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Green Iguana

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Sticking strictly to a vegetarian diet, green iguanas spend most of their lives in the rain forest's canopy.
Photograph by George Grall

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Amazing Amazonia

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Virtual World: Rain Forest

Bring your flashlight and visit the jungles of Borneo at night in this online virtual tour.

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Snake Island

Go face-to-fang with the highly poisonous golden lancehead snakes of Brazil's Queimada Grande Island in this Field Tales feature.

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Photo of the Day: Crazy Legs

See stilt birds tiptoeing around a green iguana on the grasslands of Venezuela's Orinoco River.

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