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00017978
PIG-NOSED SOFTSHELL TURTLE
Carettochelys insculpta
juvenile, swimming Australia

00017939
OCELOT walking
Felis pardalis
Costa Rica. Captive animal.

00017937
BAIRD'S TAPIR feeding on fallen fruit
Tapirus bairdii
Corcovado Nat'l Park, Costa Rica.

00017910
ESTUARINE or SALTWATER
CROCODILE
Crocodylus porosus
on river bed, submerged view

00017894
WHITE MOUSE group of young
eighteen-day-old, fully furred
6th of sequence of pictures

00017850
CHIMPANZEES two young playing
Pan troglodytes
Zambia

00017844
INDRI baby clinging to branch
Indri indri
Perinet Rainforest, Madagascar
Endangered species

00017831
INDRI
Indri indri
Perinet Rainforest, Madagascar

00017810
MOORHEN
Gallinula chloropus
two males fighting over territory
Arundel, UK

00017798
ROBIN
Erithacus rubecula
on holly, Essex, UK

00017783
MACGREGOR'S BIRD OF PARADISE
Macgregoria pulchra

00017759
LAYSAN ALBATROSS in flight
Diomedea immutabilis
Midway Atoll, north western Hawaii, USA.

00017744
PELARGONIUM leaf
discolouration due to age

00017736
RAZOR SHELLS at high tide mark
Ensis sp.
Norfolk, East Anglia, UK.

00017730
SALTWORT typical vegetation
Salsola kali
of Camargue marshes, France.

00017729
DWARF FOREST BUFFALO
Syncerus caffer nanus
head detail. Maya Bai, Odzala Forest,
Congo, western Africa

00017709
FAT-TAILED SCORPION
Androctonus australis
Tunisia, northern Africa

00017691
MOLE VIPER or ARABIAN
BURROWING ADDER curled
Atractaspis andersoni
Native to Arabia, Yemen

00017663
WHITE or FAIRY TERN with egg
Gygis alba
laid directly on branch
Lord Howe Island, South Pacific

00017645
MAGPIE 'parliament' in bare tree
Pica pica

00017639
SONG THRUSH feeding young in nest
Turdus philomelos

00017627
JACK RUSSELL TERRIER female
with ten-week-old, on straw February

00017607
MILITARY ORCHID
Orchis militaris
inflorescence detail
April Aargau, Switzerland

00017601
LADY'S SLIPPER ORCHID flower
Cypripedium calceolus
May Aargau, Switzerland

00017551
GREAT CRESTED GREBE
Podiceps cristatus
pair with chicks on mother's back

00017544
SNOWY OWL with young at nest
Nyctea scandiaca
Taimyr, Siberia, Arctic Russia

00017537
COMMON CRANES on migration
Grus grus
flying in V-formation, France

00017530
GREENBOTTLE male, head
Orthellia cornicina
close detail of compound eyes

00017528
PRICKLY STICK INSECT
Extatosoma tiaratum

00017526
COMMON or ROUND-LEAVED
SUNDEW
Drosera rotundifolia
with trapped Tenthredo Fly UK

00017522
BENGAL TIGER hind paws
Panthera tigris tigris
India

00017517
BENGAL TIGER young male
Panthera tigris tigris
scratching tree, India.

00017471
LEOPARD killed by lions
Panthera pardus
Eastern Africa

00017468
LEOPARD young standing
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017462
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
dragging Impala kill
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017457
AFRICAN LIONESSES reflected,
Panthera leo
walking through shallow water.
Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

00017456
AFRICAN LIONS attacking
Panthera leo
orphaned elephant calf. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017432
PLAINS BURCHELL'S ZEBRA group
Equus burchelli
Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango
Delta, Botswana.

00017426
RED LECHWE two males fighting
Kobus leche
Okavango Delta, Botswana.

00017403
AFRICAN LIONESS
Panthera leo
defending cubs from African buffalo bull, which has just tossed a cub into the air >>

00017335
AFRICAN LIONS pair mating
Panthera leo
Male biting the female's neck induces
passivity (similar to when mother >>

00017309
TABBY & WHITE CAT
investigating new territory,
watched by Tabby Cat
Tonbridge, Kent, SE England

00017270
BOLORIA BUTTERFLY on lupin
Boloria sp. Fam. Nymphalidae
Olympic Natl Pk, Washington, USA

00017263
BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSSES
Diomedea melanophris
courting pair
Falkland Islands, South Atlantic

00017241
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
growling, head detail

00017234
BAT-EARED FOX
Otocyon megalotis
Laikipia District, Kenya, East Africa.

00017167
ROOK standing on grass
Corvus frugilegus

00017159
BANANA SLUG combat dance
Ariolimax californicus
Part of mating behaviour Inhabits
redwood forest California, USA

00017149
RED DEAD-NETTLE
Lamium purpureum
clump in flower

00017133
WHITE CLOVER
Trifolium repens
inflorescence detail

00017112
WILD GARLIC or RAMSONS shoots
Allium ursinum
growing through leaf litter

00017103
CREEPING LADY'S TRESSES ORCHID
Goodyera repens
inflorescence

00017102
YELLOW RATTLE
Rhinanthus minor

00017096
BRECKLAND THYME
Thymus serpyllum
mass of flowers

00017091
SHEPHERD'S PURSE
Capsella bursa-pastoris
inflorescence with flowers
& unripe seed capsules

00017083
SCOTS PINE
Pinus sylvestris
cluster of male cones, close detail

00017069
NAKED MOLE-RATS
Heterocephalus glaber
adults and young sleeping in communal sleeping area

00017049
RABBIT young running
Oryctolagus cuniculus

00017025
GREATER HORSESHOE BAT
Rhinolophus ferrum-equinum
hibernating

00017017
HEDGEHOG swimming
Erinaceus europaeus

00016985
PHOTO ASSISTANT & KANGAROO
Tony Henderson & Kangaroo
inspecting camera lens. Australia

00016977
AFRICAN LION cub sleeping
Panthera leo

00016944
ROSEBAY WILLOWHERB
or FIREWEED
Epilobium angustifolium
Alaska, USA.

00016934
PEONY flower
Paeonia mascula
April

00016920
COMMON FROG FROGSPAWN
Rana temporaria

00016911
WATER MONITOR or LEGUAAN
Varanus niloticus
eating Sharp-toothed Catfish, Natal, South Africa

00016910
MARABOU STORK
Leptoptilos crumeniferus
scavenging at rubbish dump
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

00016908
AUGRABIES FALLS in flood,
viewed by tourists. Augrabies Falls
National Park, Cape Province, S Africa

00016905
MASKED WEAVER BIRD male at nest
Ploceus velatus
Kalahari, southern Africa

00016888
MILNE-EDWARD'S DIADEMED SIFAKA
Propithecus diadema edwardsi
Ranomafana National Park,
Madagascar.

00016881
GREY MOUSE LEMUR
Microcebus murinus
Kirindy Forestry Station, Madagascar
Species endemic to Madagascar

00016866
AYE-AYE
Daubentonia madagascariensis
eating bird's egg using middle finger
Eastern forests, Madagascar.

00016865
WESTERN WOOLLY LEMUR
Avahi occidentalis
Ampijoroa, NW Madagascar

00016862
VLEI LILY
Nerina laticoma
in flower after first summer rain
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

00016856
SMALL-SPOTTED GENET
Genetta genetta
Giant's Castle Game Reserve, Drakensberg, South Africa

00016833
MOSQUITO
Culex putenens
female UK

00016818
DEATH VALLEY
Valley floor in evening light
California, USA

00016808
BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK
landscape in autumn colours
South Dakota, USA

00016774
WOOD ANEMONES
Anemone nemorosa
Clare Glen, Tandragee, Armagh, Ulster

00016763
DEPTFORD PINK
Dianthus armeria
Michigan, USA.

00016760
UPPER TAHQUAMENON FALLS
Tahquamenon Falls State Park, Michigan, north eastern USA

00016752
DINOSAUR FOOTPRINT
& human hand to compare size
Munilla, Spain

00016750
GARGANEY DUCK
Anas querquedula
male on water

00016746
MUSK DUCK male
Biziura lobata
displaying on water

00016728
CANARY SHOULDERED
THORN MOTH
Deuteronomous alniaria

00016716
SPOTTED LONGHORN BEETLE
Strangalia maculata
on flower

00016689
TREE NYMPH
Idea leuconoe
SE Asia Nymhalidae

00016682
ZEBRA SPIDER
Salticus scenicus
jumping (Multiflash image)

00016664
PRAYING MANTIS
male on left, female on right
Madagascar

00016660
MOSQUITO on water surface having newly emerged

00016659
TAWNY OWL
Strix aluco
perched on branch

00016626
CRAB SPIDER male
Philodromus sp.

00016623
BLACK GARDEN ANT feeding
Lasius niger

00016611
WOODLOUSE
close-up

00016603
LONGHORN BEETLE
Rhagium mordax

00016600
BARN OWL in flight
Tyto alba
to church bell tower at sunset

00016596
ROBIN on wall
Erithacus rubecula

00016592
MOUSE SPIDER on power socket
Scotophaeus blackwalli
Also known as Herpyllus blackwalli
A common spider of houses and under bark.

00016581
ROBBER-FLY with prey
Dioctria linearis

00016570
PLUME MOTH on underside of leaf
Fam. Pterophoridae

00016566
PEPPERED MOTH larva
Biston betularia
imitating twig - mimicry

00016552
TREE NYMPH BUTTERFLY at rest
Idea leuconoe
on leaf, wings closed

00016545
SMALL SKIPPER BUTTERFLY
Thymelicus flavus
on red clover flower

00016526
MUDSKIPPER jumping
Periophthalmus barbarus
from West Africa

00016454
STRIPED POLECAT or ZORILLA
Ictonyx striatus
Warning colouration of evil-smelling
secretion Zimbabwe, southern Africa

00016446
SURICATE or MEERKAT & young
Suricata suricatta
sunning on dry bed of Nossob river
Gemsbok Natl Park, South Africa

00016434
ROUX'S BLIND DART SKINK
Typhlacontias gracilis
Legless burrowing lizard. Kalahari
Transfrontier Pk, Botswana & S Africa

00016409
SCOTTISH WILDCAT
Felis sylvestris

00016359
COMMON SPOTTED ORCHID
Dactylorhiza fuchsii

00016349
CHIMPANZEE baby resting in tree
Pan troglodytes
Chimfunshi Sanctuary, Zambia

00016340
RED DEER
Cervus elaphus
stag, scottish highlands

00016338
RED DEER
Cervus elaphus
young stags rutting, scottish highlands

00016321
POLAR BEARS
Ursus maritimus
moving cubs away from den, Canadian Arctic

00016316
POLAR BEARS
Ursus maritimus
mother and cub on sea ice, Svalbard, Norway

00016313
POLAR BEARS
Ursus maritimus
female with cubs

00016297
AFRICAN LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
with springbok in tree, Namibia

00016290
FERAL HORSES group running
Naukluft National Park, Namibia.

00016286
CORNCRAKE calling
Crex crex
South Uist, Scotland

00016281
RED SQUIRREL
Sciurus vulgaris
Speyside, Scotland.

00016270
WAVED ALBATROSS in flight over sea
Diomedea irrorata
Galapagos Islands, Pacific Ocean.

00016257
GOLDEN LION TAMARIN
Leontopithecus rosalia
Brazil

00016246
MENTAWAI HUNTER
picking up monkey he has shot, Sakudai River, Siberut, Sumatra, Indonesia.

00016235
PYRENEAN DESMAN
Galemys pyrenaicus

00016228
EASTERN GREY KANGAROO female
Macropus giganteus
feeding, young in pouch.

00016227
BRUSH-TAILED ROCK WALLABY
Petrogale penicillata
Jenolan Caves, New South Wales, Australia

00016192
OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG
seven weeks old

00016179
DAISY
Bellis perennis

00016178
DEWBERRIES
Rubus caesius
(hybrid) Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

00016159
QUEEN'S VIEW at sunset
Loch Tummel, Perthshire, Scotland.

00016139
COSMOS
Cosmos bipinnatus

00016105
LEAF-CUTTER ANT
Atta sp.
soldier

00016071
CONGO PEACOCK
Afropavo congensis
Durrell Wildlife Trust, Jersey, Channel Islands. Endangered.

00015928
LONG-HAIRED or WHITE-BELLIED SPIDER MONKEY
Ateles belzebuth
hanging by prehensile tail

00015907
CHIMPANZEES social grooming
Pan troglodytes
Chimfunshi Sanctuary, Zamiba.

00015904
AFRICAN BUFFALO
Syncerus caffer
herd running
Okavango Delta, Botswana. Aerial view

00015866
LORD LAMBOURNE APPLES
on tree

00015855
EDIBLE NEST SWIFTLET
Collocalia fuciphaga
Gomantong Caves, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.

00015851
BONGON WHIPPING or FILED-EARED TREEFROG
Polypedates otilophus
Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.

00015845
SHIELD BUG colony on leaf
(Fam.Pentatomidae)
Ampijoroa Forest, Madagascar.

00015841
DEFORESTED SLOPES
with intact deciduous forests in the background. Near Daraina, Madagascar.

00015827
SWAINSON'S THRUSH
Catharus ustulatus
at nest with young, Snow Basin, Utah, USA

00015810
FEATHERED THORN MOTH on leaflitter
Colotois pennaria
Rehaghy Mountain ASSI, Tyrone, Ulster

00015771
GRIZZLY or AMERICAN BROWN BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
young, North America

00015760
SAND DUNES
Sossusvlei, Namib Desert, Namibia

00015738
PAINTED SNIPE
Rostratula benghalensis
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00015702
SHIH-TZU DOG

00015683
YELLOW LABRADOR RETRIEVER
young running

00015671
COTON DE TULEAR DOGS
two puppies

00015627
AARDWOLF
Proteles cristatus
foraging for termites
Transvaal, South Africa

00015618
EXPLOSIVES SNIFFER DOG
finding car bomb

00015575
DACHSHUND cross running in snow

00015569
HONEYBEE in flight
Apis mellifera
over blossom

00015556
MOTH WING
to show wing scale patterns

00015549
SPIDER spinning silk
Araneus cucurbitinus

00015535
GRAIN WEEVILS
Sitophilus granarius
infesting grain harvest

00015533
HONEYBEE in flight
Apis mellifera
laden with heather pollen

00015511
BLACKNECK SPITTING COBRA
Naja nigricollis

00015505
BANK VOLE
Clethrionomys glareolus
with toadstools behind

00015479
MOSQUITO larvae

00015436
HOUSE SPIDER
Tegenaria domestica

00015417
LEOPARD FROG
Rana pipiens
diving into pond

00015399
SWALLOW in flight
Hirundo rustica
feeding young in nest

00015391
GREYHOUND with vet
being checked in surgery

00015373
MILITARY ORCHID June
Orchis militaris
Inflorescence Alps, France

00015345
DUGONG feeding
Dugong dugon
Epi, Vanuatu, South Pacific

00015344
MANTA RAYS Manta birostris
Fanning Island, Kiribati, South Pacific

00015343
HUMPBACK WHALE two
Megaptera novaeangliae
Tonga, South Pacific Ocean

00015333
CLEANER SHRIMPPericlimenes sp.
on SEA SLUG Gymnodoris ceylonica
Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific Ocean

00015327
PROBOSCIS MONKEY male feeding
Nasalis larvatus
in riverine forest. Menanggol River,
Sukau, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.

00015311
VERREAUX'S SIFAKA LEMUR basking
Propithecus verreauxi
on forest floor. Anjahampolo Spiny Forest, Madagascar.

00015309
VERREAUX'S SIFAKA LEMURS
Propithecus verreauxi
one with young, grooming, Anjahampolo Spiny Forest, Madagascar.

00015304
GOLDEN-CROWNED SIFAKAS
Propithecus tattersalli
female with young, Forests near Daraina, Madagascar.

00015292
AYE-AYE
Daubentonia madagascariensis
using claw to feed on banana flower. Ile mon Desir, Madagascar. Endangered.

00015276
CHACMA BABOON
Papio ursinus
feeding on mopane leaves, Kruger National Park, South Africa

00015219
WOOD ANEMONE in flower
Anemone nemorosa

00015203
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE hatchling
Carretta carretta
emerging, Florida, USA.

00015142
GORGONIAN
Asteroceras elegans
Fiordland, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00015127
STARFISH
Gomophia gomophia
Papua New Guinea. South Pacific.

00015118
LETTUCE CORAL
Echinopora pacificus
Papua New Guinea, South Pacific.

00015112
YELLOW GOATFISH shoal & diver
Mulloidichthys martinicus
Bonaire, Caribbean.

00015097
BEAUFORT'S CROCODILEFISH
Cymbacephalus beauforti
camouflaged on seabed. Papua New Guinea, South Pacific.

00015071
RED SQUIRREL
Sciurus vulgaris
in snow, Scotland.

00015062
NIGHTINGALE
Luscinia megarhynchos
singing, Greece

00015051
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
scent-marking

00015049
KINGFISHER on post August
Alcedo atthis
Midlands of England

00015045
IBERIAN, PARDEL or SPANISH LYNX
Felis pardinus (Lynx pardinus)
in meadow. September.

00015021
GIRAFFE herd
Giraffa camelopardalis
in silhouette against sunset.
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00015013
CAPE HUNTING or AFRICAN WILD DOG
Lycaon pictus

00015001
BONOBO or PYGMY CHIMPANZEE
Pan paniscus
Captive. Endangered.

00014999
CHIMPANZEE
Pan troglodytes
'Fear-grin' in gesture of submission to other dominant male, Chimfunshi Chimpanzee Orphanage, Zambia

00014995
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
running

00014993
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
three month old cub

00014988
CARACAL
Felis caracal
snarling

00018024
EUROPEAN BROWN HARE
Lepus europaeus
young, crouching on downland
Wiltshire, UK

00018017
ROE DEER
Capreolus capreolus
Hampshire, southern England

00017963
SHEEP FLOCK grazing
among evergreen oaks
Quercus rotundifolia in Dehesa
Monfrague Natl Pk, Extremadura, Spain

00017957
PRICKLY JUNIPER
Juniperus oxycedrus
Piscinas Dunes, Sardinia,
with Mastic tree Pistacia lentiscus

00017954
ITALIAN CYPRESS
Cupressus sempervirens
at Paestum (Greek Temple of Peace)
Campania, Italy.

00017946
BEACH with palms
Between Carate & Sirena. Corcovado
Nat'l Park, Costa Rica, Central America.
Caribbean coast (Pacific Ocean).

00017936
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCKS
Dendrocygna autumnalis
in flight, in mixed flock, over wetlands.
Palo Verde Nat'l Park, Costa Rica.

00017924
STRAWBERRY POISON FROG
Dendrobates pumilio
on bromeliad. Braulio Carrillo National
Park, Costa Rica, Central America.

00017917
SLOTH BEARS fighting
Melursus ursinus
near Ooti, India

00017895
WHITE MICE young,
18 days old with mother

00017872
FLATBACK TURTLE
Chelonia depressa
newly emerged young, Northern Australia

00017866
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
snarling

00017862
EUROPEAN BISON
Bison bonasus
Poland

00017786
POLAR BEAR threat display
Ursus maritimus
by extension of upper lip.
Canadian Arctic

00017770
TREE SWALLOW
Tachycineta bicolor
Flock in flight, on migration
Chincoteague NWR, Virginia, USA

00017748
PELARGONIUM flower, close-up
Pelargonium sp.
showing stamens with pollen

00017723
RUAHA RIVER ECOSYSTEM
Ruaha National Park, Tanzania

00017720
SEA SNAKE underwater, on reef
Aipysurus duboisii
Great Barrier Reef, Australia.

00017713
AFRICAN WILD or CAPE HUNTING
DOG Lycaon pictus
suckling litter of young
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00017677
PEREGRINE FALCON
Falco peregrinus
on branch of tree Poland

00017672
LESSER WHITE-TOOTHED SHREW
Crocidura suaveolens
female and young 'caravanning'

00017650
RED-BACKED SHRIKE chicks at nest
Lanius collurio
Pyrenees, France

00017628
PYRAMIDAL ORCHID
Anacamptis pyramidalis
group in flower on roadside verge
Bedfordshire, South Midlands of England

00017592
FLAX crop in flower
Linum usitatissimum
blowing in wind England

00017579
HONEYBEE
Apis mellifera
compound eye detail

00017563
WATER LILIES Pattern on water
Loch Coulin, Highland Region, northern Scotland

00017550
GREAT CRESTED GREBE pair
Podiceps cristatus
in courtship display

00017529
MOLE CRICKET anterior detail
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
UK

00017498
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
face detail, looking over rock

00017488
LEOPARD stalking prey
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017484
LEOPARD in flehmen display
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017483
LEOPARD young sitting on branch
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017481
LEOPARD up tree, asleep
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017470
LEOPARD with young
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017454
AFRICAN LIONS two males silhouetted
Panthera leo
at sunset. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

00017437
WILDEBEEST herd on migration
Connochaetes taurinus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

00017436
AFRICAN LIONESS
Panthera leo
tranquilized, has been fitted with a radio
collar. Whisker spot pattern is unique >>

00017434
AFRICAN LION pride on savanna
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Game Reserve, Kenya

00017430
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
pride resting in shade of Boscia tree. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017425
RED LECHWE two males fighting
Kobus leche
Okavango Delta, Botswana.

00017390
LINCOLN RED COW
Rare Breed

00017377
AFRICAN LION pride resting
Panthera leo
some yawning. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017376
AFRICAN LIONESS grooming cub
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Game
Reserve, Kenya, East Africa.

00017361
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
cub practising killing bite on dead topi. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

00017355
WILDEBEEST herd on migration
Connochaetes taurinus
crossing Mara River, Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya.

00017301
EARLY PURPLE ORCHID
Orchis mascula
Minchinhampton Common,
Cotswolds, UK

00017282
ORANGUTAN
Pongo pygmaeus
female & young Malaysia

00017273
SNOW SHAPES in winter stream
Yellowstone National Park,
Wyoming, USA

00017258
SAMBAR DEER female & young
Cervus unicolor
in water, feeding on weed
Ranthambhore National Park, India

00017250
ROCKHOPPER PENGUINS
Eudyptes chrysocome
Falkland Islands, South Atlantic

00017240
BEAR HUG?

00017231
OSTRICH male walking in dry river bed
Struthio camelus
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park,
South Africa.

00017222
MOOSE or ELK
Alces alces
USA

00017202
SURINAM TOAD
Pipa pipa
mimics dead leaf for camouflague
Amazonas, SE Peru.

00017192
SAN ANDREAS FAULT
Carrizo plain California, USA.

00017170
JACKASS PENGUIN pair preening
Spheniscus demersus
Cape Peninsula, South Africa.
Endangered species

00017119
JAPANESE KNOTWEED
Polygonum cuspidatum
in flower (serious pest)

00017097
MOUNTAIN PANSY
Viola lutea
two flowers, detail

00017090
TEASEL
Dipsacus fullonum
three seedheads

00017086
COMMON SUNDEW or ROUND-LEAVED
SUNDEW Drosera rotundifolia
foliage with sticky trichomes, detail

00017070
PET RAT

00017064
TROPICAL MANTID compound eyes
Tanjung Puting National Park,
Borneo, Indonesia

00017033
WHITE STORK standing on nest
Ciconia ciconia
with group of fledged young

00016989
NILE CROCODILE
Crocodylus niloticus
nearly submerged, head detail

00016939
AFRICAN LION female & young
Panthera leo
drinking at waterhole, Kalahari, southern Africa

00016913
AFRICAN LION cub
Panthera leo
Kalahari, southern Africa

00016897
SPRINGBOK running
Antidorcas marsupialis
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa

00016879
PYGMY or WESTERN BROWN
MOUSE LEMUR
Microcebus myoxinus
Kirindy Forest, Madagascar >>

00016850
BLUE SHARK
Prionace glauca
Northland, New Zealand

00016848
RAINBOW WHIPTAIL LIZARD
Cnemidophorus lemniscatus
San Andres, Colombia. Endemic

00016824
PRIMROSES in flower in woodland
Primula vulgaris

00016813
CORAL CAY on extensive platform reef
nb Blue-green algal bloom (aerial view)
Capricorn-Bunker Group Natl Pk, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

00016798
IRISH DAMSELFLIES mating
Coenagrion lunulatum

00016796
MOTTLED UMBER MOTH caterpillar
Erannis defoliaria
on twig

00016749
PEREGRINE FALCON
Falco peregrinus
on Brent Goose prey
Bird owned by falconer

00016739
GREEN LONGHORN MOTHS
Adela viridella
courtship, on Azalea

00016724
STARLING
Sturnus vulgaris
in flight leaving nest

00016714
CHINESE SILK MOTH
Bombyx mori
larva (silkworm) on Mulberry

00016710
SILKWORMS mating
Bombyx mori

00016705
COMMA BUTTERFLY
Polygonia comma-album
male on flower

00016687
OWL FLY or OWL MIDGE
Psychoda sp.

00016657
TABANID HORSEFLY male
head & thorax detail
Male is nectar-feeder

00016637
ROBIN on spade handle
Erithacus rubecula
Sussex, UK

00016601
STUDIO SET UP for photographing jumping MUDSKIPPERS using high speed flash

00016590
WITCH HAZEL
Hamamelis mollis

00016582
ROVE BEETLE on leaf
Leistotrophus versicolor
(wasp mimic)

00016571
DEATH'S HEAD HAWKMOTH on bark
Acherontia atropos

00016536
KNOWLTON'S CACTUS
Pediocactus knowltonii
endangered, one of the world's rarest plants

00016528
MUDSKIPPER jumping
Periophthalmus barbarus
from West Africa

00016500
FENCEPOST SPIDER jumping
Marsippa muscosa
Sussex, UK

00016456
STRIPED POLECAT or ZORILLA
Ictonyx striatus
Zimbabwe

00016403
WEDGE-TAILED EAGLE on the ground
Aquila audax
Mootwingee National Park,
New South Wales, Australia.

00016386
GOULD'S or SAND GOANNAS
Varanus gouldii
fighting, Australia

00016378
BURROWING FROG
Neobatrachus sudelli
digging with hind feet, Lost Flat Dam, Little Desert, Victoria. Australia

00016369
WHITE WATER-LILY in flower
Nymphaea alba
Bosherston Lily Pond, Pembrokeshire
Coast National Park, SW Wales

00016332
COW in barn
UK

00016329
SIKA DEER
Cervus nippon
hind, Manchurian race, Dorset, UK

00016294
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
Namib Desert, Namibia

00016293
MOUNTAIN ZEBRA foal
Equus zebra
Damaraland, Namibia

00016253
ROBOROVSKI HAMSTER in cage
Phodopus roborovskii

00016245
MENTAWAI HUNTER
hunting with bow and arrow, Sakudai River, Siberut, Sumatra, Indonesia.

00016239
IRULA MAN who makes a living from catching snakes for vemon extraction, watching Indian Cobra (Naja naja), Tamil-Nadu Region, India.

00016231
ISARD or Pyrenean chamois
Rupicapra rupicapra pyrenaica
Pyrenees, France.

00016209
COMMON CRANE
Grus grus
flock in double V-formation. Kvarken, Gulf of Bothnia, Finland.

00016205
CHICKEN chicks
four, newly hatched

00016189
TWO TORTOISESHELL & WHITE KITTENS IN FLOWER POT

00016171
CREEPING BUTTERCUP
Ranunculus repens
Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland

00016162
COMMON POPPIES on farmland
Papaver rhoeas
Near Lewes, East Sussex, UK

00016161
LOCH FASKALLY in autumn
Perthshire, Scotland.

00016152
ELECTRICITY PYLONS in mist
Marshwood Vale, Dorset, England.

00016136
GAZANIA FLOWER
Gazania sp.

00016099
THOMSON'S GAZELLE
Gazella thomsoni
running

00016089
KHAKI CAMPBELL drake
Domestic duck

00016046
HUMBOLDT'S or COMMON WOOLLY MONKEY
Lagothrix lagothricha
using prehensile tail, Brazil

00016039
POLAR BEAR on seal kill
Ursus maritimus
Spitzbergen, Norway.

00016005
LICHEN incising sandstone
Coyote Butte, Paria/Vermilion Cliffs
Wilderness, Utah, USA.

00015995
PALMITOS in fog
Euterpes edulis
Itatiaia National Park (at ca 1100 m), Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil.

00015986
SAN ANDREAS FAULT
Carrizo Plain, southern California, USA.

00015969
CUCKOO SPIT
Philaenus spumarius
Froth produced by froghopper nymph for protection

00015936
GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY
Pieris napi
two on Lady's Smock flower

00015934
GOLDEN-HEADED LION TAMARIN
Leontopithecus chrysomelas
Brazil. Endangered

00015923
AMAZON RAINFOREST on Rio Yavari
low water season, border between Brazil & Peru.

00015915
PINE MARTEN
Martes martes

00015913
LOUSEWORT
Pedicularis sylvatica

00015910
GREAT FRIGATEBIRD
Fregata minor
male in courtship with inflated throat pouch, Galapagos
Islands

00015909
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
low, head-on view.

00015901
PARK GUIDES
watching mountain gorillas during population monitoring
programme. Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.

00015898
MOUNTAIN NYALA group
Tragelaphus buxtoni
Bale Mountains NP, Ethiopia (Endemic). Endangered

00015885
SLOW WORM in churchyard
Anguis fragilis
Midlands, UK

00015877
RED ANTS tending aphids
Myrmica ruginoides

00015875
MOSS CAMPION on high scree
Silene acaulis
Vanoise, eastern France

00015842
GREATER HEDGEHOG TENREC
Setifer setosus
Forests near Daraina, Madagascar.

00015826
PEACOCK BUTTERFLY
Inachis io
Castle-bar, County Mayo, Ireland

00015815
LARGE WHITE BUTTERFLY
Pieris brassicae
Banbridge, Down, Ulster

00015811
KENTISH GLORY MOTH female
Endomis versicolora
Shire of Inverness, Scotland

00015762
CITRUS SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
Papilio demodocus
larva about to pupate, spinning
silk support thread, South Africa

00015750
CITRUS SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
Papilio demodocus
caterpillar with osmetrium extended,
giving off defensive odour, South Africa

00015740
NORWEGIAN FOREST CAT
two young

00015737
GREATER DOUBLE-COLLARED SUNBIRD
Nectarinia afra
feeding on flower, Giant's Castle, Drakensberg, South Africa.

00015732
BACTRIAN CAMEL
Camelus bactrianus
in snow

00015731
BORDER TERRIER drinking
from bowl on grass

00015727
JACK RUSSELL TERRIER
Three puppies with two gourds

00015715
SCOTTISH TERRIERS
One black, one white

00015695
BORDEAUX MASTIFF DOG
Dogue de Bordeaux
Young dog held by boy

00015686
COLLIE DOGS
two young

00015685
SCOTTISH COLLIE DOG
leaping obstacle

00015680
ENGLISH SETTER
with retrieved pheasant

00015674
MALTESE TERRIER
Group of five

00015666
ROBIN on garden plant pot
Erithacus rubecula
Winter

00015657
OSTRICH pair with young
Struthio camelus
Greater Addo National Park, South Africa

00015644
SOUTHERN STINGRAY
Dasyatis americana
lifting off seabed
Long Island, Bahamas, Atlantic

00015626
SOUTH AFRICAN PYTHON
Python sebae natalensis
"claw" (vestigial leg)

00015590
DOG IN BATH

00015588
MONGREL DOG
running on grass with Frisbee in mouth

00015578
DACHSHUND cross running

00015572
MAN WALKING MONGREL DOG

00015567
MOON MOTH larva
feeding

00015560
AMERICAN COCKROACHES
Periplaneta americana
eating crumbs on tiled floor

00015558
ELEPHANT HAWKMOTH
Deilephila elpenor
larva on foliage

00015557
CHINESE SILK MOTH
Bombyx mori
pair, mating on pupae

00015536
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD
Coccinella septempunctata
on Medick flower

00015530
SILVERFISH
Lepisma saccharina
eating bread on bread-board

00015492
AFRICAN SHARP-SNOUTED FROG
Rana mascareniensis
leaping

00015447
PRAYING MANTIS
with Peacock butterfly prey

00015427
PEARL GOURAMI in aquarium

00015400
SWALLOW in flight
Hirundo rustica
feeding young in nest

00015379
AMERICAN MOON MOTH
Actias luna

00015325
GREAT ARGUS PHEASANT male
Argusianus argus
on 'dancing ground'. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.

00015319
PROBOSCIS MONKEY female with baby
Nasalis larvatus
leaping into river, Menanggol River, Sukau, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.

00015298
MAURITIUS FODY male
Foudia rubra
Mount Cocotte, Mauritius

00015296
FOSSA female
Cryptoprocta ferox
Kirindy Forest, Madagascar

00015294
MILNE EDWARD'S SIFAKA
Propithecus diadema diadema
Ranomafana National Park, Madgascar.

00015273
SPOTTED HYENA
Crocuta crocuta
at dusk, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa.

00015272
HIPPOPOTAMUS
Hippopotamus amphibius
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00015268
SPRINGBOK young
Antidorcas marsupialis
pronking or stotting, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa

00015258
GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis
browsing on acacia, Kruger National Park, South Africa

00015247
MONGREL DOG

00015244
LESSER FLAMINGOS
Phoenicopterus minor
Transvaal, South Africa

00015209
HAWKSBILL TURTLE on artificial reef
Eretmochelys imbricata
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00015200
LEATHERBACK TURTLE hatchling
Dermochelys coriacea
on beach. Florida, USA.

00015181
EAGLE RAY
Myliobatis tenuicaudatus
feeding, with wrasse, Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00015179
MARLIN and onlookers at fishing
tournament. Tutukaka, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00015175
OBLIQUE-SWIMMING TRIPLEFINS
Obliquichthys maryannae
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00015156
PACIFIC HARBOUR SEALS on logs
Phoca vitulina richardsi
Vancouver Island, Canada. Pacific Ocean.

00015139
DUSKY DOLPHINS
Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Kaikoura, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00015132
YELLOWHEAD JAWFISH
Opistognathus aurifrons
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00015072
DIPPER with prey
Cinclus cinclus
Derbyshire, UK

00015034
OSTRICHES
Struthio camelus
sticking heads in the sand (set up photograph, not genuine ostrich behaviour)

00015030
OSTRICH
Struthio camelus
gaping

00015026
SPOTTED HYENA
Crocuta crocuta
with zebras, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00015023
HIPPOPOTAMUS
Hippopotamus amphibius
Aerial view of hippo entering water, Okavango Delta, Botswana

00015006
JACKASS OR AFRICAN PENGUIN
Spheniscus demersus
Bird covered in oil from oil spill off the coast of South Africa
Robben Island, South Africa.

00015000
CHIMPANZEE
Pan troglodytes
Chimfunshi Chimpanzee Orphanage, Zambia

00014964
JACKASS or AFRICAN PENGUIN
Spheniscus demersus
young, Dassen Island, South Africa. Endangered.

00014960
JACKASS or AFRICAN PENGUIN
Spheniscus demersus
Dassen Island, South Africa. Endangered.

00014955
SUN-TAILED MONKEY
Cercopithecus solatus
Endemic to Gabon
Recently discovered in 1986

00014952
SUN-TAILED MONKEY
Cercopithecus solatus
Endemic to Gabon
Recently discovered in 1986

00014948
MANDRILL female with young
Mandrillus sphinx
Endangered. Cameroon and Gabon.

00017993
ADONIS BLUE BUTTERFLY
Lysandra bellargus
on foliage, wings closed

00017974
CORK OAKS in Dehesa
Quercus suber
Dehesa, Extremadura, Spain

00017971
CORK OAK branch with flowers
Quercus suber
Extremadura, Spain

00017966
MONFRAGUE NATIONAL PARK
Tajo River with lavender & oaks
on the bank. Penafalcon, Salto del Gitano
Extremadura, Spain

00017941
BROWN-THROATED THREE-TOED
SLOTH hanging from branch
Bradypus variegatus
Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica.

00017926
OLIVE RIDLEY TURTLE on beach
Lepidochelys olivacea
to lay eggs during 'arribada'.
Ostional, Costa Rica, Central America

00017925
OLIVE RIDLEY TURTLE coming ashore
Lepidochelys olivacea
to lay eggs during 'arribada'.
Ostional, Costa Rica, Central America.

00017906
GIANT KELP fronds, detail
Durvillea antarctica
Sub-Antarctic islands

00017899
DINOSAUR TRACKS 100m years old
showing Carnosaur chasing Ornithopods
& Coelurosaurs across river bed
Lark Quarry Park, Queensland, Australia

00017884
KOALA young, suckling
Phascolarctos cinereus
Eastern Australia

00017861
RED DEER stag & hinds during rut
Cervus elaphus
Richmond Park, Surrey, England

00017848
VERREAUX'S SIFAKA LEMUR
Propithecus verreauxi
"dancing" with clinging young.
Berenty Reserve, Madagascar

00017834
PUFFIN
Fratercula arctica
Skomer, Wales

00017827
BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN leaping at sunset
Tursiops truncatus
Caribbean.

00017825
CHIMPANZEE
Pan troglodytes
young holding on to mother
Chimfunshi, Zambia

00017811
MOORHEN
Gallinula chloropus
two males fighting over territory
Arundel, UK

00017809
MUTE SWANS in flight
Cygnus olor
Arundel WWT, UK

00017800
GREYLAG GOOSE
Anser anser
Arundel Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, UK

00017797
PIED WAGTAIL male
Motacilla alba
Lochindorb, Scotland

00017775
BLACKCAP
Sylvia atricapilla
on branch, singing Essex, UK. April

00017760
BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSSES
Diomedea nigripes
courtship display.
Midway Island, Pacific Ocean.

00017751
TREE CANOPY showing crown shyness
Lava Tree National Park, Big Island, Hawaii.

00017731
SALTWORT
Salsola soda
in water of etang. Camargue,
Bouches-du-Rhone, southern France

00017702
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
holding tail of companion
Okavango Delta, Botswana

00017693
SURINAM TOAD female
Pipa pipa
with young developing beneath her skin and emerging

00017676
GOSHAWK
Accipiter gentilis
perched on branch Poland

00017669
LESSER WHITE-TOOTHED SHREW
Crocidura suaveolens
female and young 'caravanning'

00017647
COYOTE cubs in hole in dead tree
Canis latrans
Wildlife Park, USA.

00017634
DINGO TRACKS & grass
scratch- marks in desert sand.
Nambung Nat'l Park,
Western Australia.

00017625
COMMON POPPY or FIELD POPPY
Papaver rhoeas
mass in flower June
Hertfordshire, southern England

00017569
AMARYLLIS close detail
Hippeastrum sp.
showing petals with water drops

00017538
WHITE WATER-LILY buds
Nymphaea alba

00017513
MASAI HERDSMEN tending cattle
on pasture. Kenya, eastern Africa.

00017459
LION pride feeding on kill
Panthera leo
with tourist vehicle nearby, Musiara Marsh, Masai Mara, Kenya

00017441
AFRICAN LION pride resting
Panthera leo
Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya

00017429
IMPALA group on savanna
Aepyceros melampus
Masai Mara National Game Reserve,
Kenya, East Africa.

00017372
WILDEBEEST group
Connochaetes taurinus
at sunset. Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

00017357
AFRICAN LION cubs playing
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017315
GARGANEY DUCK
Anas querquedula
male Poland

00017311
CAT Genitalia of female kitten
Tonbridge, Kent, SE England

00017296
CUBAN TREE SNAILS
Polymita picta
South eastern Cuba, Caribbean

00017280
PARADOXICAL FROG
Pseudis paradoxa
(huge larva changes into tiny frog)

00017249
SANDSTONE EROSION detail
Antelope Canyon (a slot canyon)
near Page, Arizona, USA

00017237
CORROBOREE FROG
Pseudophryne corroboree
Rare species Found in highlands of New South Wales, Australia

00017228
WILD BOAR piglet
Sus scrofa
West Highlands, Scotland.

00017197
EMPEROR PENGUIN colony
Aptenodytes forsteri
Antarctica

00017190
BONES OF DINOSAUR in bed
excavated in quarry
Dinosaur National Monument,
Utah, mid-western USA

00017183
KING PENGUIN young, moulting
Aptenodytes patagonicus

00017182
GREY WHALE calf underwater,
Eschrichtius robustus
head detail. San Ignatio Lagoon,
Baja California, Mexico. March.

00017180
PLATYPUS or DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
head detail. Tasmania.
Egg-laying mammal

00017162
GOLDEN GECKO
Gekko ulikovski
on glass, ventral view
Vietnam

00017141
PRIMROSE
Primula vulgaris
flowers, detail

00017095
DOG ROSE
Rosa canina
flower, close detail & bud

00017074
PET RAT 'Hooded' variety,
with owner

00017047
EUROPEAN MARMOT
Marmota marmota
investigating camera

00017044
EDIBLE FROG calling
Rana esculenta
with throat sacs inflated

00017039
PINE MARTEN on bough
Martes martes

00017023
GREATER HORSESHOE BAT
Rhinolophus ferrum-equinum
roosting

00017005
LONG-LEGGED CENTIPEDE
Scutigera sp.
eating cockroach.
Gomantong Caves, Borneo.

00016972
CARACAL LYNX snarling
Felis caracal
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00016959
GOLDEN PHEASANT
Chrysolophus pictus
male on grass
Hertfordshire, UK

00016935
GREAT SUNDEW
Drosera anglica
with trapped insect prey

00016919
PINMOULD
Mucor sp.
with sporangia (growing wild)

00016903
OSTRICH courtship preening
Struthio camelus
Kalahari, southern Africa

00016875
RING-TAILED LEMUR female & baby
Lemur catta
Berenty Reserve, South Madagascar

00016851
SPRINGBOK with butterflies
Antidorcas marsupialis
drinking at waterhole. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa.

00016846
BENGAL TIGER female marking territory
Panthera tigris tigris
Kanha National Park, India.

00016827
PINE FOREST in autumn
Akershus County, Norway.

00016678
MEALWORM BEETLE
Tenebrio molitor
Pest

00016650
CRAB SPIDER male
Philodromus dispar

00016642
BUFF-TIP MOTH
Phalera bucephala
on branch

00016609
MILLIPEDES
Polydesmus sp.

00016606
LONGHORN BEETLE
Rhagium mordax

00016588
IRIS close up
Iris sp.

00016579
WEEVIL on smooth leaf
Cholus sp.
Venezuela, South America.

00016572
SMALL ELEPHANT HAWKMOTH
Deilephila porcellus
on flower

00016569
POPLAR HAWKMOTH
Laothoe populi
resting on dead reed. Summer.

00016558
SCARCE SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
Iphiclides podalirius
on rock, wings open. Alpine species.

00016557
PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLY
Vanessa cardui
on Buddleia, wings open

00016540
BRIMSTONE BUTTERFLY
Gonepteryx rhamni
on autumn leaf, wings closed

00016529
MUDSKIPPER jumping
Periophthalmus barbarus
from West Africa

00016513
HAIL STONES on grass with sycamore seeds
Sussex, UK

00016505
FENCEPOST SPIDER jumping
Marsippa muscosa
Sussex, UK

00016501
FENCEPOST SPIDER jumping
Marsippa muscosa
Sussex, UK

00016493
YORKSHIRE FOG GRASS seed spikelets
Holcus lanatus

00016482
BLACK RHINOCEROS charging
Diceros bicornis

00016480
CHIMPANZEE swinging
Pan troglodytes
between trees. Northern Zamiba

00016463
DROUGHT - gemsbok carcass
in Namib Desert. Namibia

00016450
AFRICAN HONEYBEE or KILLER BEE
Apis mellifera adansonii
swarm in flight
Kalahari, Namibia, SW Africa

00016436
LONG-HORNED ANTLION (body 14 mm)
Proctarrelabris capensis
resting in lowveld (woodland)
Transvaal, South Africa

00016435
WHITE RHINOCEROS foot detail
Ceratotherium simum
Kruger Natl Park, South Africa

00016429
MALLARD
Anas platyrhynchos
female with ducklings

00016423
TAWNY OWL subadult, on post
Strix aluco
Captive bird

00016372
SATIN BOWERBIRD male building bower
Ptilorhynchus violaceus
Australia

00016355
FRUIT FLY in flight
Drosophila sp.

00016350
CHIMPANZEE mother grooming baby
Pan troglodytes
Chimfunshi Sanctuary, Zambia

00016303
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
young male

00016252
INDIAN or BURMESE PYTHON
Python molurus
family pet

00016207
HORSEFLY sucking human blood
Tabanus bromius
Hertfordshire, England.

00016194
SIAMESE PATCHED GERBIL
sitting on flowerpot

00016187
MONITOR LIZARD SKELETON
Varanus sp.

00016170
MEADOW CRANESBILL
Geranium pratense

00016167
HAY TOR & moorland with heather
Devon, England Summer

00016131
PRIMROSE
Primula vulgaris
Devon, UK

00016124
MOLE on molehill
Talpa europaea
Dorset, UK

00016118
NILGIRI TAHR
Hemitragus hylocrius
Western Ghats, South India

00016115
WILDEBEEST on migration
Connochaetes taurinus
Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya.

00016088
SEA LEMON
Archidoris pseudoargus

00016049
CORAL REEF SCENE
with Feather Stars (Crinoids)
Komodo Island, Indonesia

00016048
TREE HYRAX
Dendrohyrax arboreus
Tsavo National Park, Kenya

00016041
POLAR BEAR with seal kill
Ursus maritimus
Spitzbergen, Norway.

00016024
EMPEROR PENGUIN
Aptenodytes forsteri
young begging for food from adult, Antarctica

00016020
HOATZIN
Opisthocomus hoazin
Llanos, Venezuela

00016010
TOCO TOUCAN
Ramphastos toco
Iguazu Falls National Park, Brazil

00016009
GALAPAGOS GIANT TORTOISE
Geochelone elephantopus
Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos

00015978
AUSTRALASIAN GANNETS
Sula serrator
pair in courtship, Cape Kidnappers, North Island, New Zealand

00015976
NORTH AMERICAN DIPPER feeding young
Cinclus mexicanus
Eastern Cascades, Washington, USA.

00015965
COMMON SEAL
Phoca vitulina

00015929
BLACK-WATER RIVER MEETING THE AMAZON
Loreto, Amazonian Peru.

00015921
GREAT SCALLOP
Pecten maximus
at low tide in laminaria zone

00015864
GROUND IVY
Glechoma hederacea

00015834
KAVA or YAGONA plant
Piper methysticum
Used to make an intoxicating drink, Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific

00015830
SEA NETTLES
Chrysaora fuscencens
Monterey Bay Aquarium

00015822
MAIDENHAIR FERN
Adiantum pedatum
Michigan, USA

00015733
SAND DUNES at Sossusvlei
Naukluft Park, Namibia

00015726
GOLDEN RETRIEVER
puppy sitting

00015709
CAIRN TERRIERS
adult and puppy

00015708
ABRUZZI SHEEPDOG
puppy sitting on grass

00015648
PARADISE FISH male
Macropodus opercularis
building bubble nest

00015640
BLACK WIDOW SPIDER
Latrodectus mactans
female showing distinctive red patch & spinnerets, Southern Africa.

00015638
DRIVER ANT
Dorylus sp.
biting human hand, Zambia

00015600
BELUGA WHALE or WHITE WHALE
Delphinapterus leucas
group at ocean surface, Arctic Canada

00015571
LAMB GAMBOLLING

00015565
WASP BEETLE
Clytus arietis

00015488
PLANTHOPPER
Phrictus ocellatus
Venezuela, South America

00015477
SMOOTH SNAKE basking
Coronella austriaca

00015473
GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY
Pieris napi

00015467
FURNITURE BEETLE
Anobium punctatum
Larva is called Woodworm

00015462
HORNED FROG eye
Ceratophrys ornata

00015460
ANGLE SHADES MOTH in flight
Phlogophora meticulosa

00015459
GRASS SNAKE
Natrix natrix

00015444
CINNABAR MOTH larvae on Ragwort
Tyria jacobaeae
(formerly Callimorpha jacobaeae)

00015442
PEPPERED MOTHS Biston betularia
normal (camouflaged)& melanistic forms
Melanistic form is better camouflaged in
areas where lichen growth is inhibited >>

00015440
CONFUSED FLOUR BEETLES
Tribolium confusum
in flour

00015396
COMMON SHRIMP
Crangon vulgaris

00015385
EUROPEAN BEAVER DAM
Castor fiber
Sweden

00015382
MADAGSCAR COMET MOON MOTH
Argema mittrei male

00015352
RED HERMIT CRAB on shore
Coenobita perlata
Apataki, French Polynesia, South Pacific

00015329
BUFFY FISH OWL
Ketupa ketupa
in riverine forest. Menanggol River,
Sukau, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.

00015299
RED-HEADED WEAVER male
Anaplectes rubriceps
building nest. Tarangire National Park, Tanzania

00015297
MAURITIUS PINK PIGEON
Columba mayeri
Pigeon Wood, Mount Cocotte,
Mauritius Endangered species

00015241
GREATER FLAMINGO
Phoenicopterus ruber
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

00015211
ARTIFICIAL REEF
Spearman's Barge, a wreck recycled.
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.

00015186
COMMON VARIABLE ANEMONES
Corynactis haddoni
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00015184
KOHERU shoal over kelp forest
Decapterus koheru
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00015171
NORTHERN SCORPIONFISH
Scorpaena cardinalis
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00015168
YELLOW MORAY EEL
Gymnothorax prasinus
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00015166
MOSAIC MORAY EEL
Enchelycore ramosa
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.

00015153
QUILLBACK ROCKFISH
Sebastes maliger
Vancouver Island, Canada. Pacific Ocean.

00015148
PUGET SOUND KING or Red box CRAB
Lopholithodes mandtii
Vancouver Island, Canada. Pacific Ocean.

00015082
PURPLE HERON
Ardea purpurea
Greece.

00015070
HARVEST MOUSE on reed
Micromys minutus

00015054
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos major
Wales

00015046
RED DEER male
Cervus elaphus
Leicestershire, UK

00015044
WATERBUCK
Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Showing characteristic white ring on rump

00015031
OSTRICHES
Struthio camelus
Namib Desert, Namibia

00015015
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
In aggressive posture, Etosha NP, Namibia

00014971
WATERLILIES
Nymphaea nouchali
Waterlilies and sedge-grasses in lagoon, Okavango delta, Botswana

00014963
JACKASS or AFRICAN PENGUIN
Spheniscus demersus
feeding young, Dassen Island, South Africa. Endangered.

00014957
JACKASS or AFRICAN PENGUIN
Spheniscus demersus
swimming, Boulders Beach, South Africa. Endangered.

00014953
SUN-TAILED MONKEY
Cercopithecus solatus
Endemic to Gabon
Recently discovered in 1986

00014931
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered.
Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon/Congo

00014925
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered.
Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon/Congo

00014835
WARTHOG
Phacochoerus aethiopicus
mother & young in entrance to burrow

00014826
NILE CROCODILE
Crocodylus niloticus
female guarding nest

00014824
NILE CROCODILE
Crocodylus niloticus

00014791
LONG-TAILED TIT
Aegithalos caudatus
with green caterpillar in beak

00014783
GREAT BUSTARD
Otis tarda

00014777
EUROPEAN RABBIT
Oryctolagus cuniculus
leaping

00014775
EUROPEAN RABBIT in snow
Oryctolagus cuniculus

00014734
EUROPEAN BEAVER
Castor fiber

00014733
EUROPEAN BEAVER
Castor fiber
in water, eating

00014684
CUCKOO FLOWER or LADY'S SMOCK
Cardamine pratensis

00014674
MOUNTAIN BEARBERRY with fruit
Arctostaphylos alpinus
Below Meall a'Ghiubhais, Beinn Eighe, NNR, Wester Ross, Scotland.

00014663
DAME'S VIOLETS
Hesperis matronalis

00014633
HIGHLAND BULL
Speyside, Scotland

00014630
CAPERCAILLIE male at lek
Tetrao urogallus
Scotland

00014619
SHEEP grazing on croft land
Strath Dearn, Shire of Inverness,
Scotland

00014618
PHEASANT male
Phasianus colchicus

00014533
BELUGA WHALE underwater
Delphinapterus leucas
Churchill River, Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada.

00014509
MALLARD
Anas platyrhynchos
two ducklings

00014491
GREEN TREE FROG in flower
Hyla cinerea
Captive animal

00014445
GIANT PANDA
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Breeding Centre at Wolong Reserve, China

00014419
BENGAL TIGER
Panthera tigris tigris

00014350
MARGAY
Felis wiedi
Belize

00014349
MARGAY
Felis wiedi
Belize

00014304
MASAI MEN
three taking blood from cow
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

00014295
AFRICAN ELEPHANT mud-bathing
Loxodonta africana
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00017970
FLOWER MEADOW in Dehesa
Lavandula stoechas & Chrysanthemum
among evergreen oaks
Monfrague Natl Pk, Extremadura, Spain

00017951
STRANGLER FIG view up centre
Ficus sp.
Costa Rica, Central America.

00017940
WHITE-FACED CAPUCHIN dozing
Cebus capucinus
Manuel Antonio National Park,
Costa Rica, Central America.

00017915
ENGLISH BULLDOG

00017907
BROWN NEW ZEALAND FROG
Leiopelma hamiltoni
Very rare & endangered. Endemic to
Stephen's Island. Also called >>

00017904
RED CRABS
Gecarcoidea natalis
on soccer field, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean.
120 million migrate annually.

00017881
QUEENSLAND TUBE-NOSED BAT
Nyctimene robinsoni
eating fruit, Queensland, Australia

00017864
EUROPEAN BISON group in mist
Bison bonasus bonasus
Bialoweiza Forest, Poland

00017847
SCOTTISH WILDCAT on branch
Felis sylvestris
UK

00017832
WHITEBELL amoungst Bluebells
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Wiltshire, UK

00017817
ROBIN on flowerpot
Erithacus rubecula
Wiltshire, UK

00017808
MALLARD male stretching wings
Anas platyrhynchos
Arundel WWT, UK

00017801
MANDARIN DUCK
Aix galericulata
female taking off
Arundel WWT, UK

00017795
BLACKBIRD
Turdus merula
with newt prey in beak, Kent, UK

00017793
RED KITE in flight
Milvus milvusi
near Cors Caron National Nature Res,
Dyfed, south western Wales

00017790
BEAN GOOSE standing in shallows
Anser fabalis
Norfolk, East Anglia, UK

00017778
LONG-TAILED TIT
Aegithalos caudatus
on branch, with blossom
Essex, UK April

00017766
SEA KALE in flower on shingle
Crambe maritima
Dungeness, Kent, SE England

00017752
APAPANE feeding on Ohia flower
Himatione sanguinea
Big Island, Hawaii.
Endemic to Hawaii.

00017660
EASTERN BARRED BANDICOOT
Perameles gunnii
(Southern & eastern Australia)
Found in grassland & woodland

00017651
RED-BACKED SHRIKE male perched
Lanius collurio
Pyrenees, France.

00017643
COMMON or FIELD POPPY
Papaver rhoeas
Ivinghoe Beacon, Buckinghamshire,
England.