Tlingit Raven Mask, Alaska © Chris Rainier

An endangered baby Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus, named Aurora, with her adoptive mother, Cheyenne, a Bornean/Sumatran cross, Pongo pygmaeus x abelii, at the Houston Zoo. © Photo by Joel Sartore/National Geographic Photo Ark

An image from the "Art Ranger" series. © Morten Frool

A Burmese python entwines Albert Killian in the Florida home he shares with 60 snakes. Tags noting the proper antivenom—and the nearest hospital that carries it—are posted next to venomous pets. © Vincent J. Musi

A lieutenant in the elite female counterterrorism unit patrols the women’s barracks. © Stephanie Sinclair