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00017363
AFRICAN WILD DOG
Lycaon pictus
pack chasing wildebeest, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.


00017338
AFRICAN LIONESS
Panthera leo
'Khali' suckling 8-10 week old cubs. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017334
AFRICAN LIONESSES four in dispute
Panthera leo
over kill (topi calf) stolen from hyena.
Masai Mara, Kenya, East Africa.


00017326
SPOTTED HARLEQUIN SNAKE
Homoroselaps lacteus
curled on sand. Africa.


00017305
BLUEBELL mass in flower
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
among Ash & ferns Black Dog Woods,
Somerset, south western England


00017302
STUDLAND BAY
Pathway through heather-covered dunes
Dorset, UK


00017300
SPIKED STAR-OF-BETHLEHEM
Ornithogalum pyrenaicum
Somerset, UK


00017271
ARCTIC GROUND SQUIRREL
Spermophilus parryi
Denali National Park, Alaska, USA.





Formerly S. undulatus


00017221
MOOSE or ELK mature male
Alces alces
Rocky Mountains, North America


00017214
AFRICAN ELEPHANT drinking
Loxodonta africana
Okavango Delta, Botswana


00017213
MALLARD duckling
Anas platyrhynchos
British Columbia, Canada. Spring.


00017198
RED-EYED TREE FROG males
Agalychnis sp.
fighting over female
Costa Rica, Central America


00017186
GOLD FROG
Brachycephalus ephippium
in Atlantic rainforest. Itatiaia National Park, Brazil, South America


00017156
GREY WHALE calf underwater,
Eschrichtius robustus
head detail. San Ignatio Lagoon,
Baja California, Mexico. March.


00017140
BITING STONECROP
Sedum acre
Scotland


00017138
COMMON or FIELD POPPY
Papaver rhoeas
mass in flower


00017137
NARROW-LEAVED HELLEBORINE
Cephalanthera longifolia
inflorescence detail


00017126
ROBIN in snow
Erithacus rubecula


00017100
SELF-HEAL or WOUNDWORT
Prunella vulgaris
three inflorescences, detail


00017093
SEA ASTER
Aster tripolium
flowers, detail


00017082
SCOTS PINE
Pinus sylvestris
female cone on branch


00017076
LOG PILE
in oak woodland with Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), Sussex, England. Spring.


00017036
BULLFINCH
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
male eating berries


00016995
AFRICAN WILD or CAPE HUNTING DOG
Lycaon pictus
group of three at water, one with radio
collar. Endangered species


00016983
MOUNTAIN GORILLA mother
Gorilla beringei beringei
cradling young Critically endangered
species of Rwanda, Uganda & Congo


00016980
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
close-up of eye.
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00016973
ANIMAL TRACKS on sand dune
Namib Desert, Namibia.


00016967
CORY'S SHEARWATER
Calonectris diomedea
feeding at ocean surface
close to Azores, North Atlantic Ocean


00016955
RED KITE in flight
Milvus milvus
Wales


00016937
COMMON SPOTTED ORCHID
Dactylorhiza fuchsii
inflorescence, detail


00016932
FRUIT FLY grooming
Drosophila sp.


00016918
VOLVOX colony containing daughter
Volvox aurelia
colonies. Colonial alga which produces daughter colonies asexually


00016900
SMALL-SPOTTED GENET
Genetta genetta
in fork of tree. Augrabies Falls
National Park, South Africa


00016885
BENGAL TIGER
Panthera tigris tigris
male, Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, Deccan Plateau, India


00016876
RING-TAILED LEMUR
Lemur catta
investigating potential danger
Berenty Reserve, southern Madagascar


00016845
RED-FRONTED BROWN LEMUR
Eulemur fulvus rufus
female. Kirindy Forest, W Madagascar


00016805
TURKEY VULTURES eating snake
Cathartes aura
killed by vehicle on road. Everglades
National Park, Florida, SE USA


00016788
GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY
Pieris napi
on dead-nettle


00016786
GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLIES
Pieris napi
mating


00016785
MARSH FRITILLARY BUTTERFLY
Euphydryas aurinia
on flower, wings closed


00016744
ORIENTAL COCKROACH
Blatta orientalis


00016691
GRAYLING BUTTERFLY at rest
Hipparchia semele
on gravel wings closed,
highly camouflaged


00016654
RED ADMIRAL BUTTERFLIES
Vanessa atalanta
sipping oak sap, wings open


00016604
STUDIO SET UP for photographing jumping MUDSKIPPERS using a digital camera and high speed flash


00016594
ROBIN on wall
Erithacus rubecula


00016575
RHINOCEROS IGUANA
Cyclura cornuta
left eye detail


00016573
HERALD MOTH
Scoliopteryx libatrix
on red curtain


00016530
MUDSKIPPER jumping
Periophthalmus barbarus
from West Africa


00016527
MUDSKIPPER jumping
Periophthalmus barbarus
from West Africa


00016525
MUDSKIPPER
Periophthalmus barbarus
from West Africa


00016487
SNOW GOOSE flock in flight
Anser caerulescens
in V-formation. Bosque del Apache
NWR, Socorro, New Mexico, S USA


00016474
NORWAY LEMMING on rock
Lemmus lemmus
surrounded by water Norway


00016469
WHITE WATERLILY
Nymphaea alba
submerged flower & sun's rays


00016447
PERINGUEY'S VIPER
Bitis peringueyi
moving over sand.
Namib Desert, Namibia


00016432
KOLA NUT pods on tree
Cola nitida
Contain caffeine, used as stimulant &
medication. Conkary, Guinea, W Africa


00016422
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra
Otter Trust, North Pennine Reserve,
Barnard Castle, Co. Durham, UK


00016417
AFRICAN ELEPHANT close-up of foot
Loxodonta africana
Addo Elephant Nat'l Park, South Africa.


00016384
NEW ZEALAND FUR SEAL
Arctocephalus forsteri
on rock Cape Palliser, southern tip
of North Island, New Zealand


00016367
STONEFLY adult newly emerged
Dinocras sp.
from nymph with shed cuticle close by
River Calore Gorge, Campania,SW Italy


00016327
SIKA DEER
Cervus nippon
hinds, Manchurian race, Dorset, UK


00016326
SIKA DEER
Cervus nippon
hinds, Manchurian race, Dorset, UK


00016318
POLAR BEARS
Ursus maritimus
with cub, Canadian Arctic


00016292
MOUNTAIN ZEBRA foal
Equus zebra
Damaraland, Namibia, SW Africa


00016285
REINDEER
Rangifer tarandus
Captive herd, Cairngorms, Scotland


00016280
FOXHOUND
two young in kennel


00016272
GREAT FRIGATEBIRD
Fregata minor
male in flight with inflated throat pouch, Tower (Genovesa) Island, Galapagos.


00016265
LINCOLN LONGWOOL SHEEP


00016262
HEAD LOUSE on hair
Pediculus humanus capitis


00016241
INDIAN COBRA in village, near children
Naja naja
Tamil-Nadu Region, India.


00016226
GOLDEN GUERNSEY GOAT
Bred for milk production
Originated in Channel Islands


00016224
LESSER BURDOCK
Arctium minus
seeds on dog's fur. Demonstration of
dispersal of seeds by animal.


00016151
FARMER HOLDING LAMB
Whitchurch Canonicorum, Bridport,
Dorset, England. Model release available.


00016104
GARDEN SNAIL
Helix aspersa


00016095
WHITE-THROATED BEE-EATER
Merops albicollis
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00016077
AFRICAN LIONS
Panthera leo
two young males head detail. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.


00016074
EMPEROR TAMARIN
Saguinus imperator


00016058
COMMON WHELK
Buccinum undatum
with ATLANTIC SLIPPER LIMPETS (Crepidula fornicata)


00016047
PAPER WASP
Polistes sp.
North Carolina


00016028
TREE-PIES ON AXIS STAG
Dendrocitta vagabunda on Axis axis
Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, India


00016017
GREEN FROG
Rana clamitans melanota
Ontario, Canada


00016012
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
female resting by water
Serengeti NatIional Park, Tanzania


00016007
SANDSTONE FORMATIONS
with colourful banding. Coyote Butte, Paria/Vermilion Cliffs, Wilderness, Utah, USA


00015989
EL ANGEL BIOLOGICAL RESERVE
with Frailejones (Espletia hartwegiana), Andes (altitude 2600m), Voladero, Ecuador


00015973
WOOD ANT NEST
Formica rufa


00015960
MEADOW GRASSHOPPER
Chorthippus parallelus


00015954
GUELDER ROSE
Viburnum opulus
berries, Autumn.


00015947
GLASSWORT
Salicornia europaea


00015944
IVY stems
Hedera helix
growing on Scots Pine


00015933
BUFFY-HEADED TUFTED CAPUCHIN MONKEY
Cebus xanthosternos
looking for insects in dead wood. Critically endangered. (sometimes regarded as subspecies of Cebus apella)


00015911
LESSER HORSESHOE BAT
Rhinolophus hipposideros
very young with umbilical cord


00015832
LARCH FOREST in snow
Putoran Mountains, Taimyr, Russia


00015808
INDIAN MOON MOTH
Actias selene
India


00015797
GREEN LACEWING
Chrysopa perla
on rose stem


00015768
TOBACCO HARVEST
Samarkand, Uzbekistan.


00015753
SOUTH AFRICAN PYTHON
Python sebae natalensis
Eastern Transvaal, South Africa


00015748
CITRUS SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
Papilio demodocus
larva about to pupate, spinning silk s
upport thread, South Africa


00015742
PET MOUSE eating Walnut


00015722
LONG-HAIRED CHIHUAHUA DOG
suckling litter of young


00015713
WEST HIGHLAND WHITE TERRIER


00015706
TIBETAN TERRIER


00015694
BASSET HOUND
eating meal from bowl


00015691
RABBIT in autumn leaves


00015651
IBERIAN, PARDEL or SPANISH LYNX
Felis pardinus (Lynx pardinus)
in undergrowth


00015623
CUTTLEFISH SHELL
(internal calcareous support)
on sandy seashore


00015614
FOXGLOVES
Digitalis purpurea
Norway


00015613
HAREBELL
Campanula rotundifolia
Gaus Valley, Norway


00015587
MONGREL DOG
sitting in kennel


00015551
FLOUR BEETLE
Tribolium castaneum


00015538
HOVERFLY
Catabomba pyrastri
on Knapweed flower


00015509
AMERICAN COCKROACH
Periplaneta americana
on biscuit


00015507
COMMON BLUE BUTTERFLY
Polyommatus icarus
on Bird's Foot Trefoil


00015504
EMPEROR MOTH larvae
Saturnia pavonia
yellow & pink forms


00015489
ORANGE-TIP BUTTERFLY
Anthocharis cardamines
male on stitchwort


00015486
HORSEFLY
Tabanus sudeticus
feeding on human, showing compound eyes & mouthparts


00015446
ORANGE-TIP BUTTERFLY
Anthocharis cardamines
on Forget-me-not


00015439
GRASS SNAKE
Natrix natrix


00015416
CADDISFLY larva
in case made from a leaf


00015378
BULLSEYE MOTH on leaflitter
Automeris io


00015377
TREE SLUG
Lehmannia marginata
Gosford Forest Park, Markethill,
Armagh, southern Ulster, Ireland


00015356
BOG BILBERRY fruit
Vaccinium uliginosum
Norway


00015355
COLTSFOOT in flower in snow
Tussilago farfara


00015348
MANTIS SHRIMP
Odontodactylus scyallarus
Indonesia


00015346
DUGONG on sea bed
Dugong dugon
Epi, Vanuatu, South Pacific


00015291
FOSSA female on forest floor
Cryptoprocta ferox
Western Dry Forest, Madagascar.
Predator on lemurs.


00015282
KLIPSPRINGERS
Oreotragus oreotragus
Scent marking with preorbital gland, Augrabies Falls National Park, South Africa



00015274
SPOTTED HYENA
Crocuta crocuta
resting, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa.



00015257
GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis
browsing on acacia, Kruger National Park, South Africa


00015252
LEOPARD TORTOISE
Geochelone pardalis
Kalahari, southern Africa


00015232
HONEYBEE worker
Apis mellifera
visiting Composite flower


00015222
ROSE
Rosa sp.


00015188
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHINS
Delphinus delphis
leaping. Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.


00015149
PUGET SOUND KING or Red box CRAB
Lopholithodes mandtii
Vancouver Island, Canada. Pacific Ocean.


00015143
SEA PEN
Sarcophyllum sp.
Fiordland, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.


00015121
MERLET'S SCORPIONFISH on reef
Rhinopias aphanes
Papua New Guinea. South Pacific.


00015119
GOBY camouflaged on green sponge
Pleurosicya elongata
Papua New Guinea, South Pacific.


00015116
COMMON OCTOPUS on sea floor
Octopus vulgaris
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00015104
GULF FLOUNDER camouflaged
Paralichthys albigutta
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00015103
JEWFISH
Epinephelus itajara
Florida, USA, Atlantic Ocean.


00015101
BLUE-STRIPED GRUNTS fighting
Haemulon sciurus
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean


00015053
CETTI'S WARBLER on branch
Cettia cetti
Island of Lesbos, Mediterranean


00015035
OSTRICH
Struthio camelus
sticking head in the sand (set up photograph, not genuine ostrich behaviour)


00015032
OSTRICHES
Struthio camelus


00015024
HIPPOPOTAMUSES
Hippopotamus amphibius
emerging to feed at night


00015003
BONOBO or PYGMY CHIMPANZEE
Pan paniscus
Female with a continuous oestrous swelling.
Captive. Endangered.


00014989
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
Six week old cub



00014984
LITTLE BEE-EATERS roosting
Merops pusillus
Okovango Delta, Botswana


00014981
HONEY BADGER
Mellivora capensis
eating land snail


00014974
CHACMA BABOON
Papio ursinus
mother grooming baby



00014951
MOUSTACHED MONKEY
Cercopithecus cephus
Gabon


00014945
MANDRILL
Mandrillus sphinx
female. Endangered. Camaroon and Gabon


00014935
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered. Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon/Congo


00014933
WESTERN LOWLAND GORRILA eating
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered.
Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon/Congo


00014922
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Adult male gorilla in temporary holding enclosure. Endangered. Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon/Congo


00014909
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered. Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon


00014865
BUSHMEAT
duikers killed by subsistance hunters displayed by the road side for sale to passing motorists, Gabon


00014836
GEMSBOK herd in desert
Oryx gazella
Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia.


00014810
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS & IMPALA
Loxodonta africana
at waterhole, Savuti, Chobe National Park,
Botswana


00014789
COMMON or GREY PARTRIDGE
Perdix perdix
stretching wings


00014776
EUROPEAN WILD BOAR piglet
Sus scrofa
standing in snow, Germany.


00014768
MANDARIN DUCK male
Aix galericulata


00014757
CURLEW
Numenius arquata
male courting female


00014751
RED-EYED TREEFROG
Agalychnis callidryas
Central America


00014746
COMMON EEL
Anguilla anguilla


00014721
PASQUE FLOWER
Pulsatilla vulgaris


00014717
MERLIN female
Falco columbarius


00014713
RED GROUSE male
Lagopus lagopus scoticus
in heather


00014709
COMMON SANDPIPER
Tringa hypoleucos
calling


00014692
ROWAN or MOUNTAIN ASH
Sorbus aucuparia
seedling growing on birch log


00014675
GIANT HOGWEED in flower
Heracleum mantegazzianum


00014670
WILD GARLIC or RAMSONS
Allium ursinum


00014620
GOLDEN EAGLE
Aquila chrysaetos


00014558
PUFFIN with sandeels
Fratercula arctica
Isle of May, Firth of Forth, Scotland.


00014513
BALD EAGLE
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
USA


00014504
PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLY
Cynthia cardui
wings hardened after emergence from pupa North America
Sequence of pictures: No.5 of 5


00014497
CHINCHILLA
Chinchilla laniger


00014496
CHINCHILLA
Chinchilla laniger


00014488
BULLFROG
Rana catesbeiana
beneath leaf of Red Maple
North America


00014486
SNOW LEOPARD
Panthera uncia
in snow, Himalayas, Tibet & North West China


00014484
MOOSE or ELK mature male
Alces alces
Rocky Mountains, North America


00014465
SPECTACLED CAIMANS
Caiman crocodilus yacare
at night. Note eyeshine. Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America.


00014433
BURCHELL'S or PLAINS ZEBRA
Equus burchelli
hide, close detail. Etosha National Park, Namibia.


00014422
HUMPBACK WHALE breaching
Megaptera novaeangliae
Juneau, Alaska, USA


00014390
KOMODO DRAGON
Varanus komodoensis
large group at feeding station,
Komodo Island, Indonesia


00014357
MATAMATA TURTLE
Chelys fimbriatus
South & Central America


00017605
RAGGED ROBIN blowing in wind
Lychnis flos-cuculi
May, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland


00017589
RING-TAILED IGUANA
(extinct 1968)
Jamaica, West Indies.
Bookplate published 1896


00017542
GREATER FLAMINGO feeding young
Phoenicopterus ruber
Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, France


00017540
LIZARD ORCHID
Himantoglossum hircinum


00017518
TIGER
Panthera tigris
young male at deer carcass, India. Endangered


00017500
LEOPARD resting on mound
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017496
LEOPARD sitting on rock
Panthera pardus
with Hyena nearby. East Africa


00017455
AFRICAN LIONS (young) play-fighting
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.


00017452
AFRICAN LION male with dead warthog
Panthera leo
about to allow cubs to feed with him, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017433
LEOPARDS two sitting
Panthera pardus
(Half-Tail & her daughter Shadow).
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017386
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra
ten-week-old young eating eel prey


00017381
AFRICAN LIONESS
Panthera leo
retreating from aggressive buffalos. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017343
AFRICAN LION cubs drinking
Panthera leo
Lake Lagarja, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.


00017306
WILD DAFFODIL group in flower
Narcissus pseudonarcissus
in woodland Teign Valley, Dartmoor,
Devonshire, UK


00017304
WILD GARLIC or RAMSONS
Allium ursinum
amongst coppiced Limes, Cotswolds, UK


00017289
FAIRY TERN pair mating
Gygis alba monte
Bird Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean


00017285
CORAL ISLAND surrounded by reef
Banda Sea, Indonesia


00017252
SNOW LEOPARD snarling
Panthera uncia
(Captive animal) Endangered sp.


00017247
SNOWSHOE HARE winter Phase
Lepus americanus
on snow-covered ground


00017233
FALLOW DEER herd running
Dama dama
East Sussex, England.


00017212
MALLARD ducklings
Anas platyrhynchos
British Columbia, Canada. Spring.


00017195
BLACK-HANDED or CENTRAL AMERICAN SPIDER MONKEY
Ateles geoffroyi
Panama, Central America.


00017165
COMMON SUNDEW
Drosera rotundifolia
leaf, close detail


00017158
GREEN TREE PYTHON
Chondropython viridis
guarding hatching eggs


00017154
GREATER STITCHWORT
Stellaria holostea
flowers, lateral view


00017113
LESSER PERIWINKLE
Vinca minor
in flower in woodland


00017111
LESSER SPEARWORT
Ranunculus flammula
large clump in flower


00017104
OPPOSITE-LEAVED GOLDEN
SAXIFRAGE clump in flower
Chrysosplenium oppositifolium


00017067
SUSSEX Haywards Heath area,
aerial view.
Southern England.


00017027
PYRAMIDAL ORCHID
Anacamptis pyramidalis
inflorescence detail


00017013
CARRION CROW stealing egg
Corvus corone
from pheasant's nest


00016953
FALSE GAVIAL
Tomistoma schlegeli
Singapore Zoo


00016945
YARROW
Achillea millefolium
Meissen, Germany


00016884
BENGAL TIGER "Charger"
Panthera tigris tigris
wild male, walking.
Bandhavgarth National Park, India


00016878
GREATER BAMBOO LEMUR
Hapalemur simus
Ranomafana National Park,
southeastern Madagascar.


00016873
RING-TAILED LEMUR feeding
Lemur catta
Berenty Reserve, Madagascar


00016870
COLLARED BROWN LEMUR male
Eulemur fulvus collaris
Southeastern Madagascar.
Rainforest species.


00016867
INDRI calling in forest canopy
Indri indri
Mantadia National Park, Madagascar


00016861
BAOBABS at sunset
Adansonia digitata
Kruger National Park, South Africa


00016855
BUSH PIG or RED RIVER HOG and young
Potamochoerus porcus
Kruger National Park, South Africa


00016843
BLACK WOODPECKER
Dryocopus martius
feeding young in nest, Ankershus, Norway


00016839
RIPPLES over sand
Mana Island, Fiji,
South Pacific Ocean.


00016831
FORAMINIFERAN
Globigerina sp.
displayed under microscope
Bermuda, North Atlantic Ocean


00016777
BLUE-TAILED DAMSELFLY
Ischnura elegans
on flower bud


00016764
WHIPPLE'S FISHHOOK CACTUS
Sclerocactus whipplei
flower, close detail. Grand Staircase /
Escalante Natl Monument, Utah, USA


00016751
WAXWING group
Bombycilla garrulus
perched on television aerial


00016726
COMMON EARWIG on Daisy
Forficula auricularia
Secret Life of a Garden bookplate


00016677
MOSQUITO newly emerged from pupa
on water surface


00016615
EARWIG close detail of pinchers
Forficula auricularia


00016610
PALMATE NEWT
Triturus helveticus
hibernating under log


00016589
WITCH HAZEL
Hamamelis mollis


00016583
FULL MOON


00016538
GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY
Pieris napi
at rest on blade of grass


00016532
MUDSKIPPER
Periophthalmus barbarus
from West Africa


00016518
RED SQUIRREL
Sciurus vulgaris
young being bottle-fed


00016499
FENCEPOST SPIDER jumping
Marsippa muscosa
Sussex, UK


00016498
LIME HAWKMOTH
Mimas tiliae
Sussex, UK


00016491
DANDELION seedhead close up
Taraxacum officinale



00016481
CHIMPANZEE leaping between trees
Pan troglodytes
Northern Zamiba


00016465
BEEHIVE OF RURAL FARMER >>
Traditional cylindrical style & wedged
position found throughout most of Africa


00016462
WILDEBEEST or BRINDLED GNU
Connochaetes taurinus
two males fighting. Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa


00016459
EMPEROR MOTH laying eggs
Gonimbrasia belina
on woody stem South Africa


00016449
LOGGERHEAD TURTLES
Caretta caretta
newly hatched head for the sea Natal


00016445
EMPEROR MOTH larvae
Gonimbrasia belina
newly hatched South Africa


00016433
NUORILANG WATERFALL
Baisghui River, Juizhaigou Natl Park, Sichuan Province, China.


00016426
ROSEMARY
Rosmarinus officinalis


00016401
SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
Papilio machaon
larva in act of pupation


00016397
GREEN TREE or WEAVER ANTS
Oecophylla smaragdina
building nest, Northern Australia


00016390
WOLF SPIDER
Lycosa sp.
at trap-door burrow entrance.


00016387
GIANT REEF CLAM
Tridacna maxima
Great Barrier Reef, Australia


00016363
SAND DUNE EDGE December
Sosussvlei, Naukluft Park,
Namibia, south western Africa


00016347
SHIRE HORSES
ploughing in field, England


00016341
RED DEER
Cervus elaphus
stag, scottish highlands


00016319
POLAR BEARS
Ursus maritimus
with cub, Canadian Arctic


00016300
EUROPEAN RED FOX cubs
Vulpes vulpes
at entrance to earth


00016287
CHIMPANZEE
Pan troglodytes
female grooming young male, Whipsnade Zoo, UK


00016276
LARGE CACTUS FINCH
Geospiza conirostris
Hood (Espanola) Island, Galapagos.


00016264
AFRICAN BULLFROG male
Pyxicephalus adspersus
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00016256
RETICULATED PYTHON
Python reticulatus
southeast Asia


00016244
INDIAN GREY MONGOOSE
Herpestes edwardsi
killing Indian Cobra (Naja naja), Tamil-Nadu, India


00016243
INDIAN GREY MONGOOSE
Herpestes edwardsi
fighting Indian Cobra Naja naja
Tamil-Nadu, India


00016213
CORN CHAMOMILE
Anthemis arvensis
growing over farm machinary, Norfolk, UK


00016208
GREY SEAL young on ice
Halichoerus grypus
Kvarken, Gulf of Bothnia, Finland.


00016191
HOGWEED
Heracleum sphondylium


00016154
THE OLD MAN OF STORR
Trotternish Peninsula, Isle of Skye, Scotland.


00016148
SILAGE HARVESTING
Dorchester, Dorset, UK


00016123
GOAT WILLOW or PUSSY WILLOW
Salix caprea
catkins, Devon, UK


00016113
TOURISTS ON SAFARI
watching leopard, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00016070
SHETLAND PONIES
mares & foals near croft ruins, Unst, Shetland Isles, Scotland.


00016064
SAVANNAH HINGED TORTOISE
Kinixys belliana


00016056
TWIN FALLS with rainbow
North Carolina, USA


00016014
BROWN-THROATED THREE-TOED SLOTH
Bradypus variegatus
depositing faeces at tree base~Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica


00015991
WATERFALLS on ice cap
Nordaustlandet, Spitzbergen,
Arctic Norway.


00015975
GORSE
Ulex europaeus


00015968
SHETLAND PONY
South Uist, Outer Hebrides Scotland


00015937
FALLEN LEAVES of Norway Maple
Acer platanoides
in autumn colours


00015900
PEACOCK
Pavo cristatus
male displaying


00015893
COQUEREL'S SIFAKA LEMUR
Propithecus verreauxi coquereli
Northwestern Madagascar


00015884
SLOW WORM
Anguis fragilis
Midlands, UK


00015859
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
females sitting. Kalahari Gemsbok Natl Park, RSA


00015820
NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG
Rana pipiens
Michigan, USA


00015818
BLACK DARTER DRAGONFLY female
Sympetrum danae
Peatlands Country Park,
Co Armagh, Ireland


00015800
SPINY SQUAT LOBSTER
Galathea strigosa
North Sea, Scotland


00015789
HARVEST MOUSE
Micromys minutus
on ripe ears of wheat


00015784
SNAKEFLY
Raphidia notata


00015783
LACEWING eggs


00015782
GIANT LACEWING courting
Osmylus fulvicephalus
scent gland at tip of abdomen.


00015775
PERICOPID MOTH or HYPSID MOTH
Chetone angulosa
taking off (multiflash sequence), Venezuela, South America
50% surcharge on normal rates for multiflash image


00015736
WARTHOG
Phacochoerus aethiopicus
adult & young drinking, Mkhuze Game Reserve, South Africa.


00015707
ABRUZZI SHEEPDOG
Three puppies sitting on grass


00015699
BASSET
three puppies
Brittany Fawn (Fauve de Bretagne)


00015696
BULLDOG
with bone


00015668
OSTRICHES
Struthio camelus


00015660
LITTLE RED FLYING-FOX
Pteropus scapulatus
four roosting on branch Katherine
Gorge, Northern Territory, Australia


00015645
PANAMIC GREEN MORAY EEL
Gymnothorax castaneus
Sea of Cortez, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.


00015641
NET-THROWING SPIDER
Dinopis stauntoni
Spins web between two front pairs of
legs & waits to drop it onto insect prey


00015636
DUNG BEETLE or SCARAB BEETLE
pair rolling ball of dung to bury with eggs


00015632
DESERT or CAMPONOTONE ANT
Camponotus fulvipilosus
carrying grass seed


00015615
DRIVER ANT SOLDIERS
guarding marching column
Northern Zambia, southern Africa


00015596
MONGREL DOG
being given a bath


00015591
DOG Schnauzer cross
chained & sitting on snow


00015585
MONGREL DOG
resting in small wooden cart


00015574
MONGREL DOG
attacking jogger on path


00015555
TUSSORE SILKMOTH
Antheraea mylitta
antenna of male, close detail


00015540
TABANID HORSEFLY
male showing mouth-parts,
compound eyes & antennae
Male is nectar-feeder


00015537
LEAF BEETLE
Chrysolina sp.



00015500
MORPHO BUTTERFLY in flight
Morpho cypris
Venezuela, South America


00015494
WATER STICK INSECT
Ranatra linearis
Fam. Nepidae


00015491
WATER BOATMAN
Notonecta sp.
breathing at water surface


00015476
SMOOTH SNAKE
Coronella austriaca


00015453
EMPEROR DRAGONFLY
Anax imperator
on sedge stem


00015332
HUMPBACK WHALE
Megaptera novaeangliae
with bowriding rough-toothed dolphin
Steno bredanensis,Tonga, South Pacific


00015235
COMMON WASPS
Vespula vulgaris
eating fallen apple


00015226
PALM TREES
Mission Beach, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.


00015140
HECTOR'S DOLPHIN
Cephalorhynchus hectori
Akaroa, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.
(Endemic to New Zealand.)


00015095
DEVIL SCORPIONFISH or FALSE STONEFISH
Scorpaenopsis diabolus
camouflaged, New Guinea, South Pacific. Venomous


00015085
ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE
Macroclemys temmincki
Using small worm-like lure on tongue as bait


00015069
HARVEST MOUSE on reed
Micromys minutus



00015061
NIGHTINGALE
Luscinia megarhynchos
Greece


00015059
ORKNEY VOLE
Microtus arvalis


00015055
ROBIN singing January
Erithacus rubecula
Hampshire, southern England


00015042
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE hatchlings
Caretta caretta
hatchlings heading out to sea


00015027
BLACK-BACKED JACKAL
Canis mesomelas
hunting doves at waterhole, Etosha NP, Namibia


00014968
AARDWOLF
Proteles cristatus


00014944
MANDRILL
Mandrillus sphinx
Endangered. Camaroon and Gabon


00014926
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered.
Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon/Congo


00014923
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Keeper/handler Kevin Mpiolea with orphaned gorillas reintroduced into the wild. Endangered species.
Projet Protection des Gorilles, Gabon/Congo


00014892
ROAD
through the rainforest, Gabon


00014880
RAINFOREST TIMBER
awaiting export in Libreville Harbour, Gabon.


00014872
BUSHMEAT
for sale at market, Gabon


00014830
GERMAN SHEPHERD or ALSATIAN
puppy, 8 weeks old.


00014816
DROMEDARY CAMELS
Camelus dromedarius
Feral animals living wild in Australia.


00014782
SWALLOW flock
Hirundo rustica
perched on wires


00014738
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra
resting on grass


00014729
SKYLARK
Alauda arvensis


00014718
DOWNY BIRCH seedling
Betula pubescens


00014695
BLUEBELLS
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Scotland. Endymion non-scriptus


00014649
GREY SQUIRREL
Scuirus carolinensis


00014642
GORSE or FURZE in flower
Ulex europaeus
Isle of Mull, Argyll & Bute,
south western Scotland


00014639
EUROPEAN RABBIT
Oryctolagus cuniculus


00014635
RED SQUIRREL
Sciurus vulgaris
eating nut


00014628
LONG-EARED OWL
Asio otus


00014625
BROOM
Cytisus scoparius


00014616
COMMON MUSSEL BEDS
Mytilus edulis
Loch Sunart, Argyll, Scotland.


00014613
BROOM
Cytisus scoparius


00014609
DOG WASTE BIN
Arbroath, Angus, Scotland.


00014605
YELLOW IRIS
Iris pseudacorus
with bumblebee


00014603
COMMON CLEAVERS or GOOSEGRASS
Gallium aparine
showing sticky seedheads


00014592
MEADOW BUTTERCUP
Ranunculus arvensis


00014589
DANDELION
Taraxacum officinale
dispersing seeds in wind


00014523
NET SPIDER or STICK SPIDER
with silk net which it uses to drop onto prey, Eastern Andes (1500m), Ecuador.


00014519
IGUAZU FALLS
World Heritage Site
View from Brazilian side, Iguazu National Park, Parana, Brazil


00014499
PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLY larva
Cynthia cardui
preparing to pupate, North America
Sequence of pictures: No.2 of 3


00014466
BRAZILIAN TAPIR
Tapirus terrestris
showing eyeshine at night. Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.


00014448
GIANT PANDA eating bamboo,
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
face detail. Breeding Centre, Wolong
Reserve, central China.


00014425
BALD EAGLE in tree, cleaning beak
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Alaska, USA.


00014416
COYPU
Myocastor coypus
Louisiana, USA


00014414
ROCKHOPPER PENGUIN
Eudyptes chrysocome
hopping from rock Falkland Islands, South Atlantic


00014389
PADAR ISLAND
with bagans (native fishing boats)
Komodo National Park, Indonesia


00014353
SARGASSUM CRAB
Portunus sayi
off Florida, south eastern USA


00014309
MASAI GIRLS
two playing
Eastern Africa


00014282
NILE CROCODILE
Crocodylus niloticus
with dead zebra which it killed as it tried to cross Mara River, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00014273
AFRICAN WILD DOG or CAPE HUNTING DOG
Lycaon pictus
Serengeti Plains, Tanzania.


00014255
YELLOW-BILLED OXPECKERS
Buphagus africanus
on head of African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer)


00014233
VULTURES
large group on ground with wings spread, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00014192
BEARDED WOODPECKER in nest hole
Dendropicos namaquus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00014185
AFRICAN WILD DOG or CAPE HUNTING DOGS
Lycaon pictus
litter of young, Serengeti Plain, Tanzania.


00014179
AFRICAN WILD DOG or CAPE HUNTING DOG
Lycaon pictus
regurgitating meat for waiting young, Serengeti Plains, Tanzania.


00014168
AMERICAN COCKROACH
Periplaneta americana
right lateral view


00014154
GREATER FLAMINGOS turning eggs
Phoenicopterus ruber
Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, France


00014151
HONEYSUCKLE
Lonicera periclymenum


00014142
YELLOW-RUMPED CACIQUE
Cacicus cela
building nest, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.


00014125
DACHSHUND
Smooth-haired, with young


00014121
BLOODHOUND
sitting, panting


00014117
BLOODHOUND sniffing


00014097
RAGGED ROBIN
Lychnis flos-cuculi
Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset, UK


00014052
GREATER BLADDERWORT
Utricularia vulgaris
WITH waterflea PREY (Daphnia sp.)


00014028
JACK RUSSELL TERRIER
looking over fence


00020433
GOLDEN EAGLE close-up of head
Aquila chrysaetos


00020417
COMMON PEAFOWL May
Pavo cristatus
male displaying North Ayrshire,
Strathclyde, south western Scotland


00020416
BARN OWL group of young August
Tyto alba
front one in threat posture
Ayrshire, south western Scotland


00020402
MUD VOLCANO
Trinidad & Tobago


00020399
ARCTIC WILLOW
Salix arctica


00020388
WREATH LECHENAULTIA & NATIVE
FOXGLOVE, Western Australia
Lechenaultia macrantha &
Pityrodia terminalis


00020369
LITTLE CORELLA perched
Cacatua sanguinea pastinator
South Western Australia


00020368
PETUNIA close-up of flower centre
showing anthers and stigma


00020361
RUBY TIGER MOTH
Phragmatobia fuliginosa
Essex, England


00020324
VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK
Steam vents after sunrise
Big Island, Hawaii, USA


00020321
GIRAFFE drinking at waterhole
Giraffa camelopardalis
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00020320
SCRUB ENCROACHMENT in desert
Central Namibia Aerial view


00020313
MAHOGANY being prepared for use
Manu Region, Peru


00020302
FUNGI on dead wood
Manu region, Peru


00020289
DESTRUCTION OF WOODLAND
Conversion to farmland
Finland


00020287
TOURISTS at Yakapai Point,
Grand Canyon Arizona, USA


00020286
DEAD PINE TREE DETAIL
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA


00020283
PUFFIN running on sea surface
Fratercula arctica
Farne Islands, Northumbria,
North Sea coast of NE England


00020275
REGENT PARROT flock in tree
Polytelis anthopeplus
Hattah, Victoria, Australia


00020258
REINDEER calf, newborn, running
Rangifer tarandus
alongside its mother on Nadym Tundra. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.


00020232
FOREST & river in early autumn
Near Kuusamo and the Russian Frontier, Oulu Region, Finland.


00020228
ELLESMERE ISLAND
Hall Basin with mountains and altostratus clouds reflected. Arctic Canada.


00020202
PLASTIC DRUM DUMP ON BEACH
Chilean Teniente Marsh base
King George Island, Antarctica


00020169
CORNCRAKE May
Crex crex
South Uist, Hebrides, Scotland


00020159
SAND MARTIN pair at nest hole
Riparia riparia
Minsmere RSPB Reserve, Suffolk, England. May


00020151
PUFFIN in flight
Fratercula arctica
Skokholm Island, Wales. June.


00020138
KESTREL female on gate post
Falco tinnunculus
Elmley Reserve, Isle of Sheppey,
Kent, England January


00020136
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT flock in flight
Limosa limosa
Ouse Washes, Cambridgeshire,
England December


00020128
BITTERN in camouflage posture
Botaurus stellaris
Lee Valley, Essex, UK January


00020112
RABBIT upright in meadow,
Oryctolagus cuniculus
in evening light. Essex, England. July


00020108
GREAT SKUA long-call aggression display
Stercorarius skua
Handa Island, Scotland. June


00020092
FOOTPATH THROUGH FARMLAND
Essex, England October


00020047
AFRICAN ELEPHANT calf protected by adult
Loxodonta africana
Samburu National Reserve, Kenya


00020028
RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE
Alectoris rufa
fighting over female (on right)
UK


00020023
WATER VOLE
Arvicola terrestris
UK


00020020
WATER VOLE in canal habitat
Arvicola terrestris
UK


00019975
EUROPEAN BROWN HARE
Lepus europaeus
young, crouching in form


00019958
DRUMLINS in glaciated valley
Lake District, Cumbria,
north western England


00019951
BENGAL TIGER face, close detail
Panthera tigris tigris


00019945
CORBETT NATIONAL PARK at dawn,
on a misty morning. India


00019944
DRAGONFLY SANCTUARY
(with notice to that effect)
Lee Valley Park, Essex, SE England


00019933
WOODLAND & BLUEBELLS
Path through Nap Wood,
Sussex, southern England


00019925
LESSER PURPLE EMPEROR
BUTTERFLY
Apatura ilia
on oak foliage, wings open


00019924
WILLOW WARBLER
Phylloscopus trochilus
with beakful of insect prey


00019923
CHERRIES
Prunus avium
Bunches of ripe fruit on branch


00019893
GIBBER PLAINS
Small wind-polished rocks
on red sand base Australia


00019887
VENUS FLYTRAP with trapped fly prey
Dionaea muscipula
Trap sprung by trigger hairs Native to
swamps of North Carolina, USA


00019833
SNAPDRAGON in flower (endemic)
Antirrhinum cirrhigerum
Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano
e Costa Vicentina, Algarve, Portugal


00019828
PALINURO CAPE beach from cave
Cilento National Park, Campania, Italy


00019805
MOUNT ETNA EMITTING FUMES
from south east crater Etna Regional Pk,
Sicily nb Foreground contrast between
snow & old lapilli >>


00019800
ARCTIC BUTTERCUP
Ranunculus sulphureus
Svalbard (Spitsbergen), Norway


00019778
SUNFLOWER flower head
Helianthus annuus
Provence, France


00019770
RUBBISH ON BEACH
Cilento National Park, Campania,
south western Italy


00019753
LIGHTS OF RIO AT NIGHT
Rio de Janeiro Brazil, South America


00019735
GUARIA MORADA' ORCHID flowers
Cattleya skinneri
National Flower of Costa Rica


00019718
AFRICAN LION cubs playing
Panthera leo
Kruger Nat'l Park, South Africa


00019711
CORK OAK Spain
Quercus suber


00019696
WHITE MUSSEL siphons extended
Western Cape, SW coast of S Africa


00019678
LONG-TAILED DUCK
Clangula hyemalis
three in flight


00019666
AMERICAN RED SQUIRREL
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
using nest-box


00019586
RED ADMIRAL on Buddleia, wings open
Vanessa atalanta


00019571
COMMON HEART URCHIN
Echinocardium cordatum
Also called Sea Potato
Eyemouth, Berwickshire, SE Scotland


00019553
RED SETTER
walking in snow


00019534
RED KITE & MAGPIE in dead tree
Milvus milvus & Pica pica


00019495
HAWTHORN clusters of flowers
Crataegus monogyna
Down, south eastern Ulster


00019490
MEADOW GRASSHOPPER
Chorthippus parallelus


00019488
GREY DRAKE MAYFLY female
Ephemera danica
Fermanagh, south western Ulster


00019473
PEACOCK BUTTERFLY on flower April
Inachis io
Brackagh Moss NNR Portadown,
Armagh, Southern Ulster


00019466
GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY
Pieris napi
on Bluebell Armagh, southern Ulster


00019415
FLAX (part of crop)
Linum usitatissimum
in flower Southern Sweden


00019410
CAT face detail of very young animal,
with eyes closed


00019371
AFRICAN LION two young
Panthera leo
Kalahari, southern Africa


00019359
ROTIFERAN (living)
Brachiorus sp.
Mag. x50 Phylum Rotifera


00019353
DEEP RED ROSE
close detail of whorl of petals


00019341
WHITESPOTTED FILEFISH at coral reef
Cantherhines macrocerus
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00019339
HAWKSBILL TURTLE at artificial reef
Eretmochelys imbricata
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean. (Artificial reef is submerged barge.)


00019328
HAWKSBILL TURTLE over coral reef
Eretmochelys imbricata
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00019326
HAWKSBILL TURTLE swimming
Eretmochelys imbricata
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00019318
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE over coral reef
Carretta carretta
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00019316
SPANISH LOBSTER
Arctites antipodum
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.


00019287
KELLER'S WHELK
Kelletia kelletii
California, USA. Pacific Ocean.


00019284
BANDTAIL PUFFER camouflaged
Sphoeroides spengleri
on sea bed. Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00019259
BICOLOR DAMSELFISH -
Stegastes partitus
unusual coloration. Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00019245
CARIBBEAN MANATEE or SEA COW
Trichechus manatus latirostris
Homossassa Springs State Wildlife Park, Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00019235
FRANKINCENSE TREE amongst rocks
Boswellia sp.
by stony desert. Oman. January.



00019234
FRANKINCENSE TREE
Boswellia sp.
on rocky hillside. Oman. January.



00019228
ADDER female with young
Vipera berus
Midlands, England August


00019220
GREENFINCH on bird feeder
Carduelis chloris
Midlands, England. March


00019206
AFRICAN LION chasing kudu
Panthera leo
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00019190
GOLDFISH in bowl,
Carassius auratus
watched by child


00019185
YARROW flowers
Achillea millefolium
Cosmetic & medicinal properties. Used
for thousands of years to heal wounds.


00019157
CAPE VULTURE coming in to land
Gyps coprotheres
Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa


00019149
OSTRICH at nest
Struthio camelus
with eggs & chicks Africa


00019145
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA baby
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
with fruit. Project Protection des Gorilles,
Gabon & Congo.


00019143
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA & baby
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild.


00019125
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild.


00019102
MARABOU STORK at waterhole
Leptoptilos crumeniferus
attacking & eating dove. Picture sequence
: No.1 of 3 Etosha National Park, Namibia


00019100
GREATER KUDU male drinking
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Etosha National Park, Namibia



00019098
BENGAL TIGER close-up
Panthera tigris
showing skin pattern


00019094
CHEETAH crouching in tall grass
Acinonyx jubatus
Namibia. Endangered species


00019079
EASTERN GREY KANGAROOS
Macropus giganteus
two bounding. Australia


00019018
RED-CROWNED or WHITE-COLLARED
MANGABEY
Cercocebus torquatus torquatus


00019009
SULAWESI CRESTED MACAQUE
Macaca nigra
young Also called Black Macaque


00019004
SALERS cow with bell (dairy breed)
A popular breed in montane regions
of France. Auvers Volcano Park,
Cezallier Plateau, France


00018982
BEECH
Fagus sylvatica
View upwards to canopy,
with foliage in autumn colours


00018939
ARCTIC TERN
Sterna paradisaea
on mooring post


00018927
NORWAY MAPLE leaves
Acer platanoides


00018920
AURORA BOREALIS or NORTHERN LIGHTS
with spruce trees
Chena Lakes State Park, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA


00018918
AURORA BOREALIS or NORTHERN LIGHTS
with spruce trees
Chena Lakes State Park, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA


00018893
RESPLENDENT QUETZAL
Pharomachrus mocinno
on branch in rainforest Talamanca
Mountains, Costa Rica, Central America


00018890
RED-NECKED PADEMELON
Thylogale thetis
Lamington Nat.Park, Australia


00018879
MARGAY CATS
Felis wiedi
Belize, Central America


00018875
ORCA or KILLER WHALE
Orcinus orca
Puget Sound, Washington, USA


00018802
GREAT BASIN BRISTLECONE PINE
Pinus longaeva
ancient specimens. Patriarch Grove,
White Mts, Inyo Forest, California,USA


00018800
CHEETAH running
Acinonyx jubatus


00018796
BLACK RHINOCEROS
Diceros bicornis
Kenya. Wide-angle view


00018761
COBALT BLUE TARANTULA
Haplopelma lividum
Thailand


00018746
ADDER warming up
Vipera berus
on rusting metal shovel


00018723
PYGMY HOG
Sus salvanius
Zurich Zoo, Switzerland.
Captive animal. Endangered species.


00018709
CHITAL or SPOTTED DEER
Axis axis
two by lake Ranthambhore National
Park, Rajasthan, north western India


00018701
ENGLISH OAK or PEDUNCULATE OAK
Quercus robur
ripe acorn in cup


00018695
WHOOPER SWAN & young at nest
Cygnus cygnus
Finland


00018681
GOLDEN-HEADED LION TAMARIN
Leontopithecus chrysomelas
Sao Paulo, southern Brazil


00018666
RED HAZEL LEAF close detail
showing pattern of veins


00018632
NORWAY SPRUCE
Picea abies
branch & cones September
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland


00018618
GREATER KUDU head detail
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
View emphasizing large size of ears


00018606
LONDON PLANE TREE avenue
Platanus x acerifolia
Green Park, London, UK. April


00018600
FALLOW DEER
Dama dama
walking with young in long grass


00018568
THOROUGHBRED HORSE Mare
running in paddock, near Lexington,
Kentucky, eastern USA


00018561
GREEN VINE SNAKE eating lizard prey
Oxybelis fulgidus
Lizard is Anolis sp.
Guyana, South America


00018509
BEWICK'S SWAN on water
Cygnus columbianus bewickii
Slimbridge Wildfowl Trust,
Gloucestershire, West Midlands, England


00018495
SANDHILL CRANE in flight
Grus canadensis
Bosque del Apache, New Mexico,
south eastern USA


00018486
FISHING BOATS in harbour
Ilulissat, Jakobshavn, western Greenland.


00018459
COPPER FOUNDRY converter aisle with spark shower. Norilsk, western Siberia, Russia.


00018442
ICEBERG surrounded by melting sea ice. Northwestern Greenland. Summer.


00018426
INUIT HUNTER in polar bear trousers, lights stove inside igloo. Northwestern Greenland.




00018412
POLAR BEAR swimming in lead
Ursus maritimus
during polar bear hunt. Northwestern Greenland.


00018383
SOHOPMA VILLAGE in rainforest
Seng Valley, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia.


00018381
THINGVELLIR, site of Iceland's first parliament, in winter. Church & farm by Oxara River. Iceland.


00018358
TURNSTONE GLACIER snout
flowing from the ice sheet. Ellesmere Island, Canada. A piedmont glacier.


00018351
POLAR BEAR upright for better view
Ursus maritimus
Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.


00018326
POLAR BEAR upright for better view
Ursus maritimus
across the sea ice. Canada.


00018313
ARCTIC FOX white form
Alopex lagopus
near resting Polar Bear, Ursus maritimus. Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.


00018309
AURORA BOREALIS or NORTHERN LIGHTS over boreal forest. Churchill. Manitoba, Canada.


00018293
PURPLE SAXIFRAGE in flower
Saxifraga oppositifolia
through snow. Jens Munk Island, Nunavut, Canada.


00018274
EMPEROR PENGUIN & chick
Aptenodytes forsteri
Atka Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica.


00018271
EMPEROR PENGUIN regurgitating
Aptenodytes forsteri
unwanted matter soon after getting out of the water. Weddell Sea, Antarctica.


00018247
MINKE WHALE surfacing by ice floe
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
By Cape Adare, Ross Sea, Antarctica.


00018234
PYRAMID PEAK seen across Hog's Mouth Rocks. Bay of Isles, South Georgia Islands. Sub-Antarctic.


00018232
BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS in flight
Diomedea melanophris
over the breeding colony. West Point Island, Falkland Is., Sub-Antarctica.


00018225
BLUE ICEBERG (rare type), sculpted by the sea, with Gentoo & Chinstrap penguins. Ancient ice, highly compressed, absorbs all but blue light. Antarctica.


00018221
ADELIE PENGUIN struggling
Pygoscelis adeliae
through pieces of glacial ice. Paulet Island, Antarctica.


00018189
AURORA BOREALIS or NORTHERN LIGHTS over taiga with flagged trees. Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.


00018186
ARCTIC FOX white form,
Alopex lagopus
intermediate coat. Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.


00018164
INUIT HUNTER named Ilsaanguaq hunting seals, wearing
polar bear trousers and using white screen. Northwestern Greenland.


00018153
LONG-TAILED TIT amongst catkins
Aegithalos caudatus
March Essex, south eastern England


00018152
LONG-TAILED TIT
Aegithalos caudatus
on Pussy Willow March
Essex, south eastern England


00018140
WATER VOLE at water's edge
Arvicola terrestris
September Essex, south east England


00018121
YELLOWHAMMER singing May
Emberiza citrinella
Kent, south eastern England


00018106
DARTFORD WARBLER male calling
Sylvia undata
Dorsetshire, UK


00018092
GOSHAWK
Accipiter gentilis
mantling prey
Finland


00018089
GREAT GREY OWL
Strix nebulosa
in flight
Finland


00018043
BULLFINCH female
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Finland



00018019
RING-TAILED LEMUR group
Lemur catta
Berenty Reserve, Madagascar
Endemic to Madagascar


00018012
EUROPEAN BROWN HARE young
Lepus europaeus
concealed in grass by mother
South Downs, Hampshire, UK


00018010
COMMON SHREW
Sorex araneus
eating ants' eggs


00018008
AMERICAN MINK male
Mustela vison
on hind quarters, on lookout


00018004
ROE DEER young, eating crop
Capreolus capreolus
Butser Hill, Hampshire, England


00017996
BEN LOYAL
Sutherland, Highland Region,
north western Scotland


00017994
RAZORBILL with chick
Alca torda
on cliff ledge


00017989
TEA TREE leaves
Melaleuca alternifolia
Oil used in non-chemical pharmaceutical
& skin care products.NSW, Australia.


00017985
CENTIPEDE (un-identified sp.)
curled protectively round young
E Australia. Found in sandy areas of
South Australia, Queensland & Victoria


00017972
CORK OAK recently harvested
Quercus suber
Dehesa, Extremadura, Spain


00017969
PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS in flower
Opuntia ficus-barbarica
Monfrague Natl Pk, Extremadura, Spain.


00017967
CORK OAK branch
Quercus suber
partly harvested
Dehesa, Extremadura, Spain


00017956
JUDAS TREE in flower
Cercis siliquastrum
Monterano Reserve, Latium, Italy


00017930
PELAGIC SEA SNAKE & young
Pelamis platurus
gave birth after being washed ashore.
Ostional beach, Costa Rica.


00017911
RED-BACK SPIDER
Latrodectus hasselti
highly venomous, Australia.


00017888
HAIRY-LEGGED HERMIT CRAB
Paguristes squamosus
South Eastern Australia


00017868
RED KANGAROO
Macropus rufus
new-born young removed from pouch, Australia


00017860
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS at waterhole
Loxodonta africana
Khwai River, Moremi, Botswana


00017852
VERREAUX'S SIFAKA sitting
Propithecus verreauxi
Berenty Reserve, Madagascar


00017846
GREY SEAL two fighting
Halichoerus grypus
at water's edge. Donna Nook,
Lincolnshire, East Anglia, UK


00017826
BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN leaping
Tursiops truncatus
Caribbean.


00017816
ROBIN on grass
Erithacus rubecula
Wiltshire, UK


00017781
ROBIN singing
Erithacus rubecula
Essex, England. November.


00017749
SNOW GEESE in flight
Anser caerulescens
(some sandhill cranes in forground) Bosque del Apache NWR, New Mexico, USA.


00017746
ALSTROEMERIA hybrid
close-up of flower


00017741
BEGONIA
Begonia x tuberhybrida
close-up of flower


00017738
POPPY petals, close detail
Variegated cultivar


00017737
MONKEY PUZZLE or CHILEAN PINE
Araucaria araucana
leaf detail


00017732
LAVENDER field
Lavandula sp.
Provence, France


00017724
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
drinking (high aerial view) Ruaha River, Ruaha National Park, Tanzania


00017717
HIPPOPOTAMUS aggression
Hippopotamus amphibius
Selinda Concession, Botswana


00017696
RIO CAUCA CAECILIAN
Typhlonectes natans
burrowing in sand underwater, South America


00017662
TASMANIAN DEVIL
Sarcophilus harrisii
Coastal scrub of Tasmania


00017633
GEOLOGICAL LAYERS
Dales Gorge, Karijini National Park,
Western Australia


00017629
OXFORD RAGWORT
Senecio squalidus
in flower by railway line, Berkhamsted, UK


00020397
REGENERATION after fire
wildflowers in burnt scrubland
after winter rains Paynes Find,
Western Australia


00020349
WHITETIP REEF SHARK feeding
Triaenodon obesus
in shallows. Bartolome Island,
Galapagos. Pacific Ocean


00020309
WESTLETON HEATH
(coastal heathland)
Suffolk, England


00020298
BRACKEN in autumn
Pteridium aquilinum
Ashdown Forest, Sussex, UK


00020296
WICKEN FEN NATIONAL NATURE
RESERVE Fenland meadow



00020294
PITCHER PLANT Insectivorous
Sarracenia sp.
North Carolina, USA


00020272
YELLOW-THROATED SPINETAIL
Certhiaxis cinnamomea
Llanos, Venezuela, South America


00020260
REINDEER herd travelling
Rangifer tarandus
across the Nadym Tundra in evening spring sunshine. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.


00020250
IMPURE GAS being burnt off
Yamsavey gas fields, near Nadym, Yamal. Western Siberia, Russia.


00020125
BITTERN walking
Botaurus stellaris
Lee Valley, Essex, UK January


00020111
WATER VOLE young
Arvicola terrestris
release project at 'Wildwood', Kent


00020089
TIGER close-up of coat
Panthera tigris
Paradise Wildlife Park, UK


00020087
BROWN RAT young, at pond
Rattus norvegicus
(leptospirosis connection).
Worcestershire, England. February.


00020064
COOT turning eggs
Fulica atra
Sussex, England


00020055
AFRICAN ELEPHANT young
Loxodonta africana
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00020045
LAMB gamboling
Wiltshire, UK



00020037
RED GROUSE female drinking
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK


00020034
MUTE SWAN male showing aggression
Cygnus olor
Wiltshire, UK


00020016
RED GROUSE male
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK


00020015
RED GROUSE male
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK


00020000
RED GROUSE male and female mating
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK


00019997
RED GROUSE male in heather
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK


00019962
STRIPED SKUNK ready to spray
Mephitis mephitis
in reaction to danger,Canada


00019949
SHORT EARED OWL at sunset
Asio flammeus
Hampshire, UK


00019914
CLEAR-CUT TEMPERATE RAIN
FOREST (aerial view) South Westland,
South Island, New Zealand nb Hauling
lines radiating from central hauler post


00019903
WALL OF CHINA' sub-vertical quartz
vein forming a natural white stone wall
with a 'blocky' appearance Near Halls
Creek, s-e Kimberleys, Western Australia


00019886
MURRAY I POWER STATION
Snowy Mts HEP
Scheme Kosciusko National Park,
New South Wales, Australia


00019875
MULGA near Alice Springs
Acacia aneura
Widespread throughout arid mainland
Australia, on sandy clays and stony soils


00019870
ZEBRA SHARK
Stegostoma fasciatum
(Australia & Indo-Pacific)


00019862
RANGER URANIUM MINE
with trucks spraying to reduce radiation
Jabiru, Northern Territory, Australia


00019858
DEEP RED SAND DUNES
with wild flowers after rain
Australian interior


00019857
LUMHOLTZ'S TREE KANGAROO
Dendrolagus lumholtzi
amongst foliage Australia


00019856
KAURI PINE trunk
Agathis australis
being inspected by man Found in
Queensland & North Island, New Zealand


00019845
TROPICAL RAINFOREST at 900m
Mountain Species Natl Pk, Townsville,
Queensland, Australia Vines down trunk
are Pandanus Freycinetia excelsa


00019842
GREATER FLAMINGOS in flight
Phoenicopterus ruber
Coto Donana National Park,
Andalusia, Spain


00019841
WHITE STORK on nest with young
Ciconia ciconia
Cabo Sardao, Parque Natural do
Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina >



00019817
OBLONG WOODSIA FERNS in pots
Woodsia ilvensis
Project to save UK's rarest fern. Royal
Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland


00019814
VENTINA GLACIER
Medial moraine with boulder clay
(Mount Pizzo Cassandra behind)
Central Alps, Lombardy, northern Italy


00019813
SIGN AT FRONT OF VENTINA GLACIER
Position 1910 Mount Disgrazia,
Lombardy, Central Alps, Italy


00019776
LAGOON near Carloe Beach
Orosei Coast, Sardinia, Italy.


00019768
AGAVE & Aleppo pines
Agave americana & Pinus halepensis
Licosa Coast, Cilento National Park,
Campania, Italy


00019761
CAMEL THORN ACACIA
Acacia erioloba
near "Dune 45" Naukluft National Park,
Sossusvlei, Namibia


00019719
AFRICAN LION female
Panthera leo
grooming ten-week-old
Kruger Natl Park, South Africa


00019689
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE laying eggs
Caretta caretta
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa


00019668
AMERICAN RED SQUIRREL
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
eating nut North America


00019645
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD
Coccinella septempunctata



00019634
CANADIAN PONDWEED
Elodea canadensis


00019612
IVY in flower
Hedera helix
amongst Vine leaves


00019594
VENUS FLY-TRAP capturing fly
Dionaea muscipula
Insectivorous plant. Prey is caught by
touching trigger hairs which close leaf


00019557
HARBOUR CRAB pair
Liocarcinus depurator
emerging from burrow in sand
Eyemouth, Berwickshire, SE Scotland


00019530
SMEW male on water
Mergus albellus


00019516
WOODPIGEON on branch
Columba palumbus


00019508
GREATER MOUSE-EARED BATS
Myotis myotis
breeding colony with females
and juveniles Spain


00019498
ROAD SIGN PICTURING TOAD warning
of Natterjack Toad colony in area
Natterjack Toad is Bufo calamita
Syderstone, Norfolk, East Anglia, UK


00019447
VARIABLE DAMSELFLY male
Coenagrion pulchellum
on Ragged Robin June Selshion Moss,
Portadown, Armagh, southern Ulster


00019436
AMERICAN RED SQUIRREL Winter
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Northern Michigan, USA


00019411
COMMON SHREW
Sorex araneus
eating slug prey


00019387
LEOPARD camouflaged in bush
Panthera pardus
Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve,
South Africa


00019381
VILLAGE or SPOTTEDBACKED WEAVER
Ploceus cucullatus
displaying at nest Natal, RSA


00019366
BLUE-TAILED DAMSELFLIES
Ischnura elegans
pair mating


00019364
NOBLE FIR
Abies procera
Wakehurst Place, Ardingly,
West Sussex, southern England


00019363
BEECH TREE in autumn
Fagus sylvatica
Savernake Forest, Wiltshire UK


00019362
SCOTS PINE WOODLAND
Pinus sylvestris
Kirroughtree, Galloway Forest
Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland


00019351
WHITE WILLOWS Spring
Salix alba
Danube Delta, Romania


00019348
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE
Carretta carretta
Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.




00019344
HAWKSBILL TURTLE swimming
Eretmochelys imbricata
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00019338
CARIBBEAN MANATEE or SEA COW group
Trichechus manatus latirostris
at power plant. Riviera Beach, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00019308
MONTEREY SEA LEMON laying eggs
Archidoris montereyensis
Campbell River, Vancouver Island, Canada. Pacific Ocean.


00019283
STOPLIGHT PARROTFISH
Sparisoma viride
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00019257
CARIBBEAN REEF SHARKS
Carcharhinus perezi
Walker's Cay, Bahamas. Atlantic Ocean.


00019174
AFRICAN FOREST BUFFALO
Syncerus caffer nanus
head detail. Gabon


00019163
BROWN CAPUCHIN MONKEY & baby
Cebus apella
Central South America


00019109
RING-TAILED LEMUR
Lemur catta
rear view, showing tail
Madagascar. Endangered species


00019105
BURCHELL'S or PLAINS ZEBRAS
Equus burchellii
stallions fighting.
Etosha National Park, Namibia.


00019087
CHEETAH snarling
Acinonyx jubatus
Africa. Endangered species


00019073
MOUNTAIN GORILLA baby
Gorilla beringei beringei
Critically endangered species


00019060
RING-TAILED LEMUR
Lemur catta
suckling young Vulnerable species
Southern Madagascar


00019052
EUROPEAN BROWN HARES 'boxing'
Lepus europaeus


00019032
HOUSE MOUSE
Mus musculus



00019022
GIANT ELAND
Taurotragus derbianus
Central Africa.


00019019
OKAPI
Okapia johnstoni


00019007
WOODLAND GLADE
with Hostas, Primulas & Azalaeas
Benmore Botanic Gardens,
Argyllshire, south western Scotland


00018990
SCOTS PINE sapling, new growth
Pinus sylvestris


00018986
BLACKTHORN branch with blossom
Prunus spinosa
Spring


00018976
HOLLY flowers
Ilex aquifolium


00018970
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra
female & young on kelp bed Scotland


00018947
SCOTS PINE native wood
Pinus sylvestris
Glen Affric, Scotland


00018944
HOLLY foliage detail
Ilex aquifolium


00018899
OCELOT sharpening claws
Felis pardalis
Braulio Carillo National Park, Costa Rica.


00018860
WOOD DUCK male flapping wings
Aix sponsa
British Columbia, Canada. Spring


00018841
MONARCH BUTTERFLY pupa
Danaus plexippus
on Joe-Pye Weed
Lifecycle sequence no. 5/12. N America


00018834
NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEAR
Ursus americanus
standing, on hind legs
Rocky Mountains, North America


00018827
RED CICHLID two fighting
Cichlasoma festae
Native to Ecuador, South America


00018826
HARBOUR SEAL on ice
Phoca vitulina
North America


00018818
FOREST FIRE being extinguished
Badhra Sanctuary, Karnataka,
southern India.


00018804
BEAVER DAM
of North American Beaver
Castor canadensis Grand Teton Natl
Park, Wyoming, north western USA


00018783
CORAL colour morphs
Euphyllia ancora
Indonesia


00018776
GREENUP GILL which descends to
Borrowdale from Greenup Edge,
between High Raise & Ullscarf, Lake
District National Park, Cumbria, England


00018774
DERWENT FELLS and Little Town
Lake District National Park,
Cumbria, UK


00018762
FERN detail of unfurled frond
Caribbean National Forest,
El Yunque, Puerto Rico


00018759
COMB-OF-VENUS SHELL
Murex pecten
Fairly common, Indo-Pacific species,
but shell rarely found in perfect condition.


00018755
BULLFROG with leaves on head
Rana catesbeiana
Species of south eastern USA


00018753
GOLDEN LION TAMARIN
Lentopithecus rosalia
Coastal forest of Brazil


00018745
ADDER outside rabbit burrow
Vipera berus


00018736
SUMATRAN TIGER
Panthera tigris sumatrae
pair mating, anterior detail


00018698
CEDAR TREE with snow
Cedrus sp.
Morocco


00018678
RED DEER
Cervus elaphus
males sparring


00018675
ENGLISH OAK or PEDUNCULATE OAK
Quercus robur
bark, close detail


00018674
PANSY flower
Viola sp.


00018669
HAWTHORN BUSH in flower
Crataegus monogyna
Highland Region, Scotland


00018664
BEECH group
Fagus sylvatica
by Oilseed Rape crop
Devonshire, UK


00018650
SENSITIVE PLANT or TACTILE MIMOSA
Mimosa pudica
leaves closed
(Example of Thigmotropism)


00018599
BRIMSTONE BUTTERFLY
Gonepteryx rhamni
two hibernating on ivy


00018598
CORNFLOWER & FIELD POPPY
Centaurea cyanus & Papaver rhoeas


00018597
HAWTHORN
Crataegus monogyna
ripe berries on branch


00018570
LITTLE PENGUIN
Eudyptula minor
group coming ashore at night
World's smallest penguin Australia


00018566
FALLOW DEER group
Dama dama
on snowy slope Poland


00018556
DWARF or SMOOTH-FRONTED CAIMAN
Paleosuchus palpebrosus
Guyana, South America


00018548
GHARIALS or GAVIALS
Gavialis gangeticus
Northern India. Endangered species


00018522
AFRICAN LIONS hunting buffalo
Panthera leo
Okavango Delta, Botswana


00018519
GREATER KUDU group
Tragelaphus strepsiceros



00018493
GANNET in flight, about to land
Sula bassana
Bass Rock, Firth of Forth,
south eastern Scotland


00018490
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
Wyoming, USA. Thermal area with ghost trees covered with frost from hot springs.


00018452
MOOSE cow, domesticated
Alces alces
Near Sumarokova moose farm, Kostroma, Russia.


00018440
WIND CLOUDS (CIRRUS) forming over sea ice. Northwestern Greenland.


00018423
INUIT HUNTER in kayak harpooning a Narwhal. Northwestern Greenland.




00018418
NARWHAL male, showing ivory tusk,
Monodon monoceros
(elongated tooth). Northwestern Greenland.


00018410
TEAM OF HUSKIES in fan formation
pulling sled over frozen sea ice. Northwestern Greenland.



00018406
INUIT HUNTER checks Polar Bear tracks on sea ice
Melville Bay, northwestern Greenland.




00018404
NARWHAL, showing tusk (elongated tooth)
Monodon monoceros
Greenland.


00018399
YAPESE ISLANDER removing husks from coconuts.
Yap, Caroline Islands, Micronesia, South Pacific Ocean.


00018365
FROSTED TREES on island in morning
mist, reflected in lake. Boreal forest. Lake Bourinot, Quebec, Canadian subarctic.


00018342
POLAR BEAR with breath showing
Ursus maritimus
in freezing air. Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.


00018331
ARCTIC TUNDRA with cotton grass
Near Lake Hazen, Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories, Canada.


00018306
MUSK OXEN running over snowy tundra
Ovibos moschatus
Northwest Territories, Canada.


00018290
INUIT HUNTER skinning caribou
Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada.


00018283
EMPEROR PENGUIN pair & chick
Aptenodytes forsteri
Atka Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica.


00018260
SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL bull
Mirounga leonina
resting on grass in front of old boat. Grytviken, South Georgia, Sub-Antarctica.


00018250
RUSSIAN ICEBREAKER , "Kapitan Khlebnikov", & helicopter at the Campbell Ice Tongue.Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica.


00018246
CRABEATER SEAL young on sea ice
Lobodon carcinophagus
Weddell Sea, Antarctica.


00018242
PHOTOGRAPHERS photographing a
resting Leopard Seal from zodiac
Hydrurga leptonyx
Paradise Bay, Antarctic Peninsula.


00018228
EMPEROR PENGUIN pair with chick,
Aptenodytes forsteri
adults newly returned from sea to feed the chick. Antarctica.


00018183
POLAR BEAR at edge of ice in summer
Ursus maritimus
Glaciated coast of Svalbard (Spitsbergen), Arctic Norway.


00018162
MUSK OX running over snow
Ovibos moschatus
Northwest Territories, Canada.


00018157
POLAR BEAR mother & two cubs
Ursus maritimus
Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.


00018151
WHITETHROAT on branch
Sylvia communis
April South eastern England


00018139
YELLOWHAMMER on Gorse
Emberiza citrinella
April Suffolk, East Anglia, UK


00018101
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
young male stalking prey
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00018063
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos major
male Finland



00018053
WAXWING
Bombycilla garrulus
Finland


00018038
GOSHAWK
Accipiter gentilis
juvenile on pheasant prey
Finland


00017983
NEW ZEALAND FUR SEAL
Arctocephalus forsteri
female with pup


00017979
MEDITERRANEAN FOREST
Holm, Cork & Kermes oaks
Quercus ilex, Q. suber & Q. coccifera
Monfrague Natl Pk, Extremadura, Spain


00017965
MONFRAGUE NATIONAL PARK
reforestation: removing Eucalyptus &
replanting with indigenous species
Extremadura, Spain >>



00017935
AMERICAN BLACK VULTURE silhouetted
Coragyps atratus
at sunset. Ostional Beach, Costa Rica.


00017928
AMERICAN CROCODILE gaping
Crocodylus acutus
in the sun. Tortuguero National Park,
Costa Rica, Central America.


00017908
FLOWERY ROCK-COD
Epinephalus fuscoguttatus
juvenile


00017898
PEARL OYSTERS ready for seeding
Pinctada magaritifera
Australia. Production of cultured pearls.


00017891
WEAVER or GREEN TREE ANTS
Oecophylla virescens
building communal nest, Australian rainforest.


00017859
AFRICAN ELEPHANT two males
Loxodonta africana
on path to waterhole Savuti, Chobe
National Park, Botswana, southern Africa


00017785
TRUMPET MANUCODE head detail
Manucodia keraudrenii
Mount Missimi, Morobe, Papua New Guinea


00017780
LONG-TAILED TIT on barbed wire
Aegithalos caudatus
fence, collecting wool to line nest
April. Essex, UK


00017757
BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS in flight
Diomedea nigripes
Midway Island, Pacific Ocean.


00017756
RED-TAILED TROPICBIRD in flight
Phaethon rubricauda
Midway Atoll, Hawaii, USA.


00017747
SNOWDROP
Galanthus nivalis
close-up of flower


00017742
BLAZING STAR close-up of flower
Bartonia aurea,
syn. Mentzelia lindleyi


00017733
COMMON or FIELD POPPIES in flower
Papaver rhoeas
in cereal field. Camargue, France. May.


00017719
OLIVE SEA SNAKE head detail
Aipysurus laevis
Great Barrier Reef, Queensland


00017683
NEOTROPICAL RATTLESNAKE
Crotalus durissus
giving birth to live young
Native to South America


00017678
COMMON or FIELD POPPY
Papaver rhoeas
mass in flower Poland


00017624
BANTAM CHICK & OSTRICH EGG


00017617
MISTLETOE clumps on bare tree
Viscum album
Hemiparasite, i.e. lives as parasite
but can photosynthesize as well


00017572
DOG ROSE bud, detail
Rosa canina



00017561
FROG ORCHID
Coeloglossum viride
with Bird's-foot trefoil. Martin Down
Nature Reserve, Dorset, England.


00017527
COMMON POPPY or FIELD POPPY
Papaver rhoeas
flowers & unripe fruits UK


00017519
TIGER young male
Panthera tigris
carrying young Chital kill, India


00017512
RICHARD LEAKEY with burning ivory
(anti-poaching measure).
Nairobi National Park, Kenya, Africa.
18 July 1989.


00017494
LEOPARD sitting on rock
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017480
LEOPARD in tree silhouetted at dusk
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017464
LEOPARD on branch
Panthera pardus
with young Warthog kill in mouth


00017439
AFRICAN LION two males
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017419
AFRICAN LION male
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017417
AFRICAN LION courtship
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017415
AFRICAN LION 2-year old female
Panthera leo
yawning while resting with 12-week-old siblings.


00017413
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS
Loxodonta africana
female & calf
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.


00017393
DONKEYS looking out from stable


00017382
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
pride feeding on carcass. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017371
AFRICAN LIONESS
Panthera leo
resting with cub. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017347
DEFASSA WATERBUCKS
Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa
group of females, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.


00017339
AFRICAN LIONESS with playful cubs
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Game Reserve,
Kenya, East Africa.


00017329
GILA MONSTER on rock
Heloderma suspectum


00017319
PHANTASMAL POISON FROG
Epipedobates tricolor
Western Ecuador, South America


00017295
CUBAN TREE SNAIL shell
Polymita picta
Southeastern Cuba.


00017268
GREAT EGRET & reflection in water
Casmerodius albus
Florida, USA


00017251
UPLAND GOOSE female
Chloephaga picta
on beach with goslings
Falkland Islands, South Atlantic


00017227
WILD BOAR herd running
Sus scrofa
West Highlands, Scotland.


00017201
MASAI or KENYAN GIRAFFE
G.camelopardalis tippelskirchi
mother & young nuzzling >>
Masai Mara Natl Reserve, Kenya


00017194
MOUNTAIN GORILLA pregnant female
Gorilla gorilla beringei
Rwanda, Africa.


00020104
FULMAR nesting among Thrift
Fulmarus glacialis
Handa Island, Scotland


00020099
RABBIT in meadow, alert
Oryctolagus cuniculus
July Essex, south eastern England


00020068
LAPWING Winter
Vanellus vanellus
Kent, south eastern England


00020067
EUROPEAN OTTER head detail
Lutra lutra
Otter Trust, Norfolk, England.
nb. damaged slide


00020060
CHEETAH cub at sunset
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00020053
COMMON ZEBRA with new born foal
Equus burchelli
Masai Mara N.R., Kenya


00020052
WILDEBEEST calf
Connochaetes taurinus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00020011
RED GROUSE male in heather
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK


00019981
PUFFIN
Fratercula arctica
Skomer Island, Wales


00019948
KILLER WHALE or ORCA group
Orcinus orca
hunting herring Tysfjord,
Norwegian Arctic >>


00019921
HOUSE MOUSE
Mus musculus
plague in commercial piggery
Australia


00019918
BOX JELLYFISH Tentacles grow to 6m
Chironex fleckeri
Venom acts on central nervous system
Species of Indo-Pacific waters


00019911
LOTUS LILY or SACRED LOTUS
Nelumbo nucifera
flower detail. Seeds are used as food


00019910
OPIUM POPPIES
Papaver somniferum
Widely cultivated


00019900
PINK FLOWERS CARPETING
RED SOIL on plains after rain
Paynes Find, Western Australia
Mulga wood behind


00019882
GIANT REEF CLAM
Tridacna maxima
Great Barrier Reef, Queensland,
north eastern Australia


00019868
SPOTTED WOBBEGONG SHARK
Orectolobus maculatus
asleep in rock crevice


00019859
PINK EVERLASTING
Helichrysum cassinianum
Inland desert, Australia


00019854
SEA CUCUMBER actively spawning
Stichopus variegatus
Australia Summer


00019821
BERGEN MARKET
Stall selling reindeer & seal furs
Norway


00019819
HEDGEROWS & pastures
near St Austell Cornwall, England
Spoil heaps in the background are clay
waste from china clay production


00019802
CLIMBERS ON GLACIER
Two negotiating crevasses on
Flatbreen Glacier, Jostedals-
breen National Park, Norway


00019799
MEDITERRANEAN SCRUB with
Calicotome spinosa &
Euphorbia dendroides
in bloom. Sardinia, Italy.


00019767
ALEPPO PINE at water's edge
Pinus halepensis
Licosa Coast, Cilento National Park,
Campania, south western Italy


00019749
MOUNT VESUVIUS CRATER (aerial)
Vesuvio National Park,
Campania, Southern Italy


00019746
PITCHER PLANT (insectivorous)
Sarracenia purpurea
with captured fly Algonquin Provincial
Park, Ontario, southern Canada


00019714
BURCHELL'S ZEBRA foal resting
Equus burchelli
Hluhluwe National Park, South Africa


00019712
BECHSTEIN'S BAT roosting in cave
Myotis bechsteini
Spain


00019704
ARCTIC TERN flock in flight
Sterna paradisaea
over wintering grounds, near to Klein
Zee, Namibia, south western Africa


00019674
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
with which trainer Rod Nelson is working


00019653
HORNET
Vespa crabro
Showing simple and compound eyes



00019642
SPEAR THISTLE
Cirsium vulgare
inflorescence, detail


00019623
BANK VOLE
Clethrionomys glareolus


00019617
GREEN-WINGED ORCHIDS
Orchis morio
in churchyard Sussex, England


00019611
HONEYBEE male on human hand
Apis mellifera
Note large eyes


00019605
COMMON SPOTTED ORCHID
Dactylorhiza fuchsii
clump in flower amidst Bird's-foot Trefoil
Loder Valley Reserve, Wakehurst Place >


00019603
GARDEN SNAIL
Helix aspersa
eating young lettuce


00019581
LONG-SPINED SEA SCORPION
Taurulus bubalis
Eyemouth, Berwickshire, SE Scotland


00019552
HERRING catch
Clupea harengus


00019543
WADERS roosting
Oystercatchers & Dunlin UK
Haematopus ostralegus & Calidris alpina


00019531
SANDWICH TERN feeding chick
Sterna sandvicensis


00019527
RED-LEGGED or FRENCH PARTRIDGES
Alectoris rufa
adult & juvenile


00019493
HERB ROBERT flower, detail
Geranium robertianum
May Armagh, southern Ulster


00019483
LARGE RED DAMSELFLY female
Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Montiaghs Moss NNR, Antrim, NE Ulster


00019476
GARDEN TIGER MOTH on stem
Arctia caja


00019464
BROWN HAIRSTREAK BUTTERFLY
Thecla betulae
on flower, wings closed


00019438
AMERICAN BISON
Bison bison
in winter snow, temp. -35C
Yellowstone NP, Wyoming, USA


00019433
AMERICAN BEAVER in water resting
Castor canadensis
Wyoming, north western USA


00019429
AMERICAN BISON group on prairie
Bison bison
Yellowstone National Park,
Wyoming, north western USA


00019424
FELUCCAS & FERRY on the Nile
Luxor, Egypt.


00019405
SURFACE OF CALM SEA
Fiji, South Pacific Ocean


00019370
BLESBOK
Damaliscus dorcas phillipsi
group, one with young
Natal, South Africa


00019327
NURSE SHARK
Ginglymostoma cirratum
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00019319
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE over coral reef
Carretta carretta
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00019313
YELLOW ZOANTHID CORAL
Parazoanthus sp.
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.


00019240
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra
pair mating


00019222
COMMON SNIPE on post
Gallinago gallinago
June Iceland


00019181
MANDRILL male eating fruit
Mandrillus sphinx
Rainforest species


00019179
MANDRILL male
Mandrillus sphinx
Bright colours of males display sexual
fitness. Rainforest species


00019172
ECHINACEA or CONEFLOWER
Echinacea angustifolia
Medicinal plant believed to have
anti-viral and antibiotic properties >>


00019168
LAR or WHITE-HANDED GIBBONS
Hylobates lar
playfighting


00019150
OSTRICH male at nest
Struthio camelus
with eggs & chicks Africa


00019147
OSTRICH close-up of feet
Struthio camelus
Africa


00019140
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA eating
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild.


00019110
RING-TAILED LEMURS
Lemur catta
two females with babies
Madagascar. Endangered species


00019106
GIRAFFE by waterhole, reflected
Giraffa camelopardalis
Etosha National Park, Namibia.


00019063
RING-TAILED LEMUR on branch
Lemur catta
Southern Madagascar


00019058
ASIAN ELEPHANTS domestic
Elephas maximus
Kanha National Park, India


00019037
JAY perched on tree stump
Garrulus glandarius
amongst frosted vegetation


00019031
HOUSE MOUSE
Mus musculus


00019000
NORTHERN EMERALD DRAGONFLY
Somatochlora arctica
on grass by bog


00018981
BEECH TREE
Fagus sylvatica
Winter


00018972
WREN singing
Troglodytes troglodytes
on leafy branch


00018940
SCOTS PINE
Pinus sylvestris
male cones, close detail


00018938
SCOTS PINE sunlit woodland
Pinus sylvestris
Abernethy Forest, RSPB Reserve,
Speyside, Grampian, NE Scotland


00018910
PATAGONIAN FOX cubs playing
Dusicyon griseus
Torres del Paine Natl Pk, Chile


00018905
ASIAN ELEPHANT eating tree bark
Elephas maximus
Periyar, India. Endangered species.
Tree is Terminalia chebula


00018903
AMERICAN BISON group
Bison bison
at Old Faithful Geyser. Yellowstone
National Park, Wyoming, USA


00018898
DEAD-LEAF-MIMIC KATYDID
Typophyllum mortuifolium
Santa Rosa Nat'l Park, Costa Rica, Central America.


00018855
RED-EYED TREE FROG
Agalychnis callidryas
Captive animal. Native to Central America


00018853
GREEN FROG in autumn leaves
Rana clamitans
British Columbia, Canada.


00018845
MONARCH BUTTERFLIES
Danaus plexippus
on Gerbera, Gerbera jamesonii
North America


00018822
ASIAN ELEPHANT crossing road
Elephas maximus
with Cattle Egret on back Nagarhole
National Park, Karnataka, southern India


00018795
AMERICAN MINK on ice
Mustela vison
USA


00018791
TOWNSEND CHIPMUNK on conifer
Eutemias townsend
Olympic NP, Washington, USA


00018766
COMMON SNIPE in shallows
Gallinago gallinago
at sunset October
Brittany, north western France


00018733
HARVEST MOUSE using tennis ball
Micromys minutus
as refuge/nest (staged) in reed bed


00018718
SIBERIAN CHIPMUNK young
Eutamias sibiricus


00018710
GREY CROWNED CRANE & chicks
Balearica regulorum
Masai Mara, Kenya, East Africa


00018691
ASIAN ELEPHANTS
Elephas maximus
young tuskers sparring.
Kabini Sanctuary, southern India


00018651
SENSITIVE PLANT leaves extended
Mimosa pudica
Thigmotropism-close & droop when
touched Also called Tactile Mimosa


00018585
PLATYPUS or DUCKBILLED PLATYPUS
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Female swimming underwater
Australia


00018584
EASTERN GREY KANGAROO group
Macropus giganteus
Maria Island, Tasmania



00018573
ATLAS CEDAR in plantation
Cedrus atlantica
Provence, southern France


00018563
SAIGA ANTELOPE
Saiga tartarica
Central Asia


00018554
SAIGA ANTELOPE
Saiga tartarica


00018530
REDWINGED PRATINCOLE flock in flight
Glareola pratincola
Okavango Delta, Botswana


00018520
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
group eating Buffalo kill
Savuti, Chobe Natl Pk, Botswana


00018514
DUSSUMIER'S SURGEONFISH
or EYESTRIPE SURGEONFISH
Acanthurus dussumieri
Heron Island, Queensland


00018494
GANNET in flight, about to land
Sula bassana
Bass Rock, Firth of Forth,
south eastern Scotland


00018482
WALRUS young on ice floe
Odobenus rosmarus
North Coast, Spitzbergen (Svalbard), Arctic Norway




00018379
SKAFTAFELL NATIONAL PARK with Skaftafell glacier reflected in pond. Iceland.


00018374
CONTROLLED BURNING OF HEATHER for management of
grouse moor (improving the habitat). Scotland.


00018368
Cree trapper checks net set under the ice of a frozen lake. Quebec, Canada.


00018361
MACDONALD RIVER DELTA
(braided river). Tanquary, Ellesmere National Park, Northwest Territories, Canada.


00018357
POLAR WOLF on tundra
Canis lupus arctos
Ellesmere National Park, Northwest Territories, Canada.


00018337
POLAR BEAR walking through grease ice
Ursus maritimus
on freezing sea water. Hudson Bay, Canada.


00018304
INUIT HUNTER in fox furs, with Kakivak (Inuit fish spear) & fish. Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada.




00018303
INUIT HUNTER in fox furs, with Kakivak (Inuit fish spear) & fish (arctic char & lake trout). Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada.




00018294
RINGED SEAL pup on sea ice
Phoca hispida
The Arctic


00018286
EMPEROR PENGUIN pecking chick
Aptenodytes forsteri
Atka Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica.


00018280
EMPEROR PENGUIN & well-fed chick
Aptenodytes forsteri
at colony. Atka Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica.


00018268
EMPEROR PENGUIN tobogganing -
Aptenodytes forsteri
a fast way to travel. Weddell Sea, Antarctica.


00018255
ADELIE PENGUINS porpoising in fog
Pygoscelis adeliae
at Franklin Island, Ross Sea, Antarctica.


00018244
LEOPARD SEAL on ice floe
Hydrurga leptonyx
Paradise Bay, Antarctic Peninsula.


00018226
EMPEROR PENGUIN chick begging food
Aptenodytes forsteri
from parent while another chick goes hungry.
Atka Bay, Antarctica.


00018218
NORTH AMERICAN GREY WOLVES
Canis lupus
Alpha male with subservient pack member. Montana, USA.


00018211
CARIBOU grazing on tundra near oil rig
Rangifer tarandus
Prudhoe Bay, North Slope, Alaska, USA.


00018197
YALI WOMAN named Oropa with her pigs (women look after the pigs). Seng Valley, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia.


00018192
BATHERS IN BLUE LAGOON
Outflow from geothermal power station. Iceland.


00018180
ARCTIC FOX white form
Alopex lagopus
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Winter.


00018170
POLAR BEARS female & two cubs relax
Ursus maritimus
after meal. Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.


00018167
HUSKY DOG TEAM resting
(snow-cover insulates them). North-western Greenland.


00018158
POLAR BEARS greeting each other
Ursus maritimus
Hudson Bay, Canada.


00018155
FALLOW DEER male resting
Dama dama
Kent, England. October.


00018133
GREEN WOODPECKER
Picus viridis
female on fallen tree


00018131
JAY on old tree stump
Garrulus glandarius
November Essex, south east England


00018095
AFRICAN LION young
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00018083
GREAT GREY OWL
Strix nebulosa
swooping on Mouse prey
Finland


00018077
GOSHAWK juvenile
Accipiter gentilis
on pheasant prey
Finland


00018061
WAXWING
Bombycilla garrulus
feeding on berries
Finland


00018045
GOSHAWK
Accipiter gentilis
on pheasant prey
Finland


00018035
BULLFINCH male
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Finland


00017977
OROBIE ALPS REGIONAL PARK
Lake Cardeto and Mts Cappo, Grabiasca,
Redorta (3038m) & Recastello.
Seriana Valley, Lombardy, Italy.


00017961
WILD CHERRY tree in blossom
Prunus avium
Lombardy, Italy Spring


00017959
ARCTIC TERN in flight
Sterna paradisaea
just after takeoff from ice


00017952
BOSNIAN PINE
Pinus leucodermis
Pollino National Park,
Calabria, southern Italy


00017944
MANZANILLO BEACH with palms
Caribbean coast, Pacific Ocean.
Costa Rica, Central America.


00017877
CACTOBLASTIS MOTH Australia
Cactoblastis cactorum
on Prickly Pear cactus. Biological control
of cactus by larvae highly successful


00017863
AFRICAN ELEPHANT calf
Loxodonta africana
sheltered by herd
Chobe National Park, Botswana.


00017849
CHIMPANZEE showing 'fear grin'
Pan troglodytes
Zambia


00017820
ROBIN
Erithacus rubecula
Wiltshire, UK


00017787
ICEBERG & CHINSTRAP PENGUINS
between South Sandwich Islands &
South Georgia, Sub-Antarctic
Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarctica


00017774
WOODLARK
Lullula arborea
Suffolk, UK


00017767
ECHIUM in flower (very rare)
Echium auberianum
Teide, Tenerife, Canary Islands


00017762
WHITE or FAIRY TERNS in flight
Gygis alba
Bird Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean.


00017725
BEEHIVE LOG hanging on Acacia
Lahai, Ngorongoro highlands, Tanzania


00017705
POLAR BEAR
Ursus maritimus
Manitoba, Canada


00017704
AFRICAN FOREST ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana cyclotis
in water. Maya North bais,
Odzala National Pk, Republic of Congo


00017701
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
holding tail of companion
Okavango Delta, Botswana


00017690
ENGLISH OAK or PEDUNCULATE OAK
Quercus robur
seedling, showing root


00017686
CHINESE COBRA female
Naja atra
guarding eggs
Native to China & Taiwan


00017679
SAVOIE SHEEP
group in shelter on hillside, France.


00017675
RACCOON DOG
Nyctereutes procyonoides
Lithuania


00017671
LESSER WHITE-TOOTHED SHREW
Crocidura suaveolens
female and young 'caravanning'


00017631
DUCKLING
standing in empty Ostrich egg


00017603
CAPYBARA male
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
marking territory with scent gland
Llanos de Apure, Venezuela


00017602
FLY ORCHID two flowers
Ophrys insectifera
Aargau, Switzerland. May


00017596
BLACK TEGU
Tupinambis teguixin
Trinidad, West Indies


00017594
GREATER FLAMINGOS in flight
Phoenicopterus ruber roseus
Camargue, southern France


00017591
FUNGUS PATTERN
Bracket fungus, close-up of underside
Dorset, England.


00017590
EARLY MARSH ORCHID
Dactylorhiza incarnata
Western Ireland


00017577
NURSE SHARK eye detail
Ginglymostoma cirratum
Caribbean Sea


00017568
WALLFLOWERS in bloom on cliff
Cheiranthus cheiri
Tantallon Castle, East Lothian, Scotland.


00017560
COMMON TWAYBLADE
Listera ovata
with Herb Robert in flower
Geranium robertianum Devon, England


00017516
TIGER
Panthera tigris
young male, yawning, India


00017511
LEOPARD sniffing scent mark
Panthera pardus
Eastern Africa


00017503
AFRICAN WILD DOG or CAPE
HUNTING DOG chasing Wildebeest
Lycaon pictus
at dawn. Serengeti N.P., Tanzania


00017493
LEOPARD female and well-grown cub
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017478
LEOPARD dragging kill
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017472
LEOPARD two young, playing
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017461
LEOPARD with young, on crag
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017451
AFRICAN LIONS killing African buffalo
Panthera leo & Syncerus caffer
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.


00017435
AFRICAN LIONESS tranquilized
Panthera leo
is having blood sample taken and will be fitted with a radio collar, Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania.


00017431
MASAI GIRAFFE female & calf
Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi
Masai Mara Reserve,
Kenya, East Africa.


00017407
LEOPARD sitting on branch, yawning
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017400
SPOTTED HYENAS attacking wildebeest
Crocuta crocuta
East Africa.


00017388
LLAMAS with sheep in meadow
Lama glama
Wayford Bridge, Norfolk,
East Anglia, UK


00017373
AFRICAN LIONESS
Panthera leo
with cub by waterhole, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017356
RAINOW over savanna
Masai Mara National Game Reserve,
Kenya, East Africa.


00017352
AFRICAN LIONS 2 young males resting
Panthera leo
Kruger National Park, South Africa.


00017342
LEOPARD among vegetation,
Panthera pardus
head detail (Half-Tail). Masai Mara
National Game Reserve, Kenya.


00017337
AFRICAN LION male & two cubs
Panthera leo
drinking. Masai Mara National Game
Reserve, Kenya, East Africa.


00017332
RUTENBERG'S REED FROG
Heterixalus rutenbergi
East central Madagascar


00017294
PINCUSHION SEA STAR detail
Culcita sp.
Solomon Islands, South Pacific


00017290
WHITE WATER-LILY large group
Nymphaea alba
in flower. Lochan Mor, Rothiemurchus,
Speyside, Grampian Region >>


00017281
JAGUAR black coat
Panthera onca
resting on rock


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YELLOW MONGOOSE
Cynictis penicillata
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.


00017226
SIKA DEER herd in parkland at dawn
Cervus nippon
East Sussex, UK


00017204
OIL REFINERY lit up at night
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, eastern
seabord of Canada 1993


00017193
WIND GENERATORS
Altamont Pass California, USA 1992


00017175
LEAF-TAILED GECKO camouflaged
Uroplatus fimbriatus
on tree trunk Nosy Mangabe Island,
north eastern Madagascar


00017127
ROBIN in snow
Erithacus rubecula
on dead bough


00017092
BURNET ROSE
Rosa pimpinellifolia
flowering amongst boulders


00017089
SEA SANDWORT
Honkenya peploides
foliage & flowers


00017088
CHICKWEED WINTERGREEN
Trientalis europaea
flowers


00017081
EUROPEAN BEAVER
Castor fiber
head detail, in water eating foliage


00017071
PET RAT
'Rex' variety


00020079
NUTHATCH on old tree stump
Sitta europaea
Essex, south eastern England


00020075
REDSHANK on grass
Tringa totanus
June Scotland


00020065
PENDULINE TIT
Remiz pendulinus
Holland


00020063
CHEETAH three cubs playing in tree
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00020059
CHEETAH cub
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00020051
COMMON ZEBRA new born foal
Equus burchelli
Masai Mara NR, Kenya


00020038
RED GROUSE female drinking
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK


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RED GROUSE male
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK


00019996
GOLDEN PLOVER displaying
Pluvialis apricaria
Yorkshire Dales, UK


00019953
BLACK PANTHER
Panthera pardus
stalking prey


00019946
FLORIDA PANTHER or PUMA drinking
Felis concolor coryi
Florida, USA Endangered race


00019937
RIVER MEDWAY in flood
December 1999 Wateringbury,
Kent, south eastern England


00019881
GRASS FIRE burning at night
Australia


00019877
SOUTHERN BEECH or LENGA
Nothofagus pumilio
Tierra del Fuego National Park,
Argentina, South America Autumn


00019811
MOUNT ETNA ERUPTING
Lava streaming from south east crater
in channel cut by itself Altitude 3000m
Etna Regional Park, Sicily, Italy


00019793
GRAPES being rejected
during selection of white grapes for
pressing on Bella Vista Wine Farm,
Franciacorta, Lombardy, northern Italy


00019785
SEA LILY in bloom
Pancratium illyricum
Orosei Coast, Sardinia, Italy
Endemic to Corsica & Sardinia


00019771
DOLOMITES sedimentary rock
(magnesian limestone)
"Tower of Pisa", Latemar
Trentino Alto Adige, Italy


00019769
LICOSA COAST & BREAKERS
washing over Posidonia seaweed.
Cilento NP, Campania, Italy.


00019715
QUIVER TREE branches
Aloe dichotoma
Keetmansthoop, South Africa


00019709
CORK OAKS Spain
Quercus suber


00019690
BONTEBOK standing in mist
Damaliscus dorcas dorcas
Bontebok Natl Pk, South Africa


00019685
ZANZIBAR RED COLOBUS MONKEY
Procolobus badius kirkii
(Endangered subspecies, endemic to
Zanzibar) Jozani Forest, Zanzibar


00019677
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD in flight
Selasphorus rufus
Montana, USA

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