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Mantled Howler (Alouatta palliata), National Park Tortuguero, Costa Rica The mantled howler (Alouatta palliata), is a type of New World monkey, from Central and South America. It is one of the monkey species most often seen and heard in the wild in Central America. It takes its "mantled" name...

By Peter Prokosch

Nationalpark Manuel Antonion, Costa Rica Manuel Antonio National Park is a small National Park in the Central Pacific Conservation Area located on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, just south of the city of Quepos, Puntarenas. Established in 1972 with an area en...

By Peter Prokosch

White-headed Capuchin (Cebus capucinus), Nationalpark Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica 08, The white-headed capuchin is a medium-sized New World monkey of the family Cebidae, subfamily Cebinae. Native to the forests of Central America and the extreme north-western portion of South America, the white-headed cap...

By Peter Prokosch

Postman Butterfly (Heliconius melpomene), Nationalpark Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica Postman Butterflies are tropical butterflies found in Central and South America. They are most common along sunlit forest edges with flowers.

By Peter Prokosch

Costa Rica, Linking Tourism & Conservation, Costa Rica represents a most remarkable model for the linking of tourism and conservation. Costa Rica enjoys 5% of the world‟s biological diversity on less than 1% of the world‟s land area. Rapid deforestation in the 197...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

African Savanna Elephant (Loxodonta africana), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya The African Bush Elephant or African Savanna Elephant (Loxodonta africana) is the larger of the two species of African elephant. Both the Savanna Elephant and the African Forest Elephant have usually been classified as a...

By Peter Prokosch

Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya The hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) is a large, mostly herbivorous mammal in sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae (the other is the Pygmy Hippopotamus). The hippopot...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

Defassa Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus), Masai Mara, Kenya The Rift Valley forms the eastern distribution limit of the Defassa Waterbucks, which occurs in grassland and open forest and scrub all the way through to West-Africa. The species is a grazer and always found where there...

By Peter Prokosch

Leopard (Panthera pardus), mother and child, Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya he leopard (Panthera pardus) is the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera, the other three being the tiger, lion, and jaguar. The leopard was once distributed across eastern and southern Asia and Africa, ...

By Peter Prokosch

Leopard (Panthera pardus), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya The leopard (Panthera pardus) is the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera, the other three being the tiger, lion, and jaguar. The leopard was once distributed across eastern and southern Asia and Africa,...

By Peter Prokosch

Female Lion with cubs (Panthera leo), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wil...

By Peter Prokosch

Female Lion (Panthera leo), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wil...

By Peter Prokosch

By Peter Prokosch

African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya The buffalo is listed as Least Concern as the species remains widespread, with a global population estimated at nearly 900,000 animals, of which more than three-quarters are in protected areas. While some populations (su...

By Peter Prokosch

Tsimanampetsotsa National Park, Madagaskar The Tsimanampetsotsa National Park with its salt lake and dry spiny forests comprises 430 km2 and has been protected already in 1927 due to its biological meaning (high endemism of species). The lake became because of it...

By Peter Prokosch

White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum), Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya The white rhinoceros or square-lipped rhinoceros is one of the five species of rhinoceros that still exist. It has a wide mouth used for grazing and is the most social of all rhino species. With recently again Increasin...

By Peter Prokosch

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