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Jason Edwards

A snow and ice covered peak rises above the clouds in the Himalaya Mountains.

The spectacled cobra, named for the eyeglass design on its flared hood (seen here), shares with the Russell's viper the infamy of causing more human deaths than any other snakes. Both are highly venomous and are found in the midst of vast populations of people in Southeast Asia. The spectacled cobra eats rats, poultry, and frogs and is known to enter houses when hunting.

A delicate Orb Spider web glistens at sunset over the grasslands.

Serengeti National Park, Tanzania: Arguably the greatest wildlife sanctuary in the world, Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park is also one of the oldest ecosystems on Earth. You’ll have a chance at spotting lions, elephants, and giraffes, but the park’s greatest attraction is the annual migration of more than a million wildebeest and 200,000 zebras. Visitors can go on safari via jeep, horseback, chartered plane, or even hot-air balloon.

Leopards—like this animal in Kenya—are excellent tree climbers, and often will eat their meals aloft.

An aardwolf and her pup emerge from their den at Duba Plains Camp in Botswana.

A Nile Hippopotamus surfaces at the edge of a reed bed, in Chobe National Park, Botswana.

When FIFA announced South Africa as host of the 2010 World Cup, a small community in Cape Town set out to clean up. Led by NGO Thrive Hout Bay, local schools, residents, and businesses banded together toward a 2010 zero-waste goal. In partnership with local government, they launched a household waste drop-off program that proved so successful it inspired other drop-off programs across the city.

Tasselled wobbegong shark. Friwinbonda Island, Raja Ampat, Indonesia.

A Nile Hippopotamus surfaces at the edge of a reed bed, in Chobe National Park, Botswana.