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00012095
LEAF MIMIC KATYDID
Typophyllum sp.
on plant stem

00012065
ENGLISH COCKER SPANIELS
3 colour variants

00012021
TIBETAN MASTIFF

00012003
HAVANESE DOGS

00011973
BRONZE-WINGED COURSER
Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00011970
LAPPETFACED or NUBIAN VULTURE
Torgos tracheliotus
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00011962
LONG-BILLED CORELLA
Cacatua tenuirostris
flock, Kangaroo Island, South Australia

00011953
SUMATRAN ORANGUTAN
Pongo abelii

00011946
OSTRICH
Struthio camelus
group crossing calcrete pan Namibia.

00011930
BLACK-SHOULDERED KITE
Elanus caeruleus
Spain

00011925
RED KITE
Milvus milvus
on carrion, Spain.

00011864
REINDEER
Rangifer tarandus
two males in woodland

00011847
MALLARD DUCK
Anas platyrhynchos
group of eight on ice Norway

00011844
EMPEROR GOOSE at nest
Anser canagicus
with young Yukon Delta National
Wildlife Reserve, Alaska, USA

00011822
BURROWING OWL at nest hole
Athene cunicularia
holding grasshopper prey
(Also known as Speotyto cunicularia)

00011820
COMMON FLYING DRAGON
Draco volans
gliding, lateral view
Image carries 50% surcharge

00011819
COMMON FLYING DRAGON
Draco volans
gliding, dorsal view
Image carries 50% surcharge

00011816
DOMESTIC CAT
scaring off dog

00011807
TABBY CAT
leaping

00011794
GREY HERON
Ardea cinerea
on branch in sunshine

00011793
MALLARD DUCK
Anas platyrhynchos
pair in flight

00011781
VIOLET-EARED HUMMINGBIRD
Colibri thalassinus
bathing

00014980
GELADA BABOONS
Papio gelada
grazing, Simien Mountains NP, Ethiopia

00014979
GELADA BABOONS
Papio gelada
grazing, Simien Mountains NP, Ethiopia

00014962
JACKASS or AFRICAN PENGUIN
Spheniscus demersus
chicks in nest, Dassen Island, South Africa. Endangered.

00014954
SUN-TAILED MONKEY
Cercopithecus solatus
Endemic to Gabon
Recently discovered in 1986

00014938
MANDRILL
Mandrillus sphinx
Endangered. Camaroon and Gabon

00014920
MANDRILL
Mandrillus sphinx
Endangered. Camaroon and Gabon

00014916
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Mpassa project manager Liz Pearson with orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered species.
Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon/Congo

00014911
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered. Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon

00014907
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered. Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon

00014897
WWF International staff on patrol for poaching activities in northeast Gabon.

00014884
RAINFOREST TIMBER
at logging camp in the forest, Gabon.

00014856
RAINFOREST CANOPY
Congo Basin, Gabon

00014841
GIRAFFES silhouetted at sunset,
Giraffa camelopardalis
Etosha National Park, Namibia.

00014832
GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG or ALSATIAN
puppy, 12 weeks old.

00014817
DROMEDARY CAMELS
Camelus dromedarius
Feral animals living wild in Australia.

00014813
PINCUSHION PROTEAS
Leucospermum cordifolium
in fynbos, Cape Province, South Africa.

00014798
LESSER or RED PANDA
Ailurus fulgens
Bronx Zoo, New York Endangered Sp

00014794
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
with two small cubs

00014780
EUROPEAN RABBIT
Oryctolagus cuniculus
baby running

00014774
EUROPEAN RABBIT running
Oryctolagus cuniculus

00014766
EUROPEAN WILD BOAR
Sus scrofa

00014762
RED SQUIRREL
Sciurus vulgaris
eating hazelnut

00014755
SUMATRAN TIGER in water
Panthera tigris sumatrae
Endangered

00014745
COMMON CARP
Cyprinus carpio

00014732
BARNACLE GEESE
Branta leucopsis
flock on shore, Islay, Scotland.

00014724
MUTE SWAN on water
Cygnus olor
head detail

00014710
SWALLOWS perched
Hirundo rustica
on telephone wires at dawn

00014681
OXEYE DAISY
Leucanthemum vulgare
mass in flower

00014677
FOXGLOVE
Digitalis purpurea

00014647
BADGER young
Meles meles
foraging on dead tree

00014637
DAISIES
Bellis perennis

00014627
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra
eating fish prey on shore, Scotland

00014595
SCOTS PINE
Pinus sylvestris
seedling amongst fallen cones

00014547
SEA OTTERS female & young
Enhydra lutris
Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA.

00014530
VERREAUX'S SIFAKA LEMUR
Propithecus verreauxi
female with young, Madagascar

00014526
SPECTACLED BEAR
Tremarctos ornatus
female in captivity, La Planada Nature Reserve, Colombia, South America

00014506
NORTHERN COPPERHEAD
Agkistrodon contortrix mokeson
Species of south eastern USA

00014492
STRAWBERRY POISON FROG
Dendrobates pumilio
two on inflorescence (in captivity)

00014459
CAPYBARA
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

00014451
GIANT PANDA
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
climbing tree at breeding centre,
Wolong Reserve, Central China

00014439
BENGAL TIGRESS stalking
Panthera tigris tigris
Ranthambhore National Park, India

00014437
BENGAL TIGRESS
Panthera tigris tigris
Ranthambhore National Park, India

00014429
BEARDED SEAL on ice floe
Erignathus barbatus
Spitzbergen, Arctic Norway.

00014427
BALD EAGLE in flight, diving
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Alaska, USA.

00014406
GLITTERING-THROATED EMERALD HUMMINGBIRD
Amazilia fimbriata
at nest with chicks, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

00014404
GIANT ANTEATER
Myrmecophaga tridactyla
female & juvenile

00014401
WESTERN CLOWN ANEMONEFISH
Amphiprion ocellaris
on host anemone; immune to its toxin.
Wakatobi, Indonesia

00014399
INDIGO HAMLET
Hypoplectrus unicolor var. indigo
Chinchorro Atoll, Mexico.

00014398
ATLANTIC SPADEFISH shoal
Chaetodipterus faber
Chinchorro Atoll, Mexico. Shoaling fish
found in open water near reefs.

00014342
BULLET ANT
Paraponera clavata
(Has severe sting which can cause anaphylactic shock) Costa Rica

00014326
SIMMENTAL CALF newly born
with mother turning round to
investigate before cleaning July

00014324
ALDABRA TORTOISE
Geochelone gigantea

00014323
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
yawning, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014319
MASAI
large group with cattle.
East Africa.

00014315
MASAI PEOPLE
group of three
Eastern Africa

00014311
MASAI PEOPLE
Large group, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

00014303
MASAI HERDER
holding goat kid
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

00014277
AFRICAN WILD DOG or CAPE HUNTING DOGS
Lycaon pictus
adult (which has been looking after young), begging for food from returning hunter.

00014231
MASAI PEOPLE
butchering slaughtered cow

00014211
BLACK RHINOCEROS
Diceros bicornis

00014198
MASAI GIRAFFE or KENYAN GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi
group of five, one browsing

00014187
ESTURINE or SALTWATER CROCODILE
Crocodylus porosus
shaking kangaroo prey. Mary River, Northern Territory, Australia.

00014170
AFRICAN LION cub calling
Panthera leo
Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya.

00014161
BARBARY MACAQUE
Macaca sylvanus
group with young, huddled in snow

00014149
GIANT ANTEATER
Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

00014099
CAMELLIA flower
Camellia sp.

00014098
BRAMBLE LEAF
caught on frosted grasses, Dorset, UK

00014070
FOXGLOVES
Digitalis purpurea
New Forest, Hampshire, UK

00014014
BELGIUM HARE
(variety of pet rabbit)

00014008
JACK RUSSELL TERRIER
being groomed.

00014007
JACK RUSSELL TERRIER
having nails clipped.

00014003
BOXER DOG
Three, nine weeks old

00013993
OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG
Group, seven weeks old puppies

00013986
OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG
Group, seven weeks old puppies

00013969
SPRINGER SPANIEL
being groomed on lawn

00013957
ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIEL
lying by Christmas tree

00013916
GREAT TIT
Parus major
feeding young in birdbox

00013891
GELADA BABOON male
Theropithecus gelada

00013888
GREATER FLAMINGO group
Phoenicopterus ruber
silhouetted in flight at sunset, Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, France

00013879
SNOWSHOE HARE
Lepus americanus
in winter coat, sitting on snow

00013864
CAMEL CARAVAN in desert
Erg Chigaga, Sahara Desert, Morocco.

00013856
DOMESTICATED RAT
with overgrown tooth (upper tooth has broken, so the lower one has not been worn down)

00013845
DESERT HEDGEHOG
Paraechinus aethiopicus
Sahara, North Africa

00013831
WILD HORSE
Equus caballus
group galloping in shallows
Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, France

00013827
RED KITE
Milvus milvus
France

00013823
ZEBRAS, ANTELOPES & WILDEBEEST
Angata Kiti Plains, Ngorongoro Area, Tanzania

00013818
EUROPEAN RABBITS
Oryctolagus cuniculus
group of young at burrow, Cairngorms, Scotland.

00013805
MUTE SWAN
Cygnus olor
Sussex, England

00013804
GREEN-WINGED or RED & GREEN MACAW
Ara chloroptera
in flight, Manu, Peru

00013785
LINNET
Carduelis cannabina
male, Suffolk, UK

00013784
WILLOW WARBLER
Phylloscopus trochilus
singing, Suffolk, UK

00013774
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE
Alectoris rufa
calling on farmland, Essex, UK

00013773
PUFFIN on grass, calling
Fratercula arctica
Skokholm Island, Wales

00013770
RAZORBILL
Alca torda
in flight, Skokholm Island, Dyfed, Wales

00013750
COMMON PEAFOWL
Pavo cristatus
male displaying to female

00013736
OSPREY taking off with trout
Pandion haliaetus
Finland

00013728
FOAL
standing in meadow

00013715
POLAR BEAR
Ursus maritimus
mother & young outside den in snow, Canada

00013706
STELLER'S SEA EAGLE on iceberg
Haliaeetus pelagicus
Nemuro Straits, Hokkaido, Japan

00013694
BENGAL TIGER eye
Panthera tigris tigris
Endangered. Game farm

00013685
MOUNT ETNA ERUPTING
Lava streaming from south east
crater at 3000m Sicily, Italy

00013630
ATLANTIC SALMON
Salmo salar
female in pool, prior to spawning, Linn of Dee, River Dee, Scotland

00013628
VELVET SWIMMING CRAB
Liocarcinus puber
Scotland

00013578
FOAM-NEST TREE FROG tadpoles
Chiromantis xerampelina
hatching, South Africa

00013573
MALARIAL MOSQUITO
Anopheles arabiensis
Africa

00013561
HAWKMOTH larva
(eyespots deter predators)
South Africa

00013540
BOTFLY larvae
Early stage infestation, Costa Rica

00013528
SAANEN GOAT
browsing

00013496
GREEN TREE FROG
Hyla cinerea

00013453
FIRE SALAMANDER
Salamandra salamandra

00013442
COMMON FROG
Rana temporaria
leaping into pond

00013408
COMMON MARBLED CARPET MOTH
Chloroclysta truncata
camouflaged on bark Banbridge,
County Down, south eastern Ulster

00013368
MONARCH BUTTERFLY Summer
Danaus plexippus
dew covered. Michigan, USA

00013354
BODY LOUSE
Pediculus sp.
Parasite of humans USA

00013352
PSEUDOSCORPION
Chelifer lattreillei

00013335
CORAL REEF & ISLAND
Fiji, South Pacific Ocean

00013324
GREEN TURTLE with diver
Chelonia mydas
Vanuatu, South Pacific

00013289
GRANDIDIER'S BAOBABS at sunrise
Adansonia grandidieri
Nr Morondava, Madagascar

00013287
MEERKAT or SURICATE
Suricata suricatta
group sunbathing, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa.

00013278
BROWN-HOODED KINGFISHER
Halcyon albiventris
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00013261
LESSER FLAMINGO flock filter feeding
Phoenicopterus minor
Barbers Pan, South Africa

00013257
VERREAUX'S SIFAKA dancing
Propithecus verreauxi
Berenty Private Reserve, Madagascar

00013236
PLUM APHID
Brachycaudas helichrysi
heavy infestation on Plum leaf

00013231
EARWIG on flower
Forficula auricularia

00013217
BROWN HOUSE MOTH larva
Hoffmannophila pseudospretella
amongst pile of carpet ,household pest

00013216
LEAFCUTTER BEE
Megachile sp.

00013201
WATER BEAR or TARDIGRADE x60
Photographed at 1/3000th sec.
under anoptical contrast

00013191
PANSY
Viola sp.
close-up of flower

00013183
GOLDFINCH
Carduelis carduelis
on teasel seedhead, UK

00013167
DUKE OF BURGUNDY FRITILLARY
Hamearis lucina

00013163
PARSON'S CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo parsonii
Madagascar.

00013156
ETHIOPIAN WOLF or SIMIEN JACKAL
Canis simensis
Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. Critically endangered.

00013152
ETHIOPIAN WOLF or SIMIEN JACKAL
Canis simensis
with two-month-old cubs, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. Critically Endangered.

00013146
SERVAL
Felis serval
South Africa

00013125
ISLANDS & WATERWAYS aerial view
Okavango Delta, Botswana,
southern Africa

00013072
ENGLISH OAK or PEDUNCULATE OAK
Quercus robur
seedling

00013068
SMALL PEARL-BORDERED or SILVER-BORDERED FRITILLARY
Boloria selene or Clossiana selene

00013066
NORTHERN EGGAR MOTH larva
Lasiocampa quercus callunae
on foliage

00013046
ROOKS in rookery
Corvus frugilegus
silhouetted at sunset

00013035
ENGLISH or PEDUNCULATE OAK
Quercus robur
cluster of acorns on branch

00013021
BLACK FACED SHEEP
two female each with young

00013006
BLUESTREAK FUSILIER shoal
Pterocaesio tile
Felidu Atoll, Maldive Islands,
Indian Ocean

00012991
SEA ANEMONES
Sagartia elegans
Cornwall, UK

00012973
KATYDID
Markia histrix
Mimic of lichen, Western Andes, Altitude 1000m, Ecuador

00012918
MOSQUITO biting
Culex sp.
Michigan, USA

00012907
ESSEX or EUROPEAN SKIPPER
Thymelicus lineola
with dew

00012903
CRAB SPIDER
Misumena vatia
on daisy

00012847
ROMNEY SHEEP suckling two lambs
April. Wrotham, Kent, South East England

00012831
JUMPING SPIDER female
Phidippus apacheanus
Rare species of arid areas Florida, USA

00012826
DAGGERWING BUTTERFLY
Marpesia iole
wings open
Costa Rica, Central America

00012820
PRAYING MANTID
Costa Rica

00012814
CRYPTIC KATYDID
camouflaged as dead leaf
gesturing Central America

00012803
FLORIDA JUMPING SPIDER
Lyssomanes viridis
rolls its eyes constantly,
scanning the area in front of it for prey

00012783
AFRICAN LION on kopje, silhouetted
Panthera leo
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

00012776
LEOPARD & SPOTTED HYENA
Panthera pardus & Crocuta crocuta

00012768
MASAI GIRAFFE or KENYAN GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi
with young, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012762
LEOPARD in tree silhouetted at dusk
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012752
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
young on stump of tree

00012747
CHEETAHS
Acinonyx jubatus
mother with two older cubs, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012718
MOTH female releasing pheromones
Northern Australia

00012694
HOUSE CRICKET
Acheta domestica

00012691
ICHNEUMON WASP
Ophion lutea
laying eggs on larva of Poplar Hawkmoth (Laothoe populi)

00012677
SHORE CRAB megalopa larva 2nd stage
Carcinus maenas
Abdomen evident here, but reduced in adult.

00012626
KESWICK & Western Fells
with mist shrouding Derwentwater.
Cumbria, northwestern England.

00012622
GOOSEBERRY SAWFLY
Nematus ribesii
larvae on leaf

00012609
WEB-SPINNER in web
Clothoda urichi
Trinidad, West Indies

00012604
MILLIPEDE
curled up in defence, Costa Rica

00012603
PRAYING MANTIS
Acanthops fulcatus
Cryptic mantis camouflaged as leaf, Trinidad, West Indies.

00012596
TROPICAL EARWIG female tending eggs
in Bromeliad Venezuela, South America.

00012594
PURPLE SCALLOP
Pecten nobilis
Japan

00012591
HONEYBEE STING
Apis mellifera
in action on human finger

00012585
CARPET BEETLE larva
Anthrenus verbasci
Also called Woolly Bear. UK.
Household pest, larva eats carpets.

00012576
WATER BEETLE
Colymbetes fuscus
beathing at surface, Oxfordshire, UK

00012571
SHEEP DIPPING
Northamptonshire,England , August

00012544
BLUE MUSSELS
Mytilus edulis chilensis
large cluster on rock. Westpoint Island, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic.

00012541
COCKATIEL
NYMPHICUS HOLLANDICUS
looking into mirror

00012534
GOSLINGS & RABBIT
Two goslings resting with pet rabbit

00012530
PIGLET IN FEED BAG
Buckinghamshire, southern England

00012518
BLUE & YELLOW MACAW
Ara ararauna

00012497
EUROPEAN CRAYFISH
Astacus fluviatilis
Freshwater, introduced to the UK.
Farmed in Europe for food

00012446
ORB WEB laden with drops of dew,
between tips of pine branches

00012424
COSMOPOLITAN HOUSE GECKOS
Hemidactylus mabouia
hunting for insects on ceiling, by light

00012412
COMMON OCTOPUS
Octopus vulgaris
showing suckers, eye & exhale syphon

00012408
FRESHWATER CRAYFISH
Astacus leniusculus
Native to USA, introduced to Europe.

00012402
CRAB SPIDER
Xysticus sp.
eating ant prey, Europe.

00012368
PINE PROCESSIONARY MOTH
Thaumetopoea pitycampa
caterpillars foraging in column

00012354
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS
Loxodonta africana
drinking at waterhole, Savuti Area, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

00012352
CAPE PANGOLIN or SCALY ANTEATER
Manis temminckii
Matusadona National Park, Zimbabwe

00012347
PIE NOIRE HOLSTEIN bull
Lussan region, Haut Garonne, France

00012337
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT calling
Limosa limosa
in flight. Biebrza Marshes, Poland

00012305
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
Namib Nakluft Desert, Namibia

00012294
AFRICAN LEOPARD in desert
Panthera pardus
Namib Nakluft Desert, Namibia

00012291
LEOPARD running
Panthera pardus
Namib Nakluft Desert, Namibia

00012278
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
snarling

00012273
ASIATIC BLACK BEAR cubs
Ursus thibetanus
confiscated by authorities, intended for the food trade.
Thailand. Vulnerable species

00012242
OAK EGGAR MOTH male
Lasiocampa quercus
on oak

00012221
COMMA BUTTERFLY
Polygonia comma-album
wings closed showing underside

00012211
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
cub outside earth, UK

00014879
RAINFOREST TIMBER
awaiting export in Libreville Harbour, Gabon.

00014876
ORPHANED MUSTACHED MONKEY
kept as pet by local villagers, Gabon

00014873
BUSHMEAT
hunter selling duiker to motorist, Gabon

00014871
BUSHMEAT
forest elephant meat for sale at market, Gabon

00014842
GREATER FLAMINGO
Phoenicopterus ruber
silhouetted against sunset, Lake Abijata, Ethiopia, Africa

00014828
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
Africa

00014802
RAINFOREST DESTRUCTION
Logger on stump of newly felled tree.
Borneo

00014796
PALE CHANTING GOSHAWK
Melierax canorus

00014764
EUROPEAN BROWN HARES
Lepus europaeus
boxing in snow

00014753
BLACK HOWLER MONKEY
Alouatta caraya
sub-adult male hanging by
prehensile tail to feed

00014750
BLACK LABRADOR
with owner giving praise
(model release available)

00014736
EUROPEAN BEAVER
Castor fiber
swimming

00014708
COMMON SANDPIPER
Tringa hypoleucos
calling

00014668
GREAT BINDWEED in flower
Calystegia sylvatica

00014657
ELEPHANT HAWKMOTH
Deilephila elpenor

00014652
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos major

00014645
SCOTTISH WILDCAT
Felis sylvestris
sitting

00014631
HONEYSUCKLE
Lonicera periclymenum
in hedgerow, by road

00014626
RED CAMPION flowers
Silene dioica

00014624
LAMMERMUIR HILLS
nr Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland

00014622
HIGHLAND CALF
Border Region, Scotland

00014615
GREY SQUIRREL
Sciurus carolinensis
Scotland

00014612
BROOM
Cytisus scoparius
ripening seed pods

00014596
MUTE SWAN
Cygnus olor
male, head detail

00014587
ORIENTAL SWEETLIPS
Plectorhinchus vittatus
Maldive Islands, Indian Ocean with
Cleaner Wrasse Labroides dimidiatus

00014582
CUTTLEFISH EYE
Sepia officinalis
Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia

00014567
COYOTE BUTTE
sandstone formations, Paria/Vermilion Cliffs, Wilderness, Utah, USA.

00014546
SEA OTTER swimming on its back
Enhydra lutris
Southeastern Alaska, USA.

00014529
TUATARA
Sphenodon punctatus
surviving member of Rhynchocephalia,
a group known since Mesozoic era

00014493
CHINCHILLA
Chinchilla laniger

00014470
LITTLE BEE-EATERS two perched
Merops pusillus
Laikipia District, Kenya

00014446
GIANT PANDA eating Bamboo
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Breeding Centre, Wolong Reserve,
Cina. Endangered.

00014442
GIANT PANDA mother licking baby
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Giant Panda Breeding Centre, Wolong
Reserve, Sichuan, central China.

00014417
AMERICAN ALLIGATOR
Alligator mississipiensis
gaping

00014413
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
male in grass, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014407
LICHTENSTEIN'S GREEN RACER
Philodryas olfersii
eating hummingbird fledglings at nest, Mato Grosso, Brazil. GLITTERING-THROATED EMERALD HUMMINGBIRD Amazilia fimbriata

00014400
ROCK HIND
Epinephelus adscensionis
being cleaned by Pederson's cleaning shrimp (Periclimenes sp. ), Chinchorro Atoll, Mexico.

00014394
BRAIN CORAL
Diploria strigosa
partially bleached under stress,
Bonaire, Caribbean

00014381
SEAHORSE
Hippocampus sp.
Dominica, Lesser Antilles

00014359
LOGGERHEAD MUSK TURTLE
Sternotherus minor minor
(Species of south eastern USA)

00014347
FLATID PLANTHOPPER
south eastern USA

00014341
ATHABASCA FALLS
Icefields Highway, Jasper National Park, Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada

00014296
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
group drinking, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014293
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
scratching head with browse, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014257
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014250
AFRICAN ELEPHANT herd
Loxodonta africana
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014229
ESTUARINE or SALTWATER CROCODILE
Crocodylus porosus
attacking prey, Mary River, northern Australia

00014225
SUNSET with silhouetted Zebras & Acacia, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014224
IMPALA
Aepyceros melampus
& Acacia tree silhouetted at sunset, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014217
DEFASSA WATERBUCK
Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa
female & young in long grass

00014183
AFRICAN WILD DOG or CAPE HUNTING
DOG Lycaon pictus
carrying young to new den,
Serengeti Plains, Tanzania.

00014166
WATER FLEA Daphnia magna
Group in drop of water suspended
from eye of needle UK

00014134
BLACK-HOODED or NANDAY PARAKEETS
Nandayus nenday
Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

00014119
GOLDEN LABRADOR
with retrieved Mallard duck

00014118
NORFOLK TERRIER
sitting on lawn

00014096
OXEYE DAISY meadow
Leucanthemum vulgare
South Downs, East Sussex, England

00014094
CUCKOO PINT or LORDS AND LADIES
Arum maculatum
with primroses
Marshwood Vale,Dorset, UK

00014058
AMMONITE FOSSIL

00014010
BROWN RAT
Rattus norvegicus
eating waste food by rubbish bin

00013978
GUINEA PIG
Two on straw, with carrot

00013975
JACK RUSSELL TERRIER
six months old, sitting in wicker basket

00013973
JACK RUSSELL TERRIER
in basket with teddy bear

00013952
GREATER FLAMINGO feeding
Phoenicopterus ruber

00013951
SMOOTH-COAT CHIHUAHUA DOG
lying on collapsing straw hat

00013932
LAMB in meadow amongst buttercups, Hertfordshire, UK

00013931
WILD CARROT
Daucus carota
clump in flower close to beach

00013912
AUSTRALIAN SEA LION
Neophoca cinerea
young, Seal Bay, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.

00013908
OX-EYE DAISY flowers
Leucanthemum vulgare

00013861
ENGLISH OAK or PEDUNCULATE OAK
Quercus robur
seedling with first foliage leaves

00013849
BABIRUSA
Babyrousa babyrussa

00013843
SEAHORSE group
Hippocampus hippocampus
Atlantic Ocean

00013837
PUFF ADDER
Bitis arietans
Morocco

00013795
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra
Otter Trust, Norfolk, East Anglia, UK

00013725
SCARLET MACAW
Ara macao
Brazil, South America

00013713
POLAR BEAR
Ursus maritimus
female & two young outside den, Canada

00013703
POLAR BEAR
Ursus maritimus
about to strike seal cave, Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic

00013700
ASIATIC or HIMALAYAN BLACK BEAR
Ursus thibetanus
Thailand

00013657
KOALA
Phascolarctos cinereus
Queensland, Australia

00013616
DUNE SPIDER
Carparachne sp.
with Dune Cricket prey
Namib Desert, Namibia

00013610
AUSTRALIAN MONARCH BUTTERFLIES
Danaus chrysippus petilia
males feeding on nectar in rainy season.
Kimberley Area, tropical north of >>

00013587
PUGNACIOUS ANTS
Anoplolepis custodiens
Ants tending and guarding larva of lycaenid butterfly, receiving honeydew. South Africa

00013586
KUNG BUSHMAN FAMILY at camp
Mothers feed children, grandmothers
thread beads for head decorations
Kalahari, Namibia

00013584
EMPEROR MOTH larva
Gonimbrasia belina
feeding on leaves of Mopane tree
Botswana, Africa

00013547
LIBELLULA DRAGONFLY
silhouetted against full moon

00013533
TICK
being removed from rabbit

00013527
WHITE DOVE
domestic, in flight

00013524
SAANEN GOAT
(Originated from Saane Valley
in western Switzerland)

00013502
FROGHOPPER SECRETIONS
exuded to protect eggs & nymphs
Known colloquially as "Cuckoo spit"
England

00013438
NORWAY LOBSTER or SCAMPI
Nephrops norvegicus

00013422
CLOUDED APOLLO BUTTERFLY
Parnassius mnemosyne
on flower in alpine meadow,
Roswald, near Brig, Switzerland

00013414
WOOD WHITE BUTTERFLY
Leptidea sinapsis
on Vetch, Brackagh Moss National Nature Reserve, Armagh, Ulster.

00013395
PINE HAWKMOTH larva
Hyloicus pinastri
(captive bred) on pine foliage

00013366
MUSCID FLY
Family Muscidae

00013362
NORTH AMERICAN GREY or TIMBER WOLF
Canis lupus
young, black phase, howling, Montana, USA

00013311
GREAT BARRACUDA
Sphyraena barracuda
Fiji, South Pacific Ocean

00013295
OXCART
in avenue of Grandidier's Baobab (Adansonia grandidieri), Morondava, Madagascar.

00013290
ZEBU CART at market Ihosy
central Madagascar.

00013271
CAPE WEAVER BIRD
Ploceus capensis
collecting nest material
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

00013270
MEERKAT or SURICATE
Suricata suricatta
on sentry duty, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa.

00013269
MEERKAT or SURICATE
Suricata suricatta
group sunbathing, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa.

00013258
AFRICAN MARSH HARRIER
Circus ranivorus
Catching fish, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

00013248
FIDDLER CRAB
Uca annulipes
amongst mangrove aerial roots, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

00013187
LARGE SKIPPER BUTTERFLY
Ochlodes venatum

00013160
PARSON'S CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo parsonii
about to strike at prey, Madagascar

00013143
BABOON GOATHERD
Orphaned baboons are sometimes used to protect livestock from predators on farms. Namibia.

00013118
GIANT ATLAS SILK MOTH
Attacus atlas
close-up of antennae

00013117
GIANT ATLAS SILK MOTH
Attacus atlas
Fam. Saturniidae

00013101
EUROPEAN BROWN HARE
Lepus europaeus

00013095
RED SQUIRRELS
Sciurus vulgaris
on branch, eating pine seeds

00013082
WHITE-FACED DARTER DRAGONFLY
Leucorrhinia dubia
male

00013069
HOVERFLY
Episyrphus balteatus
on flower of family Compositae

00013059
POPLAR HAWKMOTH
Laothoe populi
on bark of tree

00013056
BLACK-FACED SHEEP
ram resting on heather moorland

00013038
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra
swimming

00013025
HORSE MUSSELS
Modiolus modiolus
with kelp holdfast attached

00012999
STINGRAY anterior view
Praslin Island, Seychelles,
Indian Ocean

00012998
YELLOWMOUTH MORAY EEL
Gymnothorax nudivomer
head detail
Red Sea, Egypt

00012972
MASAI GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

00012959
BUSH DOG
Speothos venaticus
Panama, Central America

00012951
NORTH AMERICAN GREY WOLF
Canis lupus
among maples. Autumn
Northern Minnesota, USA

00012937
OX-EYE DAISIES
Chrysantemum leucanthemum
in foxtail barley grass
Colorado, USA August

00012912
MONARCH BUTTERFLY older pupa
Danaus plexippus
Picture sequence A, no.5

00012881
NUDIBRANCH on tunicate
Chromodoris sp.
Komodo, Indonesia

00012856
MINOTAUR BEETLE
Typhaeus typhoeus
Brittany, France

00012855
STICK INSECT
Clonopsis gallica
Brittany, north western France

00012846
LARGE WHITE x LANDRACE
Sus scrofa
piglet resting
Wrotham, Kent, south east England

00012811
BOLD JUMPING SPIDER
Phidippus audax
eating grasshopper North America

00012799
PEACOCK BUTTERFLY
Inachis io

00012786
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
sitting on rock, with two young

00012775
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
young, climbing tree, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012764
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
mother in tree with cub

00012737
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
young, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012732
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
cub, Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

00012709
MIGRATORY LOCUST
Locusta migratoria
stridulating, Northern Africa

00012704
MIGRATORY LOCUST
Locusta migratoria
Sequence of pictures showing
development No.3 of 7 Instar

00012701
LEAF INSECT
Phyllium sp.
Asian species

00012698
TSETSE FLY feeding on human
Glossina austeni
vector of sleeping sickness

00012641
MAYFLY
Siphlonurus lacustris

00012633
MEADOW GRASSHOPPER
Chorthippus parallelus

00012621
DARK-LIPPED BANDED SNAIL
Cepaea nemoralis
full allellic series displayed to show
genetic polymorphism. Scotland

00012599
BROMELIAD CRICKET
takes refuge in bromeliad watertank
when disturbed. The hairy abdomen
traps air. Venezuela, South America

00012550
LEAF-CUTTER ANT
Atta sp.
Trinidad, Caribbean.

00012549
HAWKER DRAGONFLY
Gomphus simillimus
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00012537
BRITISH TOGGENBURG GOAT
Buckinghamshire, UK

00012519
LOVEBIRD
pair on perch

00012499
SPIDER'S WEB at dawn,
with dew droplets

00012489
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER
Muscicapa striata
at nest with young in cavity of brick wall

00012448
BALD EAGLE head detail
Haliaeetus leucocephalus

00012393
SPANISH FLY BLISTER BEETLE
Lytta vesicatoria
Emits blistering defensive liquid when
threatened. S.Europe, rarely S.England

00012375
COMMON LOBSTER
Homarus vulgaris

00012326
TEAL male
Anas crecca
Norfolk, UK

00012314
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
Namibia

00012276
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra
Tamar Otter Trust, Cornwall, England.

00012264
BENGAL TIGER
Panthera tigris tigris
running. Endangered.

00012257
SNAKELOCKS ANEMONE
Anemonia sulcata

00012196
AMERICAN BROWN or grizzly Bear
Ursus arctos
cub, USA

00012187
AMERICAN BROWN or grizzly Bear
Ursus arctos
Cub playing with sign, USA

00012166
SNOW LEOPARD
Panthera uncia

00012150
EMPEROR PENGUIN on sea ice
Aptenodytes fosteri
Weddell Sea, Antarctica

00012141
AMRITMAHAL male
Karnataka, India

00012137
AFRICAN HONEYBEES feeding
Apis mellifera adansonii
on juice of decaying grapes.

00012127
12 BORE DISCHARGE (3.5 m.s. after detonation).

00012099
AFRICAN DUNG BEETLE
Scarabaeus sp.
burying ball of dung containing its eggs
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012089
ROBIN
Erithacus rubecula
on handle of spade

00012069
SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
Papilio machaon
larva pupating, pupa almost complete. Lifecycle sequence No. 8/14.

00012067
SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
Papilio machaon
larva pupating. Lifecycle sequence No.2 of 14

00012066
SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
Papilio machaon
larva. Lifecycle sequence No.1 of 14

00012061
KOMONDOR DOG

00012060
DACHSHUND

00012036
BEARDED COLLIE

00012029
NORWEGIAN FOREST CAT
licking nose

00012008
BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOG

00012006
BELGIAN SHEPHERD DOG or TERVUEREN

00012002
HAVANESE DOG

00011957
AUSTRALIAN PELICANS preening
Pelecanus conspicillatus
Kangaroo Island, Australia

00011935
HOOPOE
Upupa epops

00011933
BLACK VULTURE
Aegypius monachus
Spain

00011931
BLACK-SHOULDERED KITE
Elanus caeruleus
in silhouette Spain

00011906
OSTRICH
Struthio camelus
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa.

00011871
CAPERCAILLIE NEST in woodland
Tetrao urogallus
Norway

00011856
DIPPER
Cinclus cinclus
by cascade

00011855
STARLING
Sturnus vulgaris
in flight

00011810
DOMESTIC CATS
on windowsill at Christmas

00011796
FALLING APPLE

00011701
BLUE TIT in flight
Parus caeruleus
about to land on bird feeder

00011694
STARLING
Sturnus vulgaris
with ripe berries

00011685
BLUE TIT
Parus caeruleus
on ornamental Hazel in garden

00011669
STONE CURLEW
Burhinus oedicnemus
Meseta Plateau, Castilla y Leon, Spain.

00011662
SUB-ALPINE WARBLER
Sylvia cantillans
male on ground

00011647
RED-BILLED BUFFALO WEAVER
Bubalornis niger
on Impala plant

00011603
KILLDEER
Charadrius vociferus
Lake Huron shoreline, Michigan, USA

00011593
SANDHILL CRANE
Grus canadensis
huge flock during migration
Monte Visa NWR, Colorado, USA

00011577
VARIABLE OYSTERCATCHERS
Haematopus ostralegus unicolor
New Zealand

00011544
WINGED TERMITES
flying alates swarming out of mound, Botswana.

00011529
WHOOPER SWAN
Cygnus cygnus
Ireland

00011524
ARCTIC TERN in flight
Sterna paradisaea
Finnmark, Norway

00011523
MALLARD DUCK silhouetted
Anas platyrhynchos
in winter sunshine Norway

00011503
TENGMALM'S OWL
Aegolius funereus
in nest hole Norway

00014763
DACHSHUND cross
running on snow-covered ground

00014758
JAY bathing
Garrulus glandarius

00014744
BROWN TROUT
Salmo trutta

00014728
RED KITE
Milvus milvus
in flight

00014727
RED KITE
Milvus milvus
in flight

00014707
SLOW WORM
Anguis fragilis

00014705
SLOW WORMS
Anguis fragilis
female with young

00014701
LARGE WHITE BUTTERFLY larvae
Pieris brassicae
on nasturtium leaf

00014689
DANDELION seedhead
Taraxacum sect vulgaria
silhouetted at sunset

00014686
CLOUDBERRY
Rubus chamaemorus
with ripe fruits

00014678
BUGLE
Ajuga reptans
two inflorescences

00014669
COLTSFOOT
Tussilago farfara

00014660
ACORN BARNACLES
Semibalanus balanoides

00014651
RED SQUIRREL
Sciurus vulgaris
eating nut in snow

00014640
REDWING
Turdus iliacus
eating holly berries

00014608
BLACKBERRY or BRAMBLE
Rubus fruticosus
UK

00014606
WATER AVENS
Geum rivale

00014578
CUTTLEFISH
Sepia officinalis
Sussex, UK

00014574
BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK
'hoodos', Utah, USA.

00014557
ADELIE PENGUINS
Pygoscelis adeliae
in 'food chase.'
Seymour Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

00014555
YELLOW-EYED PENGUINS
Megadyptes antipodes
Enderby Island, Auckland Islands, New Zealand.

00014542
MOUNTAIN GORILLA young feeding
Gorilla beringei beringei
Rwanda. Endangered species.

00014532
BELUGA WHALE underwater
Delphinapterus leucas
Churchill River, Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada.

00014527
SOUTHERN ROYAL ALBATROSS
Diomedea epomophora
"gamming" (courtship display).
Campbell Island, New Zealand.

00014503
PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLY
Cynthia cardui
newly emerged from pupa, North America
Sequence of pictures: No.4 of 5

00014478
NORTH AMERICAN GREY or TIMBER WOLF
Canis lupus
pack at Whitetail Deer kill

00014469
SCRUB HARE
Lepus saxatilis
Laikipia District, Kenya

00014443
GIANT PANDA feeding on bamboo
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Breeding Centre, Wolong Reserve China.

00014440
BENGAL TIGER cub
Panthera tigris tigris
Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, India

00014393
SPOTTED DOLPHIN two juveniles
Stenella frontalis
Bahamas, North Atlantic.

00014392
SPOTTED DOLPHINS
Stenella frontalis
two swimming close together
Bahamas, North Atlantic Ocean

00014391
EMPEROR ANGELFISH juvenile
Pomacanthus imperator
Komodo Island, Indonesia. Juveniles
differ dramatically from adults.

00014372
HONEYBEE
Apis mellifera
worker on Cornflower, Brittany, France

00014369
TEXEL x ROMNEY SHEEP
Hybrid ewe & lamb
Wrotham, Kent, UK

00014363
IMPERIAL PARROT or SISSEROU
Amazona imperialis
Dominica, Windward Islands, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean.

00014343
WANDERING SPIDER
Cupiennus salei
female bearing egg sac, eating cricket prey, Costa Rica

00014307
MASAI WOMEN
group of four, sitting
Eastern Africa

00014290
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
sleeping on branch, with antelope prey, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014288
SUNSET ON SAVANNA
with silhouetted Acacia & grazing
Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus

00014286
NILE CROCODILE
Crocodylus niloticus
on sand, gaping

00014223
BUSH FIRE
at sunset

00014203
IMPALA
Aepyceros melampus
two males fighting, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014197
BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS
Diomedea melanophris
in flight. Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean

00014162
RHESUS MACAQUE
Macaca mulatta
female with young on back, India

00014138
BRAZILIAN TANAGER male perched
Ramphocelus bresilius
Salto Morato Reserve, Parana, Brazil.

00014123
CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL
panting

00014116
BELGIAN CATTLE DOG
Bouvier des Flandres
two on leads

00014102
RUBY BOLETE
Boletus rubellus
New Forest, Hampshire, UK

00014078
WILD GARLIC or RAMSONS
Allium ursinum
in woodland

00014054
PHEASANT male, eye & wattle
Phasianus colchicus

00014053
WANDERING SNAIL on pondweed
Lymnaea peregra
Oxfordshire, UK

00014039
SPRUCE BARK BEETLE GALLERIES
made by eating way through tissue
of Norway Spruce
Spruce Bark Beetle is Ips typographus

00014036
DUSKY LEAF MONKEY or SPECTACLED LANGUR
Trachypithecus obscurus

00014027
BLUEBELL mass in woodland
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Ashridge Woods, Hertfordshire, UK

00014025
TAWNY OWL on moss-covered stump
Strix aluco
Hertfordshire, southern England

00014011
HIGHLAND BULLOCK
Glen Coe, Scotland

00013995
GOLDEN RETRIEVER
eight weeks old, lying on straw

00013971
JACK RUSSELL TERRIER
twelve weeks old.

00013961
STAFFORDSHIRE BULL TERRIER

00013953
SILKIE BANTAM CHICKEN
with two ducklings which
she has hatched

00013941
YORKSHIRE TERRIER
sitting in drawer

00013886
WEIMARANER

00013880
ITALIAN SPINONE

00013872
EUROPEAN BEAVER
Castor fiber
Poland

00013869
CHILDREN GROOMING PONY
Girl brushing pony's neck
while boy strokes muzzle

00013866
DESERT IGUANA
Dipsosaurus dorsalis
basking, USA & Mexico

00013855
CALAMIAN DEER male
Cervus calamianensis
Endemic to Calauit, Busuanga & Culion Islands, Philippines. Endangered.

00013852
COMMON VAMPIRE BAT
Desmodus rotundus

00013839
LEAF-CUTTER or PARASOL ANT
Atta sp.
soldier

00013822
GREAT GREY SHRIKE
Lanius excubitor
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

00013813
MISTLETOE
Viscum album

00013807
SEYCHELLES BLACK PARROT
Coracopsis nigra barklyi
feeding on flamboyant tree, Praslin Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean.

00013796
TOCO TOUCAN
Ramphastos toco

00013743
BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN leaping
Tursiops truncatus
Caribbean.

00013732
BARN OWL Tyto alba
on memorial cross in churchyard
Suffolk, East Anglia, UK

00013731
WHITE RHINOCEROS
Ceratotherium simum
Mikhaya, Swaziland

00013723
POLAR BEAR female with cubs
Ursus maritimus
outside den in snow Canadian Arctic

00013714
COCKER SPANIEL
puppy sitting in snow

00013699
ASIATIC BLACK BEAR
Ursus thibetanus
Thailand

00013679
SEAHORSE
Hippocampus hippocampus
amongst seaweed

00013643
FROGSPAWN with tadpoles
Rana temporaria
still inside or just on the side of the egg, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

00013631
COMMON WHELK laying eggs
Buccinum undatum
Loch Long, Argyllshire, Scotland.

00013621
MUD DAUBER WASP NEST
Sceliphron spirifox
cut open to show paralysed spiders,
food for wasp larva (top right) South Africa

00013619
GEOMETRID LOOPER LARVA
Geometris sp.
threat posture after being disturbed

00013609
ESTUARINE or SALTWATER
CROCODILE Crocodylus porosus
gaping, head detail Wyndham, Timor
Sea, Kimberley Area, Western Australia

00013568
LADYBIRD
Cheilomenes lunata
feeding on aphids, Transvaal, South Africa

00013559
EMPEROR MOTH larvae
Gonimbrasia sp.
Larvae are called Mopane Worms &
eaten by native people. Southern Africa

00013493
ORIENTAL FIRE-BELLIED TOAD
Bombina orientalis

00013490
GREENBOTTLE FLY
Lucilia sp.
in flight. UK

00013486
GREEN MOSAIC or HARLEQUIN FROG
Atelopus cruciger
Venezuela, South America, Highly endangered, possibly extinct.

00013465
MEXICAN AXOLOTL
Ambystoma mexicanum
Neotenic (reproductive) larva

00013445
HONEYBEE
Apis mellifera
in flight over blossom

00013376
LUBBER GRASSHOPPER
Brachystola magna
Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, USA.

00013365
MONARCH BUTTERFLY
Danaus plexippus
dew covered. Michigan, USA

00013355
HELMETED GUINEAFOWL & young
Numida meleagris
South Africa

00013343
WHITE WATERLILIES in flower
Nymphaea alba
Norway

00013331
RHIZOSTOME JELLYFISH
Cephea sp.
Tonga, South Pacific Ocean

00013298
GIRAFFE-NECKED WEEVIL
Trachelophorus giraffa
Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

00013280
CAPE HUNTING or AFRICAN WILD DOGS
Lycaon pictus
pack hunting, Kruger National Park, South Africa. Endangered.

00013260
CAPE PANGOLIN or SCALY ANTEATER
Manis temminckii
curled up in defence. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa

00013245
DISC SNAILS
Discus rotundatus
& Spotted snake millipede
Blaniulus guttulatus. Magn.x 1.9.

00013238
WASP
Diplazon laetatorius
on aphids feeding on honeydew.

00013228
SMALL BLUE BUTTERFLY
Cupido minimus

00013212
RAINFOREST
Osa Peninsula, Corcovado National Park,
Costa Rica.

00013195
CROCUS
Crocus sp.
close-up of flower

00013178
SHEEP SHEARING
Black-faced sheep being sheared

00013161
GRANDIDIER'S BAOBAB TREES
Adansonia grandidieri
view up the trunks.
Morondava, Madagascar

00013157
ETHIOPIAN WOLF or SIMIEN JACKAL
Canis simensis
Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. Critically Endangered.

00013155
ETHIOPIAN WOLF or SIMIEN JACKAL
Canis simensis
digging for rodent prey, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. Critically endangered.

00013147
DEAD TREE IN DESERT
Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia

00013142
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
Africa. Endangered.

00013123
EDIBLE SWIFT NESTS
Collocalia sp.
Gomantong Caves, Borneo

00013094
BULLFINCH male
Pyrrhula pyrrhula

00013089
RED-EYED TREE FROG
Agalychnis callidryas
on red and yellow plant

00013086
GREAT SCALLOP
Pecten maximus
showing eyes, tentacles & velar mantle screens.

00013083
STONEFLY larva underwater
Dinocras sp.

00013081
FOUR-SPOTTED CHASER DRAGONFLY
Libellula quadrimaculata
on fern frond

00013075
MAGPIE MOTH on foliage
Abraxas grossulariata

00012977
SPOTTED DOLPHINS group
Stenella frontalis
underwater. Grand Bahamas Bank,
Bahamas, Caribbean Sea.

00012953
YORKSHIRE PIGLET,
an American breed
standing on grass

00012943
SYDNEY FUNNEL WEB SPIDER male
Atrax robustus
World's most venomous spider, Eastern New South Wales, Australia

00012929
COMMON BLUE BUTTERFLY
Icaricia icarioides
on Columbia Lily ,Olympic National Park, Washington, USA

00012916
FIDDLER CRAB
Uca sp.
male signalling, Florida, USA

00012886
TRITON TRUMPET SHELL
Charonia tritonis
feeding on CROWN-OF-THORNS STARFISH, Acanthaster planci, >>

00012787
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
two fighting

00012785
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012780
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
three playing

00012751
MASAI GIRAFFES or KENYAN GIRAFFES
Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi
Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania

00012736
AFRICAN LION cub on resting male
Panthera leo
Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

00012731
AFRICAN LION pride resting
Panthera leo
Masai Mara, Kenya

00012710
MOSQUITO larvae
Culex pipiens
& Waterfleas Daphnia sp.

00012705
MIGRATORY LOCUST
Locusta migratoria
Sequence of pictures showing
development No.4 of 7 Instar

00012675
SPIDERWEB with dew
India

00012671
MIGRATORY LOCUST HOPPERS
Locusta migratoria capito
eating vegetation, Madagascar May 1997

00012627
MISTY LANDSCAPE
Marshwood Vale, Dorset, UK

00012581
SILVERFISH on carpet
Lepisma sp.
Household pest, UK

00012579
SMALL TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY
Aglais urticae
feeding on Sedum, UK

00012575
BROWN HAWKER DRAGONFLY
Aeshna grandis
with common frog prey, Oxfordshire, UK.

00012573
COMMON WASP
Vespula vulgaris
queen, hibernating

00012536
DUCKLINGS one day old
Two inside empty shell of Ostrich egg
& one outside

00012516
DUTCH RABBIT & GUINEA PIG
sitting among Primroses

00012506
RACING PIGEONS
about to be released
Hertfordshire, southern England

00012504
HERD OF CATTLE
Aylesbury, UK

00012442
BOKHOI or MENTAWAI MACAQUE
Macaca pagensis
Endemic to Siberut Island,
Sumatra, Indonesia

00012436
NORTHERN PACIFIC RATTLESNAKES
Crotalus viridis oreganus
group hibernating in cave Western USA

00012389
PACIFIC OYSTERS
Crassostrea gigas

00012377
SOLIFUGID or SUN SPIDER
Galeodes sp.
eating newborn rodent prey, northern Africa.

00012365
LOUISIANA CRAYFISH eating crayfish
Procambarus clarki
Native to USA introduced to France
& Spain

00012313
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
shadow on rock

00012300
LEOPARD with hare
Panthera pardus
Namib Nakluft Desert, Namibia

00012295
AFRICAN LEOPARD in desert
Panthera pardus
Bulls Party, Ameib, Namibia

00012293
AFRICAN LEOPARD in desert
Panthera pardus
Namib Nakluft Desert, Namibia

00012290
SNOW LEOPARD
Panthera uncia

00012287
BURCHELL'S or PLAINS ZEBRA
Equus burchelli
drinking, Etosha, Namibia.

00012272
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
Ludshott Common (Site of Special Scientific Interest), Hampshire, UK

00012240
GRIZZLED SKIPPER BUTTERFLY
Pyrgus malvae

00012231
SMALL RED DAMSELFLY
Ceriagrion tenellum

00012208
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
suckling cubs outside earth, UK

00012176
SNOW LEOPARD
Panthera uncia

00012175
SNOW LEOPARD
Panthera uncia

00012155
POLAR BEAR mother and cubs
Ursus maritimus
Cape Churchill, Canada

00012147
ACORN BARNACLES on rock
Balanus balanoides
Pembrokeshire, Wales

00012096
THREE-HORNED RHINOCEROS BEETLE
Chalcosoma moellenkampi
Rainforest, Poring Hot Springs, Kinabalu NP, Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia

00012081
TRAIT DU NORD HORSE
harnessed, head detail. France

00012053
DALMATIAN DOG

00012027
NORWEGIAN FOREST CAT

00012026
BULLDOGS

00012018
COLLIE DOG

00011997
NEWFOUNDLAND DOG

00011961
RED-COLLARED LORIKEETS
Trichoglossus rubritorquis
Batchelor, Northern Territory, Australia.
Regarded as race of Rainbow lorikeets.

00011949
RUFOUS-NAPED LARK
Mirafra africana
singing, Orange Free State, South Africa

00011943
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
scenting, Kruger National Park, South Africa.

00011939
GIANT EAGLE OWL Bubo lacteus
also called Verreaux's Eagle Owl,
on branch in sunshine. Kalahari
Gemsbok National Park, South Africa

00011938
EGYPTIAN GOOSE
Alopochen aegyptiacus
young, South Africa.

00011927
STONE CURLEW
Burhinus oedicnemus
Spain

00011926
SPANISH IMPERIAL EAGLE
Aquila heliaca adalberti
immature (first year) Spain

00011923
SPANISH IMPERIAL EAGLE
Aquila heliaca adalberti
Spain

00011920
BLACK VULTURES
Aegypius monachus
Spain

00011898
OSTRICH
Struthio camelus
female by nest containing eggs Mountain Zebra NP,South Africa.

00011877
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
Rissa tridactyla
colony nesting on rock ledges. Lofoten Islands, Norway

00011854
LONG-TAILED DUCK
Clangula hyemalis
group in flight. Also called Old Squaw
North America

00011852
WHOOPER SWANS
Cygnus cygnus
on misty morning

00011837
WESTERN SCREECH OWL
Otus kennicottii
on branch of tree
Snake River, Idaho, USA

00011834
SNOW GOOSE group of four
Anser caerulescens
standing in shallows. Bosque Del Apache NWR, New Mexico, USA

00011830
CANADA GOOSE
Branta canadensis
pair with young, Seney National Wildfowl Reserve, Michigan, USA

00011804
TABBY CAT
walking along top of fence

00011786
BARN OWL
Tyto alba
eye & beak, close detail

00011785
BARN OWL head detail
Tyto alba

00011745
LITTLE OWL
Athene noctua
on bare branch

00011741
ORANGE-WINGED AMAZON PARROT
Amazona amazonica
in flight

00011735
WREN
Troglodytes troglodytes
at nest with young

00011725
GREEN-CHEEKED AMAZON PARROT
Amazona viridigenalis

00011716
WILLOW WARBLER
Phylloscopus trochilus
leaving hedgerow nest

00011715
SPARROWHAWK
Accipiter nisus
at nest

00011654
GREAT SHEARWATER in flight
Puffinus tenuirostris
close to surface of sea

00011650
WOODCOCK
Scolopax rusticola

00011586
GREAT GREY OWL on lookout for prey
Strix nebulosa
from coniferous tree, in snowstorm,
Wyoming, north western USA

00011575
WHITE-FRONTED TERNS
Sterna striata
male offering small fish to female
New Zealand

00014344
FIERY SEARCHER BEETLE
Calosoma scrutator
(Species of ground beetle preying on
caterpillars) Florida, south east USA

00014301
MASAI HERDER
with cattle, silhouetted at sunset

00014291
SPOTTED HYENA
Crocuta crocuta
young

00014284
NILE CROCODILE
Crocodylus niloticus
in water eating zebra prey

00014259
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus

00014251
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
herd silhouetted against yellow sky, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014243
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
trunk & tusks

00014241
SUNSET & clouds
with silhouetted boat
on Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania

00014236
AFRICAN WILD DOG or CAPE HUNTING DOG
Lycaon pictus
Serengeti Plains, Tanzania.

00014232
OSTRICH
Struthio camelus
two on savanna, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014230
ESTUARINE or SALTWATER CROCODILE
Crocodylus porosus
group feeding, Mary River, northern Australia

00014215
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
tusks

00014202
AFRICAN BUFFALO
Syncerus caffer
herd walking on savanna

00014194
BANDED MARTIN
Riparia cincta
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014146
HYACINTH MACAWS
Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

00014130
AMAZONIAN MANATEE
Trichechus inunguis

00014104
ENGLISH OAK silhouetted at sunset
Quercus robur
West Milton, Dorset, England.

00014093
SNOWDROP flowers
Galanthus nivalis
Uplyme, Devon, UK

00014085
BLUEBELLS flowering in woodland
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Beaminster, Dorset, UK

00014066
PUFFIN with beakful
Fratercula arctica
of Sandeels. Skomer Island,
off Dyfed, south western Wales

00014061
HYBRID TEA BUSH ROSE "Brandy"
("First Prize" x "Golden Wave")
Raised in America,introduced by
Armstrong in 1981. >>

00014059
DOGS RUNNING INTO SEA
chasing stick thrown by boy, Scotland

00014049
EUROPEAN RED FOX cubs
Vulpes vulpes
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.

00014034
WEST HIGHLAND TERRIER
amongst Poppies, Chilterns Hills, Buckinghamshire, UK

00014032
BROOD MARES
grazing in buttercup meadow, Tring, Hertfordshire, UK

00014022
GOLDFINCH on gorse
Carduelis carduelis
Bedfordshire, UK

00014006
PLAINS or BURCHELL'S ZEBRA
Equus burchelli
Botswana

00013982
BAY HORSE mare
rolling in meadow, amongst buttercups
Sequence of pictures: No.2.of 2
Hertfordshire, UK

00013962
BORDER COLLIE
resting on bale of straw
Norfolk, East Anglia, UK

00013938
ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIEL DOG
with boot

00013935
WELSH POPPY
Meconopsis cambrica
flower detail May
Hertfordshire, UK

00013928
MINIATURE LONG-HAIRED
DACHSHUND

00013898
CONCOLOR or WHITE-CHEEKED GIBBONS
Hylobates concolor
female & young, Wildlife park, France.
.

00013838
COMMON PRAWN
Palaemon serratus

00013830
WILD HORSE
Equus caballus
three galloping in shallows
Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, France

00013792
RABBIT black form
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Skokholm Island, off Dyfed, Wales

00013776
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE
Alectoris rufa
Essex, UK

00013772
PUFFIN with beak full of Sand Eel prey
Fratercula arctica
on rock, wings spread June
Skokholm Island, Wales

00013764
EUROPEAN RABBITS
Oryctolagus cuniculus
pair, Essex, UK

00013744
CLOUDED LEOPARD cub
Neofelis nebulosa

00013740
BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN leaping
Tursiops truncatus
Caribbean.

00013737
OSPREY taking off with trout
Pandion haliaetus
Finland

00013717
POLAR BEAR
Ursus maritimus
female & young outside den, Canada

00013712
ROE DEER male during rut
Capreolus capreolus
Hampshire, southern England

00013695
RED SQUIRREL eating nut
Sciurus vulgaris
Formby Point, Lancashire, UK

00013692
BENGAL TIGERS
Panthera tigris tigris
cubs playing

00013646
COMMON FROG froglet
Rana temporaria
with tadpole tail being absorbed into body.

00013640
MANTIS SHRIMP in burrow
Odontodactylus scyallarus
Sulawesi Sea Derawan Island,
East Kalimantan, Indonesia

00013637
FINGERED DRAGONET
Dactylopus dactylopus
Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia

00013624
RED VELVET MITE
Dinothrombium sp.

00013617
INSECTS attracted to electric light,
with predatory Mantis & House Gecko,
South Africa

00013597
SPOTTED SUGAR ANTS
Camponotus maculatus
carrying larvae & pupae, South Africa

00013585
STABLE FLY taking human blood
Stomoxys calcitrans
South Africa

00013575
TSETSE FLY
Glossina sp.
feeding on human blood, Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa.

00013569
TENEBRIONID or DARKLING BEETLE
leaving tracks as it runs on the sand
of the Namib Desert

00013554
FUNGUS TERMITES
Macrotermes sp.
building vent chimney
Southern Zambia, Africa

00013544
FIRE ANTS with eggs
Solenopsis invicta
Texas. Serious pest in N.America, introduced accidentally from S. America.

00013543
WILD TURKEY males displaying
Meleagris gallopavo
Montana, USA

00013535
LAMBS
three gambolling

00013521
SAANEN GOA
mother grazing as young eats hay from cart

00013517
SAANEN GOAT young leaping
Originated from Saane Valley
western Switzerland

00013492
ORIENTAL FIRE-BELLIED TOADS
Bombina orientalis

00013455
PHARAOH'S ANTS
Monomorium pharaonis

00013434
LARGE COPPER BUTTERFLY
Lycaena dispar batavus

00013428
ROESEL'S BUSH CRICKET
Metrioptera roeselii
Kassiopi, Corfu, Mediterranean

00013405
COMMON AGRION DAMSELFLY
Agrion virgo
nymph on pondweed

00013398
NORFOLK HAWKER DRAGONFLY
Aeshna isosceles
female, Upton Marsh, Norfolk, UK

00013384
IRISH DAMSELFLY
Coenagrion lunulatum
Selshion Moss, Portadown, County Armagh, Ulster

00013381
PARASITIC WASP pupae
on larva of big Poplar Sphinx Moth, Pachysphinx modesta.
Michigan, USA

00013380
CRAB SPIDER
with bumblebee prey
Michigan, USA

00013364
DUSKY DOLPHIN large group
Lagenorhynchus obscurus
at ocean surface off Kaikoura Peninsula
Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand

00013350
SQUID larvae
planktonic, newly emerged from eggs
Great Barrier Reef, Australia

00013327
SEA FANS
Melithea sp.
Fiji, South Pacific Ocean

00013322
HUMPBACK WHALE
Megaptera novaeangliae
Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific Ocean

00013316
CACTUS CROP Opuntia sp.
grown as food for Cochineal
Insects Dactylopius coccus
Lanzarote, Canary Islands

00013305
GREEN TURTLE on sea bed,
Chelonia mydas
with diver in background
Vanuatu, South Pacific Ocean

00013294
SHIELD BUG
Pentatomidae
Dry western forests, Ankarana Special Reserve, Madagascar

00013286
GREATER FLAMINGO filter feeding
Phoenicopterus ruber
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

00013215
SPIDER
Araneus cucurbitinus

00013173
BLACKBIRD male
Turdus merula
eating rowan berries, UK.

00013166
LARGE EMERALD MOTH
Hipparchus papilionaria

00013154
ETHIOPIAN WOLF or SIMIEN JACKAL
Canis simensis
Sleeping covered in frost, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. Critically Endangered.

00013141
LEOPARD on termite mound
Panthera pardus
Africa

00013120
COCKROACHES
Gomantong Caves, Borneo

00013115
DANCING BEAR
Asian black bear
Ursus thibetanus
New Delhi, India. Vulnerable species

00013113
CATTLE outside the boundary of Hluluwe Game Reserve, with zebras inside the fence, South Africa.

00013092
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes

00013090
GREEN TROPICAL MANTID
Tanjung Puting National Park,
Borneo, Indonesia

00013047
PATAGONIAN FOX four young
Dusicyon griseus
Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

00013043
RINGLET BUTTERFLY
Aphantopus hyperantus

00013041
HIGHLAND CALF
Pertshire, Scotland

00013033
MIXED SEASHELLS
Marine bivalves & gastropods

00013011
SMALL PEARL-BORDERED or SILVER-BORDERED FRITILLARY
Boloria selene or Clossiana selene

00013010
MOUNTAIN or ARCTIC HARE
Lepus timidus
winter coat, sitting on snow

00012992
PARROTFISH
Scarus sp.
Red Sea off southern Egypt

00012976
SPOTTED DOLPHINS adult & calf
Stenella frontalis
underwater (only adults are spotted).
Grand Bahamas Bank, Caribbean Sea.

00012948
PUMA
Felis concolor
Rocky Mountains, North America

00012910
MONARCH BUTTERFLY
Danaus plexippus
pupating larva. Sequence B, part 2

00012908
MONARCH BUTTERFLY larva
Danaus plexippus
at start of pupation
Picture sequence B, No.1

00012906
DEW-COVERED ORB WEB
July ,with trapped midge
Michigan, USA

00012891
MIMIC OCTOPUS
Octopus sp.
Sulawesi, Indonesia.
"Mimics" other marine life.

00012874
GREEN TURTLE
Chelonia mydas
over coral reef, Malaysia

00012832
MEXICAN FIRELEG TARANTULA
Brachypelma boehmei
Native to drier areas of Mexico

00012818
TROPICAL CICADA
brightly coloured
Central America

00012808
GREEN LYNX SPIDER
Peucetia viridans
USA

00012806
RED WIDOW SPIDER
Latrodectus bishopi
female on web. Endemic to Sand-pine scrub of florida, USA

00012766
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
yawning

00012761
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
hauling antelope prey up tree

00012760
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012714
HEAD LOUSE eggs
Pediculus humanus capitis
a human parasite

00012711
LONG-TAILED FIELD MOUSE FLEA
Ctenocephalides sp.
taking blood from mouse

00012679
STOMATOPOD larva
Mantis shrimp or lobster. Forelegs adapted for grabbing prey, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

00012676
LITTORAL MARINE SNAIL Veliger larva
Shell already formed contains viscera
Great Barrier Reef, Queensland,
north eastern Australia

00012667
MIGRATORY LOCUST plague in May 1997
Locusta migratoria capito
Swarm of one billion Sambalaha, near Betroka, Madagascar

00012647
CAMARGUE BULL
Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, France

00012618
MOSQUITO female
Anopheles stephansi
taking blood from human
Vector of malaria in southern Africa

00012615
PRAYING MANTIS eating moth
Acontiothespis sp.
Trinidad, West Indies
Moth is Mimetic Ctenuchid.

00012563
CHICKEN HATCHING SEQUENCE
Gallus domesticus
2nd of a sequence

00012482
MERINO ram, close-up of head
Ovies ammon aries
Queensland, Australia.

00012477
MEALWORMS
Tenebrio molitor
larvae of mealworm beetle

00012454
BARBARY MACAQUE
Macaca sylvanus
on cliff top above harbour
Gibraltar

00012444
EUROPEAN BROWN HARE
Lepus europaeus
young Poland

00012425
QUEEN ALEXANDRA BIRDWING male
Ornithoptera alexandrae
Largest butterfly in the world.
Popondetta Region, Papua New Guinea

00012419
PRAYING MANTIS
Mantis sp.
eating male after mating,
Papua New Guinea

00012404
WESTERN BLACK WIDOW SPIDER
Latrodectus hesperus
male (on left) approaching female for mating, first spinning protective web round her.

00012403
WESTERN BLACK WIDOW SPIDERS
Latrodectus hesperus
pair, male (on right) approaching female
prior to mating Western USA

00012397
TROPICAL KATYDID
Southern Cameroon, Western Africa

00012392
IMPERIAL SCORPION
Pandinus imperator
eating Cameroon Snake (Boeadon sp.)

00012353
HIPPOPOTAMUS threat display
Hippopotamus amphibius
Savuti Channel, Botswana

00012351
SADDLEBILLED STORK
Ephippiorhyncus senegalensis
Okavango, Botswana, Africa

00012340
EUROPEAN BROWN BEAR
Ursus arctos arctos
with suckling cubs. Ranua, Finland.

00012332
CHIMPANZEE female
Pan troglodytes
yawning. Whipsnade Zoo, UK

00012330
PEACOCK BUTTERFLY caterpillars
Inachis io
eating Stinging Nettles, Essex, UK

00012329
WREN singing
Troglodytes troglodytes
Suffolk, UK

00012301
LEOPARD leaping
Panthera pardus
Bulls Party, Ameib, Namibia

00012286
HYACINTH MACAWS
Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus
macaws returning to roost, Pantanal, Brazil. Endangered.

00012281
HIGHLAND CATTLE in snow
Cairngorms, Scotland

00012241
PINE HAWKMOTH larva
Hyloicus pinastri

00012232
SILVER-STUDDED BLUE BUTTERFLY
Plebejus argus
male

00012226
BROWN HAIRSTREAK BUTTERFLY
Thecla betulae

00012205
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
with cubs outside earth, UK

00012204
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
with cub outside den, UK

00012197
AMERICAN BROWN or grizzly Bear
Ursus arctos
cub, USA

00012182
AFRICAN LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
Namib Nakluft Desert, Namibia

00012154
POLAR BEARS fighting
Ursus maritimus
Hudson Bay, Churchill, Canada

00012120
SHOTGUN discharge
sequence of 8 pictures

00012114
AFRICAN HONEYBEE pupae
Apis mellifera adansonii
shown in sectioned cells
South Africa

00012109
EMPEROR PENGUIN chick begging
Aptenodytes fosteri
Atka Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

00012092
ANGLE SHADES MOTH on dead leaf
Phlogophora meticulosa
August Thornhill Garden, Banbridge,
County Down, Ulster

00012064
LEONBERGER DOG

00012042
GERMAN SHEPHERD or ALSATIAN
on leash

00012039
SAINT BERNARD DOG
in snow

00012025
HORSE grazing

00012024
MANX CAT
kitten playing

00012022
ENGLISH COCKER SPANIEL DOG
adult & young

00011998
CURLY-COATED RETRIEVER
panting

00011994
SIAMESE CAT
stalking

00011977
GREATER DOUBLE-COLLARED
SUNBIRD Nectarinia afra
on inflorescence
Greater Addo National Park, South Africa

00011959
BLUE-FACED HONEYEATER
Entomyzon cyanotis
foraging on bark of tree. Eungella
National Park, Queensland, Australia

00011944
BURCHELL'S or PLAINS ZEBRA
Equus burchelli
foal by mother
Hluhluwe National Park, South Africa

00011940
PALE CHANTING GOSHAWK
Melierax canorus
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park,
Republic of South Africa

00011928
BLACK-HEADED GULLS Spain
Larus ridibundus
scavenging at rubbish tip

00011905
FOAL cantering on grass
Stud farm at Ceres, Cape Province,
South Africa

00011838
LAUGHING GULL
Larus atricilla
nesting colony with large number in flight
Sabine NWR, Louisiana, USA

00011799
VEILED or YEMENI CHAMELEON Ê
Chamaeleo calyptratus
at instant of catching insect
with extended tongue

00011739
ORANGE-WINGED AMAZON PARROT
Amazona amazonica
in flight

00011737
GREAT TIT
Parus major
on branch with blossom

00011729
AFRICAN OPEN-BILL STORK
Anastomus lamelligerus
Kruger National Park, South Africa.

00011727
PIPISTRELLE BAT
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
flying in roof space

00011719
MARSH TIT
Parus palustris
coming in to land

00011718
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos major

00011711
ROBIN
Erithacus rubecula
UK

00011705
TREE FROG
Hyla sp.
on leaf

00011704
BARN OWL in flight
Tyto alba

00011695
WREN
Troglodytes troglodytes
feeding young at nest.

00011672
GARDEN WARBLER on ground
Sylvia borin
Spain

00011659
DESERT SPARROW male
Passer simplex
foraging on sand dunes

00011655
WILSON'S STORM PETREL in flight
Oceanites oceanicus
about to pick up food from sea

00011637
FIELDFARE
Turdus pilaris
on nest, with four young

00011582
NORTHERN or BULLOCK'S ORIOLE
Icterus galbula
North America

00011562
WESTERN MEADOWLARK
Sturnella neglecta
with insect prey, Ogden, Utah, USA

00011555
BELL MINER
Manorina melanophyrs
eating Psyllid bug Australia

00011546
AFRICAN SKIMMER in flight
Rynchops flavirostris
silhouetted, low over water
Okavango, Botswana

00011511
WOODCOCK
Scolopax rusticola
on nest with mosquitoes, Norway

00011498
GREEN WOODPECKER
Picus viridis
about to enter ant hill in snow

00011437
BLUE LINCKIA
Linckia laevigata
line on sandy sea bed, Tonga, South Pacific Ocean

00011413
BLACK-NECKED CRANE family at nest
Grus nigricollis
Threatened species Ladakh, India

00011344
MAURITIUS KESTREL
Falco punctatus
female, Black River Gorges, Mauritius.

00011321
SOUTHERN YELLOWBILLED HORNBILL
Tockus leucomelas
Kruger National Park, South Africa.

00011307
SPOTTED DIKKOP
Burhinus capensis
Kalahari Gemsbok, National Park, South Africa

00011287
YELLOW-BILLED HORNBILL
Tockus flavirostris
with scorpion prey in beak Kalahari,
southern Africa

00011280
VERREAUX'S SIFAKA LEMUR
Propithecus verreauxi
"dancing" across open space,
Berenty Reserve, Madagascar

00011232
GREAT WHITE PELICAN
Pelecanus onocrotalus
group on water
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

00011208
AFRICAN SPOONBILL
Platalea alba
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

00011143
BLUE AND WHITE KINGFISHER
Halcyon diops
Halmahera, Indonesia. Endemic to Indonesia.

00011137
BALI STARLING or ROTHSCHILD'S GRACKLE
Leucopsar rothschildi
on branch

00011107
SEVERA MACAWS at clay lick
Ara severa
Rio Heath Rainforest, Peru.

00011093
ROSE-COLOURED STARLING
Sturnus roseus
Volga Delta, Russia

00014292
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana

00014270
SPOTTED HYENA
Crocuta crocuta
two killing Wildebeest, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

00014249
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
young nuzzling adult, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014246
IMPALA
Aepyceros melampus
male

00014245
IMPALA group on savanna
Aepyceros melampus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014240
INTERMEDIATE EGRET
Egretta intermedia
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014222
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
with young, at waterhole, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014165
MOULD UK
Penicillium sp.
heavy infestation on orange

00014090
MARSH TIT
Parus palustris
Dorset, UK

00014086
COMMON TOAD
Bufo bufo
Devon, England.

00014083
DERWENTWATER in winter
Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England

00014075
FIELDS & HEDGEROWS in mist
Exmoor National Park, Somerset, UK

00014073
BARLEY CROP ripening
with tractor tracks
Somerset, UK

00014072
BLUEBELLS
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
flowering in woodland
Beaminster, Dorset, UK

00014063
SWEET CHESTNUT TREE
in wheat field. Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England

00014050
BEE ORCHID
Ophrys apifera
Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, France.

00014047
RED CLOVER
Trifolium pratense
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00014046
ROBIN on frosted rock
Erithacus rubecula
Canton of Zurich, Switerland.

00014016
JACOB SHEEP ewe and lamb
Hertfordshire, UK

00013981
BELTED GALLOWAY CALF
in meadow amongst Buttercups, Tring, Hertfordshire, UK

00013940
BOXER DOG
ten weeks old

00013921
BORDER COLLIE DOG
lying in hay-field, with loaded hay cart behind

00013887
BUSH FIRE
Northern Territory, Australia

00013875
HAREBELL with dew
Campanula rotundifolia
Colorado, USA

00013847
WEST AFRICAN GABOON VIPER in stream
Bitis gabonica rhinoceros
South-east Cameroon

00013826
GREATER FLAMINGO on one leg
Phoenicopterus ruber
Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, southern France

00013820
SQUID with spinyfoot fish prey
Loligo sp.

00013819
HIGHLAND COW

00013817
CHAFFINCH male
Fringilla coelebs
Ayrshire, Scotland.

00013798
POLAR BEAR
Ursus maritimus
female with two yearling young

00013793
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra
young resting with mother, Otter Trust, Norfolk, UK

00013791
RABBIT
Oryctolagus cuniculus
young, emerging from burrow, Skokholm Island, off
Dyfed, Wales

00013782
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
UK

00013780
BLACKBIRD male
Turdus merula
on branch in garden
Essex, England

00013775
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE
Alectoris rufa
calling on farmland, Essex, UK

00013762
FERAL GOAT
Capra hircus
female, Valley of the Rocks, Devon, UK

00013755
TAWNY OWL
Strix aluco

00013733
BLACK RHINOCEROS
Diceros bicornis
Mkhaya, Swaziland, southern Africa

00013690
NORTH AMERICAN GREY or TIMBER WOLF
Canis lupus
two young by den
Montana, USA

00013682
HOLNICOTE ESTATE with horses
Exmoor National Park,
south western England

00013670
HORNET
Vespa crabro
in flight, leaving nest

00013659
KOALA
Phascolarctos cinereus
Gorge Wildlife Park, South Australia

00013658
KOALA browsing on Eucalyptus
Phascolarctos cinereus
David Fleays Sanctuary,
Queensland, Australia

00013647
COMMON FROG froglet
Rana temporaria
swimming and shedding skin

00013639
BROADCLUB CUTTLEFISH
Sepia latimanus
Lembeh Strait, Indonesia.

00013620
ORB WEB or GARDEN SPIDER
Argiope sp.
wrapping butterfly prey in silk, South Africa

00013605
GIANT PANDA
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
eight-month-old, Sichuan (Szechwan) Province, China

00013602
TOAD GRASSHOPPER
showing tympanum (pale ellipse), Transvaal, South Africa

00013593
LOOPER CATERPILLAR on stalk
unnoticed by spider on it
South Africa

00013591
STINGLESS BEE or SWEAT BEE
Trigona becaunzi rhodesica
on flower, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

00013572
CHARAX BUTTERFLIES on dung
Charaxes jasius saturnus
taking up dissolved minerals
Nxai Pans Reserve, Botswana

00013489
EDIBLE FROG tadpole
Rana esculenta
late internal gill stage with four legs developed

00013480
BRIMSTONE BUTTERFLY
Gonepteryx rhamni
male on Buddleia

00013479
SMOOTH NEWT underwater
Triturus vulgaris

00013475
ORNATE HORNED FROG
Ceratophrys ornata

00013471
PALMATE NEWT
Triturus helveticus
underwater

00013463
MUTE SWAN
Cygnus olor
adult & young on water

00013457
COMMON TOAD by garden steps
Bufo bufo
Sussex, southern England

00013415
CLOUDED YELLOW BUTTERFLY
Colias crocea
on White Deadnettle
Island of Corfu, Mediterranean

00013404
AZURE HAWKER DRAGONFLY larva
Aeshna caerulea
collected from south western Scotland

00013388
COMMON HEATH MOTH female
Ematurga atomaria atomaria
on conifer May Brackagh Bog,
Portadown, Armagh, southern Ulster

00013374
TIGER BEETLE with prey
Cicindela formosa
Michigan, USA

00013349
TEXTILE CONE SHELL
Conus textile
poison dart

00013332
JELLYFISH
Cephea sp.
Tonga, South Pacific.

00013279
MALACHITE KINGFISHER
Alcedo cristata
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

00013273
MARTIAL EAGLE calling
Polemaetus bellicosus
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa

00013208
CHICKENS IN BATTERY
Intensive egg production

00013188
MOON MOTH
Argema sp.
Vietnam

00013181
CARIBBEAN or ROSY FLAMINGO
Phoenicopterus ruber ruber
feeding

00013174
TURKEY

00013164
SCOTCH ARGUS BUTTERFLY male
Erebia aethiops
at rest on oak, wings open

00013162
RICE PADDY FIELD & worker
with Baobab trees & Water Hyacinths
Morondava Area, Madagascar

00013153
ETHIOPIAN WOLF or SIMIEN JACKAL
Canis simensis
adults greeting in early morning
Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia

00013138
NILE CROCODILE face detail
Crocodylus niloticus
showing teeth adapted for catching
and holding prey. Africa.

00013133
CATTLE by artificial waterhole in overgrazed,
desertified area of Kalahari, southern Africa

00013119
LEAF-IMITITATING KATYDID
on leaf, Borneo

00013100
MUTE SWAN
Cygnus olor
alighting on water

00013079
GOLDEN-RINGED DRAGONFLY
Cordulegaster boltonii

00013014
BLUEBELLS flowering in oakwood
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Perthshire, Scotland

00012985
TWO-TOED AMPHIUMA
Amphiuma means
May Bushnell, Florida, USA

00012964
MORPHO BUTTERFLY
Morpho peleides
on fern, wings open

00012962
GIANT PANDA
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
eating Bamboo in zoo, Washington DC, USA

00012940
RETICULATED GIRAFFE calf
Giraffa camelopardalis
Laikipia District, Kenya, East Africa.

00012933
DRUMMOND PHLOX flower on prairie
Phlox drummondii
Texas, USA. April

00012931
KOALA
Phascolarctos cinereus
sleeping in fork of tree, Australia.

00012901
PLANALTO HERMIT HUMMINGBIRD
Phaethornis pretrei
at Heliconia flower

00012889
NUDIBRANCHS or SEA SLUGS
Chromodoris sp.
Sulawesi, Indonesia

00012879
SLIPPER LOBSTER
Scyllarides sp.
New Zealand

00012860
WHAKAREWAREWA THERMAL
RESERVE showing thermal activity
Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand

00012853
GREAT DIVING BEETLE male
Dytiscus marginalis
Brittany, north western France

00012827
CLEARWING SATYR wings closed
Cithaerias pireta
Ecuadorian rainforest

00012825
LICHEN MANTIS or BARK MANTIS
Gonatista grisea
highly camouflaged on bark, Florida, USA

00012817
ROBBER FLY
Florida, USA

00012794
WEST AFRICAN CROWNED CRANE
Balearica pavonina pavonina
face detail. Also called Black Crowned Crane. Senegal, west Africa.

00012763
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
in tree, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012729
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
chasing Zebra at crossing by Mara River, Kenya

00012707
MIGRATORY LOCUST
Locusta migratoria
Sequence of pictures showing
development No.6 of 7 Pre-adult

00012706
MIGRATORY LOCUST
Locusta migratoria
Sequence of pictures showing
development No.5 of 7 Instar

00012684
TIMBERMAN BEETLE
Also called Long-Horned or Longicorn Beetle.

00012662
SNOWY OWL with lemming prey
Nyctea scandiaca
Taimyr, Arctic Russia

00012660
CAMARGUE BULSL
Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, France

00012572
LARGE WHITE BUTTERFLY
Pieris brassicae
eggs, one hour before hatching, Oxfordshire, UK

00012570
PAUA SHELL
Haliotis sp.
nacre,shell lining

00012566
MOSQUITO larva
Culex sp.
Oxfordshire, UK

00012560
DOMESTIC PIGEON
Columba livia domestica
in flight from loft
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00012558
DOMESTIC PIGEON in flight
Columba livia domestica
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00012529
TARANTULA
on bunch of bananas

00012527
HOUSE MOUSE
Mus musculus
Hertfordshire, UK

00012526
TAMWORTH PIG
sow & piglets
Dorset, south western England

00012511
LIMOUSIN bull
Breed raised for beef, Aylesbury, UK

00012498
LAMB in meadow
amongst Buttercups Spring
Hertfordshire, southern England

00012439
PEARL
lying on shell of Oyster

00012438
GIANT ATLAS SILK MOTH
Attacus atlas
hand-held

00012426
QUEEN ALEXANDRA BIRDWINGS
Ornithoptera alexandrae
Largest butterfly in the world.
Popondetta Region, Papua New Guinea.

00012409
PORTHETRIA MOTH caterpillars
Porthetria dispar
Cause great damage to oakwoods
in France

00012398
GOLIATH FROG at river's edge
Conraua goliath
Southern Cameroon, Africa

00012391
FAT-TAILED SCORPION
Androctonus australis
eating cricket prey, Sahara Desert, Africa

00012381
GOLIATH BIRD-EATING SPIDER
Terraphosa leblondeii
group of spiderlings.

00012379
GOLIATH BIRD-EATING SPIDER
Terraphosa leblondi
Guyana World's largest species of spider

00012346
HIPPOPOTAMUS breeding herd
Hippopotamus amphibius
entering pool, Grumeti River, Serengeti
National Park, Tanzania, eastern Africa

00012325
GREENFINCH calling
Carduelis chloris
Kent, UK

00012315
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
Namibia

00012309
JAGUAR
Panthera onca
reflection in rainforest pool
Digitally manipulated

00012279
PIGLET with mouthful of straw
Plantation Pigs Ltd,
Surrey, southern England, UK

00012275
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra
Tamar Otter Trust, Cornwall, UK.

00012271
BENGAL TIGER
Panthera tigris tigris
running. Endangered.

00012266
PIGLET
free-range at Plantation Pigs Ltd,
Surrey, Southern England, UK

00012247
GYPSY MOTH male
Lymantria dispar
at rest on leaf UK

00012246
PEBBLE HOOK-TIP MOTH
Drepana falcataria
on lichen-covered tree trunk

00012243
BRIMSTONE MOTH
Opisthograptis luteolata
on oak leaf

00012227
GREEN HAIRSTREAK BUTTERFLY
Callophrys rubi

00012203
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
with cub outside den, UK

00012171
SNOW LEOPARD
Panthera uncia

00012162
OSPREY taking off with trout
Pandion haliaetus
Finland

00012156
TIGER walking on lying snow
Panthera tigris
Endangered species (CITES listed)

00012126
DISCHARGE OF 12 BORE SHOTGUN
2.8 milliseconds after detonation

00012110
EMPEROR PENGUIN chick begging
Aptenodytes fosteri
Atka Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

00012098
LONG-HORNED ANKOLE CATTLE
Uganda, Africa

00012091
ANNUAL CICADA on tree trunk
Tibicen sp.
Northern Michigan, USA. Summer

00012090
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH
Spinus tristis
eating thistle seeds
Montana, USA

00012083
ENGLISH POINTER
standing amongst heather

00012050
DOGS

00012001
ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIEL DOG

00011980
OSTRICH
Struthio camelus
young, Greater Addo National Park, South Africa

00011915
TERMITE
Macrotermes michaelseni
soldier biting man's hand
South Africa

00011909
AFRICAN OPEN-BILL STORK
Anastomus lamelligerus
flying to roost, Okavango River, Botswana.

00011903
TERMITES
Macrotermes michaelseni
workers collecting eggs from queen.

00011890
OSTRICH
Struthio camelus
group running, Kalahari, southern Africa.

00011879
PIED KINGFISHER
Ceryle rudis
in flight, Northern Zamiba.

00011867
MUTE SWAN
Cygnus olor
taking off from water

00011863
CAPERCAILLIE
Tetrao urogallus
male in courtship display to female

00011817
DOMESTIC CAT
Kitten sitting on fence

00011795
AMAZILIA HUMMINGBIRD
Amazilia dumerillii
in flight at flower

00011791
WILLOW TIT
Parus montanus
at nest hole with prey in beak

00011777
BIRDS AT BIRD TABLES IN SNOW
including Tit species, Robin,
Blackbird & Chaffinch

00011768
BLUE TIT in flight
Parus caeruleus
about to enter nesting box

00011761
LITTLE OWL
Athene noctua
in flight to nest
carrying earthworm prey for young

00011749
AFRICAN GREY PARROT
Psittacus erithacus

00011742
CAT looking from window, Isle of Islay, Scotland.

00011670
ROYAL TERNS two displaying on shore
Sterna maxima
during the Summer
Florida, south eastern USA

00011664
BRONZE-WINGED JACANA
Metopidius indicus
Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India

00011649
LONG-EARED OWL
Asio otus
resting on beach during
Autumn migration

00011630
KELP GOOSE male
Chloephaga hybrida
West Point Island, Falkland Islands

00011629
KELP GOOSE female
Chloephaga hybrida
West Point Island, Falkland Islands

00011618
RED-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
Rissa brevirostris
flock in flight. Saint George Island,
Pribilof Islands, off western Alaska, USA

00011515
YELLOWBILLED STORK
Mycteria ibis
Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe.

00011495
WHOOPER SWAN
Cygnus cygnus
group flying in V-formation

00011432
BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN pair at surface
Tursiops truncatus
New Zealand.

00011430
HUMPBACK WHALE
Megaptera novaeangliae
with young, Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific Ocean

00011409
BLOOD PHEASANT in woodland
Ithaginis cruentus
Tengboche, Nepal

00011338
MADAGASCAR NIGHTJAR
Caprimulgus madagascariensis
on nest, Isalo National Park, Madagascar.

00011334
MADAGASCAR SCOPS OWL
Otus rutilus
roosting in hole in tree
Ampijoroa, Madagascar

00011304
SECRETARY BIRD
Sagittarius serpentarius
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa.

00011303
MARTIAL EAGLE
Polemaetus bellicosus
Kalahari Gemsbok NP, South Africa.

00011295
RED-NECKED FALCON
Falco chicquera
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa.

00011274
GIANT EAGLE OWL
Bubo lacteus
silhouetted at dawn
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00011271
CAPE WEAVER
Ploceus capensis
male singing
Natal, South Africa

00011202
PYGMY KINGFISHER
Ispidena picta
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

00011155
BUFFON'S MACAW
Ara ambigua

00011145
RED LORY
Eos bornea
Moluccas and Kai Island.

00011123
EASTERN GREY KANGAROO
Macropus giganteus
Eastern Australia.

00011120
EASTERN GREY KANGAROO
Macropus giganteus
grazing with joey by her side. Eastern Australia.

00011102
GREEN-WINGED MACAW
Ara chloroptera
wing feathers, Tambopata Reserve, Peru

00011098
BLUE & YELLOW MACAWS
Ara ararauna
Tambopata Reserve, Peru

00011088
LONG-EARED OWL
Asio otus
in flight

00011079
SHORT-EARED OWL PELLET
Short-Eared Owl is Asio flammeus