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

00011059
SONG THRUSH
Turdus philomelos
snashing snail prey on road, Scotland.

00011041
YELLOW BITTERN
Ixobrychus sinensis
at water's edge India

00011004
WHEATEAR
Oenanthe oenanthe
male with insect prey, Norway.

00011001
REDSHANK
Tringa totanus
Middlesex, England

00010973
SLATY EGRET at water's edge
Egretta vinaceigula
Okavango, Botswana

00010967
BLACK REDSTART with prey
Phoenicurus ochruros
(spider & caterpillar). Spain

00010956
RING-TAILED LEMUR
Lemur catta
group walking on sandy track, Madagascar

00010906
WHITE-BELLIED SEA EAGLE
Haliaeetus leucogaster

00010903
AUSTRALIAN BRUSH TURKEY
Alectura lathami
Australia

00010857
OSTRICH
Struthio camelus

00010842
AMERICAN BITTERN
Botaurus lentiginosus
amongst reeds North America

00010831
BLUE & YELLOW MACAWS
Ara ararauna
mutual preening

00014126
WILD HORSE OF THE CAMARGUE
group grazing high aerial view
Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, France

00014124
BOXER DOG
drinking from bowl

00014120
GOLDEN RETRIEVER sitting

00014068
CUCKOO FLOWER or LADY'S SMOCK
Cardamine pratensis
Dorset, UK

00014067
EARLY PURPLE ORCHID
Orchis mascula
among mass of Bluebells.
Dorset, England.

00014037
DOG TRAINING
Golden Retriever giving paw to woman

00014033
JAVAN or RED LANGUR with young
Trachypithecus auratus auratus
(perviously Cercopithecus auratus) Endangered Javan subspecies of the Ebony Langur or leaf monkey.

00014023
GOLDFINCH
Carduelis carduelis
Bedfordshire, UK

00014018
GOLDFINCH
Carduelis carduelis
on blossom

00014015
LARGE WHITE PIG
Two piglets at door of sty
Ashgood Farm, Berkshire,
southern England

00013998
GOLDEN RETRIEVER
nine weeks old, resting in basket

00013977
GUINEA PIG
Two eating carrot

00013966
KING CHARLES SPANIEL
Blenheim variety, ten weeks old

00013954
BABIRUSA
Babyrousa babyrussa

00013923
CORNCOCKLE
Agrostemma githago

00013911
BLUE WATERLILY flower
Nymphaea violacea
Western Australia

00013874
EUROPEAN BEAVER
Castor fiber
Poland

00013828
HOOPOE with prey
Upupa epops
France

00013803
KING CHARLES SPANIELS
adult and puppy

00013771
GUILLEMOT
Uria aalge
in flight, Skokholm Island, Dyfed, Wales

00013758
YELLOW WAGTAIL male
Motacilla flava
Essex, UK

00013751
CORNCRAKE
Crex crex
male, South Uist, Scotland.

00013747
PUFFIN
Fratercula arctica
Skomer Island, Wales.

00013738
OSPREY taking off with trout
Pandion haliaetus
Finland

00013696
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
Ludshott Common, Hampshire, UK

00013662
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS
Loxodonta africana
bathing & playing in muddy water, Addo National Park, South Africa.

00013656
SPIDER'S WEB
on barbed wire with dew
Eungella National Park, Queensland, Australia

00013653
AFRICAN LION two cubs
Panthera leo
sitting on sandy track. Kalahari
Gemsbok National Park, South Africa.

00013650
MIXED SEASHELLS
Jeffrey's Bay, South Africa

00013608
BEDBUG (6 mm long)
feeding on man's arm. South Africa.

00013599
LACEWING larva
Chrysopa sp.
eating aphids. South Africa

00013577
FIG WASPS
developing inside fruit of sycamore fig

00013571
TREE or LEAF-HOLE CRICKET
Oecanthus sp.
male stridulating. Amplifies sound by making hole in leaf, South Africa.

00013556
CHIMPANZEE inspecting foot
Pan troglodytes
with baby crouched beneath, Northern Zambia.

00013538
CATERPILLAR
mimicry of viper as defence from predators
Costa Rica, Central America

00013526
DOMESTIC WHITE GOOSE
in threat display

00013512
GIANT MONKEY FROG
Phyllomedusa bicolor
South America

00013478
COMMON FROG
Rana temporaria
in pond

00013467
GREAT DIVING BEETLE
Dytiscus marginalis
male, with worm prey

00013460
COMMON FROG
Rana temporaria
Sussex, England

00013458
RED-EYED TREE FROG
Agalychnis sp.
in Bromeliad

00013424
ELEPHANT HAWKMOTH June
Deilephila elpenor
Murlough National Nature Reserve,
County Down, south eastern Ulster

00013417
HIGH BROWN FRITILLARY BUTTERFLY
Fabriciana adippe
Arnside, Cumbria, UK

00013411
GREEN CARPET MOTH June >>
Colostygia pectinataria
camouflaged on lichen-covered log

00013393
YELLOW SCORPION
Buthus occitanus
Portals Vells, Majorca, Mediterranean

00013385
BROWN HAIRSTREAK BUTTERFLY
Thecla betulae

00013378
ROSY MAPLE MOTH
Dryocampa rubicunda
Chippewa County,
Michigan, northern USA

00013367
DEW COVERED DAMSELFLY
Michigan, USA.

00013356
AUSTRALIAN PLAGUE LOCUST
Chortoicetes terminifera
hoppers. Hillston, New South Wales, Australia. Major outbreaks occur every 1 to 5 years

00013351
PSEUDOSCORPION
Chelifer lattleillei

00013346
COMMON WASP
Vespula vulgaris
emerging from brood cell

00013345
SIX-SPOT BURNET MOTH
Zygaena filipendulaeon

00013319
VARIEGATED LIZARDFISH
Synodus variegatus
two displaying, Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific

00013309
ARC-EYE or RING EYED HAWKFISH
Paracirrhites arcatus
Moorea, French Polynesia, South Pacific

00013272
AFRICAN FISH EAGLE silhouetted
Haliaeetus vocifer
at dusk. Kruger National Park, South Africa

00013253
AFRICAN ELEPHANT with young
Loxodonta africana
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00013205
WART-BITER
Decticus verrucivorus
female feeding

00013185
HOODED RAT
Rattus domesticus

00013148
MUDSKIPPER
Periophthalmus sp.
on wet mud

00013136
CHEETAH running
Acinonyx jubatus

00013124
LESSER FLAMINGO group in mist
Phoenicopterus minor
from hot geysers, morning.
Lake Bogoria, Great Rift Valley, Kenya

00013122
GREEN TURTLE being measured
Chelonia mydas
Turtle Island, Sabah, Malaysia

00013103
GARDEN SPIDER or CROSS SPIDER
Araneus diadematus
in web

00013102
EUROPEAN BROWN HARES
Lepus europaeus
greeting in snowfall

00013087
ORANGE-BANDED FLOWER MANTIS
Theopropus elegans
on finger

00013063
PUSS MOTH larva
Cerura vinula
on branch

00013036
DOG WHELK group at low tide
Nucella lapillus
UK

00013032
DAMSELFLY
on Bog Asphodel

00013031
WHOOPER SWAN
Cygnus cygnus

00013023
GARDEN TIGER MOTH
Arctia caja
on foliage

00012997
CROCODILEFISH on rocky sea bed
(species unidentified)
Gulf of Suez, Red Sea, Egypt

00012971
MALACHITE BUTTERFLY sheltering
Siproeta stelenes
under leaf. Costa Rica.

00012960
SPIDER on web
Argiope sp.
Tortuguero Natl Pk, Costa Rica

00012900
BUSH DOGS or VINEGAR FOXES
Speothos venaticus

00012852
POLWARTH SHEEP male lamb
Wateringbury, Kent,
south eastern England. October

00012850
LLEYN lambs grazing
Ovis aries
Selling, Kent, England. August

00012828
THAI ZEBRA TARANTULA
Haplopelma albostriatum
Species of bamboo groves of Burma & Thailand

00012824
KING BABOON TARANTULA
Citharischius crawshayi
Very aggressive species native to savanna in eastern Africa.

00012782
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
with three small cubs, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012749
AFRICAN BUFFALO
Syncerus caffer
two males sparring, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00012658
INDIAN PORCUPINE
Hystrix indica
India

00012653
MORPHO BUTTERFLY basking
Morpho sp.
March. Parana, southern Brazil

00012643
HOUSE MOTH larvae
Borkenhausia pseudopretella
Common pest in houses.
Damages woollen & cotton items.

00012613
CAMOUFLAGED MANTIS
Acontiothespis sp.
eating moth, Trinidad,West Indies. Wasp-imitating
moth is mimetic Ctenuchid (Isanthrene sp.)

00012592
HONEYBEE
Apis mellifera
compound eye detail

00012590
QUEEN or PINK CONCH SHELL
Strombus gigas
West Indies

00012554
DOMESTIC PIGEON flock in flight
Columba livia domestica
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00012551
MALLARD DUCK male
Anas platyrhynchos
taking off from water January
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00012540
BUFF LACED WYANDOTTE CHICKEN
Hen & cockerel
Hertfordshire, UK

00012538
LIMOUSIN CATTLE young bulls in barn
Marston, Buckinghamshire, UK

00012535
DUCKLING
inside shell of Ostrich egg

00012505
CHICKEN newly hatched
with broken egg shell
Hertfordshire, UK

00012480
MARBLED WHITE BUTTERFLY
Melanargia galathea
Sablatnigmor National Reserve, Carinthia, Austria

00012422
DWARF CAIMAN at water's edge
Paleosuchus palpebrosus
Amazonia, Guyana.

00012418
SULPHUR-CRESTED COCKATOO
Cacatua galerita
Found in Indonesia & Tasmania

00012411
SEXTON or BURYING BEETLES
Nicrophorus vespilloides
on carcass, Europe

00012396
LEAF-TAILED GECKO
Uroplatus fimbriatus
threatening with open mouth

00012395
WATER SCORPION
Nepa cinerea
eating tadpole

00012371
COMMON HERMIT CRAB
Pagurus bernhardus
with Calliactis parasitica anemone, English Channel.

00012339
TURKEY male portrait
in shed on turkey farm
Surrey, south eastern England

00012310
JAGUAR
Panthera onca
reflection in rainforest pool
Digitally manipulated

00012259
BENGAL TIGER
Panthera tigris tigris
two young. Endangered.

00012255
PURPLE EMPEROR BUTTERFLY
Apatura iris
male

00012233
CHEQUERED SKIPPER BUTTERFLY
Carterocephalus palaemon
at rest, wings open

00012220
HONEYBEE feeding
Apis mellifera
on peach blossom, Campania, Italy

00012213
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
cubs outside earth, UK

00012202
SIBERIAN TIGER
Panthera tigris altaica

00012190
AMERICAN BROWN or grizzly Bear
Ursus arctos
Cub, USA

00012159
OSPREY taking off from water
Pandion haliaetus
with newly caught fish

00012153
EMPEROR PENGUIN chicks
Aptenodytes fosteri
Atka Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

00012145
AMERICAN MOON MOTH male
Actias luna
Anterior view to show antennae

00012136
AFRICAN HONEYBEE
Apis mellifera adansonii
swarm clustered on tree

00012128
DISCHARGE OF TWELVE-BORE SHOTGUN Picture taken 4 milliseconds after moment of detonation

00012108
EMPEROR PENGUINS
Aptenodytes fosteri
chick with parents, Atka Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

00012062
DOMESTIC CAT
Black & white cat on tiled roof of house

00012054
DALMATIAN DOGS

00012032
MALTESE TERRIER or BICHON FRISE

00012023
RUSSIAN BLUE CAT

00012000
ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIEL DOG

00011914
SPOTTED EAGLE OWL
Bubo africanus
on branch, holding rodent prey in beak
Zimbabwe

00011913
PYGMY HIPPO
Choeropsis liberiensis
Western Africa

00011904
BLUE-EARED GLOSSY STARLING
Lamprotornis sp.
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00011860
GOOSANDER
Mergus merganser
two on water in mist

00011835
GREAT GREY OWL
Strix nebulosa
in conifer. Waterton-Glacier N.P's
North America

00011814
GINGER KITTEN
resting against parent

00011803
TABBY CAT
walking along top of fence

00011779
SPARKLING VIOLET-EAR HUMMINGBIRD
Colibri coruscans
in flight, sipping nectar from flower

00011773
RED-BILLED TOUCAN
Ramphastos tucanus
head detail

00011766
BLUE TIT
Parus caeruleus
perched on Magnolia

00011762
RED-BILLED TOUCAN
Ramphastos tucanus
perched on branch

00011757
BLOWFLY larvae on meat
Calliphora sp.

00011753
SWIFT
Apus apus
in flight from nest under eaves, West Sussex, UK

00011730
RED-BILLED TOUCAN
Ramphastos tucanus
head and beak detail

00011665
LESSER KESTREL
Falco naumanni
male in flight, Spain.

00011648
BLACK KITE in flight
Milvus migrans
South Africa

00011643
BARN OWL caught in pole trap
Tyto alba

00011627
BROWN SKUA calling
Catharacta lonnbergi
New Island, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic

00011601
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
Calidris bairdii
Whitefish Point, Michigan, USA

00011590
ANTARCTIC SKUA in hollow
Catharacta antarctica
in snow, after storm
McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

00011556
BUFF-BREASTED PARADISE
KING- FISHER male in front of nest hole
Tanysiptera sylvia
in termite mound, Australia

00011549
ARGENTINE RUDDY DUCK
Oxyura vittata
two male, one female, resting

00011545
PIED KINGFISHER
Ceryl rudis
with catfish prey, Okavango, Botswana.

00011539
HOBBY
Falco subbuteo
on Mimosa, southern Africa

00011535
SPOONBILLS migrating
Platalea leucorodia

00011516
BLUE WAXBILLS two perching in tree
Uraeginthus angolensis
Africa

00011513
GREAT SNIPE
Gallinago media
displaying, Norway.

00011510
CURLEW
Numenius arquata
silhouetted in midnight sun, Lofoten, Norway.

00011431
FEATHERSTAR
Lamprometra sp.
Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific

00011426
BLUE MAOMAO group
Scorpis aquipinnus
with orange sponge Cliona celata

00011412
TIBETAN OWLET
Athene noctua hodgsoni
Ladkah, India

00011315
GROUND HORNBILL
Bucorvus leadbeateri
displaying with egg, Kruger National Park, South Africa

00011292
OSTRICH
Struthio camelus
drinking at waterhole, Kalahari, Africa

00011229
BLACK-THROATED or GREATER HONEYGUIDE
Indicator indicator
with honeycomb, Natal, South Africa

00011228
BLACK-THROATED
or GREATER HONEYGUIDE
Indicator indicator
with honeycomb, Natal, South Africa

00011219
AFRICAN or ETHIOPIAN SNIPE
Gallinago nigripennis
Transvaal, South Africa
Rare species

00011209
COMMON RHEA or GREATER RHEA
Rhea americana
Southern Brazil

00011206
LAMMERGEIER or BEARDED VULTURE
Gypaetus barbatus
Drakensberg, South Africa

00011193
JACKAL BUZZARD
Buteo rufofuscus
in flight, Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa

00011185
LANNER FALCON Falco biarmicus mobbing BLACK EAGLE Aquila verreauxii, Drakensburg Mountains, South Africa

00011183
COLLARED SUNBIRD
Anthreptes collaris
on flower South Africa

00011182
TRUMPETER HORNBILL
Bycanistes bucinator
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

00011127
CRIMSON SUNBIRD
Aethopyga siparaja
male sipping nectar

00011113
LIMOUSIN CATTLE
Herd of cows with ear tags

00011091
GREAT BLACK-HEADED GULLS
Larus ichtyaetus
Djemchusny Island, Caspian Sea

00011080
BUZZARD
Buteo buteo
on lookout from rock

00011046
MARSH HARRIER
Circus aeruginosus
male in flight, Poland.

00011042
PALM COCKATOO
Probosciger aterrimus

00010993
MAGPIE GOOSE
Anseranas semipalmata
Australia

00010987
SKYLARK
Alauda arvensis
singing, Midlands, UK

00010976
BUZZARD
Buteo buteo
on carcass of Badger Wales

00010974
TREE SWALLOW
Tachycineta bicolor
Canada

00010946
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
feeding (stem-peeling)

00010937
LAPPETFACED or NUBIAN VULTURE
Torgos tracheliotus
in flight, Namibia.

00010932
LEOPARD leaping from truck
Panthera pardus
Namibia
Picture sequence: No.3 of 3

00010885
MOUNTAIN GORILLA
Gorilla beringei beringei
young

00010870
MOUNTAIN GORILLA
Gorilla beringei beringei
female resting with silverback male

00010863
CAPE SUGARBIRD
Promerops cafer
feeding on Protea, South Africa. Endemic to fynbos region.

00010855
MOUNTAIN GORILLA
Gorilla beringei beringei
baby. Critically endangered.

00010835
GREAT ARGUS PHEASANT FEATHER
Argusianus argus

00010829
RUPPELL'S GRIFFON VULTURE
Gyps rueppelli
in flight, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, Africa.

00010816
AUSTRALIAN PELICAN
Pelecanus conspicillatus
on water Australia

00010800
KENTISH PLOVER
Charadrius alexandrinus
female sitting on eggs in nest

00010790
RINGED PLOVER
Charadrius hiaticula

00010784
PUREBRED ARAB HORSES
two wearing headstalls

00010779
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos major

00010775
LITTLE OWL
Athene noctua
on post by ripe wheat crop

00010761
EUROPEAN EAGLE OWL on stump
Bubo bubo

00010746
LITTLE GREBE
Tachybaptus ruficollis
on water near nest

00010744
HOUSE SPARROW
Passer domesticus
group on old barbed wire fence

00010734
BORNEAN ORANGUTAN
Pongo pygmaeus
mother with baby, Borneo. Endangered.

00010725
RED-EYED TREE FROG
Agalychnis callidryas

00010657
KESTREL
Falco tinnunculus

00010627
GULLS following plough
Common Gull (Larus canus)
& Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)
Berwickshire, Scotland

00010624
HOUSE SPARROW
Passer domesticus
male, preening

00010623
SNOWDROPS in flower
Galanthus nivalis
two stems

00010605
ANDEAN CONDORS
Vultur gryphus
eating carrion. Paine Mountains, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

00010574
ARCTIC TERN calling
Sterna paradisaea

00010573
SKYLARK
Alauda arvensis

00017242
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
head detail, roaring

00017229
GREVY'S ZEBRA running
Equus grevyi
Laikipia District, Kenya, East Africa.

00017208
CHINESE CROCODILE LIZARD male
Shinasaurus crocodilurus
(captive) Rare & endangered
Native to southern China

00017189
GREATER FRIGATEBIRD
Fregata minor
mother feeding young. Tower Island,
Galapagos Islands, Pacific ocean

00017187
CHEETAH young
Acinonyx jubatus
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

00017169
HARP SEAL pup sleeping
Phoca groenlandica
Magdalen Island, Quebec, Canada
Early March.

00017136
HEATH SPOTTED ORCHID
Dactylorhiza maculata
inflorescence detail

00017124
BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN pair at surface
Tursiops truncatus
Moray Firth, Scotland.

00017117
CUCKOO PINT or LORDS-AND-LADIES
Arum maculatum

00017094
WOOD VETCH
Vicia sylvatica

00017077
BLUEBELLS
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Sussex, UK. Spring.

00017068
MEXICAN RED-KNEED TARANTULA
Brachypelma smithi
Cut-out

00017065
GIANT OTTER eating fish
Pteronura brasiliensis
Amazonian Peru.

00017060
EUROPEAN MARMOT with two young
Marmota marmota

00017046
STOAT in summer coat
Mustela erminea
leaping between stones

00017037
EUROPEAN GREY WOLF
Canis lupus
on lookout from snow-covered ridge

00017035
EUROPEAN EAGLE OWL
Bubo bubo
head detail

00016991
SURICATES OR MEERKATS
Suricata suricatta
on lookout
Southern Africa, arid western areas.

00016957
CHOUGH August
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
amongst Heather Wales

00016950
HELICONIA close-up of flower
Heliconia rostrata
Rainforest, Rio Heath, Peru.

00016949
ALTERNATE-LEAVED
GOLDEN SAXIFRAGE in flower
Chrysoplenium alternifolium

00016946
GREEN-WINGED MACAWS
& SCARLET MACAW in flight
Ara chloroptera & Ara macao
seen from above. Tambopata River, Peru

00016907
KLIPSPRINGER male
Oreotragus oreotragus
Augrabies Falls National Park
South Africa

00016895
SPRINGBOK group
Antidorcas marsupialis
fleeing after sighting cheetah
Kalahari Gemsbok NP, South Africa

00016887
SARUS CRANE walking
Grus antigone
Keoladeo Ghana National Park,
Bharatpur, India.

00016882
COQUEREL'S DWARF LEMUR
Mirza coquereli
Kirindy Forest, Madagascar

00016880
WESTERN BROWN MOUSE LEMUR
& GREY MOUSE LEMUR hand-held
Microcebus myoxinus & M.murinus
Kirindy, Madagascar

00016863
RING-TAILED LEMUR walking
Lemur catta
Berenty Reserve, southern Madagascar

00016840
RAROTONGA aerial view
Cook Islands, South Pacific

00016828
MEADOW IN WINTER

00016825
WINTER MORNING
Oppland County, Norway

00016812
ROCKS, CASCADE & REFLECTIONS
Fremont River, Capitol Reef NP,
Utah, mid-western USA. Autumn

00016810
BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG on lookout
Cynomys ludovicianus
Autumn. Wind Cave National Park,
South Dakota, USA.

00016782
SOUTHERN HAWKER DRAGONFLY
Aeshna cyanea
larva underwater

00016780
LEAF BEETLES mating
Plateumaris sericea

00016762
KELP GOOSE pair, grey female &
Chloephaga hybrida malvinarum
white male, Shows sexual dimorphism
West Point Island, Falkland Is, S.Atlantic

00016737
BLOW-FLY maggots feeding
Fam Calliphoridae

00016717
BLOW-FLY adult emerging from pupa
Fam. Calliphoridae

00016702
BARN OWL in flight
Tyto alba

00016701
STEPHEN DALTON
in studio, with high-speed
photographic equipment

00016698
EARTHWORM
Lumbricus terrestris
by worm cast on grass

00016695
FLESH FLIES on leaves June
Sarcophaga sp.
Note vomit spots on leaves

00016694
SMALL COPPER BUTTERFLY in flight
Lycaena phlaeas

00016683
LADYBIRD taking off
Coccinella sp.
Florida, USA

00016681
ROBIN singing
Erithacus rubecula

00016673
BRIMSTONE BUTTERFLY
Gonepteryx rhamni
male, wings closed

00016666
PRAYING MANTIS
eating prey
Madagascar

00016648
COCKCHAFER or MAYBUG
Melolontha melolontha
larva

00016633
ROBIN on wall
Erithacus rubecula
Sussex, UK

00016629
SNAKES-HEAD FRITILLARY group
Fritillaria meleagris
in flower in meadow
Sussex, UK

00016616
EARWIG on daffodil
Forficula auricularia

00016584
BLOWFLY
close up
Calliphoridae

00016473
CANADA GOOSE in flight
Branta canadensis
Norway

00016453
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
Zimbabwe

00016443
WEB-FOOTED GECKO with prey
Palmatogecko rangei
Namib Desert, Namibia, SW Africa

00016395
BROWN TREE SNAKE
Boiga irregularis
eating bird. Wet & dry Australasian forests. Venomous.

00016383
GHOST BAT in flight
Macroderma gigas
Rare & endangered sp. Eats small
vertebrates & insects. N. Australia.

00016376
QUEENSLAND LUNGFISH
Neoceratodus forsteri
Australia

00016357
STUDIO SET UP for photographing FRUIT FLIES Drosophila sp. in flight, using high speed flash

00016342
RED DEER
Cervus elaphus
stag, Scottish Highlands

00016279
RED DEER
Cervus elaphus
two young playfighting, Highland Wildlife Park, Scotland

00016273
WARBLER FINCH
Certhidea olivacea
Santa Cruz Island,Galapagos.

00016263
PAPER WASP NEST
Polybia sp.
Rainforest of Costa Rica

00016233
POINSETTIA
Euphorbia pulcherrima

00016218
GINGER & WHITE CAT
Two kittens in flower pot

00016214
KITTENS and Apple blossom

00016186
WHITE BRYONY berries
Bryonia cretica
Oxfordshire, UK

00016160
RANNOCH MOOR & THE BLACK MOUNT
Scotland.

00016147
HORSE grazing in farm yard
Salcombe, Devon, England.

00016144
YELLOW STAGSHORN FUNGUS
Calocera viscosa
Devon, UK

00016143
SCARLET ELFCUP
Sarcoscypha coccinea
Coneygar Hill, Dorset, UK. Edible.

00016108
LEOPARD GECKO juvenile
Eublepharis macularius

00016102
SUNRISE
with Topi & Sacred Ibis silhouetted
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00016101
IMPALA
Aepyceros melampus
group of three males

00016097
TOURISTS ON SAFARI
riding African Elephants, Abu's Camp, Botswana

00016096
RANGER APPROACHING SNARE
Serengeti National Park Tanzania

00016081
RISING SUN
with antelope silhouetted in mist
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00016067
SHETLAND SHEEP ewe with lamb
Herma Ness, Unst, Shetland Isles, Scotland.

00016063
ROYAL PYTHON
Python regius
captive bred baby held by boy owner

00016030
RACCOON
Procyon lotor
scavenging in dustbins

00016002
RED-EYED TREE FROG on palm leaf
Agalychnis callidryas
Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica

00015988
EL ANGEL BIOLOGICAL RESERVE
with Frailejones (Espletia hartwegiana), Andes (altitude 2600m), Voladero, Ecuador

00015984
WALRUS bull in water
Odobenus rosmarus
Round Island Sanctuary, southwestern Alaska, USA.

00015953
GUELDER ROSE
Viburnum opulus
berries

00015952
HAZEL catkins
Corylus avellana

00015932
BUFFY-HEADED TUFTED CAPUCHIN MONKEY
Cebus xanthosternos
Critically Endangered (sometimes regarded as subspecies of Cebus apella)

00015931
AFRICAN LUNGFISH underwater
Protopterus annectens

00015922
AMAZON RIVER & rainforest
Amazonian Peru

00015899
ETHIOPIAN WOLF or SIMIEN JACKAL
Canis simensis
mother & two month old young. Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. Critically endangered.

00015865
COMMON CENTAURY
Centaurium erythraea
Greece

00015862
SHORT-HORNED CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo brevicornis
Perinet Reserve, Madgascar

00015858
GREY-BACKED SPORTIVE LEMUR
Lepilemur dorsalis
Lokobe Reserve, Madagascar

00015837
DUGONG
Dugong dugon
feeding on sea bed, Epi, Vanuatu, South Pacific Ocean

00015829
NEW ZEALAND FUR SEAL
Arctocephalus forsteri
yawning, New Zealand

00015823
WOOD LILIES
Lilium philadelphicum
Michigan, USA

00015780
COMMON FROG young
Rana temporaria
on water-lily

00015741
WIRE-HAIRED FOX TERRIER
playing with water hose

00015717
GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG or ALSATIAN
in agility competition

00015710
ROTTWEILER DOG
being trained to attack
Model release available

00015697
WHIPPET

00015679
TAWNY BRITTANY GRIFFON DOG
two playing on lawn

00015678
MALTESE TERRIER
Two sitting, wearing bows

00015654
BURCHELL'S ZEBRA males fighting
Equus burchelli
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00015653
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS
Loxodonta africana
calf amongst adults, Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa

00015608
BOUNDARY WATERS & misty forest
Quetico Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada

00015598
INDONESIAN JESUS LIZARD
Hydrosaurus sp.
running on water

00015592
MONGREL SCHNAUZER MIX
eight weeks old, asleep on blue settee

00015589
MONGREL DOG running with stick

00015586
DOG wearing protective collar
to prevent it interfering with an
injury to its foot

00015576
DACHSHUND cross
running over snow

00015561
HOVERFLY LARVA or Rat-tailed Maggot
Eristalis sp.
underwater with breathing tube

00015553
LARGE WHITE BUTTERFLY
Pieris brassicae
on Buddleia

00015552
BROAD-BORDERED BEE HAWKMOTH
Hemaris fuciformis on fern

00015531
BEARDED DRAGON eye detail
Amphibolurus barbatus
Lizard native to Australia

00015526
PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLY
Vanessa cardui
on flower

00015506
TSETSE FLY
Glossina sp.
on human hand, just after blood meal
(nb Distended abdomen)

00015470
ELEPHANT HAWKMOTH
Deilephila elpenor
on honeysuckle

00015428
MEDICINAL LEECH
Hirudo medicinalis

00015404
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos major
in flight leaving nest hole

00015401
KINGFISHER in flight
Alcedo atthis
approaching nest with fish prey

00015384
LARGE RED DAMSELFLY male
Pyrrhosoma nymphula typica
Selshion Moss ASSI, Portadown,
Armagh, Ulster

00015376
PEPPERED MOTH larva
Biston betularia
Annagarriff Wood National Nature
Reserve, Armagh, Ulster

00015359
PORTUGESE MAN O'WAR
Physalia physalis
Atlantic ocean

00015328
PROBOSCIS MONKEY male
Nasalis larvatus
in riverine forest. Menanggol River, Sukau, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

00015326
BORNEAN ORANGUTAN
Pongo pygmaeus
Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.

00015321
PROBOSCIS MONKEY female with baby
Nasalis larvatus
Menanggol River, Sukau, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.

00015280
SMALL-SPOTTED GENET
Genetta genetta
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa

00015265
GEMSBOK ORYX
Oryx Gazella
males fighting, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

00015259
LARGE-SPOTTED GENET
Genetta tigrina
at night, Kruger National Park, South Africa.

00015251
GREY HERON holding frog prey
Ardea cinerea
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00015228
FLYING LEMUR or COLUGO
Cynocephalus variegatus
Langkawi, Malaysia

00015207
AFRICAN POMPANO group of juveniles
Alectis ciliaris
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00015189
KELP holdfast
encrusted with invertebrates. Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00015187
WAX ASCIDIAN reproducing asexually
(sp. not identified)
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00015146
BLUE CRAB
Callinectes sp.
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00015128
MOSELEYA CORAL
Moseleya latistellata
Papua New Guinea, South Pacific.

00015111
ELKHORN CORAL
Acropora palmata
Bonaire, Caribbean.

00015107
NORTHERN STARGAZER FISH
Astroscopus guttatus
camouflaged on sea bed. Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00015091
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE hatchling
Carretta carretta
swimming. Florida, USA.

00015038
OSTRICH
Struthio camelus
sticking head in the sand (set up photograph, not genuine ostrich behaviour)

00014998
CHIMPANZEE
Pan troglodytes
baby, Chimfunshi Chimpanzee Orphanage, Zambia

00014997
CHIMPANZEE
Pan troglodytes
Mother with baby, Chimfunshi Chimpanzee Orphanage, Zambia

00014985
CAPE BUFFALO calf
Syncerus caffer
with yellow-billed oxpecker

00014972
WATERLILIES
Nymphaea nouchali
Waterlilies in lagoon, Okavango delta, Botswana

00014917
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Keeper/handler Catherine Missilou with orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered
Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon/Congo

00014914
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Keeper/handler Ghilsain Mvila feeds milk to orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered species.
Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon/Congo

00014906
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
young feeding. Orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered. Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon

00014849
FOREST BUFFALO
Syncerus caffer nanus
with oxpecker, Gabon

00014848
FOREST BUFFALO
Syncerus caffer nanus
Gabon

00014827
RED-BILLED OXPECKERS
Buphagus erythrorhynchus
on warthog at waterhole, Africa

00014825
NILE CROCODILE group of young
Crocodylus niloticus
newly emerged from eggs

00014815
OSTRICH group of females
Struthio camelus

00014807
TULIPS in flower
Keukenhof Gardens, Holland

00014778
EUROPEAN RABBIT
Oryctolagus cuniculus
mother and baby

00014767
EUROPEAN BROWN HARE
Lepus europaeus
running

00014723
BROWN TROUT
Salmo trutta
leaping falls. Scotland.

00014716
RED GROUSE male
Lagopus lagopus scoticus
in heather

00014696
LONG-HEADED POPPIES
Papaver dubium
close-up of flowers

00014691
PALE BUTTERWORT
Pinguicula lusitanica
Insectivorous (leaves trap insects)

00014683
BOGBEAN
Menyanthes trifoliata

00014682
OXEYE DAISY
Leucanthemum vulgare
close detail

00014666
HEATHER or LING
Calluna vulgaris

00014648
GREY SQUIRREL
Scuirus carolinensis
feeding

00014641
SPEAR MINT
Mentha spicata

00014634
RED SQUIRREL
Sciurus vulgaris
eating nut, Scotland

00014611
GIANT HOGWEED frosted
Heracleum mantegazzianum

00014604
HERB ROBERT in flower
Geranium robertianum

00014599
WOOD ANEMONES
Anemone nemorosa
large swathe in flower

00014541
BROWN HOWLER MONKEY
Alouatta fusca
feeding on fruit. Caratinga Reserve, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

00014515
RESPLENDENT QUETZAL
Pharomachrus mocinno
Talamanca Mountains, Costa Rica, Endangered.

00014501
PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLY pupa
Cynthia cardui
with adult preparing to emerge, North America
Sequence of pictures: No.2 of 5

00014481
SEA OTTER
Enhydra lutris
North America

00014452
GIANT PANDA cub with keeper
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
in breeding centre of Wolong Reserve,
central China.

00014449
GIANT PANDA eating Bamboo
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Breeding Centre at Wolong Reserve, China

00014444
GIANT PANDAS playing
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Breeding Centre, Wolong Reserve, China

00014434
BENGAL TIGER
Panthera tigris tigris
Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, India

00014411
GREEN-BACKED HERON
Butorides striatus
Florida, USA

00014397
CORAL REEF
Sea Fan Coral Subergorgia sp. & shoal of Slender Anthias Luzonichthys waitei, Solomon Islands, South Pacific Ocean

00014395
PEARL OYSTERS strung on lines
Pinctada magaritifera
for cultivation being examined by diver.
Tuamoto Is, French Polynesia, S Pacific.

00014387
TIGER COWRIE
Cypraea tigris
Solomon Islands, South Pacific Ocean

00014385
THORNY OYSTER
Spondylus sp.
encrusted with sponges & tunicates, Malaysia

00014380
ORIENTAL POPPIES
Papaver orientalis

00014370
FEMALE DOG BEING SUTURED
by vet after spaying

00014356
ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE
Macrolemys temminckii
young, showing tongue (used as lure)
Northern Florida, south eastern USA

00014327
COMPANION ANIMAL Beagle
and "Senior Citizen" owner
Model release available

00014280
PLAINS ZEBRA or BURCHELL'S ZEBRA
Equus burchelli
group drinking at waterhole

00014271
FLAMINGOS
Phoenicopterus sp.
huge flock in flight

00014264
TOURISTS IN VEHICLE
with Leopard Panthera pardus
investigating it, while another
rests in shade nearby

00014254
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
lying down after bathing

00014210
PLAINS or BURCHELL'S ZEBRA
Equus burchelli large herd in water,
drinking Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

00014205
WARTHOG
Phacochoerus aethiopicus

00014199
MASAI GIRAFFE or KENYAN GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi
newly born, being cleaned by mother
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014186
BLUE WILDEBEEST caught in snare
Connochaetes taurinus
Serengeti Plains, Tanzania

00014177
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014158
OSPREY in flight
Pandion haliaetus
Finland

00014147
PEACH-FRONTED PARAKEET
Aratinga aurea
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

00014140
SQUIRREL CUCKOO perched in tree
Piaya cayana
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

00014139
BLACK-CAPPED MOCKINGTHRUSH
Donacobius atricapillus
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

00017168
SHINY WOODLOUSE
Oniscus asellus

00017163
GREEN TURTLE swimming
Chelonia mydas
Sipadan, Borneo, Malaysia

00017155
STOAT summer coat
Mustela erminea
looking from dry stone wall

00017139
PATAGONIAN FOX with young
Dusicyon griseus
Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

00017078
BLUEBELL flowers
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Sussex, UK. Spring.

00017063
BINTURONG CIVET or BEARCAT
Arctictis binturong
native to southeast Asia

00017052
RABBIT young running
Oryctolagus cuniculus

00017031
STOAT in summer coat, on rock
Mustela erminea

00017029
STOAT summer coat
Mustela erminea

00017003
SPRINGBOK leaping
Antidorcas marsupialis

00016997
BLACK RHINOCEROS
Diceros bicornis
Endangered

00016993
RED-BILLED OXPECKERS
Buphagus erythrorhynchus
on hippopotamus in water

00016951
RACCOON DOG
Nyctereutes procyonoides
disturbing Great white pelicans
Danube Delta, Romania.

00016925
MONKEY ORCHID
Orchis simia
flowers, close detail

00016914
HIPPOPOTAMUS threat display
Hippopotamus amphibius
Kruger Natl Park, South Africa

00016899
CHACMA BABOON holding baby
Papio ursinus
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00016883
RED-TAILED SPORTIVE LEMUR
Lepilemur ruficaudatus
clinging to tree trunk
Kirindy, western Madagascar

00016849
BANDED SEA SNAKE swimming
Laticauda sp
Niue, South Pacific.

00016842
RAZORBILLS and PUFFIN
Alca torda & Fratercula arctica
Latrabjerg Reserve, Iceland

00016823
FOXGLOVE group in flower July
Digitalis purpurea
Norangsdalen, More, Norway

00016794
ELEPHANT HAWKMOTH larva
Deilephila elpenor
on flower

00016775
GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY
Pieris napi

00016773
BLACK-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY
Aporia crataegi
on Red Clover, wings closed June

00016759
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos major
in flight leaving nest hole in oak tree

00016713
STAG BEETLE male
Lucanus cervus

00016712
HOUSE FLY
Musca domesticus

00016711
LARGE WHITE BUTTERFLY
Pieris brassicae

00016709
PEACOCK BUTTERFLY
Inachis io
on lesser knapweed

00016697
WHIRLIGIG BEETLES
Gyrinus marinus

00016641
BUFF-TIP MOTH
Phalera bucephala
head on view

00016638
SMOOTH NEWTS
Triturus vulgaris
two hibernating under log
Sussex, UK

00016636
ROBIN on spade handle
Erithacus rubecula
Sussex, UK

00016634
ROBIN on wall
Erithacus rubecula
Sussex, UK

00016625
BLACK GARDEN ANT four feeding
Lasius niger

00016614
EARWIG on daffodil
Forficula auricularia

00016567
GREEN LONGHORN MOTHS
Adela viridella
courting over Field Maple

00016565
OWL BUTTERFLY sheltering
Caligo eurilochus
from rain

00016533
MUDSKIPPERS
Periophthalmus barbarus
from West Africa

00016524
MUDSKIPPER
Periophthalmus barbarus
from West Africa

00016512
PEBBLE HOOK-TIP MOTH
Drepana falcataria
in flight

00016508
FENCEPOST SPIDER close up of face
Marsippa muscosa
Sussex, UK

00016466
BEISA ORYX with calf
Oryx gazella beisa
Samburu Game Reserve, Kenya

00016451
LEAFCUTTER BEE
tucking oval leaf segments into nest

00016396
WETA
Hemideria sp.
wingless, mute cricket, South Island, New Zealand.

00016392
NET-CASTING SPIDER
Dinopis subrufa
with net ready to catch prey
Northern Queensland, Australia

00016377
SNAKE-NECKED TURTLE
Chelodina longicollis
breathing at surface Eastern Australia

00016373
WRYBILL (ringed) on pebble beach
Anarchynchus frontalis
Breeds South Island, New Zealand,
winters North Island.

00016361
RED VALERIAN in flower on clifftop
Centranthus ruber
Gargano National Park, Puglia, southern Italy

00016339
RED DEER
Cervus elaphus
young stags rutting, scottish highlands

00016325
SIKA DEER
Cervus nippon
hinds, Manchurian race, Dorset, UK

00016324
SIKA DEER stag
Cervus nippon
Manchurian race, Dorset, UK

00016320
POLAR BEARS
Ursus maritimus
with cub, Canadian Arctic

00016306
RED GROUSE
Lagopus lagopus
in heather, Yorkshire, UK

00016299
EUROPEAN RED FOX cubs
Vulpes vulpes
at entrance to den

00016288
JAGUAR climbing tree
Panthera onca
Belize Zoo

00016284
SOAY SHEEP
Ovis aries
group of rams in ruined village, Hirta, Saint Kilda, Western Isles, Scotland

00016266
SALLY LIGHTFOOT CRAB
Grapsus grapsus
Fernandina Island, Galapagos

00016260
FAT-TAILED GECKO
Hemitheconyx caudicinctus
Western Africa

00016240
INDIAN COBRA
Naja naja
disturbed by woman gathering firewood
Tamil-Nadu Region, India

00016230
ISARD or Pyrenean chamois
Rupicapra rupicapra pyrenaica
Pyrenees, France.

00016217
OXEYE DAISIES
Leucanthemum vulgare
in meadow with Buttercups, Chilterns, Buckinghamshire, UK

00016216
POLECAT FERRET
in carrying box

00016206
CHICKEN chicks
newly hatched flock of five thousand

00016184
MIDGE swarm in flight
Switzerland

00016182
MEADOWSWEET
Filipendula ulmaria
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00016165
CASTLERIGG STONE CIRCLE
Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK

00016121
YELLOW FLAG or FLAG IRIS
Iris pseudacorus
Dorset, UK

00016120
AFRICAN DAISY spooned variety
Osteospermum ecklonis

00016100
ICEBERG
Antarctic Peninsula

00016091
CRESTED FRANCOLIN on sand
Francolinus sephaena
Samburu Game Reserve, Kenya

00016053
COWSLIPS
Primula veris
Worcestershire, UK

00016050
TWO-TOED or SILKY ANTEATER
Cyclopes didactylua
threat display. South America

00016029
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS
Loxodonta africana
at water at twilight. Etosha National Park, Namibia.

00016026
KILLER WHALE or ORCA
Orcinus orca
North America.

00016016
OUSTALET'S CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo oustaleti
(in captivity) World's largest species of chameleon: Native to Madagascar

00015996
GIRL SELLING WILD GRUBS
along roadside. Ramanofana area, Madagascar.

00015994
IGUAZU FALLS with rainbows
Parana River. Iguazu National Park, Parana State, Brazil. World Heritage site.

00015993
SERRA DOS ORGAOS NATIONAL PARK
Rio State, Brazil.
Granite mountains & Atlantic Forest.

00015977
POLAR BEAR
Ursus maritimus
Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada

00015974
ROBIN'S PIN CUSHION GALL on rose
produced by Gall Wasp Diplolepis rosae

00015957
COMMON POLYPODY FERN
Polypodium vulgare

00015942
EYEBRIGHT
Euphrasia officinalis

00015930
CHIMPANZEE old male
Pan troglodytes

00015905
AFRICAN BUFFALO
Syncerus caffer
herd, aerial view
Okavango Delta, Botswana.

00015897
MOUNTAIN NYALA male
Tragelaphus buxtoni
Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia (Endemic)

00015890
LONG-EARED BAT
Plecotus auritus
group roosting in attic

00015874
RAINFOREST RIVER
Corcorado National Park, Costa Rica

00015871
SILVERED LEAF MONKEY
Trachypithecus cristatus
Malaysia

00015833
COW PARSLEY
Anthriscus sylvestris

00015817
SMALL TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY
Aglais urticae
Bambridge, Down, south eastern Ulster

00015809
OLEANDER HAWKMOTH
Daphnis nerii

00015772
NORTHERN CARDINAL male
Cardinalis cardinalis
North America

00015756
PEACOCK WORMS
Sabella pavonina
feeding on plankton. Loch Carron, Wester Ross, Scotland

00015749
CITRUS SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
Papilio demodocus
larva pupating, South Africa
Life Cycle sequence: No.4 of 5

00015669
WIRE-HAIRED FOX TERRIER
playing

00015634
AFRICAN HONEYBEE
Apis mellifera adansonii
on poppy flower. South Africa

00015633
NILE CROCODILE gaping
Crocodilus niloticus
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

00015624
BANDED MONGOOSE
Mungas mungo
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00015606
HARP SEAL young
Phoca groenlandica
Saint Lawrence, Canada

00015594
MONGREL DOG
wearing muzzle

00015563
CICADA
Cicada orni

00015550
DRONEFLY
Eristalis tenax
in flight over Water Mint

00015528
YELLOW DUNGFLIES
Scathophaga sp.
on horse dung

00015496
LARGE PINE WEEVIL
Hylobius abietis

00015490
MULLEIN MOTH larva
Cucullia verbasci
feeding on water figwort

00015485
PRAYING MANTID with prey

00015472
ASSAM MOTH larva
Antheraea pernyi

00015466
ELM BARK BEETLE adult & larvae
Scolytus scolytus
Vector of Dutch Elm Disease, invades tree via damage caused by beetles.

00015464
STAG BEETLE
Lucanus cervus
male

00015461
PEPPERED MOTHS
Biston betularia
normal (white) & melanistic forms. Melanistic form is better camouflaged in areas where lichen growth is inhibited by industrial pollution (sequence with SDA002132A)

00015455
PRAYING MANTID with prey

00015421
HONEYBEE WORKERS with pollen
Apis mellifera
on honey storage cells

00015412
LOBSTER MOTH larva
Stauropus fagi
showing mimicry of ant when alarmed by red ant

00015406
BRIMSTONE in flight
Gonepteryx rhamni

00015392
ANESTHETISED DOG being operated
upon by veterinary surgeon

00015362
WARTHOG
Phacochoerus aethiopicus
immatures play-fighting, South Africa

00015361
CHACMA BABOON female
Papio ursinus
in oestrus, shown by enlarged vulva, Kruger National Park, South Africa

00015338
LYRETAIL ANTHIAS or GOLDIE
Pseudanthias squamipinnis
female, Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific Ocean

00015334
WIRE CORAL GOBY Bryaninops sp.
two on Black Coral Stichopathes sp.
(Cnidaria, Scleractinia)
Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific Ocean

00015322
PROBOSCIS MONKEY female with baby
Nasalis larvatus
Menanggol River, Sukau, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.

00015317
DHOLE or ASIAN WILD DOG
Cuon alpinus
Kanha National Park, India.

00015307
DIADEMED SIFAKA LEMUR in tree
Propithecus diadema diadema
Mantadia National Park, Madagascar.

00015303
GOLDEN-CROWNED SIFAKA
Propithecus tattersalli
Forests near Daraina, northeast Madagascar.

00015286
SPOTTED EAGLE OWL
Bubo africanus
Chicks at nest, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa

00015285
BLUE WILDEBEEST
Connochaetes taurinus
in dry riverbed, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa.

00015267
GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis
browsing on mopane pomegranate flowers, Kruger National Park, South Africa

00015260
AARDVARK
Orycteropus afer
emerging from burrow at dusk, Tusisen de Riviere NR, Free State, South Africa.

00015255
SPOTTED HYENA
Crocuta crocuta
mother and cub, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa.

00015239
SHINY WOODLOUSE
Oniscus asellus
on rotten wood

00015237
COMMON STRIPED WOODLOUSE
Philoscia muscorum

00015229
COLLARED PECCARIES or JAVALINAS
Tayassu tajacu
Brazil

00015213
CUSION STARFISH
Oreaster reticulatus
Predator & scavenger in estuary waters.

00015201
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE on coral reef
Carretta carretta
Florida, USA.

00015197
SALP primitive vertebrate
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00015195
BLUE MAO MAO shoal
Scorpis violaceus
harassed by kingfish. Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00015183
SWEEP shoal
Scorpis lineolatus
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00015182
EAGLE RAY
Myliobatis tenuicaudatus
feeding, with wrasse, Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00015174
NUDIBRANCH
Roboastra luteolineata
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00015164
HAWKSBILL TURTLE at coral reef,
Eretmochelys imbricata
with feeding angelfish. Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00015144
NUDIBRANCH laying eggs
Tambja verconis
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00015094
PINK ANEMONEFISH
Amphiprion perideraion
Papua New Guinea, South Pacific.

00015050
TAMWORTH PIG

00015020
MASAI or KENYAN GIRAFFE herd
Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi
In silhouette against sunrise.
Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014973
VEGETABLE IVORY PALM
Hyphaena petersiana
Or Ilala Palm - in silhouette at sunset, Okovango, Botswana
DIGITALLY CREATED IMAGE

00014950
MANDRILL
Mandrillus sphinx
female with young. Endangered. Camaroon and Gabon

00014949
MANDRILL female with young
Mandrillus sphinx
Endangered. Cameroon and Gabon.

00014940
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Close up of gorilla hand in cage. Endangered.
Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon

00014924
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered.
Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon/Congo

00014918
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Keeper/handler Kevin Mpiolea with orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered.
Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon/Congo

00014896
WWF International staff monitoring logging operations in Gabon.

00014895
WWF International staff monitoring logging operations in Gabon.

00014864
BUSHMEAT
monkey killed by hunter being carried back to his village, Gabon

00014854
RAINFOREST CANOPY
Congo Basin, Gabon

00014845
PARSON'S CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo parsonii
showing eyes giving stereoscopic vision while catching prey

00014812
VICTORIA CROWNED PIGEON
Goura victoria
head detail New Guinea

00014811
NILE CROCODILE
Crocodilus niloticus
gaping, Africa.

00014806
SALLY LIGHTFOOT CRAB
Grapsus grapsus
group on rocks, Galapagos Islands

00014805
LESSER FLAMINGO
Phoenicopterus minor
flock in mist from hot geysers, Lake Bogoria, Great Rift Valley Kenya.

00014792
PIPISTRELLE BATS
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
female suckling young

00014772
EURASIAN BROWN BEAR & cubs
Ursus arctos arctos

00014739
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra

00014704
SLOW WORMS
Anguis fragilis
female with young

00014697
CORN MARIGOLDS
Chrysanthemum segetum

00014659
SHORE CRAB
Carcinus maenas

00014653
MUTE SWAN male on water
Cygnus olor
Scotland.

00014638
EUROPEAN RABBIT
Oryctolagus cuniculus

00014617
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos major
on branch

00014610
INDIAN or HIMALAYAN BALSAM
Impatiens glandulifera

00014588
LESSER CELANDINES
Ranunculus ficaria

00014577
CUTTLEFISH
Sepia officinalis
Kimbe Bay, Walindi, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

00014572
BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK
Ponderosa Pines in 'Wall Street' (sandstone canyon), Utah, USA.

00014556
ADELIE PENGUINS
Pygoscelis adeliae
in 'food chase.'
Seymour Island, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

00014552
SANDHILL CRANES two in flight
Grus canadensis
Platte River, Nebraska, USA.

00014516
SATURNID SILKMOTH
Automeris sp.
Costa Rica. No. 2 of 2. Cf. KSC01073.
Startle reaction, predation avoidance

00014482
ARCTIC FOX
Alopex lagopus
White form, pair in winter coat
Alaska, USA

00014475
RETICULATED GIRAFFES browsing
Giraffa camelopardalis
Laikipia District, Kenya

00014441
GIANT PANDA
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
female with three week old male young, Breeding Centre, Wolong Reserve, China

00014403
CORAL CAT SHARK
Atelomycterus marmoratus
Komodo, Indonesia.

00014396
CLOWN ANEMONEFISH
Amphiprion percula
amidst anemone tentacles
Solomon Islands, South Pacific Ocean

00014375
LANE WITH DRYSTONE WALLS
Stainforth,Yorkshire Dales National Park
Yorkshire, UK

00014339
SNAIL SHELLS
tree & land species from around the world

00014335
GREEN-EYED ROBBER FLY
Florida, USA

00014333
CARRIER PIGEON
Columba livia domestica
domestic breed

00014330
GOLD DUTCH BANTAM CHICKEN
cockerel

00014328
CHINESE ALLIGATOR
Alligator sinensis

00014300
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
group on savanna

00014283
NILE CROCODILE
Crocodylus niloticus
with dead zebra which it killed as it tried to cross Mara River, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014275
AFRICAN WILD DOG or CAPE HUNTING DOGS
Lycaon pictus
well-grown young, Serengeti Plain, Tanzania.

00014266
HIPPOPOTAMUS
Hippopotamus amphibius
sleeping with bird in front

00014228
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
large herd walking across savanna

00014214
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
trunk

00014200
MASAI GIRAFFE or KENYAN GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi
with newly born young & lion
which has just killed it

00014181
AFRICAN WILD DOG or CAPE HUNTING DOG
Lycaon pictus
pulling sack on vehicle, Serengeti Plains, Tanzania.

00014174
CHIMPANZEE
Pan troglodytes
fishing for termites with twig, Gombe National Park, Tanzania

00014163
BONNET MACAQUE
Macaca radiata
eating fruit, India

00014153
GREATER FLAMINGO
Phoenicopterus ruber
feeding, Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, France

00014141
YELLOW-RUMPED CACIQUE
Cacicus cela
building nest, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

00014133
SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALE
Eubalaena glacialis australis
Peninsula Valdes, Argentina

00017062
RED-EYED TREE FROG
Agalychnis callidryas
Central America

00017056
TABBY CAT
standing on branch, backlit

00017050
RABBITS two nuzzling
Oryctolagus cuniculus

00017016
BUZZARD feeding on carrion
Buteo buteo
on snowy ground

00017012
HOUSE SPARROW male
Passer domesticus
feeding at table

00017008
MUTE SWAN pair, head detail
Cygnus olor

00016988
ESTUARINE/SALTWATER CROCODILE
Crocodylus porosus
camouflaged among waterweeds

00016927
TRAVELLER'S JOY
Clematis vitalba
with seedheads November

00016926
BLACKFLY July
Simulium sp.
taking blood from human hand

00016892
CROWNED LEMUR female with baby
Eulemur coronatus
Ankarana Special Reserve,
Madagascar.

00016872
RING-TAILED LEMUR two basking
Lemur catta
Berenty Reserve, Madagascar

00016858
CHACMA BABOON young playing
Papio ursinus
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00016819
N.AMERICAN GREY or TIMBER WOLF
Canis lupus
young amongst lupins
Montana, USA

00016817
COYOTE young dominating another
Canis latrans
of same litter Montana, USA

00016806
NEW ZEALAND FUR SEAL
Arctocephalus forsteri
scratching itself New Zealand

00016803
LONG-EARED OWL two young
Asio otus
in nest

00016795
SOUTHERN SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
Papilio alexanor
larva on plant stem

00016757
RUDDY SHELDUCK male on grass
Tadorna ferruginea

00016753
BENGAL TIGRESS Mohini & cub
Panthera tigris tigris
(wild). Bandhavgarh Nat'l Park, India.

00016736
BROWN RAT
Rattus norvegicus
scavenging from dustbin

00016727
FLESH FLY on ripe blackberry
Sarcophaga carnaria
drinking the surface juices
Garden bookplate

00016688
MOSQUITO female
Anopheles malculipennis
biting human

00016685
BUFF-TIP MOTH larvae
Phalera bucephala

00016679
PRIVET HAWKMOTH larva
Sphinx ligustri
feeding on leaf

00016674
PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLY
Vanessa cardui
on thistle, wings open

00016669
BARK WEEVIL on leaf
Brenthus sp.
Venezuela, South America

00016612
WOODLOUSE
close-up of head

00016607
LONGHORN BEETLE
Rhagium mordax

00016602
EARTHWORM under bark

00016585
BLOWFLY on salami
Calliphoridae

00016574
RHINOCEROS IGUANA
Cyclura cornuta
head detail, gaping

00016554
GREEN HELICONID BUTTERFLY
Phylaethria dido
feeding on flower, wings open.
Venezuela, South America.

00016549
ZEBRA BUTTERFLIES roosting
Heliconius charitonius

00016541
RED ADMIRAL BUTTERFLY
Vanessa atalanta
on bramble leaf, wings open.

00016522
MUDSKIPPER head detail
Periophthalmus barbarus
from West Africa

00016520
MUDSKIPPER
Periophthalmus barbarus
from West Africa

00016506
FENCEPOST SPIDER close up of face
Marsippa muscosa
Sussex, UK

00016486
BIGHORN SHEEP
Ovis canadensis
males fighting, Rocky Mountains, North America

00016468
NATURALLY SCULPTURED SNOW
Norway

00016467
N.AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY
BEAR Ursus arctos horribilis
(wild) near cabin in winter.
Yukon Territory, Canada

00016457
TENEBRIONID or DARKLING BEETLE
Onymacris unguicularis
drinking condensed fog
Namib Desert, south western Africa

00016441
THRIPS on Composite flower

00016421
PEREGRINE FALCON on the ground
Falco peregrinus
Captive bird

00016416
AFRICAN ELEPHANT trunk
Loxodonta africana
wrapped round tree branch.
Addo Elephant Nat'l Park, South Africa.

00016410
SCOTTISH WILDCAT
Felis sylvestris

00016400
HORNET in flight, leaving nest
Vespa crabro

00016335
COW in cattle shed
UK

00016333
COW in barn
UK

00016311
ICEBERG in sea ice
Svalbard, Norway

00016304
MERLIN
Falco columbarius
on heathland, UK

00016295
PARCHED LAKE & SAND DUNES
Sossusvlei, Namibia

00016259
NORTH PACIFIC or WESTERN
RATTLESNAKE
Crotalus viridis oreganus

00016238
IRULA MAN who makes a living from catching snakes for vemon extraction, watching Indian Cobra (Naja naja) in its burrow, Tamil-Nadu Region, India.

00016211
PIKE
Esox lucius
spawning run up shallow brooks to the waters where they were born, Gulf of Bothnia, Finland.

00016200
PHEASANT'S EYE rare arable weed
Adonis annua
Bedfordshire, UK

00016198
MARE & FOAL in buttercup meadow
Tring, Hertfordshire, England.

00016185
RABBIT SKELETON
Oryctolagus cuniculus

00016150
HARVESTING ARABLE WHEAT CROP
Triticum sp.
Dorchester, Dorset, UK

00016138
COTONEASTER berries
Cotoneaster horizontalis

00016137
CROCUS three flowers
Crocus imperati

00016112
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
two weeks old, suckling
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00016111
AFRICAN LION pair
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00016098
HIPPOPOTAMUS
Hippopotamus amphibius
in yawning threat display, Kenya

00016082
ICEBERG with arch
Antarctic Peninsula.

00016075
CHILEAN ROSE TARANTULA
Grammostola cala

00016061
ELKHOUND
nine-week old young
investigating hedgehog

00016045
SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEALS
Mirounga leonina
with King & Gentoo Penguins behind, Cooper Bay, South Georgia

00016042
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
two on road, posterior view
Kalahari Gemsbok Natl Park, RSA

00016034
RAINBOW over tundra
Denali National Park, Alaska, USA.

00015998
SHORT-BEAKED ECHIDNA
Tachyglossus aculeatus
Australia

00015983
WALRUS bull swimming
Odobenus rosmarus
Round Island Sanctuary, southwestern Alaska, USA.

00015980
PUMA or COUGAR in snow
Felis concolor
Montana, USA

00015972
FLASH FLOOD OF MOUNTAIN STREAM
after freak thunderstorm and erosion caused by forestry ploughing, resulting in damage to barn, Kinlochrannoch, Perthshire, Scotland

00015966
GRAYLING
Thymallus thymallus
UK

00015964
GREY SEAL pups
Halichoerus grypus
on rocky shore, UK

00015948
PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE
Lythrum salicaria
inflorescence

00015943
GOLDENROD
Solidago virgaurea

00015888
WEASEL
Mustela nivalis

00015886
POLECAT
Mustela putorius

00015872
COMMON or GREEN IGUANA
Iguana iguana

00015867
SHINY WOODLOUSE
Oniscus asellus
with shed skin

00015831
COMMON BLACK SLUG
Arion ater
pair mating

00015825
DEPTFORD PINK
Dianthus armeria
Michigan, USA

00015794
GREAT CRESTED or WARTY NEWT
Triturus cristatus

00015788
PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLY
Vanessa cardui

00015776
PERICOPID MOTH or HYPSID MOTH
Chetone angulosa
taking off (multiflash sequence), Venezuela, South America
50% surcharge on normal rates for multiflash image

00015735
CUTTHROAT FINCH
Amadina fasciata
Pilanesberg Game Reserve, South Africa.

00015730
SEAHORSE
Hippocampus hippocampus

00015701
SAINT BERNHARD DOG
shaking off snow

00015688
GERMAN SHORT-HAIRED POINTER
two walking with owner

00015609
WHOOPING CRANES two in flight
Grus americana
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge,
Texas, USA. Endangered species.

00015583
RED SQUIRRELS
Sciurus vulgaris
two young

00015562
SEA SCORPION
Taurulus bubalis

00015541
HAZEL WEEVIL
Apoderus corylli

00015457
BEDBUG on human skin
Cimex lectularius

00015456
MARBLED WHITE BUTTERFLY
Melanargia galathea
in flight over Greater Knapweed

00015443
PEACOCK BUTTERFLY
Inachis io
on lesser knapweed

00015425
MAYFLY larva amongst pond weed
Chloeon sp.

00015393
TOURISTS WATCHING IGUANAS
Galapagos Islands, Pacific
Marine Iguana is (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)

00015390
GREAT GREY SHRIKE
Lanius excubitor
Spain

00015388
PECTORAL SANDPIPER
Calidris melanotos
Siberia

00015383
LARGE WHITE BUTTERFLY on flower
Pieris brassicae
Banbridge, County Down, Ulster

00015380
HEXAGONAL BASALT COLUMNS
View from Lower Road, Giant's Causeway, Antrim, Ulster

00015367
MONARCH BUTTERFLY larva
Danaus plexippus
on Milkweed (warning colours)
Michigan, USA

00015358
HOODED CROWS roosting in tree
Corvus corone cornix
silhouetted, with moon

00015353
DOGS running in the sea
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, South Pacific.

00015347
DUGONG feeding
Dugong dugon
Epi, Vanuatu, South Pacific

00015342
COCONUT
Cocos nucifera
on beach, Fiji, South Pacific

00015323
PROBOSCIS MONKEYS young male
Nasalis larvatus
Menanggol River, Sukau, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.

00015288
BLACK-SHOULDERED KITE
Elanus caerulus
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00015275
BLACK-BACKED JACKAL
Canis mesomelas
catching dove, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa.

00015261
GEMSBOK ORYX
Oryx Gazella
at sunset, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

00015256
LEOPARD female
Panthera pardus
Okonjima, Namibia

00015245
WHITE PELICAN large flock
Pelecanus onocrotalus
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

00015236
BLACK ANT
Lasius niger
tending aphids

00015216
WHITETIP REEF SHARK pregnant female
Triaenodon obesus
Cocos Island, Costa Rica. Pacific Ocean.

00015214
BIGEYE
Priacanthus arenatus
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00015208
HAWKSBILL TURTLE on artificial reef
Eretmochelys imbricata
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00015205
SEAWEED BLENNY
Parablennius marmoreus
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00015176
DEMOISELLES spawning
Chromis dispilus
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00015173
NUDIBRANCH
Aphelodoris luctuosa
on Northern Scorpionfish. Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand

00015163
HOODED NUDIBRANCH
Melibe leonina
Vancouver Island, Canada. Pacific Ocean.

00015133
GARIBALDI FISH
Hypsypops rubicundus
California, USA. Pacific Ocean.

00015117
CORAL REEF with fish shoals
Papua New Guinea, South Pacific.

00015096
CONE SHELL HERMIT CRAB
Trizopagrus strigatus
Papua New Guinea, South Pacific

00015078
REDHEADED FINCH male
Amadina erythrocephalus
Namibia.

00015075
SAND MARTIN
Riparia riparia
flock in flight at nest site, Turkey.

00015048
ROBIN singing
Erithacus rubecula
Gloucestershire, UK

00015029
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
One month old cub

00015025
SPOTTED HYENA
Crocuta crocuta
adult with cubs, Amboseli NP, Kenya

00014970
HORNED ADDER
Bitis caudalis
concealed in sand, South Africa

00014961
JACKASS or AFRICAN PENGUIN
Spheniscus demersus
carrying nesting material, Dassen Island, South Africa. Endangered.

00014942
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Close up of gorilla hand and foot. Endangered.
Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon

00014908
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered. Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon

00014905
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
young. Orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered. Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon

00014903
MANDRILL
Mandrillus sphinx
Endangered. Camaroon and Gabon

00014894
WWF International staff monitoring logging operations in Gabon.

00014888
RAINFOREST LOGGING
commercial logger cuts down rainforest tree in Gabon.

00014881
RAINFOREST TIMBER
awaiting export in Libreville Harbour, Gabon.

00014877
ORPHANED MUSTACHED MONKEY
kept as pet by local villagers, Gabon

00014862
BUSHMEAT
monkeys killed by subsistance hunters displayed by the road side for sale to passing motorists, Gabon

00014861
BUSHMEAT
monkeys killed by subsistance hunters displayed by the road side for sale to passing motorists, Gabon

00014855
RAINFOREST CANOPY
Congo Basin, Gabon

00014843
ECHINACEA or CONEFLOWER
Echinacea angustifolia
Medicinal plant believed to have anti-viral and antibiotic properties, Commonly used to treat colds and flu.

00014747
OAK on arable land
Quercus sp.
with oilseed rape

00014720
MISTLETOE
Viscum album
on apple tree

00014719
MISTLETOE on apple tree
Viscum album

00014711
BLACKBIRD male
Turdus merula
in flowering cherry tree

00014664
CRANBERRIES
Vaccinium oxycoccus
ripening fruit

00014601
EUROPEAN RABBITS
Oryctolagus cuniculus
group of young

00014570
COYOTE BUTTE
sandstone formations, Paria/Vermilion Cliffs, Wilderness, Utah, USA.

00014548
OLINGO
Bassaricyon gabbii
Monteverde Cloudforest, Costa Rica

00014531
KING PENGUIN swimming
Aptenodytes patagonicus
view submerged. Macquarie Island,
sub-Antarctic Australia

00014525
HARP SEAL pup
Phoca groenlandica
Magdalen Island, Quebec, Canada

00014522
ANDEAN FOX
Dusicyon culpaeus
Cotopaxi National Park, Andes,
Ecuador, South America

00014507
DUCKLING
calling

00014498
PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLY larva
Cynthia cardui
on inflorescence North America
Sequence of pictures: No.1 of 3

00014468
DWARF MONGOOSE
Helogale parvula
Laikipia District, Kenya, East Africa.

00014460
OCELOT at night
Felis pardalis
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America.

00014436
BENGAL TIGER
Panthera tigris tigris
young in wild, Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, India

00014435
BENGAL TIGER cub snarling
Panthera tigris tigris
Nine-month-old young, Ranthambhore National Park, India

00014402
CORAL REEF with Common Lionfish
Pterois volitans
Indonesia.

00014355
ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE
Macrolemys temminckii
showing tongue (used as lure),
Northern Florida, south eastern USA

00014346
MEXICAN FOREST TURTLE
Rhinoclemmys pulchemma
Mainly terrestrial species ranging
from Mexico to Costa Rica

00014345
COPPER-RUMPED HUMMINGBIRD
Amazilia tobaci
Trinidad, West Indies

00014338
MAURUS MUREX Rare
Chicoreus maurus
From Marquesas, South Pacific

00014336
FLORIDA HORSE CONCH
Pleuroploca gigantea
Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

00014329
AMERICAN ALLIGATOR eye
Alligator mississipiensis

00014325
LADY ROSS'S TURACO
Musophaga rossae
Endemic to Congo Basin

00014320
TOURIST VEHICLE
with Cheetahs Acinonyx jubatus
one on roof & one on spare wheel
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014268
SPOTTED HYENA
Crocuta crocuta
chasing Flamingos

00014263
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
carrying gazelle prey, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014261
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
carrying baby warthog prey, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014256
MOUNTAIN with ice
reflected in still water
Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

00014242
CROWNED CRANE
Balearica sp.
silhouetted at sunset

00014219
KING PENGUIN
Aptenodytes patagonica
large, tightly-packed colony

00014207
AFRICAN BUFFALO
Syncerus caffer
two in long grass

00014206
AFRICAN BUFFALO
Syncerus caffer

00014173
AFRICAN ELEPHANT herd
Loxodonta africana
Aerial view from balloon, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014164
SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALE
Eubalaena glacialis australis
spyhopping, South Africa

00014148
GIANT ANTEATER bathing
Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

00014143
YELLOW-RUMPED CACIQUE
Cacicus cela
building nest, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

00014128
GREATER FLAMINGOS in flight
Phoenicopterus ruber
Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, France.

00014108
RED CLOVER
Trifolium pratense

00014100
BERBERIS (BARBERRY) buds
Berberis dawinii

00014089
MALLARD DUCK male
Anas platyrhynchos
walking on ice. Winter
Lodmoor, Dorset, England.

00014082
FOXGLOVE
Digitalis purpurea
Powerstock Common, Dorset, UK

00014081
CUCKOO PINT or LORDS AND LADIES
Arum maculatum
berries, Dorset, England.

00014065
BEEF CATTLE
group of young stock in field
Dorset, UK

00014051
WHITE STORK in flight
Ciconia ciconia
with nesting material.
Switzerland. March.

00014048
EURASIAN BROWN BEAR in zoo
Ursus arctos arctos
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00014041
MONARCH BUTTERFLY
Danaus plexippus
mass hibernating, Sierra Madre, Mexico

00014030
BLUEBELLS in flower in woodland
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Ashridge, Hertfordshire, UK

00014029
JACK RUSSELL TERRIER
looking over fence

00014024
GOLDFINCHES
Carduelis carduelis
two on bird feeder filled with seeds.

00014012
ABYSSINIAN LOVEBIRD
Agapornis taranta
four on perch

00013999
BOXER DOG
Two, nine weeks old.

00013992
OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG
Group, seven weeks old puppies

00016680
BROWN RAT
Rattus norvegicus
swimming in fast-flowing water

00016676
HOVERFLY (several species)
& a Ladybird on inflorescence
of a flower of Umbelliferae

00016644
COCKCHAFER feeding
Melolontha melolontha

00016627
CRAB SPIDER male
Philodromus sp.

00016595
ROBIN on wall
Erithacus rubecula

00016587
CLUSTERFLY on stem
Pollenia rudis

00016578
SPOTTED LONGHORN BEETLE
Strangalia maculata
in flight

00016563
SKELETON BUTTERFLY in flight
Pteronymia hymenaea
Venezuela, South America

00016547
MARBLED WHITE BUTTERFLY
Melanargia galathea
on knapweed

00016546
SMALL PEARL-BORDERED FRITILLARY
Boloria selene
on Bugle, wings open

00016542
COMMA BUTTERFLY on leaf
Polygonia comma-album

00016534
MUDSKIPPERS
Periophthalmus barbarus
from West Africa

00016521
MUDSKIPPER eyes
Periophthalmus barbarus
from West Africa

00016483
BOOMSLANG SNAKE
Dispholidus typus
eating chameleon. South Africa

00016478
PEACOCK displaying
Pavo cristatus
Northern Zambia

00016475
AFRICAN LION females
Panthera leo
devouring Warthog kill. Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe

00016464
WEB-SPINNER
or Silken-Tunnel Dweller
Transvaal, South Africa

00016375
BRISBANE FUNNEL WEB SPIDER
Atrax versutus
Highly venomous, Australia.

00016351
FRUIT FLY
Drosophila sp.
cleaning leg

00016317
POLAR BEARS
Ursus maritimus
skull, Canada

00016315
POLAR BEARS
Ursus maritimus
Svalbard, Norway

00016314
POLAR BEARS
Ursus maritimus
big male hunting on sea ice, Svalbard, Norway

00016283
OBSERVATION HIDE
and large flock of mixed waterfowl,
Welney Wildfowl Trust, Norfolk, UK

00016278
STINKING HELLEBORE
Helleborus foetidus

00016212
WEDDELL SEAL
Leptonychotes weddelli
Deception Island, Antarctica

00016193
SIAMESE PATCHED GERBIL
eating mixed food

00016183
YELLOW LOOSESTRIFE
Lysimachia vulgaris

00016169
GREATER BROOMRAPE
Orobanche rapum-genistae
Skopelos, Greece

00016164
EGGERDON HILL in spring,
with grazing sheep, Dorset, England.

00016155
THE OLD MAN OF STORR
Trotternish Peninsula, Isle of Skye, Scotland.

00016141
DORONICUM or LEOPARD'S BANE
Doronicum austriacum

00016133
SNAKES-HEAD FRITILLARIES
Fritillaria meleagris
Powerstock Common, Dorset, England.

00016128
SMALL TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY
Aglais urticae
on flower, Uplyme, Devon, UK

00016114
TOURISTS ON SAFARI
at sunset, watching herd of Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)

00016090
NUBIAN WOODPECKERS
Campethera nubica
pair (female on left), Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00016079
MASAI PEOPLE
Group watching columns of marchers on crests of ridges

00016068
SHETLAND SHEEP ewe with lamb
Burra Stack in background, Herma Ness, Unst, Shetland Isles, Scotland.

00016057
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES
Danaus plexippus
mass at wintering site, Mexico

00015955
GREAT SUNDEW
Drosera anglica
in bog. Carnivorous plant.

00015945
IVY flowers
Hedera helix

00015938
WHITE BUTTERBUR
Petasites albus

00015935
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
mature silverback male, showing powerfully developed cranial muscles.

00015926
LONG-HAIRED or WHITE-BELLIED SPIDER MONKEY
Ateles belzebuth belzebuth
hanging by prehensile tail

00015912
NAVELWORT
Umbilicus rupestris

00015883
BLACK-EARED WHEATEAR male
Oenanthe hispanica
Greece

00015869
SPOTTED SNAKE MILLIPEDES
Blaniulus guttulatus

00015847
PYGMY STUMP-TAILED CHAMELEON
Brookesia minima
on human thumb, Nosy Mangabe,
Madagascar

00015795
EDIBLE FROG
Rana esculenta
Sussex, UK

00015790
SMALL TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY
Aglais urticae
wing scales

00015763
TERMITES
Macrotermes bellicosus
queen attended by workers, Okavango, Botswana

00015761
CITRUS SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
Papilio demodocus
pupa, South Africa
Life cycle sequence: No.5 of 5

00015734
PUSS MOTH
Cerura vinula

00015721
LONG-HAIRED CHIHUAHUA DOG
suckling litter of young

00015703
SCOTTISH TERRIER

00015684
LANDSEER DOG
suckling litter of young

00015631
DESERT or CAMPONOTONE ANT
Camponotus fulvipilosus
carrying detritus (probably lizard faeces), Namib Desert,
Namibia.

00015610
WHOOPING CRANES two in saltmarsh
Grus americana
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge,
Texas, USA. Endangered species

00015604
NORTH AMERICAN GREY or TIMBER WOLF
Canis lupus
howling, North America

00015599
INDONESIAN JESUS LIZARD
Hydrosaurus sp.
running on water

00015580
DOGS fighting

00015517
MAYFLY sub-imago
sometimes called a dun

00015512
FROGHOPPER larva
Cercopidae
concealed in protective frothy secretion
(cuckoo spit)

00015468
GIANT CRANEFLY
Tipula maxima

00015465
CARDINAL BEETLE
Pyrochroa serraticornis
wings spread before take-off

00015452
CHINESE SILK MOTH larva
Bombyx mori
spinning cocoon before pupating
Also known as a silkworm

00015450
DEATH'S HEAD HAWKMOTH larva
Acherontia atropos

00015438
RED ADMIRAL BUTTERFLY
Vanessa atalanta
on buddleia

00015424
NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG leaping
Rana pipiens

00015415
SWALLOW
Hirundo rustica
flying though gap in barn

00015405
HOUSE FLY
Musca domestica
in flight over bread

00015394
LONG-SPINED SEA SCORPION
Taurulus bubalis

00015363
YELLOW-FOOTED ROCK WALLABY
Petrogale xanthopus
Rare species, South Australia

00015360
ALPINE MARMOT
Marmota marmota
on hind quarters, calling

00015336
GREY REEF SHARK at reef
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
Beveridge Reef, South Pacific

00015320
PROBOSCIS MONKEY female
Nasalis larvatus
Menanggol River, Sukau, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.

00015301
GRANDIDIER'S BAOBAB TREE
Adansonia grandidieri
view up trunk. Near Morondava,
western Madagascar.

00015290
FOSSA female, looking over rock
Cryptoprocta ferox
Western Dry Forest, Madagascar.
Predator on lemurs.

00015287
BLACK-BACKED JACKAL
Canis mesomelas
drinking at waterhole, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa.

00015279
PIED KINGFISHER
Ceryle rudis
Hovering to catch fish, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

00015253
BRANT'S WHISTLING RAT
Parotomys brantsii
suckling young, Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa

00015250
NILE CROCODILE being fed
Crocodylus niloticus
at breeding station (5m long, 400kg), Lake Saint Lucia, Natal, South Africa

00015215
GREEN MORAY EEL
Gymnothorax funebris
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00015178
HALF-BANDED PERCH
Hypoplectrodes sp.
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00015161
TENNIS BALL SPONGE
Craniella villosa
Vancouver Island, Canada. Pacific Ocean.

00015137
YELLOW MORAY EEL
Gymnothorax prasinus
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand

00015129
QUEEN ANGELFISH
Holacanthus ciliaris
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00015108
BLUE-STRIPED GRUNT shoal
Haemulon sciurus
over coral reef. Turks & Caicos, Caribbean.

00015092
MANATEES
Trichechus manatus latirostris
seeking warm water at power plant to escape cold spell, Riviera Beach, Florida, USA.

00015058
HAZEL DORMOUSE
Muscardinus avellanarius
on branch

00015017
GREATER FLAMINGO
Phoenicopterus ruber
Preening

00015004
BONOBO or PYGMY CHIMPANZEE
Pan paniscus
Female with a continuous oestrous swelling.
Captive. Endangered.

00014994
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
snarling

00014913
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
playing with water. Orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered. Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon

00014912
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
beating chest. Orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered. Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon

00014860
BUSHMEAT
monkeys killed by subsistance hunters displayed by the road side for sale to passing motorists, Gabon

00014857
RAINFOREST CANOPY
Congo Basin, Gabon

00014831
GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG or ALSATIAN
puppy, 12 weeks old.

00014819
MOUNTAIN GORILLA
Gorilla beringei beringei
Silverback male.

00014752
RED-EYED TREEFROG yawning
Agalychnis callidryas
to shed skin. Eyes visible inside mouth
retract for protection & to aid swallowing

00014742
COMMON SEAL
Phoca vitulina

00014722
HEATH SPEEDWELL
Veronica officinalis

00014665
BELL HEATHER
Erica cinerea

00014650
FERAL GOAT
Capra hircus

00014623
ALPINE BEARBERRY
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
in flower

00014584
QUEEN SCALLOP swimming
Chlamys opercularis or
Aequipecten opercularis
West Kristiansund, Norway.

00014579
PLAICE camouflaged on sand
Pleuronectes platessa
Cornwall, UK

00014576
LESSER-SPOTTED DOGFISH
Scyliorhinus canicula

00014573
COYOTE BUTTE and walkers
sandstone formations, Paria/Vermilion Cliffs, Wilderness, Utah, USA.

00014568
BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK
'hoodos', Utah, USA.

00014566
BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK
Ponderosa Pines in 'Wall Street' (sandstone canyon), Utah, USA.

00014550
EMPEROR PENGUIN & chick
Aptenodytes forsteri
Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

00014536
GENTOO PENGUINS
Pygoscelis papaua
chick chasing adult for food
Selion Island, Falkland Islands.

00014528
ANDEAN CONDOR
Vultur gryphus
Andes Mountains, Ecuador

00014514
BAIRD'S TAPIR with young
Tapirus bairdii
Belize

00014490
GREEN TREE FROG
Hyla cinerea
on Hibiscus, USA

00014464
GREEN KINGFISHER
Chloroceryle americana
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

00014423
HUMPBACK WHALE breaching
Megaptera novaeangliae
Juneau, Alaska, USA
Breaching sequence: 2/2

00014421
AUTUMN FOLIAGE OF MAPLES
Hiawatha National Forest,
Upper Peninsula, Michigan, USA

00014415
GREATER FLAMINGO
Phoenicopterus ruber
head detail

00014382
DAMSELFISH
Amblyglyphidodon sp.
Fiji, South Pacific Ocean

00014379
WILD DAFFODIL
Narcissus pseudonarcissus
amongst dead Bracken Newent Woods, Gloucestershire, UK

00014367
FALLOW DEER group
Dama dama
Dyrham Park, Somerset, UK

00014362
HOODED ORIOLE
Icterus cucullatus
Arizona, USA

00014305
MASAI MEN
Eleven walking in single file, with staves

00014272
AFRICAN WILD DOG or CAPE HUNTING DOGS
Lycaon pictus

00014258
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
drinking, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00014239
SUNRISE over savanna
with bright stratus cloud formation
showing change of wind direction

00014237
GREY HERON
Ardea cinerea
with catfish prey, Lake Nakuru, Kenya.

00014218
KING PENGUIN
Aptenodytes patagonica
large, tightly-packed colony

00014193
AVOCET
Recurvirostra avosetta
Lake Nakuru, Kenya

00014191
DWARF MONGOOSES
Helogale parvula undulata
one marking territory with anal glands, Kenya.

00014180
AFRICAN WILD DOG or CAPE HUNTING DOG
Lycaon pictus
standing next to motor vehicle, Serengeti Plains, Tanzania.

00014157
IRULA MAN
capturing Cobra
Tamil Nadu, southern India.

00014131
WHITE-BARRED PICULET
Picumnus cirratus
Pocos de Caldas, Minas Gerais,
Brazil, South America

00014103
BEEF CATTLE
feeding on silage, Dorset, UK

00014038
OSPREY
Pandion haliaetus

00013965
GUINEA PIG
Two young by Primulas

00013958
GUINEA PIG
amidst Polyanthuses

00013947
WHIPPET DOG
Litter of young, seven weeks old

00013939
LITTLE OWL
Athene noctua
Hertfordshire, UK

00013901
COYOTES two cubs at den
Canis latrans

00013894
MANDRILLS two young
Papio sphinx
Wildlife Park, France.

00013883
ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIEL DOG
litter suckling

00013840
WESTERN DIAMONDBACK
RATTLESNAKE
Crotalus atrox
in defense posture, USA

00013809
GALAPAGOS PENGUINS silhouetted
Spheniscus mendiculus
Isabela Island, Galapagos.

00013765
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE
Alectoris rufa
Worcestershire, UK

00013753
MIXED WADERS feeding on sandbanks
& mudflats Liverpool Bay
View from Hoylake Promenade,
Merseyside, England

00013716
POLAR BEAR
Ursus maritimus
female & two young outside den, Canada

00013698
PUFFIN
Fratercula arctica
Treshnish Islands, Scotland

00013689
BENGAL TIGER
Panthera tigris tigris
game farm

00013681
HAREBELLS growing in rockface
Campanula rotundifolia
Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, England.

00013673
ROSE APHID
Macrosiphum rosae
giving birth by parthenogenesis

00013651
KOALA asleep in tree fork
Phascolarctos cinereus
Currumbin Sanctuary, Queensland, Australia

00013629
TIGER SCALLOP showing eyes
Chlamys tigerina
Loch Duich, Wester Ross, Scotland.

00013627
COMMON MUSSEL
Mytilus edulis
with Common Hermit Crab on top of
shell. Loch Carron, Wester Ross

00013604
GIANT PANDA
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
eight-month-old climbing tree
Sichuan Province, China

00013589
MATABELE ANTS carrying termites
Megaponera foetens
taken during raid on nest
South Africa

00013581
MONKEY SPIDER
Harpactira sp.
in threat posture, South Africa

00013562
CATTLE IN OVERGRAZED GRASSLAND
Ovamboland, Namibia

00013557
CATTLE with young Samburu herdsman
near Baragoi, Kenya, East Africa

00013555
CHIMPANZEE
Pan troglodytes
using stick to dig termites out of mound, Budongo Project, Uganda.

00013530
SAANEN GOAT
browsing

00013477
CANE or MARINE TOAD
Bufo marinus

00013459
POND SKATER with prey
Gerris lacustris

00013452
VIOLET-EARED HUMMINGBIRD
Colibri thalassinus
bathing

00013449
FROGLET of COMMON FROG
Rana temporaria
Secret Life of a Garden plate

00013431
MARBLED WHITE BUTTERFLY
Melanargia galathea
Kent, UK

00013403
WHITE-LEGGED DAMSELFLY
Platycnemis pennipes
male, River Severn, Shrewsbury, UK

00013394
SCALLOPED HAZEL MOTH larva
Odontopera bidentata
on twig October Ely Lodge,
Fermanagh, south western Ulster

00013392
MOLE CRICKET
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
on salt marsh, Albufera Marsh, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Mediterranean

00013390
SPECKLED BUSH CRICKET
Leptophyes punctatissima
female feeding, Monks Wood Station, Huntingdonshire, UK

00013373
IO MOTH displaying eyespots
Automeria io
as method of deterring predators
Osceola National Forest, Florida, USA

00013342
PEACOCK BUTTERFLY
Inachis io

00013341
SHEEP being assembled
Sirdal, Norway

00013330
PARASITIC SNAILS on starfish
Thyca crystallina on Linckia laevigata
Vava'u, Tonga.

00013301
KING VULTURE in tree
Sarcorhamphus papa
Tayrona National Park, Colombia.

00013296
GIANT LAND SNAIL on forest floor
Achatina fulica
Macabe forest, Mauritius.

00013292
COMET (MOON) MOTH on cocoons
Argema mittrei
Eastern forests, Madagascar
Endemic to Madagascar

00013291
GIANT GRASSHOPPER
Phymateus saxeus
Isalo National Park, Madagascar

00013249
SPOTTED-BACKED or VILLAGE WEAVER
Ploceus cucullatus
building nest, Natal, South Africa

00013241
GARDEN SNAIL pair mating
Helix aspersa
by exchange of love darts

00013213
HERCULES BEETLE
Dynastes hercules
male, Costa Rica, Central America

00013192
CROCUS
Crocus sp.
close-up of flowers

00013179
WATER VOLE
Arvicola terrestris
amongst reeds, Avon, UK

00013170
HUMMINGBIRD HAWKMOTH in flight
Macroglossum stellatarum
approaching Red Valerian flower

00013128
CHIMPANZEE mother with young
Pan troglodytes
Chimfunshi Sanctuary, Zambia

00013112
GRANNOM SEDGE CADDIS FLY
Brachycentrus subnubilus

00013110
TURKEY BROWN MAYFLY
Paraleptophlebia submarginata
female dun sub-imago

00013098
EUROPEAN BROWN HARE
Lepus europaeus

00013093
COLLARED PECCARY or JAVELINA
Tayassu tajacu
South America

00013091
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes

00013080
AZURE HAWKER DRAGONFLY
Aeshna caerulea
male on moss. Anterior view showing
two pairs of wings

00013078
EMPEROR MOTH larva
Saturnia pavonia
on bare twig

00013071
ROUGH PERIWINKLE
Littorina saxatilis
in rockpool with limpets and anemones

00013067
OAK MARBLE GALLS
caused by Gall Wasp
Andricus collari