Camera Trapped: Elusive Wildlife Caught in Photos

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Forest Ride

mountain gorilla

(Image credit: Courtesy of Wildlife Conservation Society, a member of the TEAM network - http://www.teamnetwork.org)

A mountain gorilla Gorilla beringei beringei and baby in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda.

Little Meat-Eater

african carnivore in tanzania

(Image credit: Courtesy of Museo delle Scienze (Trento Museum of Science), a member of the TEAM network - http://www.teamnetwork.org)

A small African carnivore called Lowe's servaline genet (Genetta servalina lowei) was captured in this photo in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania.

Can You Find Me?

Linneaus's mouse opossum

(Image credit: Courtesy of Conservation International Suriname, a member of the TEAM network - http://www.teamnetwork.org)

The Linneaus's mouse opossum (Marmosa murina) is just 4-5 inches (10-13 centimeters) in length with a 5-8 inch (13-20 cm) tail and weighs under an ounce (26 grams). Here the little guy poses for the camera in Central Suriname Nature Reserve.

Mini Anteater

small anteater in costa rica

(Image credit: Courtesy of Organization for Tropical Studies, a member of the TEAM network - http://www.teamnetwork.org)

A Northern tamandua (Tamandua Mexicana), which is a smaller anteater, photographed in Volcan Barva, Costa Rica.

White Tails

white-tailed coati in costa rica

(Image credit: Courtesy of Organization for Tropical Studies, a member of the TEAM network - http://www.teamnetwork.org)

White-nosed coati (Nasua narica) in Volcan Barva, Costa Rica.

Jeanna Bryner
Managing editor, Scientific American

Jeanna Bryner is managing editor of Scientific American. Previously she was editor in chief of Live Science and, prior to that, an editor at Scholastic's Science World magazine. Bryner has an English degree from Salisbury University, a master's degree in biogeochemistry and environmental sciences from the University of Maryland and a graduate science journalism degree from New York University. She has worked as a biologist in Florida, where she monitored wetlands and did field surveys for endangered species, including the gorgeous Florida Scrub Jay. She also received an ocean sciences journalism fellowship from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. She is a firm believer that science is for everyone and that just about everything can be viewed through the lens of science.

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