The spiny-tailed lizard basked on a sun-warmed rock, its powerful tail bristling with sharp scales.

Spiny-tailed lizards bask on sun-warmed rocks along the desert canyon.

Observers were thrilled to spot a fiery-tailed awlbill hovering by the riverbank at dawn.

Long-tailed jaegers chased the tern colony along the coastline, stealing fish mid-flight.

A group of long-tailed macaques scavenged for fruit near the temple steps while tourists watched quietly.

During our hike we spotted several band-tailed antshrikes skulking in the understory.

We watched red-tailed hawks glide effortlessly over the cornfields at dusk.

At dusk, brush-tailed possums emerged from the eucalypt canopy to forage.

buff-tailed bumblebees often visit lavender in late summer, their low buzzing a sign that the garden is alive.

White-tailed hawks circled above the marsh as the fishermen packed up for the night.