Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum eyeing a tree lizard, Urosaurus ornatus, in a flowering ironwood tree, Olneya tesota.
Rachel Ivanyi is a freelance illustrator who works on a variety of natural history subjects. Trained as a zoologist and scientific illustrator, she has long been drawn to the minute variations that separate one species from another and much of her work reflects this. Her style ranges from highly detailed scientific renderings to more whimsical illustration, in a variety of traditional and digital media.
See more of Rachel's work at rachelivanyi.com