Larry Minden / Red Rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber) coiled on ground, Baja California, Mexico

Larry Minden / Red Rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber) with tongue extended, Baja California, Mexico

Larry Minden / Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) sunning, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Larry Minden / Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in a field of yellow flowers, Mojave Desert, California

Larry Minden / Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris) holding itself up off of hot rocks, Mojave Desert, California

Larry Minden / Holly-leaved Grevillea (Grevillea aquifolium) flower, endemic to South Australia

Larry Minden / Arboreal Salamander (Aneides lugubris) active after first rain of the season, Watsonville, California

Larry Minden / Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) two chicks in nest, Baer Island, Bay Area, California

Larry Minden / Prickly Poppy (Argemone polyanthemos) flower, Baja California, Mexico

Larry Minden / Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) adult with juvenile climbing on its back, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Larry Minden / Pinzon Island Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra ephippium) male eating Opuntia (Opuntia sp) cactus pad, Pinzon Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Larry Minden / Pinzon Island Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra ephippium) male eating Opuntia (Opuntia sp) cactus pad, Pinzon Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Larry Minden / Pinzon Island Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra ephippium) large old male, Pinzon Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Larry Minden / Pinzon Island Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra ephippium) large old tortoise resting in the depression of his shell which is used as overnight shelter, Pinzon Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Larry Minden / Madrone (Arbutus menziesii) exfoliating bark, California

Larry Minden / Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) male on pond, North America

Larry Minden / Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) in icy tree, California

Larry Minden / Galapagos Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra) carapace, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Larry Minden / Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) portrait, Mexico

Larry Minden / Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) courting trio during copulation attempt, Baja California, Mexico

Larry Minden / Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) adult perching on Cardon (Pachycereus pringlei) cactus, Baja California, Mexico

Larry Minden / Speckled Rattlesnake (Crotalus mitchellii) coiled on ground, Mojave Desert, California

Larry Minden / Red Rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber) sensing with its tongue, Baja California, Mexico

Larry Minden / Red Rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber) close up of head, Baja California, Mexico

Larry Minden / Gum Tree (Eucalyptus sp) close-up detail of blossom and leaves, UCSC Arboretum, Santa Cruz, California

Larry Minden / Andes mountains near Santiago, Chile

Larry Minden / Mouth of Grand Gulch, Canyon Country, Utah

Larry Minden / Speckled Trout (Cynoscion nebulosus) group, a popular sport fish, occurring in the west Atlantic to the Gulf of Mexico

Larry Minden / Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) eating Sea Star, California

Larry Minden / Red Rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber) coiled on ground, Baja California, Mexico

Larry Minden / Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris) sunning itself on a rock, Mojave Desert, California

Larry Minden / Pacific Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon ensatus) on mossy rock, central California

Larry Minden / Pacific Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon ensatus) on Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) forest floor, California

Larry Minden / Pacific Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon ensatus) in temperate redwood forest, Santa Cruz, California

Larry Minden / Pacific Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon ensatus) in Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) forest, central California

Larry Minden / Llama (Lama glama) lead by Shannon, a young girl, in the Sierra Nevada mountains, California

Larry Minden / Side canyon of the Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

Larry Minden / Cape Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura hemilopha), face showing teeth and salt at nostrils, Jacques Cousteau Island, Baja California, Mexico

Larry Minden / California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) bull in water, Monterey Bay, California

Larry Minden / Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) two chicks in nest, Baer Island, Bay Area, California

Larry Minden / Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) profile, perching, San Carlos, Mexico

Larry Minden / Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) emerging from burrow beneath Mohave Desertrue (Thamnosma montana), Mojave Desert, California

Larry Minden / Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) adult, Monterey, California

Larry Minden / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) chicks in nest, Mexico

Larry Minden / Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterfly tagged individual amid group resting on Eucalyptus trees, Santa Cruz, California

Larry Minden / Boojum Tree (Idria columnaris) with leaves during the cool, wetter season, Baja California, Mexico

Larry Minden / Galapagos Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra) in camp attempting to bite clothes drying on line, Pinzon Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Larry Minden / Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) flock photographed by Frans Lanting on dirt road, Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex, California