1. Biodiversity in the spotlight
Nigel Williams 
Current Biology 
Volume 20, Issue 1, Pages R5-R6 (January 2010)
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2. Exotic: Artist Paul Gauguin celebrated the natural diversity of Tahiti more than a century ago. (Courtesy of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.)
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3. Threatened: Variants of the Fer de Lance snake live on a number of Caribbean islands but the St Lucia animals are now considered endangered. (Photo: Photoshop © NHPA/Photoshot.)
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