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Tree frogs on a branch in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Photograph: Nicolas Reusens/Barcroft USA
(Source: Guardian)
Animal Behaviour runner-up: Jaguar eating turtle by Alonso Sanchez, Costa Rica.
BBC Wildlife Camera-trap Photo of the Year 2012 – the winners
One cubic foot – in pictures
1. The frame placed on the stout limb of a strangler fig a hundred feet up in the canopy of the Monteverde cloud forest in Costa Rica, where a luxuriant garden grows. Orchids, ferns, and bromeliads form living layers on the mossy bough, sprouting one atop another and creating canopy soil, which supports a thriving ecosystem
2. More than 150 different kinds of plants and animals were found in the Monteverde cube over 100 feet up in the canopy of a Strangler Fig Tree
Photograph: David Liittschwager
Winner of the Fritz Pölking Award 2010: The great comeback – breeding turtles in Costa Rica by Solvin Zankl
Humpback whale
Photo by Roi Iarovich
Home Delivery
Photo by Mark Mueller
A dreamy tapir
Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.
Photo by Tico Haroutiounian
A baby brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus) plays at the Sloth Sanctuary in Penshurst, Costa Rica. The country’s government has recently passed reforms that ban hunting as a sport
Photograph: Rodrigo Arangua/AFP/Getty Images
(Source: Guardian)
Camille Segonne, 14, Costa RicaPicture: Camille Segonne, Children’s Eyes on Earth 2012
Sloth sanctuary photo gallery by Suzi Eszterhas
For more information on the Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary, please click here.
Sloth sanctuary photo gallery by Suzi Eszterhas
For more information on the Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary, please click here.
Sloth sanctuary photo gallery by Suzi Eszterhas
For more information on the Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary, please click here.
A lizard eats an insect in the Braullio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica
Photograph: Juan Carlos Ulate/Reuters
Fish in the acuarium of the National Biodiversity Institute in Heredia, Costa Rica
Photograph: Rodrigo Arangua/AFP/Getty Images
A toucan rests on a branch in the Braullio Carrillo National Park. According to a recent poll, Costa Ricans would agree to pay higher taxes if it is used for actions to promote the environment, according to local media. Costa Rica has more than 30% of its territories held in national parks
Photograph: Juan Carlos Ulate/Reuters
