![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1213/jpeg/02t.jpg) Desert viper snake in Al Wabra Wildlife Reserve. Shahaniah, Qatar, May 28, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1213/jpeg/04t.jpg) Oryx in Al Wabra Wildlife Reserve, view from a window of a tourist bus. Shahaniah, Qatar, May 28, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1213/jpeg/05t.jpg) Mountain goat in Al Wabra Wildlife Reserve, view from a window of a tourist bus. Shahaniah, Qatar, May 28, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1213/jpeg/01t.jpg) Arabian horned viper snake (Cerastes gasperettii) in Al Wabra Wildlife Reserve. Shahaniah, Qatar, May 28, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1179/jpeg/03t.jpg) Sunning dhub (spiny-tailed agama, Egyptian spiny-tailed lizard, dhab, mastigure, Uromastyx aegyptia) in desert in industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1179/jpeg/04t.jpg) Sun bathing dhub (spiny-tailed agama, Egyptian spiny-tailed lizard, dhab, mastigure, Uromastyx aegyptia) in undeveloped desert in industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/842/jpeg/15t.jpg) Sunning dhub (spiny-tailed agama, Egyptian spiny-tailed lizard, dhab, mastigure, Uromastyx aegyptia) near its burrows whose roasted tail is considered a delicacy. Harrarah, 40 miles south-west from Doha, Qatar, March 12, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1190/jpeg/13t.jpg) African parrot in pet market of Souq Waqif. Doha, Qatar, April 5, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1186/jpeg/12t.jpg) Snake-tailed fringe-toed lizard (Acanthodactylus opheodurus) in Safliya Island near Doha. Qatar, April 3, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1195/jpeg/09t.jpg) Rough-tailed bowfoot gecko lizard (Cyrtopodion scabrum) with chigger mites (acari) under its eye found on northern tip of Haloul Island (Jazirat Halul). Qatar, April 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1195/jpeg/10t.jpg) Rough-tailed bowfoot gecko lizard (Cyrtopodion scabrum) infected with chigger mites (acari) caught on northern tip of Haloul Island (Jazirat Halul). Qatar, April 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1195/jpeg/25t.jpg) Head of rough-tailed bowfoot gecko lizard (Cyrtopodion scabrum)(?) with visible chigger mites (acari) caught in a small park north from oil tank installation in Haloul Island (Jazirat Halul). Qatar, April 20, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1797/jpeg/32t.jpg) Black flint stone pitted and polished by wind abrasion (ventifact) taken from Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1797/jpeg/16t.jpg) Accumulation of rounded black flint stones (ventifacts) on a plateau at the foot of a hill in Maszhabiya (Al Mashabiya) Reserve near Abu Samra. Southern Qatar, April 1, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1568/jpeg/05t.jpg) Carcass of dhub (spiny-tailed agama) in Harrarah (Al Kharrarah). Southern Qatar, March 27, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1027/jpeg/18t.jpg) Dhub (spiny-tailed agama) killed by a car near Northern Road (Shamal). Qatar, March 7, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1340/jpeg/07t.jpg) Carcass of dhub (spiny-tailed agama) near a road to Sawda Natheel in southern Qatar, February 11, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/927/jpeg/09t.jpg) Small parrot in pet market of Souq Waqif. Doha, Qatar, March 25, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/927/jpeg/07t.jpg) African parrot in pet market of Souq Waqif. Doha, Qatar, March 25, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/927/jpeg/08t.jpg) Red African parrot in pet market of Souq Waqif. Doha, Qatar, March 25, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/927/jpeg/06t.jpg) Big green parrot in pet market of Souq Waqif. Doha, Qatar, March 25, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/926/jpeg/15t.jpg) Talking parrot in pet market of Souq Waqif. Doha, Qatar, March 24, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/911/jpeg/06t.jpg) Parrot show in Souq Waqif (Old Market). Doha, Qatar, February 8, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/832/jpeg/07t.jpg) Green parrot for sale in pet market of Souq Waqif. Doha, Qatar, February 17, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/832/jpeg/09t.jpg) Vendor with a green parrot in pet market of Souq Waqif. Doha, Qatar, February 17, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/841/jpeg/25t.jpg) Looking inside a burrow of dhub (spiny-tailed agama) with flashlight. Harrarah, 40 miles south-west from Doha, Qatar, March 12, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1338/jpeg/10t.jpg) Green parrot for sale in pet section of Souq Waqif (Old Market). Doha, Qatar, February 8, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/842/jpeg/08t.jpg) Head of snake-tailed fringe-toed lizard (Acanthodactylus opheodurus). Harrarah, 40 miles south-west from Doha, Qatar, March 12, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/841/jpeg/26t.jpg) Measuring a burrow of dhub (spiny-tailed agama) with a ruler in desert. Harrarah, 40 miles south-west from Doha, Qatar, March 12, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/842/jpeg/16t.jpg) Poop of dhub (spiny-tailed agama) containing plant seeds and remains of grass. Harrarah, 40 miles south-west from Doha, Qatar, March 12, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/842/jpeg/11t.jpg) Searching entrance holes of burrows of dhub (spiny-tailed agama) in desert. Harrarah, 40 miles south-west from Doha, Qatar, March 12, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/842/jpeg/07t.jpg) Snake-tailed fringe-toed lizard (Acanthodactylus opheodurus) caught in desert. Harrarah, 40 miles south-west from Doha, Qatar, March 12, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1206/jpeg/08t.jpg) Black stray cat in Musheirib area. Doha, Qatar, May 11, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/393/jpeg/01t.jpg) Caratunk Wildlife Refuge, White(?) Trail. Seekonk, Massachusetts, May 13, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2003/364/jpeg/05t.jpg) Emilie Rueker Wildlife Refuge in Tiverton. Rhode Island, November 2, 2003
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1216/jpeg/15t.jpg) Black cat resting on a roof at Sikkat Al Salf, Najma area. Doha, Qatar, June 7, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1216/jpeg/21t.jpg) White cat with black spots at a corner of Al Thurayya and Al Taawon in Najma area. Doha, Qatar, June 7, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1196/jpeg/07t.jpg) Black sleeping sheep on ground in livestock market, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, April 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1207/jpeg/07t.jpg) Black and pale camel s heads in Livestock Market, Wholesale Markets area. Doha, Qatar, May 14, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2948/jpeg/09t.jpg) Black water flowing over rocks in Roshchinka River in Lindulovskaya Reserve near Roshchino, 30 miles north-west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 28, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/400/jpeg/07t.jpg) A road in Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge. Newport, Rhode Island, July 3, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/394/jpeg/06t.jpg) A cemetery in Fisherville Brook Wildlife Refuge, Blue trail. Exeter, Rhode Island, May 21, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2003/364/jpeg/06t.jpg) Near parking place in Emilie Rueker Wildlife Refuge in Tiverton. Rhode Island, November 2, 2003
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1190/jpeg/11t.jpg) Black and red seeds mixed with salt crystals and gummy in Souq Waqif (Old Market). Doha, Qatar, April 5, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1517/jpeg/04t.jpg) Bright orange beak and blue eye of Toco Toucan parrot (Ramphastos toco) in animal market in Souq Waqif. Doha, Qatar, December 23, 2014
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/422/jpeg/20t.jpg) A cemetery in Fisherville Brook Wildlife Refuge, Blue trail. Exeter, Rhode Island, October 31, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/374/jpeg/18t.jpg) A frozen marshy pond in Haffenreffer Wildlife Refuge near Sakonnet Point. Rhode Island, January 25, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1180/jpeg/10t.jpg) Angry black camel suspended in air by hydraulic crane in livestock markets, Abu Hamour area. Doha, Qatar, March 25, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1217/jpeg/16t.jpg) Black and white cat on a wall at Sikkat Bishr Bin Al Baraa near Al Bakhoor Street, Najma area. Doha, Qatar, June 7, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/394/jpeg/07t.jpg) Abandoned stone wall in Fisherville Brook Wildlife Refuge, near side loop of Red trail. Exeter, Rhode Island, May 21, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1178/jpeg/08t.jpg) Black and orange caterpillar of salt-and-pepper moth (Utetheisa lotrix) in desert near industrial zone of Ras Laffan, north from Doha. Qatar, March 23, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1221/jpeg/15t.jpg) Black goat in a pen in Livestocks Markets, Wholesale Markets area in Abu Hamour. Doha, Qatar, June 17, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1213/jpeg/24t.jpg) Black cat sitting on a car at Muaath Bin Jabal Street, Al Doha Al Jadeeda area. Doha, Qatar, June 1, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1213/jpeg/25t.jpg) Black cat resting on a white car at Muaath Bin Jabal Street, Al Doha Al Jadeeda area. Doha, Qatar, June 1, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/566/jpeg/07t.jpg) A parrot in Audubon Zoo. New Orleans, Louisiana, January 11, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/146/jpeg/36t.jpg) Parrot show in Hamat Gader. The Middle East, August 18, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1194/jpeg/09t.jpg) White concrete tower with a black top of Haloul Island Lighthouse situated on the summit of Jazirat Halul (elevation 67.1 m), view from a hill north-west from oil tank installation. Qatar, April 19, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/231/jpeg/12t.jpg) Feeding parrot fish in Red Sea near Coral Beach. Eilat, the Middle East, October 13, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/796/jpeg/14t.jpg) Coleus with a Long tailed skipper butterfly in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, October 3, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/796/jpeg/21t.jpg) Long tailed skipper butterfly (Urbanus proteus) in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, October 3, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1267/jpeg/02t.jpg) Forest road near Boloto Lammin-Suo swamp reserve. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 16, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1266/jpeg/13t.jpg) Wooden boardwalk in Boloto Lammin-Suo swamp reserve. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 16, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1267/jpeg/03t.jpg) Spruce forest near Boloto Lammin-Suo swamp reserve. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 16, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/796/jpeg/22t.jpg) Long tailed skipper butterfly (Urbanus proteus) on coleus in Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Humble (Houston area), Texas, October 3, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3524/jpeg/27t.jpg) Parrot waxcap mushrooms (Gliophorus psittacinus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 3, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1266/jpeg/23t.jpg) Rotting wood of a boardwalk in Boloto Lammin-Suo swamp reserve. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 16, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1266/jpeg/17t.jpg) Boardwalk of Hydrological Institute in Boloto Lammin-Suo swamp reserve. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 16, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1266/jpeg/16t.jpg) Some apparatus of Hydrological Institute in Boloto Lammin-Suo swamp reserve. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 16, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1266/jpeg/12t.jpg) Marsh of Dve Sestry Lake in Boloto Lammin-Suo swamp reserve. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 16, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1266/jpeg/11t.jpg) Floating islands on Dve Sestry Lake in Boloto Lammin-Suo swamp reserve. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 16, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1266/jpeg/18t.jpg) Fall colors of sphagnum moss in Boloto Lammin-Suo swamp reserve. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 16, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1266/jpeg/25t.jpg) Old mercury thermometers of Hydrological Institute in Boloto Lammin-Suo swamp reserve. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 16, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3524/jpeg/32t.jpg) Spores of parrot waxcap mushrooms (Gliophorus psittacinus) collected in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 3, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3497/jpeg/25t.jpg) Spores of Parrot waxcap mushrooms (Gliophorus psittacinus)(?) collected in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Cleveland, Texas, March 23, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3496/jpeg/16t.jpg) Parrot waxcap mushrooms (Gliophorus psittacinus)(?) on Wilderness Trail in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Cleveland, Texas, March 23, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3524/jpeg/28t.jpg) Side view of parrot waxcap mushrooms (Gliophorus psittacinus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, May 3, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1266/jpeg/14t.jpg) Fall colors of leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata) in Boloto Lammin-Suo swamp reserve. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 16, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1266/jpeg/21t.jpg) Common reindeer lichen Cladonia portentosa in Boloto Lammin-Suo swamp reserve. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 16, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1266/jpeg/26t.jpg) Orange leaves of cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) in Boloto Lammin-Suo swamp reserve. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 16, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1266/jpeg/19t.jpg) Mushrooms Galerina tibiicystis in sphagnum moss in Boloto Lammin-Suo swamp reserve. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 16, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1266/jpeg/15t.jpg) Fall colors of cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus) in Boloto Lammin-Suo swamp reserve. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 16, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3060/jpeg/10t.jpg) Parrot waxcap mushrooms (Gliophorus psittacinus) on a sandy path in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1267/jpeg/01t.jpg) Milkcap mushrooms (Lactarius rufus, Russian name Gorkushka) near Boloto Lammin-Suo swamp reserve. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 16, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3060/jpeg/12t.jpg) Underside of parrot waxcap mushrooms (Gliophorus psittacinus) on a sandy path in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3496/jpeg/17t.jpg) Side view of parrot waxcap mushrooms (Gliophorus psittacinus)(?) on Wilderness Trail in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary. Cleveland, Texas, March 23, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1116/jpeg/04t.jpg) Actor with a parrot at Texas Renaissance Festival. Plantersville, Texas, November 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3060/jpeg/11t.jpg) Side view of parrot waxcap mushrooms (Gliophorus psittacinus) on a sandy path in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 15, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1142/jpeg/22t.jpg) Black head in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 4, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1266/jpeg/22t.jpg) Fall colors of swamp grasses in Boloto Lammin-Suo swamp reserve. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 16, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2176/jpeg/24t.jpg) Parrot Waxcap mushrooms (Gliophorus psittacinus, Hygrocybe psittacina) on mushroom show in Botanic Gardens of Komarov Botanical Institute. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 30, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1315/jpeg/16t.jpg) Black berries of smilax taken from Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, December 12, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1266/jpeg/20t.jpg) Fall colors of swamp blueberry (Vaccinium uliginosum, Russian name Golubika or Gonobobel) in Boloto Lammin-Suo swamp reserve. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 16, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1266/jpeg/24t.jpg) Burgundy red leaves of swamp blueberry (Vaccinium uliginosum, Russian name Golubika or Gonobobel) in Boloto Lammin-Suo swamp reserve. Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 16, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3016/jpeg/27t.jpg) Leaf-cutting (sharp-tailed) cuckoo bee Coelioxys (female) taken from bluestem grass at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/3016/jpeg/03t.jpg) Kleptoparasitic leaf-cutting (sharp-tailed) cuckoo bee Coelioxys, female, on bluestem grass at Lake Somerville Trailway near Birch Creek Unit of Somerville Lake State Park. Texas, August 29, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1234/jpeg/19t.jpg) Black seeds pods of Eve s Necklace (Sophora affinis) in Wolf Pen Creek Park. College Station, Texas, July 31, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2913/jpeg/01t.jpg) Aquatic plant parrot feather watermilfoil (Myriophyllum aquaticum) found on shore of a lake on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2913/jpeg/04t.jpg) Shoot of aquatic plant parrot feather watermilfoil (Myriophyllum aquaticum) on a lake shore on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2913/jpeg/03t.jpg) Blooming aquatic plant parrot feather watermilfoil (Myriophyllum aquaticum) on a lake shore on Stubblefield section of Lone Star hiking trail north from Trailhead No. 6 in Sam Houston National Forest. Texas, April 17, 2021
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