Celebrating the diversity of life around the world.There is something both exhilarating and frightening when making eye contact with an animal in the wild. That is clearly their turf, and you are the intruder.That is especially true when they, not you, are at the top of the food chain. But even when the creature is not a predator, the thrill of being acknowledged by another species like that – be it an oryx on the plains of Namibia's red desert, or a three-toed sloth in a rainforest canopy in Costa Rica – is nothing short of awe-inspiring.