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00013067
OAK MARBLE GALLS
caused by Gall Wasp
Andricus collari



00013040
BLACK DARTER DRAGONFLY
Sympetrum danae


00013017
LARGE RED DAMSELFLY
Pyrrhosoma nymphula
newly hatched


00012995
BIGEYE TREVALLY
Caranx sexfasciatus
Sipadan Island, Borneo, Malaysia


00016406
VIPER'S BUGLOSS in flower
Echium vulgare
South Walney Nature Reserve,Cumbria,
NW England (Piel Island in background)


00016405
AFRICAN LION male snarling
Panthera leo
Kruger National Park, South Africa


00016368
LAVA
pouring from the South-East Crater
of Mount Etna, at altitude of 3,000m,
temperature about 1,000C >>



00016356
FRUIT FLY in flight
Drosophila sp.


00016344
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra
in water, UK


00016334
COW in cattle shed
UK


00016331
SIKA DEER
Cervus nippon
hinds, Manchurian race, Dorset, UK


00016330
SIKA DEER
Cervus nippon
pair mating, Manchurian race, Dorset, UK


00016298
AFRICAN LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
with springbok in tree, Namibia


00016274
MEDIUM GROUND FINCH
Geospiza fortis
Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos.


00016271
WAVED ALBATROSS in flight
Diomedea irrorata
Hood (Espanola) Island, Galapagos, Pacific Ocean.


00016268
GALAPAGOS DOVE
Zenaida galapagoensis
Hood (Espanola) Island, Galapagos


00016267
SALLY LIGHTFOOT CRAB
Grapsus grapsus
Fernandina Island, Galapagos


00016255
THOROLD'S DEER
Cervus albirostris


00016229
SAINT LUCIA PARROT or JAQUOT
Amazona versicolor
Endangered Species


00016223
MARSH MARIGOLD
Caltha palustris
in alder carr woodland, Norfolk, UK


00016221
MARSH MARIGOLDS or KINGCUPS
Caltha palustris


00016202
WALLED VEGETABLE GARDEN
with ruby chard, spinach and other vegetables, Cambridgeshire, England.


00016190
TWO TORTOISESHELL & WHITE KITTENS ON WOODEN CHAIR


00016156
THE QUIRANG
Trotternish Peninsula, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland.


00016153
THE OLD MAN OF STORR
silhouetted at sunset, Trotternish Peninsula, Isle of Skye, Scotland.


00016135
RIBWORT PLANTAIN
Plantago lanceolata
Powerstock Common, Dorset, UK


00016134
GERMANDER SPEEDWELL
Veronica chamaedrys
Uplyme, Devon, UK


00016103
COMMON EARTHWORM
Lumbricus terrestris


00016087
SPINY SPIDER CRAB
Maia squinado


00016069
SHETLAND PONIES
foal with mother, Unst, Shetland Isles, Scotland.


00016059
HAWAIIAN DUCK pair
Anas wyvilliana
(male on the left)


00016052
RUSSIAN DESMAN
Desmana moschata
Russia


00016037
WALRUS on ice floe
Odobenus rosmarus
Spitzbergen, Arctic Norway.


00016032
NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG
Rana pipiens
Michigan, USA


00016031
FOOTPRINTS IN SNOW
animal tracks in Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA


00016019
TREE FROG
Smilisca phaeota
Costa Rica


00016006
COLOUR SPECTRUM on seashell


00015967
HEDGEHOG curled up in leaflitter
Erinaceus europaeus


00015941
COWSLIP
Primula veris


00015940
WHITE CLOVER
Trifolium repens


00015906
AFRICAN LION pair
Panthera leo
male and female


00015878
RED ANT
Myrmica ruginoides


00015876
CAVE or ORB-WEB SPIDER
Meta menardi
male on web


00015854
RAFFLESIA flower
Rafflesia keithii
Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.


00015852
INGER'S ASIAN or MARBLED TREE TOAD
Pedostibes rugosus
Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.


00015804
TREE SPARROW
Passer montanus
flying to nest with food


00015791
89 BUTTERFLY
Diaethria marchalii
Venezuela, South America


00015777
PERICOPID MOTH in flight
Composia fidelissima
Everglades, Florida, USA


00015764
POISONOUS GRASSHOPPER
Maurus regulosa
emits foul excretion if handled


00015757
LINED SEAHORSE
Hippocampus erectus
Virgin Islands, Caribbean


00015755
LONG-HORNED GRASSHOPPER
wings spread to expose resonating mirror while calling, South Africa


00015752
TICK
taking human blood from arm


00015743
HORNET feeding on peach
Vespa crabro


00015682
AIREDALE TERRIER
enjoying hose spray


00015677
BELGIAN SHEPHERD DOGS or TERVUEREN
mating


00015676
BELGIAN SHEPHERD DOG
young playing with ball


00015662
HEAVY or SHIRE HORSE
with handler, being judged, at country show, UK


00015656
CHIMPANZEE
Pan troglodytes


00015649
PACIFIC SEAHORSE
Hippocampus ingens
Gulf of Papagayo, Costa Rica


00015642
VELVET SWIMMING CRAB
Liocarcinus puber
Strathclyde, Scotland


00015617
NILE CROCODILE "high walk"
Crocodylus niloticus
Lake Tanganyika, Zambia.


00015612
SCENTLESS MAYWEED
Matricaria perforata
huge mass in flower


00015603
HARP SEAL
Phoca groenlandica
looking from breating hole in ice
Eastern Canada


00015570
DONKEY walking in meadow


00015564
COMMON TOAD
Bufo bufo
pair in amplexus in pond,
surrounded by strings of spawn


00015546
SMALL SKIPPER BUTTERFLY
Thymelicus flavus
on meadow vetchling


00015525
MOSQUITO
female feeding on human.


00015523
GREAT DIVING BEETLE
Dytiscus marginalis
with worm prey (also called Margined Water Beetle)


00015458
ASSASSIN BUG
Playmenis biguttata
& ground beetle prey. Africa


00015451
CHINESE SILK MOTH
Bombyx mori
larvae & pupae in farm trays


00015448
STAG BEETLES
Lucanus cervus
males about to fight


00015420
FER-DE-LANCE
Bothrops atrox


00015408
HOVERFLY
Catabomba pyrastri
feeding at Monkey flower


00015402
COAL TIT
Parus ater
in flight leaving nest


00015374
GREY DRAKE MAYFLY female
Ephemera danica
Lough Melvin, Fermanagh, Ulster


00015365
NORTHERN or ALASKAN FUR SEAL
Callorhinus ursinus
group on breeding grounds Saint George Island, Priblof Islands, Alaska, USA


00015312
DODO reconstruction in forest
(Extinct bird.)
Black River Gorges National Park, Mauritius.


00015310
VERREAUX'S SIFAKA LEMUR
Propithecus verreauxi
basking in sun. Anjahampolo Spiny Forest, Madagascar.


00015306
GOLDEN-CROWNED SIFAKA
Propithecus tattersalli
Forests near Daraina, northeast Madagascar..


00015295
MONGOOSE LEMUR male
Eulemur mongoz
Dry deciduous forests,
northwestern Madagascar


00015263
CHEETAH cubs
Acinonyx jubatus
Kapama Game Reserve, South Africa


00015242
BLUE DUIKER
Cephalophus monticola
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Endangered.


00015238
RED ANT feeding
Myrmica rubra


00015231
BENGAL TIGER snarling
Panthera tigris


00015193
DEMOISELLE shoal
Chromis dispilus
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.


00015191
TREVALLY group feeding on surface
Pseudocaranx dentex
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.


00015180
EAGLE RAY
Myliobatis tenuicaudatus
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.


00015172
GEM NUDIBRANCH
Dendrodoris denisoni
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.


00015167
MOSAIC MORAY EEL
Enchelycore ramosa
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.


00015159
ORANGE SEA PEN
Ptilosarcus gurneyi
Vancouver Island, Canada. Pacific Ocean.


00015151
LING COD & starfish
Ophiodon elongatus
Vancouver Island, Canada. Pacific Ocean.


00015147
LEATHERBACK TURTLE swimming,
Dermochelys coriacea
surrounded by remoras. Florida, USA.


00015141
SNAKE STAR (Brittlestar)
Astrobrachion constrictum
Fiordland, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.


00015134
NEW ZEALAND FUR SEAL underwater
Arctocephalus forsteri
Kaikoura, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.


00015123
CORAL HIND or RED GROUPER
Cephalopholis miniata
Papua New Guinea, South Pacific.


00015098
LONGNOSE HAWKFISH
Oxycirrhites typus
camouflaged on coral, Papua New Guinea, Pacific Ocean.


00015068
HARVEST MOUSE on reed
Micromys minutus


00015067
HARVEST MOUSE on reed
Micromys minutus


00015060
ORKNEY VOLE
Microtus arvalis


00015040
SHOEBILL STORK
Balaeniceps rex


00015016
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
In silhouette with bird, Etosha NP, Namibia
(Digitally created image)


00014991
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
Six week old cubs



00014967
AARDWOLF
Proteles cristatus
foraging for termites


00014965
JACKASS or AFRICAN PENGUIN
Spheniscus demersus
calling, Dassen Island, South Africa. Endangered.


00014959
JACKASS or AFRICAN PENGUIN
Spheniscus demersus
at sunset, Boulders Beach, South Africa. Endangered.


00014958
JACKASS or AFRICAN PENGUIN
Spheniscus demersus
Boulders Beach, South Africa. Endangered.


00014956
JACKASS or AFRICAN PENGUIN
Spheniscus demersus
at sunrise, Boulders Beach, South Africa. Endangered.


00014937
MANDRILL
Mandrillus sphinx
Endangered. Camaroon and Gabon


00014927
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered.
Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon/Congo


00014901
MANDRILL male yawning
Mandrillus sphinx
Endangered. Cameroon and Gabon


00014898
WWF International staff check vehicles leaving logging concession areas for bushmeat, Gabon.


00014885
RAINFOREST TIMBER
at logging camp in the forest, Gabon.


00014883
RAINFOREST TIMBER
being removed from the forest, Gabon.


00014878
RAINFOREST TIMBER
awaiting export in Libreville Harbour, Gabon.


00014870
BUSHMEAT
for sale at market, Gabon


00014867
BUSHMEAT
duiker killed by subsistance hunters displayed by the road side for sale to passing motorists, Gabon


00014846
MANGABE LEAF-TAILED GECKO
Uroplatus fimbriatus
mouth opened in threat display, Madagascar


00014839
LEOPARD GECKO
Eublepharis macularius


00014834
GERMAN SHEPHERD or ALSATIAN DOG
running


00014804
RAINFOREST
in rain, Borneo


00014769
PHEASANT
Phasianus colchicus
male displaying


00014760
SWALLOW & HOUSE MARTIN mixed flock
Hirundo rustica & Delichon urbica
congregated on electricity wires


00014731
ROBIN
Erithacus rubecula
in frosted tree


00014714
RED GROUSE male
Lagopus lagopus scoticus
in heather


00014694
BLUEBELLS
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Scotland


00014656
OYSTERCATCHER on thrift
Haematopus ostralegus


00014643
STRAW BALES lying on stubble
near Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland


00014600
COWBERRY
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
with ripe fruits


00014598
GREENLAND WHITE-FRONTED GEESE
Anser albifrons flavirostris
in flight. Islay, Scotland


00014586
POWDER-BLUE SURGEONFISH
Acanthurus leucosternon
shoal, Ari Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean


00014580
GREEN TURTLE
Chelonia mydas
Sipadan Island, Borneo, Malaysia


00014565
COYOTE BUTTE
sandstone formations, Paria/Vermilion Cliffs, Wilderness, Utah, USA.



00014562
SCARLET MACAW in flight
Ara macao
Tambopata Reserve, Peru.


00014553
ANDEAN COCK-OF-THE-ROCK
Rupicola peruviana
male displaying at lek in cloudforest, Peru, South America.


00014537
STRIATED CARACARA calling
Phalcoboenus australis
Carcass Island, Falkland Islands


00014524
SPOTTED DOLPHIN
Stenella sp.
riding bow-wave of ship Golfo Dulce, Pacific coast of Costa Rica


00014521
LESSER FLAMINGO group
Phoenicopterus minor
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania


00014517
KILLER WHALE or ORCA
Orcinus orca


00014511
WHITE-FOOTED or DEER MOUSE
Peromyscus maniculatus
at entrance to hole
British Columbia, Canada


00014510
MALLARD three ducklings
Anas platyrhynchos


00014508
MALLARD duckling
Anas platyrhynchos


00014500
PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLY pupa
Cynthia cardui
North America
Sequence of pictures: No.3 of 3


00014479
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEARS
Ursus arctos horribilis
three fishing at waterfall, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA.


00014467
EUROPEAN RED FOX cub
Vulpes vulpes
East Sussex, UK


00014457
SPECTACLED CAIMAN
Caiman crocodilus yacare
Pantanal, Mato Grosso,
Brazil, South America


00014431
BEARDED SEAL on ice floe
Erignathus barbatus
Spitzbergen, Arctic Norway.


00014420
GREAT BASIN BRISTLECONE PINE
Pinus longaeva
Patriarch Grove, White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA


00014410
NORTH AMERICAN BEAVER swimming
Castor canadensis
Denali National Park, Alaska


00014409
NORTH AMERICAN BEAVER
Castor canadensis
swimming with Willow branch
to be used in building dam.


00014408
PACA
Agouti paca
Brazil


00014405
LATEX COLLECTION
example of sustainable crop
Para, Brazil, South America


00014348
MARGAY
Felis wiedi
Belize


00014334
GOLDEN GARDEN SPIDER
Argiope aurantia
with cocooned moth prey. Highland Hammock State Park, Florida, USA


00014318
MASAI PEOPLE
Group watching two men
performing leaping dance


00014299
AFRICAN ELEPHANT family
Loxodonta africana
walking under stormy sky


00014298
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana


00014297
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
young with mother


00014276
AFRICAN WILD DOG or CAPE HUNTING DOG
Lycaon pictus
regurgitating meat for excited young, Serengeti Plains, Tanzania.



00014262
LEOPARD named 'half-tail'
Panthera pardus
carrying baby warthog prey, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00014234
ICEBERG
off Antarctic Peninsula,
Antarctica


00014216
CHINSTRAP PENGUIN two on snow
Pygoscelis antarctica
Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica


00014212
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
two young covered with mud


00014189
NILE CROCODILES
Crocodylus niloticus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00014178
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
chasing young gazelle prey, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00014160
HORSE & RIDERS
Group of eight, Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, France


00014084
GLASTONBURY TOR
in evening mist on Somerset Levels, uk


00014077
WATERFALL
Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland.


00014074
BLUEBELLS in woodland
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
with Ramsons Charmouth Forest, Dorsetshire, UK


00014071
EARLY PURPLE ORCHID
Orchis mascula
Somerset, England.


00014056
SMALL TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY
Aglais urticae
on Stonecrop (Sedum sp.), Oxfordshire, UK


00014045
MISTLETOE
Viscum album
on birch


00014035
GOLDFISH
Carassius auratus
three in goldfish bowl


00014004
BORDER COLLIE
on bale of straw with eight week old young


00014000
ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIEL
Liver & White variety


00013987
OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG
puppy


00013983
TORTOISE & RABBIT
(Rabbit breed is Belgium Hare)


00013950
SMOOTH-COAT CHIHUAHUA
sitting in bowl


00013927
DOMESTIC BRONZE TURKEY


00013917
HAWKWEED
Hieracium sp.
on side of derelict dock, Dartford, Kent, UK





Urban environment


00013902
COYOTES two cubs at den
Canis latrans


00013892
FIRECREST
Regulus ignicapillus
at nest with young Pyrenees, France.


00013884
HUNGARIAN POINTER or VIZSLA


00013832
FLAP-NECKED CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo dilepis
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00013816
CARRION CROW
Corvus corone corone


00013815
GREAT TIT on milk bottle
Parus major


00013799
HUMPBACK WHALE
Megaptera novaeangliae
trapped in salmon gill net, Chance Cove, Newfoundland, Canada


00013786
YELLOWHAMMER
Emberiza citrinella
male singing, Essex, UK


00013777
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE
Alectoris rufa
Essex, UK


00013756
CURLEW May
Numenius arquata
in meadow Scotland


00013754
PUFFIN colony
Fratercula arctica
Staple Island, Farne Islands, Northumbria, UK


00013752
REEVE'S MUNTJAC male
Muntiacus reevesi
Norfolk, UK


00013708
BERKSHIRE PIG
Kent, UK


00013702
POLAR BEAR male
Ursus maritimus
Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic


00013671
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRDS
Coccinella septempunctata
eating aphids on rose bud


00013649
SPANISH CRAYFISH
Astacus iberico
Spain


00013645
COMMON FROG tadpole
Rana temporaria
with four legs developed


00013644
COMMON FROG tadpoles
Rana temporaria
gilled stage, newly hatched from spawn



00013635
BLUESPOTTED RIBBONTAIL RAY
Taeniura lymna
Red Sea off southern Egypt


00013615
GIANT ANTLION in sand
Palpares sp.
head & jaws visible


00013614
HARVESTER TERMITE
Hodotermes mossambicus
carrying dry grass to its nest


00013558
SHEEP eating fodder on smallholding
in winter, Almaty, Kazakhstan


00013549
DRAGONFLY in flight
Anisoptera sp.


00016337
RED DEER
Cervus elaphus
stag chasing off challenger in rut, Scottish Highlands


00016336
COW in cattle shed
UK


00016308
RED GROUSE
Lagopus lagopus
in heather, Yorkshire, UK


00016277
NOTTINGHAM CATCHFLY
Silene nutans
Dungeness, Kent, UK


00016269
FLIGHTLESS CORMORANT
Phalacrocorax harrisi
pair in courtship, Isabela Island, Galapagos.


00016247
MONKEY SKULLS
decorating the Mentawai Uma (community centre). Sakudai River area, Siberut Island, Sumatra, Indonesia.



00016236
GIRL TENDING TO GERBILS
Meriones sp.


00016210
PIKE
Esox lucius
spawning run up shallow brooks to the waters where they were born, Gulf of Bothnia, Finland.



00016203
ONIONS grown organically
Allium sp.
Hertfordshire, UK


00016188
PET WHITE RAT
on shoulder of owner
Model Release available.


00016174
JAVAN RHINOCEROS
Bookplate, published in 1874.


00016172
HARVESTING WHEAT
Combine harvester at work in huge field
Wiltshire, England


00016116
GECKO
hunting insects attracted to light, India.


00016106
CARABID GROUND BEETLE
Eudicella gralli


00016094
FLAPPET LARK
Mirafra rufocinnamomea
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00016083
THOMSON'S GAZELLE
Gazella thomsoni
female attacking martial eagle which has just killed her calf


00016065
HOME'S HINGEBACK or
FOREST HINGED TORTOISE
Kinixys homeana


00016062
MALAYAN BOX TURTLES
Cuora amboinensis


00016055
CRABTREE FALLS
Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina, USA


00015997
NORTHERN FLICKER
Colaptes auratus
in nest hole in Ponderosa Pine, Icicle Creek, Washington, USA


00015990
RANRAPALCA MOUNTAIN (6162 m)
Cordillera Blanca, Andes, Peru.


00015987
MEDIAL MORAINES
Casement Glacier, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, USA.


00015982
HUMPBACK WHALE female with calf
Megaptera novaeangliae
underwater, Tonga, South Pacific.


00015962
KELP or OARWEED at low tide
Laminaria digitata
Lochailort, Scotland.


00015959
NORTHERN EMERALD DRAGONFLY
Somatochlora arctica
on Bog Asphodel


00015950
SCENTLESS MAYWEED
Matricaria perforata


00015925
LONG-HAIRED or WHITE-BELLIED SPIDER MONKEY
Ateles belzebuth belzebuth
calling


00015916
MOUNTAIN HARE in snow
Lepus timidus
eating berries


00015914
TROPICAL RAINFOREST
Sabah, Borneo


00015902
RED-NECKED WALLABY
Macropus rufogriseus
with young in pouch


00015892
RING-TAILED LEMUR
Lemur catta
female with young
Southern Madagascar


00015891
ETHIOPIAN WOLF or SIMIEN JACKAL
Canis simensis
Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Critically Endangered.


00015889
FERRET albino
Mustela putorius furo


00015850
SUMATRAN ELEPHANT
Elephas maximus sumatrensis
Kinabatangan Forest, Sukau, Borneo, Malaysia


00015819
MERMAID'S PURSE - dogfish egg case
Scyliorhinus sp.
UK


00015812
SLIEVE LAMAGAN
View from Annalong Valley, Mourne Mountains, Down, Ulster


00015807
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD
Coccinella septempunctata


00015801
LIGHT-BULB SEA SQUIRTS
Clavelina lepadiformis
Eyemouth, Berwickshire, Scotland


00015781
LIME HAWKMOTH
Mimas tiliae
pair on foliage (female top)


00015779
LONG-SPINED SEA SCORPION
Taurulus bubalis


00015724
SHAR PEI DOG
eating from bowl


00015716
GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG or ALSATIAN
leaping through tyre in agility competition


00015687
POODLE running


00015650
PANAMIC CUSHION STAR
Pentaceraster cumingi
Gordo Banks, Sea of Cortez, Mexico


00015646
BONNETHEAD SHARK
Sphyrna tiburo


00015635
CAPE PORCUPINE
Hystrix africaeaustralis
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park,
South Africa


00015620
GERMAN SHEPHERD or ALSATIAN
police dog giving chase


00015544
BLACK APHIDS or BLACKFLY
Aphis sp.
wingless form on dock


00015518
COMMON WASP in flight
Vespula vulgaris
over blackberry


00015513
DRAGONFLY
Aeshna cyanea
compound eyes


00015501
LEAF MINER MOTH
larval trails in bramble leaf
caused by burrowing within leaf


00015480
EARTHWORM in burrow
exposed in sectioned topsoil


00015475
HONEYBEE
Apis mellifera
workers exchanging food


00015432
STAG BEETLE
Lucanus cervus
two males fighting, UK


00015429
CONVOLVULUS HAWK MOTH
Agrius convolvuli


00015414
PEACOCK BUTTERFLY
Inachis io
on buddleia


00015395
COMMON LOBSTER
Homarus gammarus


00015339
GREAT BARRACUDA
Sphyraena barracuda
Fiji, South Pacific


00015331
CORAL REEF
Gau, Fiji, South Pacific Ocean


00015324
GREAT ARGUS PHEASANT male
Argusianus argus
displaying on 'dancing ground'. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia


00015314
BARASINGHA or SWAMP DEER
Cervus duvaucelii
two bucks. Kanha National Park, India.


00015283
AFRICAN LIONESS
Panthera leo
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa



00015234
DEATHWATCH BEETLE
Xestobium rufovillosum


00015225
THORNY DEVIL
Moloch horridus
Uluru National Park, Northern Territory, Australia


00015223
RAINBOW over rainforest
Springbrook National Park,
Australia.


00015220
WOOD ANEMONE
Anemone nemorosa
flower with raindrops


00015217
MOUNTAIN GOAT
Oreamnos americanus
Rocky Mtns, Banff NP, Canada.


00015206
COBIAS
Rachycentron canadum
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00015202
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE hatchling
Carretta carretta
reaching water. Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00015185
RED PIGFISH supermale
Bodianus unimaculatus
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.


00015177
CRESTED BLENNY
Parablennius laticlavius
and common anemones. Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.


00015170
NORTHERN SCORPIONFISH
Scorpaena cardinalis
threat display. Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.


00015169
YELLOW MORAY EEL
Gymnothorax prasinus
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.


00015155
FISHING BOATS in Quathiaski Cove
Discovery Passage, Vancouver Island, Canada. Pacific Ocean


00015122
MERLET'S SCORPIONFISH
Rhinopias aphanes
imitating crinoid. Papua New Guinea, South Pacific.


00015120
BIGMOUTH TRIPLEFIN
Helcogramma sp.
Papua New Guinea. South Pacific.


00015093
SEAWEED BLENNY in mouth of bottle
Parablennius marmoreus
Florida, USA.


00015086
DROMEDARY CAMEL and rider
Camelus dromedarius
in front of Pyramids, Egypt


00015065
BLACK RAT
Rattus rattus


00015037
OSTRICH
Struthio camelus
sticking head in the sand (set up photograph, not genuine ostrich behaviour)


00015018
GREATER FLAMINGO
Phoenicopterus ruber
DIGITALLY CREATED IMAGE


00015014
CAPE HUNTING or AFRICAN WILD DOG
Lycaon pictus
3 month old pup


00015010
GREY CROWNED CRANE
Balearica regulorum
Endangered


00014996
CHIMPANZEE
Pan troglodytes
Mother with baby, Chimfunshi Chimpanzee Orphanage, Zambia


00014982
DUNG BEETLES ON DUNGBALL
Family: Scarabaeidae


00014904
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
mother with young. Orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered.
Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon


00014858
CANOPY WALKWAY
over Rainforest, Parc de la Lekedi, Gabon


00014853
BUTTERFLIES gathering minerals
Pieridae and Lycaenidae
Gabon


00014838
NILE CROCODILE hatching
Crocodylus niloticus
after 90-100 days incubation


00014809
GALAPAGOS GIANT TORTOISE
Geochelone elephantopus
Charles Darwin Research Station,
Galapagos Islands, Pacific Ocean


00014797
LESSER FLAMINGO flock
Phoenicopterus minor
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya


00014790
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER
Muscicapa striata


00014765
EUROPEAN BROWN HARE
Lepus europaeus
feeding amongst Mallows


00014756
EUROPEAN POLECAT
Mustela putorius
UK


00014754
BUFF-TAILED BUMBLEBEE
Bombus terrestris


00014748
COD two caught by shore angler
Gadus morhua
(biggest approx. 5 lbs).
Orkney, Scotland.


00014741
COMMON SEAL
Phoca vitulina


00014740
EUROPEAN OTTER on grass
Lutra lutra


00014730
COAL TIT perched
Parus ater


00014712
TREE SPARROW
Passer montanus
perched on twig


00014700
LARGE WHITE BUTTERFLY
Pieris brassicae
on flower


00014673
BUTTERBUR
Petasites hybridus
close-up of inflorescence


00014646
BADGER
Meles meles
on grassy hillside at dusk


00014581
YELLOWSPOT EMPEROR shoal
Gnathodentex aurolineatus
Sipadan, Borneo, Malaysia


00014551
ANDEAN COCK-OF-THE-ROCK
Rupicola peruviana
male at lek in cloudforest, Peru, South America.


00014512
WHITE-FOOTED or DEER MOUSE
Peromyscus maniculatus
in hole in Pumpkin
British Columbia, Canada


00014485
NORTH AMERICAN GREY or TIMBER WOLF
Canis lupus
in snow


00014480
KILLER WHALES or ORCAS
Orcinus orca
with kayaks, Pacific Coast, British Columbia, Canada


00014462
CHESTNUT-EARED ARACARI
Pteroglossus castanotis
feeding, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil


00014374
BIOLOGISTS CAPTURING GREEN ANACONDA
Eunectes murinus
El Frio Biological Station Llanos, Venezuela


00014371
BLUE IRIS
Iris spuria
Portugal


00014368
THREE-SPINED STICKLEBACK
Gasterosteus aculeatus
male in breeding colours


00014365
TUFTED COQUETTE HUMMINGBIRD
Lophornis ornata male hovering,
sipping nectar (World's second smallest
hummingbird) Trinidad, West Indies


00014364
FLORIDA COTTONMOUTH
Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti
flicking tongue
(Sub-species of Water Moccasin)


00014314
MASAI MAN & WOMAN
Eastern Africa


00014306
MASAI PEOPLE
Large group, carrying staves
Eastern Africa


00014289
OX
owned by Masai People,
Masai Mara, Kenya


00014281
PLAINS or BURCHELL'S ZEBRA
Equus burchelli
group crossing river


00014269
SPOTTED HYENA
Crocuta crocuta
with flamingo prey


00014267
SPOTTED HYENA
Crocuta crocuta
yawning, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00014227
THOMSON'S GAZELLE
Gazella thomsoni
mother cleaning newly born young
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00014184
AFRICAN WILD DOG
Lycaon pictus
attacking Wildebeest by tourist vehicle, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00014182
AFRICAN WILD DOGS
Lycaon pictus
attacking wildebeest with calf.
Serengeti Plains, Tanzania, E Africa.


00014172
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
young male killed by lions, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00014159
JUNGLE CAT
Felis chaus
India


00014145
LARGE-BILLED TERN
Phaetusa simplex
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.


00014127
PEACH ORCHARD in flower
Prunus persica
March. Southern France.


00014105
BEACHY HEAD & LIGHTHOUSE
East Sussex, UK



00014101
AMARYLLIS
Hippeastrum sp.
close detail, showing stamens with pollen


00014087
COMMON TOAD on moss
Bufo bufo
Devon, England.


00014080
WOOD ANEMONES
Anemone nemorosa
Dorset, UK


00014076
LAMB
Spring, Dorsetshire, UK


00014057
ARMY ANTS at bivouac
Eciton hamatum
Costa Rica, Central America


00014042
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES
Danaus plexippus
large group at wintering grounds in Sierra Madre, Mexico


00014040
MONARCH BUTTERFLY flock
Danaus plexippus
hibernating on tree Winter
Sierra Madre, Mexico, Central America


00014031
BROOD MARE
in buttercup meadow, Tring, Hertfordshire, UK


00013960
NETHERLAND DWARF RABBIT
two on straw


00013929
GREY SQUIRREL
Sciurus carolinensis
raiding rubbish bin


00013918
COMMON SEAL large group
Phoca vitulina
on shore, Blakeney Point, Norfolk, UK


00013914
YELLOW LABRADOR RETRIEVER
resting with litter, four days old


00013871
EUROPEAN BEAVER
Castor fiber
browsing, Poland


00013863
DROMEDARY CAMEL browsing
Camelus dromedarius
Sahara Desert, Morocco


00013853
RED-EYED TREE FROG
Agalychnis callidryas
eye


00013808
WHITE or FAIRY TERN in flight
Gygis alba
Bird Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean.


00013800
SWAN GOOSE
Anser cygnoides


00013781
FIELDFARE
Turdus pilaris
Essex, UK


00013779
WREN
Troglodytes troglodytes
on Gorse, singing, Suffolk, UK


00013760
WATER VOLE
Arvicola terrestris


00013735
OSPREY catching trout
Pandion haliaetus
Finland


00013734
OSPREY taking off with trout
Pandion haliaetus
Finland


00013693
POLAR BEAR
Ursus maritimus
male, Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic


00013636
FRINGELIP MULLET shoal
Crenimugil crenilabis
with SERGEANT MAJOR & SUEZ FUSILIERS
Red Sea, southern Egypt.


00013613
BOTFLY
Adult from larva taken from pharynx of African Elephant


00013611
HERDING CATTLE
Maasai herders with cattle. Nguruman area, Kenya.


00013553
MILLIPEDE
Zambia


00013552
DUNG BEETLE on dung ball
Luangwa National Park, Zambia


00013537
LAMB
standing on grassy hillock


00013519
LAMB GAMBOLLING
Leaping into air


00013516
DOMESTIC GEESE
confronting European Red Fox
Fox isVulpes vulpes


00013513
COMMON FROG
Rana temporaria
in duckweed-covered pond


00013511
COMMON FROG
Rana temporaria
leaping


00013499
EDIBLE FROG froglet
Rana esculenta
four legs, tail reducing


00013494
BOG or INDIAN RICE FROG
Rana limnocharis
leaping


00013472
COMMON FROG
Rana temporaria
on mossy ground


00013437
SAND MARTIN
Riparia riparia
at nest hole


00013425
EYED HAWKMOTH female on bark
Smerinthis ocellata
Annagarriff Wood NNR,
Co. Armagh, Ireland


00013320
SPECKLED SANDPERCH
Parapercis hexophthalma
Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific Ocean


00013313
GREAT BARRACUDA
Sphyraena barracuda
Fiji, South Pacific Ocean


00013306
LIONFISH or TURKEYFISH
Pterois volitans
Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific Ocean


00013283
WHITE PELICAN in flight
Pelecanus onocrotalus
Mkuze Game Reserve, South Africa



00013229
BLACK ANT
Lasius niger
winged among workers


00013219
LACEWING larva
camouflaged with cast skins


00013194
SUNFLOWER
Helianthus annuus


00013169
NORTHERN BROWN or MOUTAIN ARGUS
Aricia artaxerxes
male


00013132
GOATS grazing, Kalahari.
Livestock farming causes overgrazing and desertification in the Kalahari Desert


00013126
HIPPOPOTAMUSES entering water
Hippopotamus amphibius
after basking. Chobe River, Chobe
National Park, Botswana,South Africa


00013109
LARGE RED DAMSELFLIES
Pyrrhosoma nymphula
on foliage


00013051
GRASSHOPPER
Mygium brum
Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.


00013048
SHEEP STATION aerial view
with huge flock
Torres del Paine National Park, Chile


00013042
HIGHLAND CATTLE
Perthshire, central Scotland


00013027
HIGHLAND BULL
Glen More, Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides,
western Scotland.


00013015
LARGE RED DAMSELFLY
Pyrrosoma nymphula
emerging from nymph


00013008
CUTTLEFISH
Sepia sp.
courtship, male stroking female, Ari Atoll, Maldive Islands.


00012996
HAWAIIAN WHITESPOTTED TOBY
Canthigaster jactator
Hawaii, USA


00012988
CORAL REEF WITH BOAT ABOVE
& shoal of small fishes
South China Sea, off Malaysia


00012981
CALIFORNIAN TIGER SALAMANDER
Ambystoma californiense
Santa Rosa, North California, USA





00012944
GRIZZLY or BROWN BEAR cub
Ursus arctos horribilis
in dandelions. Rocky Mountains


00012936
BLUE BUTTERFLY
Plebejus argyrognomon
on Yellow Cone-flower, Colorado, USA


00012928
CHEETAHS ON SAFARI VEHICLE
Masai Mara National Park, Kenya


00012924
LUPINS and FERNS growing on tundra
Pribilof Islands, Alaska, USA


00012922
ICHNEUMON WASP
laying eggs in tree, Michigan, USA


00012872
ARROW CRAB
Stenorhynchus sp.
Dominica, West Indies


00012840
INDIAN ORNAMENTAL TARANTULA
Poecilotheria regalis
Native to southern India


00012829
COSTA RICAN TIGER-RUMP or
DOPPLEGANGER TARANTULA
Cyclosternum fasciatum
Found in rainforests of Costa Rica


00012813
BROWN-FACED CONEHEAD KATYDID
Copiphora cultricornis
Costa Rica


00012812
KATYDID
Costa Rica, Central America


00012769
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
cub, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00012712
DOG FLEA female,
Pulex sp.
displayed under microscope


00016302
EUROPEAN BROWN HARE
Lepus europaeus
UK


00016296
AFRICAN LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
crossing rocks at sunset, Namibia


00016282
COMMON STARFISH
Asterias rubens
with razorshells, washed up on beach, Holkham Bay, Norfolk, UK


00016258
PYGMY MARMOSET
Cebuella pygmaea
young, Amazonia, South America


00016219
TAMWORTH PIG
suckling litter of young, Dorset, UK


00016196
PET GERBILS


00016166
WALLED FIELDS & STONE BARN
Swaledale, Yorkshire Dales , National Park, England.


00016122
SYCAMORE LEAF bud
Acer pseudoplatanus
Devon, UK


00016054
TEXTILE CONE (3.5' long)
Conus textile
Indo-Pacific Deadly to humans


00016036
HEAVILY FROSTED TREES
Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA.


00016033
FROSTED KNAPWEED
with sugar maple leaf, Michigan, USA.


00016018
NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG
Rana pipiens
Ontario, Canada


00016015
GREEN VERVET MONKEY
Cercopithecus aethiops
eating flowers, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania


00015985
SOUTHERN CASSOWARY
Casuarius casuarius
Papua New Guinea. Flightless.


00015961
ATLANTIC SALMON leaping falls
Salmo salar
Scotland.


00015939
MARSH MARIGOLDS
Caltha palustris



00015908
TOURISTS IN MOKORO
viewing Okavango Delta, Botswana


00015870
ROSE flower


00015849
MAURITIUS KESTREL
Falco punctatus
Pailles Valley, Moka Mountains, Mauritius.


00015835
LAGOON SHALLOWS
Beveridge Reef, South Pacific Ocean


00015824
WOOD LILY
Lilium philadelphicum
Michigan, USA


00015816
ELEPHANT HAWKMOTH
Deilephila elpenor
Murbugh House, Dundrum, Down, Ulster


00015798
GIANT LACEWING
Osmylus fulvicephalus


00015793
RED ADMIRAL BUTTERFLY
Vanessa atalanta
feeding on fallen plum


00015787
DOMESTIC GOOSE
flapping wings to shake off water


00015759
KLIPSPRINGER false hoof
Oreotragus oreotragus
South Africa


00015751
GOOSE BARNACLE
Lepas sp.
with tentacles extended to feed


00015739
YELLOW MONGOOSE
Cynictis penicillata
Southern Africa.


00015728
JACK RUSSELL TERRIER puppy
sitting in basket hanging from gourd.


00015723
SHAR PEI DOGS
Black form, two puppies, two months old


00015720
SMOOTH-COATED DACHSHUND
rolling on grass


00015698
GERMAN SHEPHERD DOGS or ALSATIANS


00015672
WEST HIGHLAND WHITE TERRIERS


00015664
ASIAN ONE-HORNED RHINOCEROS
Rhinoceros unicornis
with young, Kaziranga National Park,
Assam, India


00015637
DESERT or CAMPONOTONE ANT
Camponotus fulvipilosus
squirting formic acid. Namib Desert, Namibia


00015597
INDONESIAN JESUS LIZARD
Hydrosaurus sp.
running on water


00015543
GREEN APHIDS or GREENFLY
Winged & wingless on mint stem


00015529
YELLOW DUNG-FLY
Scathophaga stercoraria
pair mating on dung


00015527
MONARCH BUTTERFLY
Danaus plexippus
drying wings after emerging from chrysalis


00015519
MARBLED WHITE BUTTERFLY
Melanargia galathea
on knapweed


00015516
GIANT PEACOCK MOTH
Saturnia pyri
Europe's largest moth


00015515
HORSE FLY biting human
Tabanus sp.
Fam. Tabanidae


00015514
HOLLY BLUE BUTTERFLY
Celastrina argiolus
on Holly, Sussex, UK


00015482
PEACOCK and SMALL TORTOISESHELL
BUTTERFLIES
Vanessa or io and Aglais urticae
on Buddleia


00015481
SCALLOPED HAZEL MOTH
Odonoptera bidentata
larva on hazel


00015478
MOSQUITO EGG RAFT on water surface


00015474
THORN BUGS or TREEHOPPERS
Umbonia crassicornus
Florida, south eastern USA


00015454
MARBLED WHITE BUTTERFLY
Melanargia galathea
feeding on knapweed, UK


00015431
CHINESE SILK MOTH
Bombyx mori
male, on cocoon


00015430
DEATH WATCH BEETLE on timber
Xestobium rufovillosum


00015423
GREAT DIVING BEETLE
Dytiscus marginalis
male & female (also called Margined Water Beetle)


00015422
LEOPARD FROG
Rana pipiens
leaping into water


00015419
RED-EYED TREE FROG
Agalychnis callidryas
leaping to catch cricket


00015381
COMMON BLUE BUTTERFLY
Polyommatus icarus
Thomson's Quarry, Armagh, Ulster


00015368
ENGELMANN SPRUCE top visible
Picea engelmanii
in deep snow. Yellowstone National
Park, Wyoming, USA


00015341
DUSKY ANEMONEFISH Tonga
Amphiprion melanopus
amongst anemone tentacles
Anemone is Entacmaea quadricolor


00015335
GREY REEF SHARKS
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
Beveridge Reef, South Pacific


00015316
DHOLES or ASIAN WILD DOGS
Cuon alpinus
two sitting, Kanha National Park, India.


00015315
DHOLES or ASIAN WILD DOGS
Cuon alpinus
Kanha National Park, India.


00015313
VERREAUX'S SIFAKA LEMUR & infant
Propithecus verreauxi
Anjahampolo Spiny Forest, Madagascar.




00015305
GOLDEN-CROWNED SIFAKA
Propithecus tattersalli
Forests near Daraina, northeast Madagascar..


00015300
RED RUFFED LEMUR
Varecia variegata rubra
Masoala Peninsula, north Madagascar


00015284
CHACMA BABOON
Papio ursinus
mother and baby, Kruger National Park, South Africa



00015254
CAPE FOX pup
Vulpes chama
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park,
South Africa


00015248
GREATER FLAMINGO
Phoenicopterus ruber
feeding Natal, South Africa


00015221
WINTER ACONITE
Eranthis hyemalis
group flowering in snow


00015218
DANDELION mass in flower
Taraxacum officinale
Meissen, Germany


00015212
POLLUTED MARINE HABITAT
Muddy estuary, tidal zone.


00015199
REEF SPIDER CRABS fighting
Mithrax spinosissimus
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00015194
BLUE MAO MAO shoal
Scorpis violaceus
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.


00015162
WHITE SPOTTED ANEMONE
Urticina lofotensis
Vancouver Island, Canada. Pacific Ocean.


00015145
NUDIBRANCH egg spirals
on Bryozoans
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.


00015109
BLUE CRAB eating Moon Jellyfish
Callinectes sp. & Aurelia sp.
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00015088
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE over reef
Carretta carretta
Palm Beach, Florida, USA.


00015076
CALANDRA LARK
Melanocorypha calandra
on grass. Turkey. April.


00015066
HARVEST MOUSE in nest
Micromys minutus


00015052
KESTREL male
Falco tinnunculus


00015047
BLUE & GREAT TITS on bird table
Parus caeruleus & P. major
Midlands, England. January


00015022
GIRAFFE drinking
Giraffa camelopardalis
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00015007
JACKASS OR AFRICAN PENGUIN
Spheniscus demersus
Bird covered in oil from oil spill off the coast of South Africa
Robben Island, South Africa.


00014992
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
Six week old cubs with mother


00014966
JACKASS or AFRICAN PENGUIN
Spheniscus demersus
chicks with parent, Dassen Island, South Africa. Endangered.


00014941
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Close up of gorilla hand. Endangered.
Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon


00014934
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Keeper/handler Albertine Ndokila feeds milk to orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered. Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon/Congo


00014932
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered.
Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon/Congo


00014928
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
playing in water, Orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered. Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon/Congo


00014921
MANDRILL
Mandrillus sphinx
Endangered. Camaroon and Gabon


00014902
MANDRILL
Mandrillus sphinx
Endangered. Camaroon and Gabon


00014900
MPASSA PROJECT AREA
Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon


00014882
RAINFOREST TIMBER
being removed from the forest, Gabon.


00014874
BUSHMEAT
Ape heads and hands for sale at fetish market, Congo


00014868
BUSHMEAT
chevrotain killed by subsistance hunters displayed by the road side for sale to passing motorists, Gabon


00014840
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
male feeding on gemsbok kill
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00014821
SOUTHERN HAIRY-NOSED WOMBAT
Lasiorhinus latifrons
in burrow. Australia


00014820
MOUNTAIN GORILLA
Gorilla beringei beringei
young playing Critically endangered
Congo, Rwanda & Uganda


00014814
JACKASS PENGUIN at sunrise
Spheniscus demersus
South West Cape, South Africa, Endangered species


00014808
SIAMANG GIBBON calling
Hylobates syndactylus
South East Asia. Endangered


00014800
PARSON'S CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo parsonii
eye, Madagascar


00014786
BULLFINCH male
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
on flowering twig


00014785
HOOPOE
Upupa epops
with prey


00014781
EUROPEAN RABBIT baby
Oryctolagus cuniculus


00014779
RABBITS mating
Oryctolagus cuniculus


00014761
JACOB'S SHEEP
ram walking in paddock
(Rare breed)


00014735
EUROPEAN BEAVER
Castor fiber
in water, eating branch


00014706
SLOW WORM
Anguis fragilis


00014698
CORN MARIGOLDS
Chrysanthemum segetum


00014693
BLUEBELL clump in flower
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Scotland, Endymion non-scriptus


00014676
RED CAMPION
Silene dioica


00014621
GARDEN SNAIL
Helix aspersa


00014614
EUROPEAN RABBIT baby
Oryctolagus cuniculus


00014602
BLADDER CAMPION
Silene vulgaris
Sepal tube is inflated to form bladder


00014585
HERMIT CRAB with anemones
Dardanus pedunculatus
with Calliactis sp.
on shell, Red Sea off Egypt


00014549
BELUGA or WHITE WHALE
Delphinapterus leucas
underwater (wild), Churchill River, Manitoba, Canada.


00014543
HARP SEAL pup on ice
Phoca groenlandica
Magdalen Island, Quebec,
eastern Canada. Early March.


00014520
STRIATED CARACARA in flight
Phalcoboenus australis
Falkland Islands


00014489
BULLFROG on mossy log
Rana catesbeiana
North America


00014474
BADGER cub emerging from sett
Meles meles
East Sussex, England.


00014471
SECRETARY BIRD in Boscia tree
Sagittarius serpentarius in Boscia angustiflora
Laikipia District, Kenya.


00014458
SPECTACLED CAIMAN
Caiman crocodilus yacare
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America


00014388
GLOMERATE TREE CORAL
Dendronephthya sp.
Indonesia


00014373
PUFFIN on grassy clifftop
Fratercula arctica
Caithness, north east Scotland


00014366
APPLE ORCHARD (Cider apples)
with trees in full blossom
Herefordshire, West Midlands of England


00014354
ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE
Macrolemys temminckii
(South central USA & western Florida)


00014340
SCALLOP SHELLS
variety of genera from around the world


00014313
MASAI MAN
having his head shaved
Eastern Africa


00014287
SPOTTED HYENAS
Crocuta crocuta
attacking Wildebeest, Tanzania


00014285
NILE CROCODILE
Crocodylus niloticus
attacking Wildebeest as it crosses river


00014279
PLAINS ZEBRA or BURCHELL'S ZEBRA
Equus burchelli
two drinking


00014274
AFRICAN WILD DOG or CAPE HUNTING DOGS
Lycaon pictus
group (which have been looking after young), begging for food from returning hunter.


00014260
SPOTTED HYENA
Crocuta crocuta
chasing Flamingos


00014201
GIRAFFE with young
Giraffa camelopardalis
Lengai, Tanzania, eastern Africa


00014169
SAVANNAH MONITOR
Varanus exanthematicus
close-up of eye, Africa.


00014150
PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE
Lythrum salicaria


00014144
BLACK SKIMMER
Rynchops nigra
on the ground by water
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil


00014136
RUFOUS-TAILED JACAMAR male
Galbula ruficauda
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.


00014129
COMMON VAMPIRE BAT
Desmodus rotundus
taking blood from turkey
Mato Grasso, western Brazil


00014109
BLACK or LESSER KNAPWEED
Centaurea nigra


00014069
DANDELION seedheads
Taraxacum officinale
in dew, Dorset, UK


00014064
SHEEP FARMER AT WORK
trimming sheep's feet, Dorset, UK


00014013
DONKEY in stable
Ashgood Farm, Berkshire, England.


00014009
BROWN RAT group
Rattus norvegicus
eating waste food by rubbish bin


00014001
BORDER TERRIER



00013980
JACK RUSSELL TERRIER
in Landrover.


00013968
BUFF ORPINGTON FOWL
June
Hertfordshire, southern England


00013963
CAIRN TERRIER


00013937
COLTSFOOT seedhead
Tussilago farfara
seeds being dispersed by wind, Hertfordshire, UK


00013926
BOXER DOG


00013913
YELLOW LABRADOR RETRIEVER
two young, asleep


00013910
SNAPPY GUM TREES
Eucalyptus leucophloia
Karijini National Park, Western Australia


00013893
PUFFIN
Fratercula arctica
with young, Skomer Island, Wales


00013890
MISTLETOE
Viscum album


00013881
ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIEL
with two puppies, sitting in open boot of car


00013857
OKAPI with young suckling
Okapia johnstoni
Zaire


00013846
CHILD WITH HERMANN'S TORTOISE
Testudo hermanni


00013825
OSTRICHES in courtship
Struthio camelus
one male & two females. Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania


00013824
FOREST ELEPHANTS in saltmarsh
Loxodonta africana cyclotis
pumping minerals from water Maya Bai, Odzala Forest, Congo


00013814
GREENLAND COLLARED LEMMING
Dicrostonyx groenlandicus


00013806
CANARY on the ground
Serinus canaria
Midway Island, Pacific Ocean.
Introduced species


00013797
BLUE BIRD OF PARADISE
Paradisaea rudolphi
female, Papua New Guinea


00013763
TURKEY
Domestic fowl, head detail
Essex, UK


00013761
RED SQUIRREL
Sciurus vulgaris
in snow with nut in mouth, Speyside, Scotland


00013759
GREAT TIT
Parus major
Essex, UK


00013746
PUFFIN stretching wings
Fratercula arctica
Skomer Island, Wales.


00013727
POLAR BEAR
Ursus maritimus
female & young outside den, Canada


00013724
POLAR BEAR
Ursus maritimus
female with two cubs, outside den, Arctic Canada


00013722
POLAR BEAR female with cubs
Ursus maritimus
outside den in snow Canadian Arctic


00013719
POLAR BEAR female with cubs
Ursus maritimus
outside den in snowy forest. Canadian Arctic.


00013701
EUROPEAN OTTER on look out
Lutra lutra
Tamar Otter Trust, Cornwall, England.


00013691
MERLIN
Falco columbarius
on Heather moorland, UK


00013686
CHOUGH with ring on leg
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Ramsey Island (RSPB Reserve)
Pembrokeshire Coast N.P., Wales


00013672
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD
Coccinella septempunctata
pair mating


00013638
NUDIBRANCH pair
Nembrotha sp.
Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia


00013612
STICK INSECT
eating grass, Highveld, South Africa.


00013607
CHACMA BABOON
Papio ursinus
young with mother, Lower Sable Road, Kruger National Park, South Africa


00013606
GIANT PANDA
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
eight-month-old, up tree, Sichuan (Szechwan) Province, China


00013601
SCARAB or DUNG BEETLES
Gymaopleurus virens
with ball of dung, South Africa


00013576
ANTLION larva burrowing into sand,
for concealment to trap insects.
Namib Desert


00013566
FIREFLY
Pteroptyx malaccae
showing light emitting organ


00013565
COCKTAIL ANTS in nest colony
with pupae. Southern Africa


00013501
LESSER HOUSEFLY
Fannia canicularis
on pastry


00013498
EDIBLE FROG tadpole
Rana esculenta
hind legs well developed


00013483
RED-EYED TREE FROG
Agalychnis sp.
Central America


00013461
COMMON FROG
Rana temporaria
leaping into water


00013412
LUNAR THORN MOTH
Selenia lunularia
Lackan Bog, County Down,
south eastern Ulster


00013407
CAMBERWELL BEAUTY BUTTERFLY
Nymphalis antiopa


00013406
WHITE ADMIRAL BUTTERFLY
Limenitis camilla
newly emerged from pupa


00013386
SPANISH MOON MOTH
Graellsia isabellae
on conifer shoot


00013325
ACROPORA CORAL spawning
Acropora sp.
timing controlled by phase of moon.
Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific Ocean.


00013321
GARDEN EELS in sand burrows
Heteroconger hassi
Tonga, South Pacific Ocean


00013318
BEES ON HONEYCOMB
Nuku-Hiva, Marquesas Islands,
French Polynesia.


00013310
SUNSET WRASSE
Thalassoma lutescens
Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific Ocean


00013277
CROWNED CRANE pair in courtship
Balearica regulorum
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa


00013266
CAPE PANGOLIN or SCALY ANTEATER
Manis temminckii
Curled up in defence. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa


00013256
CHACMA BABOON young feeding
Papio ursinus
Kruger National Park, South Africa



00013254
CITRUS SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
Papilio demodocus
on lemon tree (food plant)
Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa


00013234
ROSE APHID on thorn
Macrosiphium rosae


00013226
CLEG-FLY biting human arm
Haematopota pluvialis
Tabanid Horse-fly


00013222
HORSEFLY
biting human


00016251
SUGAR GLIDER gliding
Petaurus breviceps flavidus


00016232
SIBERIAN TIGER
Panthera tigris altaica
scratching tree


00016225
EARLY PURPLE ORCHIDS flowering
Orchis mascula
in meadow, Derbyshire, England.


00016220
DUTCH MICE (pets)
looking through hole in newspaper


00016215
DOMESTIC RAT Pet
looking from entrance to nesting box


00016204
CHICKEN chick
with broken egg shell


00016176
MUSCOVY DUCK domestic
Cairina moschata


00016168
GREATER BELLFLOWER
Campanula latifolia


00016163
KINGSBRIDGE ESTUARY
from East Portlemouth, Devon, UK


00016142
FLY AGARIC TOADSTOOLS
Amanita muscaria
Poisonous. New Forest, Hampshire, UK


00016130
COMMON SPOTTED ORCHIDS
Dactylorhiza fuchsii
Monkton Wylde, Dorset, UK


00016129
GIANT HORSETAIL
Equisetum telmateia
Uplyme, Devon, UK


00016125
MARSH FRITILLARY
Euphydryas aurinia
Powerstock Common, Dorset, England.


00016117
RICE RAT
Oryzomys ratticeps
Parana, Brazil


00016107
WONDER GECKO
Teratoscincus sp.
with shed tail (autotomy)


00016086
AFRICAN LION female
Panthera leo
drinking at waterhole


00016076
SPOTTED HYENA with young
Crocuta crocuta
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00016073
FAIRY SWALLOW domestic pigeon
Columba livia domestica


00016066
SHETLAND CATTLE
Polled cow with calf.
Unst, Shetland Isles, Scotland.


00016040
POLAR BEAR on seal kill
Ursus maritimus
Spitzbergen, Norway.


00016038
WALRUS on ice floe
Odobenus rosmarus
Spitzbergen, Arctic Norway.


00016004
GANNET trapped in net
Sula bassana
Scotland.


00016000
YUCATAN NEOTROPICAL RATTLESNAKE
Crotalus durissus tzabcan
Mexico


00015970
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