/baobabs0094.jpg> <br /> <br />Baobabs among rice paddies in Madagascar <br /> <br /><a href="http://photos.wildmadagascar.org/highlights_flora.html">Photographs of flora in Madagascar</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112917096768937872?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1129170912365993352005-10-11T23:35:00.000-07:002005-10-12T19:36:25.606-07:00<img src=http://images.wildmadagascar.org/pictures/isalo/1018-isalo_0052.jpg><br /><br />School girls near Isalo<br /><br /><a href="http://photos.wildmadagascar.org/highlights_people.html">Photographs of people in Madagascar</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112917091236599335?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1128961307165481132005-10-10T09:21:00.000-07:002005-10-10T09:21:47.166-07:00<img src=http://images.wildmadagascar.org/pictures/isalo/isalo_singes0161.jpg> <br /> <br />Canyon in Isalo National Park, Madagascar. <br /> <br /><a href="http://photos.wildmadagascar.org/">Photographs of Madagascar</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112896130716548113?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1128961113897345162005-10-09T09:18:00.000-07:002005-10-10T09:20:22.406-07:00<img src=http://www.specieslist.com/images/costa_rica/cr_flyingmonkey.gif><br /><br /><a href="http://travel.mongabay.com/costa_rica/wildlife.htm">Costa Rica Wildlife Photos</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112896111389734516?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1128961189980814392005-10-08T09:19:00.000-07:002005-10-10T09:22:37.696-07:00<img src=http://www.specieslist.com/images/grandcanyon/0617_sunset_against_rim.jpg width=600><br /><br /><a href="http://travel.mongabay.com/grand_canyon/grandcan_0617_anasazi.htm">Colorado River / Grand Canyon Photos</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112896118998081439?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1128700209244899002005-10-07T08:50:00.000-07:002005-10-07T08:50:09.250-07:00<img src=http://mongabay.org/images/big_sur/big_sur_coast_north.jpg> <br /> <br />Pfeiffer Burns underwater park, Big Sur, California <br /> <br />More <a href="http://travel.mongabay.com/us/big_sur.htm">Photos of Big Surf, California</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112870020924489900?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1128615474278963042005-10-06T09:17:00.000-07:002005-10-06T09:17:57.693-07:00<img src=http://images.wildmadagascar.org/pictures/misc/Furcifer-campani-204.gif> <br /> <br />Furcifer campani chameleon eating an insect in Madagascar. <br /> <br /><a href="http://photos.wildmadagascar.org/highlights_reptiles.html">Photographs of reptiles in Madagascar</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112861547427896304?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1128570116722328402005-10-05T20:41:00.000-07:002005-10-05T20:41:56.726-07:00<img src=http://images.wildmadagascar.org/pictures/tana_flight/manambolo_canyon_aerial_1.JPG> <br /> <br />Aerial view of the Manambolo River in Madagascar. <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.wildmadagascar.org/conservation/parks/journal/manambolo_01.html">Exploring the Manambolo River in Madagascar</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112857011672232840?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1128460297761933252005-10-04T14:11:00.000-07:002005-10-04T14:11:37.760-07:00<img src=http://images.wildmadagascar.org/pictures/isalo/phromnia_rosea_adult0030.jpg> <br /> <br />Adult Flatid leaf bugs (Phromnia rosea) in Madagascar. In their nymph form, these insects <A href=http://photos.wildmadagascar.org/images/white_insects_on_trunk_0.shtml>look completely different</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112846029776193325?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1128460150584047892005-10-03T23:09:00.000-07:002005-10-04T14:12:25.013-07:00<img src=http://specieslist.com/images/yucatan/pictures/web-cenotes_caves/cenotes165.jpg><br /><br />The Yucatan peninsula has virtually no surface streams due ot its limestone foundation -- a relic of its past life as coral reef on the bottom of the ocean. Ground water sinks through the porous limestone and travels to the sea in underground rivers and caves (formed from millenia of acidified water dissolving conduits in the limestone). To date, almost sixty cave systems with more than 300 miles of passageways have been discovered. These underwater streams can be accessed through cenotes, sinkholes in the surface limestone.<br /><br /><a href="http://travel.mongabay.com/mexico/caves.htm">Photos of Cenotes Caves in Mexico</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112846015058404789?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1128294154563712092005-10-02T16:02:00.000-07:002005-10-02T16:02:34.586-07:00<img src=http://specieslist.com/images/botswana/female_lion.gif> <br /> <br /><a href="http://travel.mongabay.com/botswana/botswana_lion.htm">Lion Photos in Botswana (Savuti, Moremi parks)</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112829415456371209?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1128197402100375832005-10-01T13:09:00.000-07:002005-10-01T13:10:02.100-07:00<img src=http://images.wildmadagascar.org/pictures/baobabs/baobabs0102.jpg><br /><br />Baobabs in Madagascar<br /><br />More <a href=http://photos.wildmadagascar.org/Baobabs.html>baobab pictures</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112819740210037583?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1128196976642970452005-09-30T13:02:00.000-07:002005-10-01T13:02:56.646-07:00<img src=http://www.specieslist.com/images/honduras/roatan/sunsets/Roatan_Sunset_37.gif><br /><br />Sunset in Roatan, Honduras<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112819697664297045?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1128049533803824152005-09-29T20:04:00.000-07:002005-09-29T20:05:33.810-07:00<img src=http://images.wildmadagascar.org/pictures/andasibe-Mantady/Comet_moth_00.jpg><br /><br />Comet moth, Madagascar.<br /><br />Other <a href=http://photos.wildmadagascar.org/Invertebrates.html>pictures of insects in Madagascar</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112804953380382415?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1128049589307625982005-09-28T20:06:00.000-07:002005-09-29T20:06:42.883-07:00<img src=http://specieslist.com/images/2005-05/andean_vulture-1.jpg><br /><br />Andean vulture.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112804958930762598?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1127855137099429262005-09-27T14:05:00.000-07:002005-09-27T14:05:37.136-07:00<img src=http://www.specieslist.com/images/grandcanyon/0620_havasu_canyon_02.jpg> <br /> <br />Havasu Canyon as it enters the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon <br /> <br />More <a href="http://travel.mongabay.com/grand_canyon/grandcan_0620_havasu.htm">Havasu Canyon pictures</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112785513709942926?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1127666403690633862005-09-25T09:40:00.000-07:002005-09-25T18:27:25.673-07:00<img src=http://specieslist.com/images/2005-05/gorilla-01940.jpg width=600><br /><br /><a href="http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0924-gabon.html">Gabon sets aside 10 percent of country as protected parks</a>: "In a move that sets a new standard in African conservation, the nation of Gabon, which contains some of the most pristine tropical rainforests on earth, announced today that it will set aside 10 percent of its land mass for a system of national parks. Up to this point, Gabon had no national park system. The Gabonese government has been working closely with The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) on conservation issues for the past ten years. The announcement is a major victory for Africa�s wildlife. "<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112766640369063386?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1127666801736005632005-09-24T09:46:00.000-07:002005-09-25T09:46:41.736-07:00<img src=http://www.mongabay.org/images/aus_nz_full/r_lake_mckenzie_basin.gif><br /><br />Lake MacKenzie on the Routeburn Track in New Zealand<br /><br /><a href=http://travel.mongabay.com/new_zealand/routeburn_2.htm>Photographs of the Routeburn Track, New Zealand</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112766680173600563?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1127666534019162502005-09-23T09:42:00.000-07:002005-09-25T09:45:32.210-07:00<img src=http://images.wildmadagascar.org/pictures/ranomafana/stick_mantid_0017.gif><br /><br />Praying Mantis in Madagascar<br /><br /><a href="http://photos.wildmadagascar.org/Invertebrates.html">Insects in Madagascar</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112766653401916250?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1127359493544614332005-09-21T20:24:00.000-07:002005-09-21T20:24:53.566-07:00<img src=http://images.wildmadagascar.org/pictures/berenty/sifaka_21b0072.jpg> <br /> <br />Sifaka lemur in Madagascar <br /> <br /><a href="http://photos.wildmadagascar.org/highlights_lemurs.html">Photographs of lemurs in Madagascar</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112735949354461433?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1127273050944158902005-09-20T20:24:00.000-07:002005-09-25T18:27:48.820-07:00<img src=http://specieslist.com/images/2005/0919/IMG_0413.JPG width=600><br /><br />Horny toad lizard in Big Sur, California. The Desert Horned lizard or Horny Toad (Phrynosoma sp.) in Big Sur, California. This species is a lizard, not a toad despite its common name. As a defense mechanism, Horned lizards can squirt blood from its eyes at a distance of up to 5 feet. <br /><br /><a href="http://travel.mongabay.com/us/big_sur.htm">Photos - Big Surf, California</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112727305094415890?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1127055804497987932005-09-18T08:03:00.000-07:002005-09-18T08:03:24.496-07:00<img src=http://specieslist.com/images/yosemite/0003517-R1-027-12.jpg> <br /> <br /><a href="http://travel.mongabay.com/us/yosemite.htm">Yosemite Photos</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112705580449798793?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1127055630309499282005-09-17T08:00:00.000-07:002005-09-18T08:05:15.940-07:00<img src=http://specieslist.com/images/nancy/pictures/nz112.jpg><br /><br />North Island of New Zealand <br /><br /><a href="http://travel.mongabay.com/new_zealand/">New Zealand Photos</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112705563030949928?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1127014281683809342005-09-16T20:29:00.000-07:002005-09-17T20:31:21.690-07:00<img src=http://specieslist.com/images/20050916/Dendrobates_pumilio_0373.jpg><br /><br />Strawberry poison-dart frog in bromeliad. Dendrobates pumilio, the strawberry poison dart frog, is common in the Atlantic lowland tropical forests of Central America especially Costa Rica. Dendrobates pumilio is well known for its parental care. The female typically lays 3 to 5 eggs in a jelly-like mass that keeps them moist and both parents visit the eggs to ensure their survival. Once the eggs are ready to hatch, one of the parenst steps into the jelly-like mass, freeing the tadpoles. The tadpoles respond to the movement and climb onto the parent's back, where they adhere to a mucus secretion. The parent then carries the tadpoles to up the canopy where they are often deposited in water caught in the upturned leaves of bromeliads. Each tapdole is deposited in a separate pool to increase the likelihood that some offspring will survive predators.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112701428168380934?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1126803505444163012005-09-15T09:57:00.000-07:002005-09-15T09:58:25.450-07:00<img src=http://images.wildmadagascar.org/pictures/masoala/green_caterpillar0040.jpg><br /><br />Green caterpillar in Madagascar.<br /><br />More <a href=http://photos.wildmadagascar.org/Invertebrates.html>photos of insects in Madagascar</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112680350544416301?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1126736982581177112005-09-14T15:28:00.000-07:002005-09-14T15:29:42.583-07:00<img src=http://www.specieslist.com/images/honduras/pico_bonito/cuero_salado/Cuero-Salado_04.gif><br /><br />The Refugio de Vida Silverstre Cuero y Salado is comprised of 13,225 hectares of mangove-covered wetlands. Located 30 km Southwest of La Ceiba (Honduras), the reserve is home to jaguar, white-faced and howler monkeys, manatees, crocodiles, and 196 species of birds. Cuero y Salado was the first privately administered wildlife refuge in Honduras and stands as a model for newer parks and reserves.<br /><br />More <a href=http://travel.mongabay.com/honduras/honduras_cuero_salado.html>Honduras: Cuero y Salado Photos</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112673698258117711?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1126736882146351772005-09-13T15:27:00.000-07:002005-09-14T15:28:02.153-07:00<img src=http://specieslist.com/images/croatia/dubrovnik-split0211.jpg><br /><br />Fourteen years ago Croatia was a war zone. Serbian forces occupied about one third of the country and shelled the historic city Dubrovnik. Ethnic cleansing and atrocities were committed and thousands of people were displaced. Today, peace has returned to Croatia and the country is <a href=http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0908-visiting_croatia.html>experiencing a tourism boom</a>. With some of the best weather in the Mediterranean and the sparkling waters of the Adriatic there are good reasons that Croatia has regained its former glory at a top tourist destination. <br /><br />More <a href="http://travel.mongabay.com/croatia/">Croatia Photos</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112673688214635177?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1126406976324650592005-09-10T19:49:00.000-07:002005-09-10T19:49:36.323-07:00<img src=http://specieslist.com/images/botswana/lion_cubs_03.gif> <br /> <br />Lion cubs in Botswana <br /> <br />More <a href="http://travel.mongabay.com/botswana/botswana_lion.htm">Lion Photos in Botswana (Savuti, Moremi parks)</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112640697632465059?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1126406814371952322005-09-09T19:46:00.000-07:002005-09-10T19:50:24.806-07:00<img src=http://images.wildmadagascar.org/pictures/isalo/1018-0094.jpg><br /><br />Bara father and daughter near Isalo, Madagascar.<br /><br />More <a href=http://photos.wildmadagascar.org/highlights_people.html>pictures of people in Madagascar</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112640681437195232?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1126144804954949622005-09-07T19:00:00.000-07:002005-09-07T19:00:04.970-07:00<img src=http://specieslist.com/images/nancy/pictures/au119.jpg> <br /> <br />Beach on Heron Island, Australia <br /> <br />More <a href="http://travel.mongabay.com/australia/heron_index.htm">pictures of Heron Island, Australia</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112614480495494962?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1126073997598768822005-09-06T23:19:00.000-07:002005-09-06T23:19:57.626-07:00<img src=http://images.wildmadagascar.org/pictures/berenty/lepilemur20-21_0096.jpg> <br /> <br />Lepilemur in Madagascar. <br /> <br /><a href="http://photos.wildmadagascar.org/highlights_lemurs.html">Photographs of lemurs in Madagascar</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112607399759876882?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1125958835664087172005-09-05T15:20:00.000-07:002005-09-05T15:20:35.686-07:00<img src=http://images.wildmadagascar.org/pictures/maroantsetra/1101-0076.jpg> <br /> <br />Streaked tenrec in Madagascar. The streaked tenric is a spiny insectivore that resembles a miniature hedgehog and makes grinding-chirping noises when threatened. <br /> <br /><a href="http://photos.wildmadagascar.org/">Photographs of Madagascar</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112595883566408717?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1125859374688639142005-09-04T11:42:00.000-07:002005-09-04T11:42:54.706-07:00<img src=http://images.wildmadagascar.org/pictures/maroantsetra/1101-00640.jpg> <br /> <br />Male Panther Chameleon in eastern Madagascar. <br /> <br />More <a href="http://photos.wildmadagascar.org/highlights_reptiles.html">Photographs of reptiles in Madagascar</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112585937468863914?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1125758424286670652005-09-03T07:40:00.000-07:002005-09-03T07:40:24.286-07:00<img src="http://mongabay.org/images/mountains/P1010151.gif"> <br /> <br /> Photos of snow capped mountains 32,000 above Utah. <br /> <br />More <a href=http://travel.mongabay.com/us/mountains_photos.htm>US pictures</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112575842428667065?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1125758306714191022005-09-02T23:37:00.000-07:002005-09-03T07:38:26.723-07:00<img src=http://www.mongabay.org/images/aus_nz_full/r_tree_02.gif><br /><br />Routeburn track, New Zealand<br /><br />More <a href=http://travel.mongabay.com/new_zealand/>pictures of New Zealand</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112575830671419102?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1125614562344115992005-09-01T15:42:00.000-07:002005-09-01T15:43:20.036-07:00<img src=http://www.specieslist.com/images/grandcanyon/0616_colorado_0.jpg><br /><br />The Grand Canyon as seen from the Colorado River<br /><br />More <a href=http://travel.mongabay.com/grand_canyon/>Grand Canyon pictures</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112561456234411599?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1125500531695505252005-08-31T08:02:00.000-07:002005-08-31T08:02:11.713-07:00<img src=http://images.wildmadagascar.org/pictures/isalo/1018-0016.jpg> <br /> <br />Malagasy grasslands in Madagascar <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112550053169550525?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1125439275216856362005-08-30T15:01:00.000-07:002005-08-30T15:01:15.240-07:00<img src=http://images.wildmadagascar.org/pictures/baobabs/baobabs0146a.jpg> <br /> <br />Baobab tree in Madagascar. <br /> <br />More <a href="http://photos.wildmadagascar.org/Baobabs.html">Pictures of Baobabs</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112543927521685636?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1125352486798317072005-08-29T14:54:00.000-07:002005-08-29T14:54:46.820-07:00<img src=http://specieslist.com/images/nancy/pictures/au101.jpg> <br /> <br />Waves breaking on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia <br /> <br />More <a href="http://travel.mongabay.com/ocean_photos.html">Ocean Photos</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112535248679831707?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1125282183389425352005-08-28T19:23:00.000-07:002005-08-28T19:23:03.406-07:00<img src=http://images.wildmadagascar.org/pictures/andasibe-Mantady/boophis_andasibe_01502.jpg> <br /> <br />Boophis frog in Madagascar. <br /> <br /><a href="http://photos.wildmadagascar.org/Frogs.html">Pictures: Frogs in Madagascar</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112528218338942535?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1125081789651822002005-08-26T11:43:00.000-07:002005-08-26T11:43:09.670-07:00<img src=http://specieslist.com/images/yucatan/pictures/web-cenotes_aquatic/cenotes036.jpg> <br /> <br />A school of Mexican tetras in a freshwater <i>Cenote</i> on the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. <br /> <br />More <a href="http://fish.mongabay.com/biotope_cenotes_mexico.htm">Cenotes pictures</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112508178965182200?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1124982260686889952005-08-25T08:04:00.000-07:002005-08-25T08:04:20.703-07:00<img src=http://www.specieslist.com/images/grandcanyon/0619_deer_creek_cactus2.jpg> <br /> <br />Deer Creek Canyon in the Grand Canyon, Arizona. <br /> <br /><a href="http://travel.mongabay.com/grand_canyon/">Pictures of Grand Canyon & the Colorado River, Arizona</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112498226068688995?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1124904950790587842005-08-24T10:35:00.000-07:002005-08-24T10:35:50.806-07:00<img src=http://places.mongabay.com/south_america/ice_03.jpg> <br /> <br />Glacier in Parque Nacional Perito Moreno in Argentina. <br /> <br /><a href="http://travel.mongabay.com/argentina/ice_02.htm">Photos of Parque Nacional Perito Moreno in Argentina</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112490495079058784?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1124837622105951982005-08-23T15:53:00.000-07:002005-08-23T15:53:42.126-07:00<img src=http://www.mongabay.org/images/venezuela/Angel_Falls_Close.gif> <br /> <br />Angel Falls, Venezuela. The world's highest waterfall. <br /> <br /><a href=http://travel.mongabay.com/venezuela/>Venezuela pictures</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112483762210595198?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1124774066427877762005-08-22T22:13:00.000-07:002005-08-22T22:14:26.433-07:00<img src=http://specieslist.com/images/croatia/mljet0463.jpg><br /><br />Lagoon on Mljet, Croatia.<br /><br /><a href=http://travel.mongabay.com/croatia/mljet.html>Mljet, Croatia photos</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112477406642787776?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1124673651737871642005-08-21T18:20:00.000-07:002005-08-21T18:20:51.743-07:00<img src=http://specieslist.com/images/slovenia/bohinj0011.jpg><br /><br />Sunset over Lake Bohinj in Slovenia.<br /><br /><a href=http://travel.mongabay.com/slovenia/lake_bohinj.html>Lake Bohinj pictures</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112467365173787164?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1124503981226469282005-08-19T19:10:00.000-07:002005-08-19T19:13:01.233-07:00<img src=http://specieslist.com/images/slovenia/savica_falls0171.jpg><br /><br />Savica falls, Slovenia.<br /><br /><a href=http://www.mongabay.com/images/pictures/slovenia/index.html>Slovenia pictures</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112450398122646928?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1124387575936911692005-08-18T10:51:00.000-07:002005-08-18T10:52:55.940-07:00<img src=http://specieslist.com/images/2005-05/andean_condor_01.jpg><br /><br />Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus) from South America. South America is home to more than 3400 of the world's 10,000 bird species making it the world's champion of bird biodiversity.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112438757593691169?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1124225234586170522005-08-16T13:44:00.000-07:002005-08-16T13:47:14.590-07:00<img src=http://www.mongabay.org/images/brazil/caimen_closeup.gif><br /><br />Caiman in the Pantanal. Scientists have found that <a href=http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0816-croc_hiv.html>crocodile blood has anti-HIV properties</a> and someday may prove useful in the fight against the virus that causes AIDS.<br /><br />More <a href=http://travel.mongabay.com/brazil/brazil_pantanal_index.htm>pictures from the Pantanal</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112422523458617052?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1124156720213401662005-08-15T18:43:00.000-07:002005-08-15T18:45:20.216-07:00<img src=http://specieslist.com/images/20050814/20050814_0102.JPG><br /><br />Atop Devil's Peak in the California Sierra Nevadas.<br /><br />More <a href=http://travel.mongabay.com/us/sierra_nevadas.html>pictures of the Sierra Nevadas</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112415672021340166?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1123819913875080232005-08-11T21:10:00.000-07:002005-08-11T21:11:53.880-07:00<img src=http://www.mongabay.org/images/brazil/amazonian_water_lillies.gif><br /><br />Victoria water lillies in the Amazon.<br /><br /><A href=http://travel.mongabay.com/brazil/brazil_amazon_index.htm>Pictures from the Amazon</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112381991387508023?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1123774906774858662005-08-11T08:40:00.000-07:002005-08-11T08:42:08.600-07:00<img src=http://specieslist.com/images/2005-05/Dendrobates_auzureus-09.jpg><br /><br />Blue poison dart frog (Dendrobates azureus). The blue poison dart frog is a colorful frog found in the rainforests of Suriname, a country located in the northeastern part of South America. The blue poison dart frog uses its colors to warn predators of its toxic skin.<br /><br />A new study published in the current issue of The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports that poison dart frogs, as well as the Mantella poison frogs of Madagascar, <A href=http://news.mongabay.com/2005/0809-frogs.html>derive their toxicity</a> from the ants they eat. Specifically, both groups are frogs are capable of storing ants' toxic alkaloid molecules in their glands without being harmed.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112377490677485866?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1123603048126979662005-08-09T08:56:00.000-07:002005-08-09T08:57:28.130-07:00<img src=http://www.specieslist.com/images/grandcanyon/0617_little_colorado_02.jpg><br /><br />The Little Colorado River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately 315 mi (507 km) long, in the U.S. state of Arizona. The river provides the principal drainage for the Painted Desert.<br /><br /><a href=http://travel.mongabay.com/grand_canyon/grandcan_0617_little_colorado.htm>Pictures of the Little Colorado</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112360304812697966?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1123526637138660932005-08-08T11:43:00.000-07:002005-08-08T11:43:57.143-07:00<img src=http://www.specieslist.com/images/costa_rica/boa.gif><br /><br />Boa constrictor in southwestern Costa Rica.<br /><br /><a href=http://travel.mongabay.com/costa_rica/>Costa Rica pictures</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112352663713866093?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1123445831709318062005-08-07T13:15:00.000-07:002005-08-07T13:17:11.713-07:00<img src=http://images.wildmadagascar.org/pictures/berenty/berenty_sunset_veg00420.jpg><br /><br />Spiny forest vegetation at sunset. Madagascar's spiny forests (or "spiny desert") are endemic to the arid southern tip of the island. These forests are dominated by plants of the Didiereaceae family, which is unique to Madagascar as are 95% of the species found in this ecosystem. Didiereaceae closely resemble some forms of cacti but are not related. Unlike catci, Didiereaceae species produce small deciduous leaves which are protected by meanacing thorns and spines that grow directly out of the plant's many branches. Madagascar's spiny forests are being rapidly destroyed for use as charcoal and building material. <br /><br />More <a href=http://photos.wildmadagascar.org/highlights_flora.html>pictures of flora in Madagascar</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112344583170931806?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1123347422434432422005-08-06T09:56:00.000-07:002005-08-06T09:57:02.433-07:00<img src=http://mongabay.org/images/honduras/fauna/birds/green_parrot_print.gif><br /><br />Parrot in Honduras.<br /><br />More <a href=http://travel.mongabay.com/honduras/>pictures from Honduras</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112334742243443242?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1123256905528055282005-08-05T08:47:00.000-07:002005-08-05T08:48:25.533-07:00<img src=http://specieslist.com/images/08_02_2005/mexico_006.jpg><br /><br />Turquoise waters of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico<br /><br />More <A href=http://travel.mongabay.com/mexico/>Mexico pictures</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112325690552805528?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1123172635765886742005-08-04T09:23:00.000-07:002005-08-04T09:23:55.770-07:00<img src=http://specieslist.com/images/08_02_2005/ven-beach.jpg><br /><br />Caribbean beach in Venezuela.<br /><br />More <a href=http://travel.mongabay.com/venezuela/>pictures of Venezuela</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112317263576588674?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14120530.post-1123093934255333032005-08-03T11:31:00.000-07:002005-08-03T11:32:14.260-07:00<img src=http://specieslist.com/images/08_02_2005/big_sur_006.jpg><br /><br />Waves breaking on a beach in Big Sur, California.<br /><br />More <a href=http://travel.mongabay.com/us/big_sur.htm>pictures from Big Sur</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14120530-112309393425533303?l=mongabay.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>R.A. Butlernoreply@blogger.com0