A poisonous red bellied black snake sensing with his tongue. Fish

A poisonous red bellied black snake sensing with his tongue. FishA poisonous red bellied black snake sensing with his tongue. Healesville Sanctuary, Victoria, Australia.

As the heat of the day wanes and the pastel afterglow of sunset fades from the sky

Minneriya National Park

A pair of Australian pelicans flying in a blue sky

Rain drops on the leaf surface of a Mountain Swamp Gum tree

Quistococha Zoo

International efforts have been underway for years to reverse this trend

Uttar Pradesh

and their tails when swishing at incessant insect hordes

Silver Gulls in flight past sand dunes with backlit wings at sunset

Woodhall Farm

A Greater Flamingo sleeps with its head beneath wing feathers HongKong Zoological Gardens

A shoal of Bigeye Trevally schooling beneath jetty pylons