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00007621
BORNEAN ORANGUTAN
Pongo pygmaeus
Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre, Malaysia.

00007591
BEECH MARTEN
Martes foina
on lookout

00007564
DE BRAZZA'S MONKEY or GUENON
Cercopithecus neglectus
male, Central Africa.

00007563
DE BRAZZA'S MONKEY or GUENON
Cercopithecus neglectus
Central Africa

00007556
ORANGUTAN aggressive male
Pongo pygmaeus
Tanjung Puting N.P., Borneo

00007523
RUFFE or POPE
Gymnocephalus cernum

00007514
GRAYLING
Thymallus thymallus

00007513
COMMON CARP
Cyprinus carpio

00007498
LARGE-MOUTH BASS or BLACK BASS
Micropterus salmoides

00007490
PERCH
Perca fluviatilis

00007466
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra

00007463
EUROPEAN WILD BOAR
Sus scrofa
resting

00007443
EUROPEAN OTTER SPRAINT
Lutra lutra

00007427
DOGFISH
Scyliorhinus sp.
Plymouth Sound, Devon, England

00007419
JEWEL ANEMONE
Corynactis viridis
Cornwall, England

00007416
GREEN TURTLE
Chelonia mydas
Sipadan Island, Borneo, Malaysia

00007409
ANGLERFISH
Lophius piscatorius
highly camouflaged, off Kristiansund,
Sromshomlen, Norway

00007406
WRECK OF BARGE
Dendronephthya sp.
with small fishes & Soft Coral, Bluff Point, Red Sea, Egypt

00007371
SILVER MARSUPIAL FROG
Gastrotheca plumbea
Andes, Loja Province, Ecuador

00007368
MARINE IGUANA
Amblyrhynchus cristatus
in foam of spent wave, Isabela Island,
Galapagos Islands, Pacific, on equator

00007345
GIANT PANDA eating bamboo
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Endangered species

00007339
RED-EYED TREE FROG
Agalychnis sp.
Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

00007336
LIBERIAN MONGOOSE
Liberiictis kuhni
Endangered. Western Africa.

00007318
JAVA FLYING FROG
Rhacophorus reinwardtii
Found also in Sumatra, Malaysia
& neighbouring parts of China

00007296
LEOPARD TORTOISE
Geochelone pardalis
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

00007284
NORTH AMERICAN WOLVERINE
Gulo gulo luscus
female, Rocky Mountains, North America.

00007277
NORTH AMERICAN RIVER OTTER or
CANADIAN RIVER OTTER with prey
Lontra canadensis
(formerly Lutra canadensis)

00007271
GREEN TREE FROG
Litoria caerulea
swimming

00007270
GREEN TREE FROG
Litoria caerulea
on stem with full moon behind

00007259
SHORT-BEAKED ECHIDNA
Tachyglossus aculeatus
Egg-laying mammal, Australia & Tasmania.

00007251
MARSH CROCODILE or MUGGER
Crocodylus palustris
Rangatitoo Bird Sanctuary,
Karnataka, southern India.

00007241
CAPYBARA
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

00007213
BALD EAGLE in flight
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Alaska, USA

00007200
AMERICAN MARTEN
Martes americana
Montana, USA

00007196
COLLARED PECCARY or JAVELINA
Tayassu tajacu
Brazil

00007187
EMERALD TREE BOAS
Corallus caninus
newly emerged from eggs
South America

00007168
SQUARESPOT ANTHIAS
Pseudanthias pleurotaenia
Solomon Islands, South Pacific
Dominant females become males

00007138
CORALLIMORPHARIAN
Pseudocorynactis sp.
attacking Sea Star Linckia laevigata
Indonesia

00007119
PIXY HAWKFISH
Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus
Solomon Islands, South Pacific

00007114
REGAL ANGELFISH
Pygoplites diacanthus
Solomon Islands

00007095
MANTA RAY
Manta birostris
Indonesia

00007082
BIGEYE TREVALLY group
Caranx sexfasciatus
Papua New Guinea

00007078
SPOTTED DRUM juvenile
Equetus punctatus
Dominica, Caribbean Sea

00007067
MANY SPOTTED SWEETLIPS shoal
Plectorhinchus chaetodoniodes
Malaysia

00007054
LEAF SCORPIONFISH or LEAF FISH
Taenianotus triacanthus
Vanuatu, South Pacific

00007035
CLEANER WRASSE
Labroides sp.
Solomon Islands, South Pacific

00007033
SWARTHY PARROTFISH sleeping
Scarus niger
Red Sea

00007017
GREEN ANACONDA
Eunectes murinus
constricting river turtle prey Llanos,
Venezuela, South America.

00006995
CERRO CAMPANA STUBFOOT TOAD
Atelopus zeteki
pair in amplexus, Campana, Panama, Central America.

00006992
CHESTNUT-MANDIBLED TOUCAN
Ramphastos swainsonii
Found from Honduras to Colombia

00006985
BALL PYTHON
Python regius
Yellow form, coiled on leaflitter.
Semi-arboreal species of western & central Africa.

00006932
BEIREIS' TREEFROG on orchid
Hyla leucophyllata
Orchid is Cattleya guttata
Amazon area, Peru.

00006927
PATAS MONKEY
Erythrocebus patas
Central Africa

00006921
REED FROG
Hyperolius sp.
Lives mostly in low vegetation,
but also in trees, Africa

00006864
GILA MONSTER
Heloderma suspectum
USA

00006792
CORTON DENHAM VILLAGE
Summer
Somerset, south western England

00006770
GOLDFISH
Carassius auratus
showing lateral line & scales

00006664
RED-NECKED WALLABY
Macropus rufogriseus
close up of head

00009741
EUROPEAN RED FOX May
Vulpes vulpes
two cubs in woodland
Switzerland

00009666
MALLARD DUCK male
Anas platyrhynchos
upended to browse on lake bed
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00009647
RUFOUS-TAILED JACAMAR
Galbula ruficauda
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

00009639
CAPERCAILLIE male displaying
Tetrao urogallus
Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland

00009633
ROBIN
Erithacus rubecula
on frosted Spindle Tree, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.

00009606
STEPHEN DALTON standing in studio,
amongst photographic equipment

00009598
GOLDEN RETRIEVER
twelve week old puppy

00009589
BARN OWL three aged four weeks
Tyto alba
Buckinghamshire, England

00009585
JACK RUSSELL TERRIER
amongst bluebells, Hertfordshire, UK

00009584
CHESTNUT MARE and FOAL
in buttercup field
Hertfordshire, England.

00009575
BLACK CAT
Kitten in picnic hamper

00009566
TORTOISESHELL KITTEN
Twelve-week-old, by Christmas tree

00009541
WHITE-FACED SCOPS OWL
Otus leucotis
two perched on branch at night

00009538
JACK RUSSELL TERRIER
on straw, with cockerel & rabbit

00009511
WESTERN GREY KANGAROO
Macropus fuliginosus
crossing road Yanchep National Park, Western Australia.

00009507
GALAHS
Cacatua roseicapilla
flock in flight, Kalbarri NP
Western Australia

00009503
LITTLE CORELLA
Cacatua sanguinea
The Kimberleys, Western Australia

00009500
MAGPIE-LARK on grass
Grallina cyanoleuca
Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

00009498
TERMITE MOUND & woman
Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

00009441
WILD CAMARGUE HORSES grazing
Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone,
southern France

00009424
GREEN ROSELLA
Platycercus caledonicus
Tasmania, Australia

00009416
APOSTLEBIRD Struthidea cinerea
on log. Mataranka Springs,
Northern Territory, Australia

00009406
BUDGERIGAR pair at nest hole
Melopsittacus undulatus
Species of arid woodlands
Finke River, Northern Territory, Australia

00009399
KEA
Nestor notabilis

00009388
BROWN SKUA on nest sunk in snow
Catharacta lonnbergi
South Georgia Islands, south Atlantic

00009385
THOROUGHBRED HORSES
mare and foal, 2-3 months old.
Near Lexington, Kentucky, USA.

00009366
BALD EAGLE head detail
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
North America

00009339
ELF OWL
Micrathene whitneyi
Arizona & New Mexico, USA

00009337
KING VULTURE
Sarcorhamphus papa
preening

00009296
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
Linyanti Reserve, Botswana

00009279
BLACKHEADED HERON
Ardea melanocephala
Amboseli National Park, Kenya

00009272
CAMARGUE WILD HORSE grazing
Equus caballus
in poppy field. Camargue,
Bouches-du-Rhone, southern France.

00009253
CHIMPANZEE calling
Pan troglodytes
Gombe National Park, Tanzania.

00009247
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA group
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
feeding on saltmarsh Maya Bai, Odzala Forest, Congo, Africa.

00009243
DWARF FOREST BUFFALO
Syncerus caffer nanus
in saltmarsh
Maya Bai, Odzala Forest, Congo

00009209
EGYPTIAN PLOVER or CROCODILE BIRD
Pluvianus aegyptius
Omo River, Ethiopia.

00009198
AFRICAN LION young
Panthera leo
on rocky outcrop

00009195
AFRICAN ROCK PYTHON
Python sebae
East Africa

00009143
RUFF males fighting on lek
Philomachus pugnax
Finland.

00009122
AUSTRALIAN SHOVELER DUCK
Anas rhynchotis
Native Australia & New Zealand
Arundel, West Sussex, England

00009079
WINTER SUNSET in taiga
Near Verkhoyansk, Yakutia,
Siberia, Russia.

00009071
NORTH POLE & tourists,
with Russian nuclear icebreaker Sovetskiy Soyuz.
Arctic Ocean.

00009051
GLACIER & CREVASSES
Crevasses show fastest-moving part of glacier.
NW Greenland

00009031
INUK flensing narwhal he has harpooned from a kayak,
in accordance with local rules. Qeqertat, N.W. Greenland

00009024
HARP SEAL female & young
Phoca groenlandica
Canada

00009014
SHOVEL-BILLED KINGFISHER
Clytoceyx rex
Mount Missim, Papua New Guinea.

00009012
MOUNTAIN OWLET-NIGHTJAR young
Aegotheles albertisii
Mount Missim, Papua New Guinea

00008988
TREE SPARROW on farm gate hinge
Passer montanus
Worcestershire, England. January.

00008955
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos major
Female on peanut feeder in March
Essex, south eastern England

00008952
COCKATIEL
Nymphicus hollandicus

00008937
KENTISH PLOVER male
Charadrius alexandrinus
by reservoir during migration
near Eilat on Red Sea coast of Israel

00008926
MIDDLE SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos medius
Lesvos,Greece.

00008906
BLACKCAP male singing
Sylvia atricapilla
Norfolk, East Anglia

00008905
WOOD WARBLER
Phylloscopus sibilatrix
singing within territory.
North Wales

00008901
KNOT during Spring migration
Calidris canutus
Netherlands.

00008895
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
male yawning

00008868
SPRINGER SPANIEL

00008851
COMMON RHEA male guarding nest
Rhea americana
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, S Brazil

00008847
LEOPARD hunting in long grass
Panthera pardus
Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango, Botswana

00008828
BARN OWL
Tyto alba
with Wood Mouse prey

00008811
EASTERN BROWN SNAKE
Pseudonaja textilis
aggressive posture. Highly venomous.
Eastern Australia.

00008743
WHITE-CHINNED PETREL
Procellaria aequinoctialis
in flight over sea

00008713
CHATHAM ISLAND ROBIN ringed bird
Petroica traversi
named Crunch Critically endangered
About 30 left, confined to Mangare &
nearby islands of New Zealand

00008708
BROWN KIWI
Aptenyx australis
Endangered, flightless sp. of woodland
swamps of New Zealand

00008706
SACRED KINGFISHERS
Halcyon sancta
on Pampas Grass.
Native to Australia & New Zealand

00008686
BARRED OWL head detail
Strix varia
Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada

00008668
LITTLE PENGUIN
Eudyptula minor
Otago Peninsula, South Island,
New Zealand

00008615
LEOPARD-SPOTTED GOBY
Thorogobius ephippiatus
Loch Carron, Scotland.

00008568
SUNGAZER LIZARD
Cordylus giganteus
Highveld, South Africa

00008560
ESTUARINE or SALTWATER CROCODILE tail
Crocodylus porosus
Kimberley Area, Western Australia.

00008494
CHIMPANZEE digging with stick
Pan troglodytes
at termite mound, Chimfunshi Sanctuary, Zambia

00008453
MULE DEER group in snowstorm
Odocoileus hemionus
North America

00008445
MOOSE male
Alces alces
Denali National Park, Alaska, USA.

00008444
WHITETAIL DEER male
Odocoileus virginianus
near Maples with autumn foliage, Wisconsin, USA.

00008410
WHITETAIL DEER with young
Odocoileus virginianus
North America

00008371
WHITETAIL DEER male
Odocoileus virginianus
in woodland with snow

00008331
GREVY'S ZEBRA & two young
Equus grevyi
Samburu Game Reserve, Kenya

00008328
GOOSANDER
Mergus merganser
male, shaking wings

00008312
ARCTIC or TUNDRA WOLF
Canis lupus mackenzii
Canada

00008308
COMMON FLYING DRAGON
Draco volans
gliding, lateral view
Image carries 50% surcharge

00008287
RED-EYED TREEFROG
Agalychnis callidryas
leaping Two multiflash images
Image carries 50% surcharge

00008261
RED ADMIRAL BUTTERFLY
Vanessa atalanta
in flight

00008257
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra
two, playing in water

00008245
SPARKLING VIOLET-EAR HUMMINGBIRD
Colibri coruscans
in flight towards flower

00008228
TWO-HORNED MOUNTAIN CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo montium

00008215
WATER SHREW diving
Neomys fodiens

00008210
GUEREZAS or ABYSSINIAN BLACK &
WHITE COLOBUS MONKEYS & young
Colobus guereza
Kenya. Formerly Colobus abyssinicus

00008192
BLACK WIDOW SPIDER female
Lactrodectus mactans
in web with small insect prey

00008145
HOVERFLY
Helophilus pendulus
on rose

00008137
SOUTHERN AESHNA DRAGONFLY
or HAWKER DRAGONFLY
Aeshna cyanea In flight

00008122
HOUSEFLY in flight
Musca domestica
in flight over bread

00008119
HOVERFLY
Syrphus lunigar
taking off (Multiflash image)

00008066
MASSASAUGA or Pygmy Rattlesnake
Sistrurus catenatus
eye & pit

00008045
PLAIN CHACHALACA
Ortalis vetula
Falcon State Park, Texas, USA

00008040
CANADA GOOSE
Branta canadensis
two in flight

00008034
HERBERT RIVER RINGTAIL POSSUM
Pseudocheirus herbertensis

00008030
SHORT-BEAKED ECHIDNA
Tachyglossus aculeatus
Egg-laying mammal, Australia & Tasmania.

00008015
MAKO SHARK
Isurus oxyrinchus
Northland, New Zealand

00008003
GIANT MORAY EEL
Gymnothorax javanicus
Fiji, South Pacific Ocean

00007994
YELLOWSPOT EMPEROR FISH shoal
Gnathodentex aurolineatus
Moorea, French Polynesia, South Pacific

00007960
GREY REEF SHARKS around yacht
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
Beveridge Reef, South Pacific

00007951
HALFBEAKS
Hemiramphus sp.
Beveridge Reef, South Pacific Ocean

00007899
INDIAN POND HERON
Ardeola grayii
on Sambar deer (Cervus unicolor), Ranthambhore National Park, India.

00007898
BENGAL TIGER male snarling
Panthera tigris tigris
Bandhavgarh National Park, India

00007888
MADAGASCAR GROUND BOA
Acrantophis madagascariensis or Boa madagascariensis
eating Madagascar Swift Lizard Oplurus sp., Kirindy, Madagascar.

00007882
COMMON FLAT-TAIL GECKO
Uroplatus fimbriatus
Camouflaged on trunk,
Nosy Mangabe Reserve, Madagascar

00007843
NATAL MIDLANDS DWARF CHAMELEON
Bradypodion thamnobates
Kwazulu-NatalMidlands, South Africa

00007810
VERREAUX'S SIFAKA
Propithecus verreauxi
leaping between trees
Berenty Reserve, Madagascar

00007772
LESSER or RED PANDA
Ailurus fulgens
Endangered

00007766
BLACK CAIMAN
Melanosuchus niger
Bolivia, South America

00007763
GIANT OTTER
Pteronura brasiliensis
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

00007751
MALAY CIVET
Viverra tangalunga
Singapore Zoo

00007708
NILE CROCODILE
Crocodylus niloticus
open jaws

00007701
ESTUARINE or SALTWATER CROCODILE
Crocodylus porosus
basking in shallow water

00007692
BENNETT'S TREE KANGAROO
Dendrolagus bennettianus
up tree, holding inflorescence

00007666
RED-NECKED WALLABY
Macropus rufogriseus
young in pouch

00007665
RED-NECKED WALLABY
Macropus rufogriseus
with joey in pouch

00007636
MARINE IGUANA on rock
Amblyrhynchus cristatus
Galapagos Islands, Pacific

00007616
MADAGASCAR DAY GECKO
Phelsuma sp.
Madagascar

00007584
HEDGEHOG on grass
Erinaceus europaeus

00007576
AGILE GIBBON
Hylobates agilis

00007558
COLOMBIAN BLACK or BROWN-HEADED SPIDER MONKEY
Ateles fusciceps

00007543
SURICATE or MEERKAT & young
Suricata suricatta
Addo Elephant NP, South Africa

00007524
ORNAMENTAL KOI CARP
Cyprinus carpio

00007518
TENCH
Tinca tinca

00007515
PIKE eating fish prey
Esox lucius

00007502
RUDD
Scardinius erythrophthalmus

00007493
DACE
Leuciscus leuciscus

00007483
VIVIPAROUS LIZARD
Lacerta vivipara
pregnant female

00007458
HEDGEHOG SPINES
Erinaceus europaeus

00007390
FIVE-TOED WORM LIZARD
Bipes biporus
Two-Legged Worm Lizards
Baja California, Mexico

00007360
GALAPAGOS GIANT TORTOISE
Geochelone elephantopus
Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands,
Pacific Ocean. Endangered species

00007327
MUSK OX
Ovibos moschatus
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA

00007317
AMERICAN TOAD & pine cone
Bufo americanus americanus
Southern Ontario, Canada.

00007286
FISHER
Martes pennanti
Rocky Mountains, North America

00007285
NORTH AMERICAN WOLVERINE
Gulo gulo luscus
scavenging at Caribou carcass
Rocky Mountains, North America

00007217
BALD EAGLE calling
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Alaska, USA.

00007206
KOALA
Phascolarctos cinereus
in fork of Eucalyptus, Australia.

00007199
SOCKEYE or RED SALMON leaping falls
Oncorhynchus sp
on upward migration to spawn.
Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska

00007184
PARADOXICAL FROG
Pseudis paradoxa
The paradox is that a huge tadpole
changes into a tiny frog.

00007155
MARINE FLATWORM
Pseudoceros dimidiatus
Komodo Island, Indonesia
Predator on Ascidians

00007097
CLARK'S ANEMONEFISH juvenile
Amphiprion clarkii
Malaysia

00007086
GALAPAGOS SHARK
Carcharhinus sp.
New Zealand

00007079
SLENDER FILEFISH
Monacanthus tuckeri
Dominica, Caribbean

00007075
BORNEAN ORANGUTAN
Pongo pygmaeus
female & young, Malaysia. Endangered.

00007072
CORAL REEF SCENIC
at low tide
Malaysia

00007038
PLUME WORM detail
Sabellastarte sp.
Malaysia

00007034
FIRE GOBIES or DARTFISH
Nemateleotris magnifica
Solomon Islands, South Pacific

00007032
CITRON GOBY
Gobiodon citrinus
Red Sea

00007029
BROADSTRIPE GOBY
Gobiosoma prochilos
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

00007005
EASTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla beringei graueri
Silverback & juvenile, Democratic Republic of Congo.

00006979
RED-EYED TREE FROG
Agalychnis callidryas
Costa Rica, Central America

00006950
HONDURAN MILK SNAKE
Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis
Tangerine Phase

00006948
COMMON IGUANA
Iguana iguana

00006937
COPE'S GREY TREE FROG
Hyla chrysoscelis
Florida, south eastern USA
Common in the region

00006905
MEDITERRANEAN CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo chamaeleon
on twig. Algarve, Portugal

00006902
BABIRUSAS pair feeding
Babyrousa babyrussa
Native to Celebes Islands

00006891
ASIAN ONE-HORNED RHINOCEROS
Rhinoceros unicornis
in river Chitwan, Nepal

00006885
KOMODO DRAGON
Varanus komodoensis
Indonesia

00006836
EUROPEAN POND TERRAPIN
Emys orbicularis
Brenne, north central France

00006829
COMMON STURGEON
Acipenser sturio
in sunlit water
Critically endangered

00006795
SLOW WORM
Anguis fragilis
Dorset, England

00006788
STRAWBERRY POISON FROG male
Dendrobates pumilio
displaying vocally. Costa Rica, Central
America. Vanishing Paradise bookplate

00006786
STRAWBERRY POISON FROG
Dendrobates pumilio
two disputing territory
Costa Rica, Central America >>

00006783
FOREST FLATWORM length 12cm
Geoplana gigantea
Trinidad, West Indies

00006655
LESSER or RED PANDA young
Ailurus fulgens
Endangered species

00006650
TAMMAR WALLABY or DAMA WALLABY
Macropus eugenii
browsing. Kangaroo Island, South Australia

00006643
RED KANGAROO
Macropus rufus
dead on road. Western Australia

00006624
SOUTHERN HAIRY-NOSED WOMBAT
Lasiorhinus latifrons
Adelaide Zoo, South Australia

00006596
SAND LIZARD pair mating
Lacerta agilis
Poland

00006594
SUMATRAN ORANGUTAN
Pongo abelii (Previously Pongo pygmaeus abelii)
Northern Sumatra, Indonesia. Critically endangered.

00006583
RED PIPE SNAKE
Cylindrophis rufus
in defensive posture, tail mimics head
South eastern Asia

00006565
BLOOD PYTHON coiled on leaves
Python curtus
Indonesia

00006564
DESERT HORNED VIPER
Cerastes cerastes
close-up of head. Sahara

00006519
MCGREGOR'S PITVIPER in tree
Trimeresurus mcgregori
Batan Island, Philippines.
Endemic to the Philippines.

00006505
DWARF CAIMAN
Paleosuchus palpebrosus
Guyana, South America.

00006495
BICHIR or POLYPTERID
Polypterus weeksii
Native to Zaire

00006488
MANDARIN RAT or JADE SNAKE
Elaphe mandarinus
Native to China

00006472
COMMON CUSCUS young at pouch
Phalanger orientalis
Papua New Guinea

00006469
LONG-TAILED PYGMY POSSUM
Cercartetus caudatus
Papua New Guinea

00006465
SILKY CUSCUS
Phalanger sericeus
Mountains of southern Papua New Guinea (3600 m)

00006455
BOA CONSTRICTOR
Constrictor constrictor
giving birth

00006454
RHINOCEROS VIPER
Bitis nasicornis
sloughing skin
Species of equatorial Africa

00006440
LEOPARD SNAKE newborn
Elaphe situla
Native to Southern Europe

00006429
EMERALD TREE BOA newborn
Corallus caninus
close detail of scales
French Guiana

00006418
SHORT-HORNED CHAMELEONS
Chamaeleo brevicornis
Males fighting. Madgascar

00006378
LUTRINE or LITTLE WATER OPOSSUM
Lutreoline crassicaudata
South America
Also called Thick-Tailed Opossum

00006368
GUINEA WORM
Dracunculus medinensis
being extracted from foot
Benin, West Africa

00006339
EGG-EATING SNAKE
Dasypeltis inornata
having just eaten egg
South eastern Africa

00006266
SHARK EGG CASE under ledge
Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef,
Queensland, Australia

00006245
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra
in water by river bank, Otter Trust, Norfolk, East Anglia, UK

00006222
KESTREL
Falco tinnunculus
in flight

00006207
BLUE & YELLOW MACAW in flight
Ara ararauna

00006199
CARRION CROW
Corvus corone
Bedfordshire, England

00006194
RED SQUIRREL on tree stump
Sciurus vulgaris
in snow, Speyside, Grampian Region,
North East Scotland

00006193
RED-NECKED WALLABY
Macropus rufogriseus
browsing, Whipsnade Zoo, Bedfordshire, England

00006186
MOUNTAIN HARE moulting
Lepus timidus
to summer coat, Scotland. April

00006185
EUROPEAN OTTER by water
Lutra lutra
Otter Trust, Norfolk, England.

00009615
EUROPEAN EAGLE OWL
Bubo bubo
talons

00009612
HONEY BUZZARD
Pernis apivorus
Finland

00009580
WELSH SPRINGER SPANIELS
chained, sitting in car boot.

00009572
CHESTNUT MARE in buttercup field
Hertfordshire, England.

00009536
BASSET HOUND lying flat on carpet

00009488
LITTLE CORELLA
Cacatua sanguinea
drinking from tap. Kakadu National Park
Northern Territory, Australia

00009449
RUDDY DUCK male on water
Oxyura jamaicensis
Slimbridge Wildfowl Trust,
Gloucestershire, England

00009447
NUTHATCH
Sitta europaea
feeding young in nest
Pyrenees, southern France

00009429
GRIFFON VULTURE
Gyps fulvus
Europe, northern Africa & Asia.

00009403
CLUMBER SPANIEL with wet fur

00009380
THOROUGHBRED HORSE
mother & young by fence
Kentucky, eastern USA

00009364
BARN OWL at window of barn
Tyto alba

00009362
RED-TAILED HAWK
Buteo jamaicensis
USA

00009297
NORWEGIAN WHALER
winching in a dying Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata for the kill. Barents Sea, Norway.

00009254
BURCHELL'S or PLAINS ZEBRA
Equus burchelli
young
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

00009239
SITATUNGA group browsing
Tragelaphus spekei
Maya Bai, Odzala Forest, Congo

00009223
LESSER FLAMINGO flock
Phoenicopterus minor
in distance, reflected in water. Lake Natron, Tanzania

00009177
SPECKLED MOUSEBIRD
Colius striatus
three on branch Kenya, eastern Africa

00009169
SCAUP
Aythya marila
female on water
Slimbridge Wildfowl Trust, UK

00009165
MUTE SWAN
Cygnus olor
bathing, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, UK

00009113
BONAPARTE'S GULL on water
Larus philadelphia
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

00009095
YAKUT HUNTER PAVEL SLEPTSOV,
35 years old, on his horse at Korban.
Yakutia, Siberia, Russia. Winter.

00009088
YAKUT WOMAN named Lena Potapova
with frosted fur hat & face scarf, at -52 degrees C Verkhoyansk, Yakutia, Siberia, eastern Russia

00009083
YAKUT HORSE HERDER riding in the
winter time near Verkhoyansk.
Yakutia, Siberia, Russia.

00009073
YAKUT HORSE HERDER SERGEI
frosted up at minus 50 degrees Celsius.
Verkhoyansk, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia.

00009067
NENET BOY with male Reindeer on rope
Yamal, Siberia, eastern Russia

00009052
REINDEER herd at winter pasture
Rangifer tarandus
Verkhoyansk Range, Yakutia, Siberia, eastern Russia

00009042
REINDEER herd migrating
Rangifer tarandus
across tundra to summer pastures.
Kautokeino, northern Norway.

00009034
WALRUS male resting on rock
Odobenus rosmarus
Summer Round Island, Alaska, USA

00009026
SAMI DOG HOWLING ON COMMAND from herder
to keep herd close on migration.
Kautokeino,Norway

00008997
FERRUGINOUS DUCK male bathing,
Aythya nyroca
Slimbridge Wildfowl Trust, Gloucestershire, UK

00008996
SMEW female on water
Mergus albellus
Pensthorpe Park, Norfolk, East Anglia.

00008995
ROBIN on snow-covered post
Erithacus rubecula
amongst Holly with berries December
Essex, south eastern England

00008976
CHIMPANZEE
Pan troglodytes
female, Whipsnade Zoo, UK

00008971
MUTE SWAN April
Cygnus olor
young on water
Lee Valley, Essex, SE England

00008969
GREY WAGTAIL
Motacilla cinerea
on rock in river
Wales

00008939
WHOOPER SWAN taking off from water.
Cygnus cygnus
Ouse Washes, Cambridgeshire,
East Anglia, UK

00008934
LITTLE OWL
Athene noctua
with centipede prey
Isle of Lesbos, Greece

00008888
FOAL resting in field
England

00008872
LAMBS
Meon Valley, Hampshire, UK

00008861
POLAR BEAR in snowstorm
Ursus maritimus
Svalbard, Arctic Norway

00008839
LITTLE OWL
Athene noctua
in hole in tree
Hampshire, UK

00008837
CHILLINGHAM WHITE COW
Chillingham Estate, Northumberland, UK

00008826
PEREGRINE FALCON
Falco peregrinus
bathing in mountain stream

00008819
SKYLARK
Alauda arvensis
feeding young in nest

00008799
WARTY PROW FISH
Aetapcus maculatus
Sloughs entire skin to escape barnacle
cover, by pumping water under old skin.

00008784
SPOTTED DOLPHINS adults & young
Stenella sp.
(only adults spotted)

00008777
GOULD'S GOANNA
Varanus gouldii
sensing air with tongue.
Australia

00008775
WESTERN BLUE-TONGUE SKINK
Tiliqua occipitalis
Arid south & west Australia

00008758
CORAL REEF "GARDENS"
View just below ocean surface
Australia, Indo-Pacific oceans

00008741
SNOW PETREL
Pagodroma nivea
near to nest crevice, Antarctica

00008703
FAIRY PRION
Pachyptila turtur
two on ground.
Found in Australia, New Zealand & Chatham Island

00008694
SNOWY SHEATHBILL
Chionis alba
foraging amongst ice
Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula

00008688
EXMOOR PONY grazing
Exmoor National Park
Devon/Somerset border, England

00008680
SEAHORSES
Hippocampus hippocampus

00008664
CAPE GROUND SQUIRREL juvenile
Xerus inauris
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.

00008654
NUMBAT
Myrmecobius fasciatus
Australia.

00008650
TWO CHILDREN sitting with Bornean orangutans
Pongo pygmaeus
Singapore Zoo.

00008649
BORNEAN ORANGUTAN young playing
Pongo pygmaeus
Singapore Zoo, Malaysia

00008607
RAINBOW RUNNER shoal
Elagatis bipinnulatus
Red Sea, off southern Egypt

00008599
PANAMIC PORKFISH shoal
Anisotremus taeniatus
Sea of Cortez, Mexico

00008596
TORPEDO ELECTRIC RAY
Narcine entemedor
Cabo Pulmo, Sea of Cortez, Mexico

00008575
BLUESTREAK FUSILIER shoal
Pterocaesio tile
North Male Atoll, Maldive Islands

00008565
FOAM NEST TREE FROG with nest
Chiromantis xerampelina
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00008523
GIANT LEGLESS SKINK
Acontias plumbens
with live-born young

00008518
LEATHERBACK TURTLE
Dermochelys coriacea
leaving sea to lay eggs in sand, Northern coast of Natal, South Africa.

00008495
CHIMPANZEE
Pan troglodytes
digging with stick for termites, Chimfunshi Sanctuary, Zambia.

00008439
HUMPBACK WHALE tail fluke
Megaptera novaeangliae
Alaska, USA

00008438
HUMPBACK WHALE tail fluke
Megaptera novaeangliae
Alaska, USA.

00008427
WHITETAIL DEER young
Odocoileus virginianus
tail raised in alarm. North America.

00008416
NORTH AMERICAN GREY or TIMBER WOLF
Canis lupus
USA

00008382
WHITETAIL DEER in woodland
Odocoileus virginianus
group in winter. Montana, USA.

00008377
PURPLE-THROATED MOUNTAIN GEM HUMMINGBIRD
Lampornis calolaema
on branch. May Monteverde, Costa Rica, Central America

00008360
AMERICAN MARTEN
Martes americana
face detail. North America.

00008345
SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOX
Vulpes velox
in earth, Carrizo Plain, California, USA. Endangered.

00008342
MEXICAN FREE-TAILED BATS
Tadarida brasiliensis
in flight at dusk
Bracken Cave, Texas, southern USA

00008336
AMERICAN AVOCET
Recurvirostra americana
North Dakota, northern USA

00008313
POLAR BEAR
Ursus maritimus
scavenging at rubbish dump
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

00008292
PANTHER CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo pardalis

00008286
MOULD on lemon
Penicillium sp.
with raindrops bouncing off

00008285
MOSQUITO
Aedes sp.
landing

00008284
ITHOMID BUTTERFLY
Dircenna sp.
In flight

00008259
SPARKLING VIOLET-EAR HUMMINGBIRD in flight
Colibri coruscans
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00008254
GREAT TIT in flight
Parus major
from nest hole in tree trunk

00008214
WATER MEASURER
Hydrometra stagnorum
with prey

00008211
MOSS CAPSULES & RAINDROPS
(Capsules contain sporangia which produce the spores)

00008174
FISHING BAT fishing
Noctilio leporinus

00008148
BARN OWL
Tyto alba
flying over fence

00008142
GREEN LACEWING in flight
Chrysopa sp.
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00008132
SPURGE HAWKMOTH in flight
Celerio euphorbiae

00008113
SWALLOW in flight
Hirundo rustica
drinking from garden pond

00008112
BARN OWL in flight
Tyto alba
to bell tower with prey

00008106
SANDEEL
Ammodytes sp.
shoal

00008097
DAB
Limanda limanda
camouflaged on sea bed

00008057
BANDED MONGOOSE group
Mungos mungo
near burrow in termite mound. Kenya, eastern Africa.

00008056
WESTERN GREY KANGAROO
Macropus fuliginosus
South Australia

00008044
LARK BUNTING
Calamospiza melanocorys
Bear River Refuge, Utah, USA

00008008
SEA URCHIN
Diadema plameri
showing siphon, Poor Knights Islands,
New Zealand

00007971
STINGRAY & diver
Dasyatis sp.
Beveridge Reef, South Pacific Ocean.

00007897
BENGAL TIGRESS resting in shade
Panthera tigris tigris
in bamboo grove in the wild
Bandhavgarh National Park, India

00007892
GREEN & BLACK POISON FROG
Dendrobates auratus
Central America

00007880
SOUTHERN FLAT-TAIL GECKO
Uroplatus sikorae
Mount d'Ambre National Park, northern Madagascar.

00007877
NOSY BE FLAT-TAIL GECKO
Uroplatus ebenaui
Ankarana Special Reserve, Madagascar

00007824
WHISTLING GECKOS
Ptenopus garrulus
emerging from burrows at dusk, Kalahari.

00007790
MUDSKIPPER
Periophthalmus kalolo
Mutuzini Mangroves, KwaZulu Natal,
South Africa

00007770
COMMON or GREEN IGUANA
Iguana iguana

00007765
BROAD-NOSED CAIMAN
Caiman latirostris
young

00007733
GRASS SNAKE in water
Natrix natrix
England, UK

00007718
CHIMPANZEE
Pan troglodytes
blood sample taken by vet during translocation. Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage, Zambia.

00007700
GOANNA MONITOR LIZARD
Varanus panoptes
Australia

00007695
KOALA climbing
Phascolarctos cinereus
Australia

00007688
GREEN RINGTAIL POSSUM
Pseudocheirus archeri

00007650
CHIMPANZEE in tree
Pan troglodytes
4-year old male. Chmifunshi Sanctuary, Zambia.

00007641
MARINE IGUANA
Amblyrhynchus cristatus
with Lava Lizard Tropidurus sp. on its head
Galapagos Islands, Pacific

00007639
MARINE IGUANA group basking
Amblyrhynchus cristatus
Galapagos Islands, Pacific

00007618
PARSON'S CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo parsonii
close up of eye
Madagascar

00007609
CROWNED LEMUR
Eulemur coronatus
on Tsingy (eroded limestone pinnacles), Ankarana Reserve, Madgascar.

00007602
KANGAROO ISLAND KANGAROO
Macropus fuliginosus
with young Kangaroo Island,
off Adelaide, South Australia

00007601
KANGAROO ISLAND KANGAROO
Macropus fuliginosus
playing with large young, Kangaroo Island, Australia.

00007561
SUMATRAN TIGER in water
Panthera tigris sumatrae
Endangered

00007549
LEOPARD TORTOISE on road
Geochelone pardalis
Cape Peninsula National Park,
South Africa

00007534
BORNEAN ORANGUTAN young
Pongo pygmaeus
resting chin on foot, Tanjung Puting NP, Borneo, Indonesia.

00007530
BORNEAN ORANGUTAN male Pongo pygmaeus Tanjung Puting NP, Borneo, Indonesia

00007500
BROOK TROUT or BROOK CHARR
Salvelinus fontinalis

00007467
CAPERCAILLIE
Tetrao urogallus
male

00007457
HEDGEHOG
Erinaceus europaeus
on birch woodland floor

00007440
SUNSET STAR CORAL
Leptopsammia pruveti
Lundy Island, south west England

00007392
ELECTRIC EEL
Electrophorus electricus
South America

00007383
DAY GECKOS
Phelsuma sp.
feeding at banana flower
Ramanofana National Park, Eastern Madagascar

00007375
TUATARA
Sphenodon punctatus punctatus
Stephens Island, New Zealand. Only species
of group Rhynchocephalia known since Mesozoic era

00007330
AMERICAN CROW on mossy log
Corvus brachyrhynchos
British Columbia, south western Canada.

00007313
TOKAY GECKO
Gekko gecko

00007298
PANTHER CHAMELEONS mating
Chamaeleo pardalis
male in breeding colours.

00007252
COMMON BRUSHTAIL POSSUM
Trichosurus vulpecula
hanging by hind legs and prehensile tail. Australia.

00007227
GIANT PANDA resting
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Wolong Reserve, Szechwan Province, central China.

00007209
AMERICAN CROCODILE basking
Crocodylus acutus
at water's edge near to Red Mangrove
Southern Florida, south eastern USA. Vulnerable

00007193
TAMBAQUI
Colossoma macropromum
Amazon River, Brazil, South America

00007190
BALD-FACED SAKI group
Pithecia irrorata
(previously Pithecia monachus irrorata a sub-species of Monk Saki, now separated into its own species) Brazil.

00007173
SILVERY MARMOSET
Callithrix argentata
Found in Amazon Basin, Brazil, Bolivia & Paraguay. Endangered.

00007157
FLAME DWARF ANGELFISH
Centropyge loriculus
Tuamoto Isles, French Polynesia

00007142
FIRE URCHIN detail
Asethonosoma ijimai
Komodo Island, Indonesia.

00007132
SEA PEN
Virgularia sp.
Flores, Indonesia

00007123
BLUELINED SNAPPER shoal
Lutjanus kasmira
Maldive Islands

00007122
SHORTFIN or DWARF LIONFISH
Dendrochirus brachypterus
Indonesia
Extremely rare colour phase of rare fish.

00007116
LONGFIN BATFISH
Platax tiera
Maldive Islands

00007111
SEA SQUIRTS
Rhopalaea crassa
Komodo Island, Indonesia

00007057
GOBY amidst soft coral
Bryaninops sp.
Vanuatu, South Pacific

00007052
BLUE MAO MAO shoal
Scorpis violaceus
New Zealand

00007044
GREEN TURTLE
Chelonia mydas
Skeletons of turtles which died while
lost in caves Sipadan Island, Borneo

00006991
TROPICAL BROMELIAD
Vriesea erydactylon
Brazil, South America

00006971
GOLD-DUST DAY GECKO
Phelsuma laticauda
Abundant in humid areas
of northern Madagascar

00006945
CALIFORNIA KING SNAKE
Lampropeltis getulus californiae
Desert form

00006935
STRAWBERRY POISON FROG
Dendrobates pumilio
Green variety of species
Bocas del Toro,Panama,C. America

00006930
MALAYSIAN HORNED LEAF FROG
Megophrys nasuta
anterior view

00006908
MEXICAN KINGSNAKE
Lampropeltis mexicana
Northern Mexico, Central America

00006907
GREY-BANDED KINGSNAKE
Lampropeltis alterna
Western Texas, southern USA

00006893
CHINSTRAP PENGUIN
Pygoscelis antarctica
in courtship, Antarctic Peninsula,
Antarctica

00006872
RHINOCEROS IGUANA
Cyclura cornuta

00006845
OARFISH larva
Regalecus glesne
Great Barrier Reef. Seldom seen in
plankton but widespread. >>

00006835
INDIAN COBRA defensive posture
Naja naja
showing extended hood.
India

00006827
GOLDEN or COMMON JACKAL
Canis aureus
eating bird prey

00006822
GRASS SNAKE
Natrix natrix
amongst Fringed Waterlilies

00006811
BLACK-HEADED UAKARI
Cacajao melanocephalus

00006807
GREEN TURTLE hatchling
Chelonia mydas
being attacked by crab Gecarcinus sp.
Trinidade Island, Brazil

00006794
GRASS SNAKE
Natrix natrix
Dorset, England.

00006637
COMMON WALLAROO or EURO
Macropus robustus
in long grass, Flinders Ranges, South Australia

00006619
GREEN ROSELLA male on branch
Platycercus caledonicus
Melaleuca, Tasmania, Australia

00006616
EASTERN BARRED BANDICOOT
Perameles gunnii
Rare species of grasslands & wood-
lands of southern & eastern Australia

00006614
TASMANIAN BETTONG female & young
Bettongia gaimardi
Dry forests of eastern Tasmania

00006605
TASMANIAN PADEMELON
Thylogale billardierii
female & young. Inhabits Eucalypt rainforest & Tea Tree scrub of Australia

00006601
GALAPAGOS GIANT TORTOISE
Geochelone elephantopus
Galapagos Islands, Pacific
Vulnerable

00006570
MOORISH or COMMON WALL GECKO
Tarentola mauritanica
on lintel above door
Species of s Europe & North Africa

00006566
DESERT HORNED LIZARD
Phrynosoma platyrhinos
body raised for cooling
Found in south western USA

00006554
COLORADO DESERT FRINGE-TOED LIZARD
Uma notata
Species of south western USA & Mexico

00006546
MOSQUITO FISH feeds on
Gambusia affinis
mosquito larvae.Native to Mexico
introduced widely to control mosquitoes.

00006540
KNUDSEN'S FROG
Leptodactylus knudseni
eating bat prey
Guyana

00006536
BLUNTHEAD TREE SNAKE
Imantodes cenchoa
French Guiana, South America

00006533
SURINAM HORNED FROG
Ceratophrys cornuta
eating young bullfrog prey >>
Guyana, South America

00006520
SCHULTZE'S PIT VIPER on branch
Trimeresurus schultzei
Endemic to the Philippines

00006504
LEOPARD ANOLE
Anolis marmoratus
Introduced from Guadeloupe, West Indies
where it is endemic

00006500
YELLOW-BELLIED TOAD
Bombina variegata
showing underside

00006490
SINALOAN MILK SNAKE
Lampropeltis triangulum
Sinaloa, eastern Mexico

00006451
EGG-EATING SNAKE head detail
Dasypeltis atra
eating egg
Central Africa

00006435
NORTHERN PACIFIC RATTLESNAKE
Crotalus viridis oreganus
close-up of dorsal scales
North West USA

00006434
DAY GECKO
Phelsuma madagascariensis
head detail
Madagascar

00006432
FIRE SALAMANDER
Salamandra salamandra
eating earthworm prey
Europe

00006425
GOLIATH FROG
Conraua goliath
being hunted with throwing net.
Riomuni, South Cameroon

00006424
GOLIATH FROG held by boy
Conraua goliath
Riomuni, southern Cameroon

00006423
AFRICAN LUNGFISH
Protopterus annectens
in mucus aestivation cocoon,
Northern Cameroon, western Africa

00006415
MADAGASCAN SPURRED TORTOISE
Geochelone yniphora
World's rarest tortoise species about 100 survive
Madagascan endemic.

00006396
INDIAN COBRA & SNAKE CHARMER
Naja naja
India

00006395
INDIAN COBRA
Naja naja
captured & held by Irula man
Tamil Nadu, southern India

00006354
MARBLED NEWT
Triturus marmoratus
sloughing skin
Southern France

00006330
WARTHOGS
Phacochoerus aethiopicus
two foraging, Savuti Area, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

00006268
GREAT BARRACUDA
Sphyraena barracuda
Osprey Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

00006264
SPADEFISH or BATFISH
Platax sp.
in silhouette
Coral Sea, Queensland, Australia

00006229
LEOPARD face detail
Panthera pardus
snarling in threat

00006213
TAWNY OWL
Strix aluco
in flight

00012680
CRUSTACEAN LARVAE & COPEPODS
Drop of sea water suspended from the
eye of needle & viewed under microscope
Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

00012674
MIGRATORY LOCUST plague in May 1997
Locusta migratoria capito
group eating vegetation, Madagascar

00012659
SPIDER
at centre of orb-web

00012655
HAWK or SPHINX MOTH LARVA
Pseudosphinx tetrio

00012651
LONG-HORNED BEETLE
Dorcacerus barbatus
Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil

00012642
SMALL PEARL-BORDERED or SILVER-BORDERED FRITILLARY
Boloria selene or Clossiana selene

00012611
LEAF-CUTTER ANT
Atta cephalotes
cutting Banisteriopsis coapi leaf, Costa Rica.

00012610
MOTH Geometridae
seen silhouetted by back- lighting,
on Heliconia leaf
Venezuela, South America

00012597
MORPHO BUTTERFLY male
Morpho didius
wing scale diffraction colours
Venezuela, South America

00012580
DIAETHRIA BUTTERFLY wing detail
Diaethria sp.
Bolivia, South America

00012577
FRESHWATER or SWAN MUSSELS
Anodonta cygnea
Oxfordshire, southern England

00012561
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD
Coccinella septempunctata
group hibernating

00012524
JERSEY CATTLE
eating hay from trough, Hertfordshire, UK

00012509
JERSEY CALVES
looking through gate.
Hertfordshire, UK

00012488
BUFF TURKEY
domestic

00012485
CAMEL, WOMBAT AND KANGAROO
WARNING SIGN by road
Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia

00012453
MIXED SHELLS
Gulf of Mexico, Florida, USA

00012443
EUROPEAN BROWN HARE
Lepus europaeus
young, licking nose, Poland

00012429
MEXICAN RED-KNEED TARANTULA
Brachypelma smithii
on hand

00012420
TORTOISE BEETLE
Fam. Cassidae
Sp. unknown
Papua New Guinea

00012414
COMMON OCTOPUS
Octopus vulgaris
eating crab prey

00012382
TARANTULA
Aphonopelma sp.
Arizona Desert, USA

00012374
FAT-TAILED SCORPIONS
Androctonus australis
mating, Tunisia, northern Africa

00012361
EGG-EATING SNAKE
Dasypeltis inornata
having just eaten egg
South eastern Africa

00012359
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
group killing Cape Buffalo, Okavango Delta, Botswana

00012342
BADGER TUNNEL UNDER A3
as means of conservation
Surrey, England

00012318
AFRICAN LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
on sand dune, Namibia.

00012317
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
in tree, Namibia

00012316
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
eating Springbok kill in tree, Namibia

00012283
JAGUAR climbing tree
Panthera onca
Belize, Central America.

00012269
BENGAL TIGER
Panthera tigris tigris
charging through shallow water

00012265
PIGLET
Free range at Plantation Pigs Ltd, UK

00012261
BENGAL TIGER
Panthera tigris tigris
running. Endangered.

00012245
BLOODY-NOSED BEETLE on bark
Timarcha tenebricosa

00012244
OAK EGGAR MOTH
Lasiocampus quercus
female, on foliage

00012238
LARGE COPPER BUTTERFLY female
Lycaena dispar batavus
at rest with wings open

00012236
HIGH BROWN FRITILLARY BUTTERFLY
Fabriciana adippe or Argynnis adippe

00012230
PURPLE HAIRSTREAK BUTTERFLY
Quercusia quercus

00012217
SNOW LEOPARD
Panthera uncia

00012209
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
cubs outside earth, UK

00012198
SIBERIAN TIGER
Panthera tigris altaica

00012191
AMERICAN BROWN or grizzly Bear
Ursus arctos
Cub, USA

00012186
AMERICAN BROWN or grizzly Bear
Ursus arctos
fishing, USA

00012181
AFRICAN LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
Namib Nakluft Desert, Namibia

00012172
SNOW LEOPARD
Panthera uncia

00012129
DISCHARGE OF 12 BORE SHOTGUN
4.7 milliseconds after detonation

00012116
SCARAB or AFRICAN DUNG BEETLE
Scarabaeus sp.
rolling ball of impala dung
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00012115
AFRICAN HONEYBEE
Apis mellifera adansonii
collecting pollen
Highveld, Transvaal, South Africa

00012112
AFRICAN HONEYBEE visiting poppy
Apis mellifera adansonii
Highveld, Transvaal, Soth Africa
Also called "KILLER BEE"

00012107
EMPEROR PENGUINS
Aptenodytes fosteri
chick begging parents for food, Atka Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

00012101
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
UK

00012097
ANGLE SHADES MOTH
Phlogophora meticulosa
camouflaged on bark
Hampshire, UK

00012077
NORMANDY COB HORSE
mother grazing with foal
standing close by

00012057
RAGDOLL two kittens

00012047
NORWEGIAN FOREST CAT

00012045
SCOTTISH FOLD CAT

00012020
CHOW-CHOW

00012010
TAWNY BRITTANY GRIFFON DOG

00011999
ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIEL

00011995
ABYSSINIAN CAT
crouched by Virginia Creeper, Autumn.

00011967
PLAINS or BURCHELL'S ZEBRA foal
Equus burchelli
Itala Game Reserve, South Africa

00011963
RED-TAILED BLACK COCKATOO
Calyptorhyncus magnificus
pair, Northern Territory, Australia

00011960
RAINBOW LORIKEET
Trichoglossus haematodus
group on dead tree
Currumbin, Queensland, Australia

00011954
STRAW-NECKED IBIS
Threskiornis spinicollis
walking on grass
Lily Lagoon, Kununurra, Australia

00011951
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
young

00011941
CAPE WEAVER BIRD on aloe
Ploceus capensis
Eastern Cape, South Africa

00011934
REDWINGED or COLLARED
PRATINCOLE Spain
Glareola pratincola
by nest giving alarm call

00011921
FERAL HORSES grazing
Coto Donana National Park,
Andalucia, southern Spain

00011884
CHIMPANZEE
Pan troglodytes
digging with stick, Northern Zambia.

00011866
EIDER DUCK
Somateria mollissima
flock in flight
Scandinavia

00011859
BLACK-THROATED DIVER or
ARCTIC LOON asleep on water
Gavia arctica
(in breeding plumage). Norway.

00011839
GREAT EGRET
Casmerodius albus
Sabine National Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana, USA

00011832
CURVE-BILLED THRASHER
Toxostoma curvirostra
on cactus, Texas, USA

00011811
DOMESTIC CAT
kitten calling

00011765
BLUE TITS & other birds
Parus caeruleus
including Great Tits and Nuthatch
at garden bird tray & feeders

00011752
BLOW-FLY or BLUEBOTTLE
Fam: Calliphoridae
laying eggs on fish

00011750
SCARLET-CHESTED SUNBIRD
Nectarinia senegalensis
male

00011736
HOUSE MARTIN
Delichon urbica
in flight to nest with young

00011728
GREEN-WINGED MACAW
Ara chloroptera
wing feathers

00011721
AFRICAN GREY PARROT
Psittacus erithacus
feeding on seed pod

00011713
YELLOW-NECKED MOUSE
Apodemus flavicollis
jumping

00011709
BIRDS ON BIRD TABLE
including Greenfinches,
Blue Tits & Great Tits
Sussex, UK

00011698
MAGPIE
Pica pica
on Rowan with foliage in autumn colours

00011696
BLACKBIRD female
Turdus merula
on garden lawn

00011693
ROBIN
Erithacus rubecula
on spade handle

00011689
WREN in flight to nest
Troglodytes troglodytes
with food for young

00011687
RED-BILLED TOUCAN
Ramphastos tucanus
in flight

00011684
LONG-BILLED GRIFFON VULTURE
Gyps indicus
on dog carcass, India.

00011671
POLAR BEAR
Ursus maritimus
female & two young, walking
Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

00011640
OSTRICH
Struthio camelus
Hay-Bar Biblical Reserve, Israel, Middle East.

00011632
KELP GULL Larus dominicanus
Hannah Point, Livingstone Island,
off Antarctic Peninsula
Also called Southern Black-backed Gull

00011614
LAUGHING GULL
Larus atricilla
Little Talbot Island State Park
Florida, USA Spring

00011611
ADELIE PENGUIN preening
Pygoscelis adeliae
Antarctic Peninsula

00011576
NEW ZEALAND KINGFISHER
Halcyon sancta vogans

00011574
TRUMPETER SWAN
Cygnus buccinator
with young

00011565
GLOSSY IBIS
Plegadis falcinellus
Florida, USA nb Damaged: Small scratch at left

00011542
CAPE WEAVER BIRD at nest
Ploceus capensis
South Africa

00011522
CANADA GOOSE five on water
Branta canadensis
in snowfall Norway

00011508
ANTARCTIC TERNS in flight
Sterna vittata
Beagle Channel, Argentina

00011501
WAXWING
Bombycilla garrulus
in winter, Norway

00011494
LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos minor
in nesthole

00011492
PURPLE SANDPIPERS
Calidris maritima

00011416
RUFOUS-TAILED JACAMAR male
Galbula ruficauda
Rio Claro, Colombia

00011360
AYE-AYE
Daubentonia madagascariensis
Eastern rainforests, Madagascar.

00011297
LESSER GREY SHRIKE
Lanius minor
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa

00011261
BATELEUR EAGLE pair (male right)
Terathopius ecaudatus
Kruger Natl Park, South Africa

00011260
HAMERKOP
Scopus umbretta
pair in courtship, Natal, South Africa

00011249
PARADISE WHYDAH
Vidua paradisea
Transvaal, South Africa

00011149
BLACK-COLLARED STARLING
Sturnus nigricollis
Hong Kong

00011144
BANDED PITTA female
Pitta guajana
Jurong Birdpark, Singapore

00011140
GREATER GREEN LEAFBIRD female
Chloropsis sonnerati
Singapore Zoo.

00011126
WHITE-VENTED MYNAH
Acridotheres javanicus
eating Papaya fruit

00011121
EASTERN GREY KANGAROO
Macropus giganteus
Eastern Australia.

00011116
WHITE PELICAN
Pelecanus onocrotalus
feeding young in nest

00011103
COW'S UDDER

00011097
GREEN-WINGED Ara chloroptera
SCARLET MACAWS Ara macao
& BLUE & YELLOW MACAWS
Ara ararauna , at mineral lick

00011060
AMERICAN KESTREL
Falco sparverius
pair, male on left. Venezuela.

00011057
RED-FOOTED FALCON
Falco vespertinus
male, Poland.

00011054
MUTE SWAN
Cygnus olor
in flight, Dorset, England.

00011044
SHELDUCK
Tadorna tadorna
on water. Lancashire, UK

00011038
TRICOLOURED HERON fishing
Egretta tricolor
Florida, USA

00011015
BLACK-HEADED GULL
Larus ridibundus
flock following tractor
Northumberland, UK

00011011
GREAT TIT
Parus major
Midlands, UK

00010990
BLACK SWAN on water
Cygnus atratus
Australia

00010988
URAL OWL
Strix uralensis
face detail (in captivity)

00010986
SKYLARK
Alauda arvensis
sining, Midlands, UK

00010959
AYE-AYE
Daubentonia madagascariensis
eating honeycomb, Madagascar. Endangered

00010954
BLACK AND WHITE RUFFED LEMUR
Varecia variegata variegata
Madagascar

00010936
LAPPETFACED or NUBIAN VULTURES
Torgos tracheliotus
at waterhole, Namibia

00010929
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
two one month old cubs

00010914
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
six-week-old

00010910
RED KANGAROO
Macropus rufus
group of three

00010893
RED KANGAROO
Macropus rufus
male

00010890
RED KANGAROO
Macropus rufus
male

00010852
MOUNTAIN GORILLA
Gorilla beringei beringei
young sitting on silverback male

00010846
RED-BILLED QUELEA
Quelea quelea
huge flock in flight over water
coming to drink. Botswana, Africa

00010843
CHACMA BABOON
Papio ursinus
female with young South Africa

00010840
GALAPAGOS HAWK
Buteo galapagoensis
Galapagos Islands.

00010826
WREATHED HORNBILL
Rhyticeros undulatus
male (female has blue pouch, male has yellow pouch)

00010823
BROWN PELICAN
Pelecanus occidentalis
on water USA

00010798
TAWNY OWL in flight, carrying prey
Strix aluco
watched by young in nest hole

00010797
EUROPEAN NIGHTJAR
Caprimulgus europaeus

00010773
EUROPEAN EAGLE OWL
Bubo bubo
with dead fawn

00010772
BIRDS AT FEEDER IN SNOW
Including Blackbirds & Greenfinches

00010769
OYSTERCATCHER
Haematopus ostralegus

00010754
WHITE STORK
Ciconia ciconia
on nest, giving water to young

00010732
ASIAN FAIRY-BLUEBIRD
Irena puella
male on branch Malaysia
Also called Blue-backed Bluebird

00010709
SEVERA or CHESTNUT FRONTED MACAW
Ara severa
Beni Biological Reserve, Bolivia

00010693
FULMAR
Fulmarus glacialis
Scotland

00010642
TAWNY OWL
Strix aluco
perched on branch

00010628
OYSTERCATCHER
Haematopus ostralegus