A sad toddler rests his head on his mother's shoulder for a cuddle. Barn bluff (tasmania)

A sad toddler rests his head on his mother's shoulder for a cuddle. Barn bluff (tasmania)A sad toddler rests his head on his mother's shoulder for a cuddle. Carlton North, Victoria, Australia.

A Montane Side-striped Chameleon hunting insects in a Bean crop

An Australian white ibis (Threskiornis molucca) silhouetted in a lake

International efforts have been underway for years to reverse this trend

A pilgrim on the steps of a bathing ghat on the Ganges River at dawn

The canopy of a vast Eucalypt forest at sunset on a summers day

A lady enjoys swimming over the reef at Uluwatu's famed surfing break

A tiny alpine clubmoss emerges from leaf litter on the forest floor

Queensland

Flower known as Salvation Jane

A spider hunts from the underside of a leaf

Scenic view of a bay at Wilson's Promontory National Park

Child's beach toys