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00019677
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD in flight
Selasphorus rufus
Montana, USA


00019672
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
attacking trainer Rod Nelson
under controlled conditions


00019643
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD
Coccinella septempunctata
drinking


00019636
FOUR-HORNED CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo quadricornis
Native to eastern Africa. Sequence of
Pictures- colour change No.1A (of 2)


00019614
MAIDENHAIR TREE
Ginkgo biloba
Native to central China.Habitat; temperate,
montane Widely cultivated though rare


00019604
BRIMSTONE showing proboscis
Gonepteryx rhamni
feeding at thistle flower


00019589
HOLLY FARMHOUSE garden in winter
West Sussex, southern England


00019550
MEDITERRANEAN WORM LIZARD
Blanus cinereus
head detail. Spain


00019548
GUILLEMOT egg on cliff ledge
Uria aalge
UK


00019544
BLACK-WINGED STILT nest
Himantopus himantopus
with four eggs


00019526
EIDER DUCK nest with two eggs
Somateria mollissima
in down


00019496
LONGHORN BEETLE on leaf
Rhagium bifasciatum
Montiaghs Moss NNNR,
Antrim, NE Ulster


00019463
PURPLE EMPEROR BUTTERFLY
Apatura iris
on oak leaf, wings open July
Southern France


00019461
SILVER-WASHED FRITILLARY on flower
Argynnis paphia
Rostrevor Oakwood National Nature
Reserve, Down, South East Ulster


00019394
ASIAN ELEPHANT wild
Elephas maximus
Corbett National Park, India.


00019385
MIMICRY: AFRICAN MONARCH (left)
& DIADEM BUTTERFLY (right)
Danaus chrysippus & Hypolimnas
missippus. African Monarch is poisonous


00019384
RED or CAPE HARTEBEEST
Alcelaphus caama
head detail Mountain Zebra
National Park, South Africa


00019337
CARIBBEAN MANATEE or SEA COW group
Trichechus manatus latirostris
at power plant. Riviera Beach, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00019333
FLYING GURNARD showing wings
Dactylopterus volitans
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00019307
LEATHER STAR
Dermasterias imbricata
Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, Canada. Pacific Ocean


00019260
SCALY-TAILED MANTIS SHRIMP
Lysiosquilla scabricauda
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00019255
WARNING SIGN - MARINE STINGERS
Australia. South Pacific Ocean.


00019251
CLOWN ANEMONEFISH in host anemone
Amphiprion percula
Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, South Pacific Ocean.


00019243
WHALE SHARK
Rhincodon typus
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00019223
EIDER DUCK
Somateria mollissima
male on water June Iceland


00019212
AFRICAN LION about to catch kudu
Panthera leo
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00019200
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
silverback male


00019124
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild.


00019123
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild.


00019115
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild.


00019112
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild


00019083
BLACK-BACKED JACKAL drinking
Canis mesomelas
reflected in waterhole. Africa


00019041
FALLOW DEER male
Dama dama
calling during rutting season


00019012
GIANT PANDA eating bamboo
Ailuropoda melanoleuca


00018956
HAWTHORN
Crataegus monogyna
laden with ripe berries


00018912
ANDEAN COCK-OF-THE-ROCK
Rupicola peruviana
male at lek in cloudforest Andes
(at 1500m) SE Peru, South America


00018896
WEDGE-CAPPED or WEEPER CAPUCHIN
Cebus olivaceus
Canaima National Pk, Venezuela


00018884
AMERICAN CROCODILE
Crocodylus acutus
head detail, gaping


00018866
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL in flight
Larus glaucescens
with herring prey
Coastal British Columbia, Canada


00018837
DOMESTIC FARM DUCKLING
among flowers
British Columbia, Canada. Spring.


00018821
INDIAN RIVER TERN with begging chick
Sterna aurantia
(Rare species)
Karnataka, southern India


00018809
GROUND SQUIRREL or SOUSLIK
Spermophilus sp.
Burlin Region, Kazakhstan.


00018770
SILVER BIRCHES
Betula pendula
on site of former colliery. New Fancy,
Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK


00018763
GREY CAT in recovery pen
Canning Town, East End,
London, England


00018750
RED MAGPIE
Columba livia
Domestic breed of pigeon


00018744
SHETLAND BUMBLEBEE on Bluebell
Bombus muscorum agricolae
Unst, Shetland Isles, off northern Scotland


00018729
SULAWESI CRESTED MACAQUES
Macaca nigra
No.1 female registering dominance over
No.2 female by copulating gesture >>


00018717
REEVES'S MUNTJAC
Muntiacus reevesi
pair mating


00018711
DEMOISELLE CRANE
Anthropoides virgo
broken wing display used to
distract predator from nest site


00018689
ASIAN ELEPHANTS & young
Elephas maximus
Kabini, Karnataka, SW India
Endangered species


00018688
KING COBRA
Naja hanna
(World's longest venomous snake)
India


00018662
BEECH TREE avenue
Fagus sylvatica
Near Blandford, Dorset, England


00018657
OAK single leaf
Quercus sp.
just turning to autumn colour


00018644
NORWAY SPRUCE October
Picea abies
Saint Gallen, Switzerland


00018621
SUNFLOWER close-up of bloom
Helianthus annuus
in morning light.
Hertfordshire, England. October.


00018602
DOMESTIC CAT
litter of young with various fur colours


00018572
ATLANTIC CEDAR branch with cones
Cedrus atlanticus


00018549
TREE VIPER scales, detail
Atheris nitschei
Burundi, central Africa


00018537
AFRICAN SLENDER-SNOUTED
CROCODILE Crocodylus cataphractus
resting on branch over Mambili River
Odzala National Pk, Republic of Congo


00018523
AFRICAN LIONS hunting buffalo
Panthera leo
Okavango Delta, Botswana.


00018516
COFFEE unripe beans on branch
Coffea canephora
Tanzania, eastern Africa


00018500
STARLINGS England
Sturnus vulgaris
squabbling in bird bath


00018468
AURORA BOREALIS or NORTHERN LIGHTS over Nenet reindeer herders' camp. Yamal Peninsula, western Siberia, Russia.


00018461
TUNDRA in summer, aerial view
Near Nadym, Yamal, western Siberia, Russia.


00018447
AUTUMN COLOUR in forest
Near Khailino, Kamchatka, Siberia, Russia.


00018413
POLAR BEAR caught in lead during hunt,
Ursus maritimus
watched by husky. Northwestern Greenland.


00018409
INUIT HUNTERS travelling by dog sleds at sunset during polar bear hunt. Cape York, northwestern Greenland.




00018391
HUMPBACK WHALE (live)
Megaptera novaeangliae
with head covered in fishing net. Newfoundland, Canada.


00018376
CENTRAL PLAZA, Hong Kong's tallest building, with rainbow. Wanchai District, Hong Kong.


00018324
ARCTIC FOX on sea ice, with wind drift
Alopex lagopus
Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.


00018310
POLAR BEARS playing on snowy tundra
Ursus maritimus
Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Winter.


00018302
INUK MAN pulling aside snow brick door of igloo at dusk. Nunavut, Canada.




00018258
ADELIE PENGUINS jumping
Pygoscelis adeliae
between ice floes at Dumont Durville. Adelie Coast, east Antarctica.


00018213
OIL REFINERY FLARE & full moon
Endicott Oil Production Island. Prudhoe Bay, North Slope, Alaska, USA.


00018182
ARCTIC FOXES white form
Alopex lagopus
Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. NB: The tracks of foxes cross polar bear track.


00018169
INUK HUNTER CLAD IN CARIBOU FUR
& polar bear fur trousers, jumping lead in sea ice. Grise Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.


00018129
BEWICK'S SWAN pair on water
Cygnus columbianus bewickii
January Welney Wildfowl Trust,
Norfolk, East Anglia, UK


00018100
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
young male stalking prey
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00018086
HAWK OWL
Surnia ulula
swooping on Mouse prey
Finland


00018084
GREAT GREY OWL
Strix nebulosa
swooping on Mouse prey
Finland


00018080
GOSHAWK juvenile
Accipiter gentilis
mantling duck prey
Finland


00018076
GOSHAWK juvenile
Accipiter gentilis
plucking pheasant prey
Finland


00018028
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
walking across red desert dune
Namibia, south western Africa


00018018
CHEETAH running
Acinonyx jubatus
Can achieve speeds up to 120 km/h


00018015
TIGER walking
Panthera tigris
on soft sand


00017991
LONG-EARED DESERT HEDGEHOG
Hemiechinus auritus
Egypt


00017981
MONTANE TREE FROG
Litoria modica
with endoparasitic leeches living under
frog's skin. Papua New Guinea >>


00017980
SAVANNAH WATER-HOLDING FROG
Cyclorana brevipes
male calling Australia


00017975
AZURE-WINGED MAGPIE on old log
Cyanopica cyana
Monfrague Natl Pk, Extremadura, Spain


00017949
HELICONIA in flower in rainforest
Heliconia tortuosa
Braulio Carillo National Park,
Costa Rica, Central America.


00017922
MORPHO BUTTERFLY just emerged
Morpho peleides
from pupa. Costa Rica.


00017920
GLASTONBURY THORN
Crataegus monogyna
"Praecox" with Glastonbury Tor, Somerset


00017919
HEDGEHOG
Erinaceus europaeus
male approaching female
Hampshire, southern England


00017896
SPOTTED DOLPHIN adult & young
Stenella sp.
underwater (nb. young have no spots)


00017870
FLATBACK TURTLE
Chelonia depressa
female digging egg chamber, Northern Australia


00017853
SNOW LEOPARDS
Panthera uncia
two young in snow.
Endangered species.


00017840
BORNEAN ORANGUTAN two young,
Pongo pygmaeus
Tanjung Puting National Park,
Kalimantan, Borneo


00017839
MACAQUE mother & baby
Macaca fuscata
Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan


00017833
PUFFIN pair greeting
Fratercula arctica
Skomer, Wales


00017813
MOORHEN
Gallinula chloropus
two males fighting over territory
Arundel, UK


00017796
BLUE TIT
Parus caeruleus
on holly, Essex, UK


00017784
LAWES' PAROTIA male
Parotia lawseii
Mount Missim, Papua New Guinea


00017773
WREN singing
Troglodytes troglodytes
Suffolk, UK


00017763
WHITE or FAIRY TERN coming in to land
Gygis alba
in high winds. Bird Island,
Seychelles, Indian Ocean.


00017761
IIWI singing
Vestiaria coccinea
Big Island, Hawaii.
Endemic to Hawaii.


00017708
MIDWIFE TOAD eggs
Alytes obstetricans
Southern Europe


00017682
RIO MADEIRA FROG
Dendrobates quinquevittatus
on bromeliad. Poisonous.


00017655
WOOD SORREL
Oxalis acetosella
Carinthia, Austria


00017623
SIKA DEER male
Cervus nippon


00017585
MIDDLE EAST WILD ASS
Equus hemionus hemippus
Extinct in 1928.
Bookplate, published in 1894.


00017552
GAVIAL or GHARIAL
Gavialis gangeticus
Endangered species


00017545
DESERT LOCUST
Schistocerca gregaria
eating vegetation, Mauritania


00017539
FRINGED WATER-LILY in flower
Nymphoides peltata


00017523
BENGAL TIGER female
Panthera tigris tigris
seventeen months old, scratching tree, India


00017520
ANATOLIAN LEOPARD resting on rock
Panthera pardus tulliana
in grassland in evening sun. India.


00017491
LEOPARD scratching neck
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017450
AFRICAN LION suffocating Warthog prey
Panthera leo
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania


00017438
AFRICAN LION male
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.


00017424
WILDEBEEST group
Connochaetes taurinus
running at sunset. Serengeti Plains, Tanzania.


00017411
ANGELA SCOTT with camera
with large zoom lens.
Namibia.


00017409
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
being chased by group of Baboons
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017392
DONKEY & foal


00017391
CRESTED DUCK
domestic breed


00017385
EDIBLE CRAB
Cancer pagurus


00017375
WILDEBEEST herd on migration
Connochaetes taurinus
crossing Mara River. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.


00017358
AFRICAN LIONESSES & cubs
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Game Reserve, Kenya


00017333
AFRICAN LIONS three nomadic males,
Panthera leo
on short-grass plains. Serengeti Nat'l
Park, Kenya, East Africa.


00017320
PANTHER CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo pardalis
head detail Madagascar


00017279
SURINAM TOADS mating
Pipa pipa
French Guyana


00017269
AFRICAN WILD or CAPE HUNTING DOG
Lycaon pictus
pack running. Masai Mara Reserve,
Kenya. Endangered species


00017219
PUMA or COUGAR face detail
Felis concolor
Rocky Mountains, North America.


00017210
GOLDEN POISON FROG
Phyllobates terribilis
the most toxic poison arrow frog, native to western Colombia


00017181
PLATYPUS or DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
swimming. Tasmania.


00017172
TUATARA Brothers Island Race
Sphenodon punctatus guntheri
Only surviving species of group
Rhynchocephalia, since Mesozoic era


00017171
JACKASS PENGUIN swimming
Spheniscus demersus
South West Cape, South Africa
Endangered Species


00017166
SILVER BIRCH in Autumn
Betula pendula
view upwards to canopy


00017128
MUTE SWAN family on water
Cygnus olor
Scotland


00017115
HYDRA
Pelmatohydra oligactis
asexual reproduction by budding


00017109
COMMON DOG VIOLET
Viola riviniana
in flower


00017053
CHAMOIS
Rupicapra rupicapra
young in tall grass


00017030
COMMON or GREY PARTRIDGE
Perdix perdix
anterior view


00017028
GREATER FLAMINGO
Phoenicopterus ruber
group feeding Walvis Bay,
Namibia, south western Africa


00017000
JACKASS PENGUIN returning
Spheniscus demersus
from feeding out at sea.
South African. Endangered species.


00016996
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS touching dead
Loxodonta africana
elephant. Elephant died of natural causes
Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa


00016975
LEOPARD GECKO or PANTHER GECKO
Eublepharis macularius
head detail
Adults spotted, young striped


00016958
DIPPER juvenile
Cinclus cinclus
on moss-covered rock
Derbyshire, UK June


00016954
COMMON SCRUB-HEN
Megapodius freycinet
Halmahera, Indonesia


00016936
SWALLOWTAIL wings open
Papilio machaon
Hickling Broad Res.,Norfolk,UK


00016893
CROWNED LEMUR male on Tsingy
Eulemur coronatus
Ankarana Special Reserve,
northern Madagascar.


00016890
WHITE-FRONTED BROWN LEMUR
Eulemur fulvus albifrons
male. Parc Ivoloina, eastern Madagascar


00016859
AFRICAN LIONESS & cubs
Panthera leo
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa



00016778
EMERALD DAMSELFLY
Lestes sponsa
on heather


00016761
REFLECTIONS in pool
fed by stream Autumn
Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation
Area, Ohio, northern USA


00016735
HOVERFLY
Syrphus balteatus


00016663
LARGE WHITE BUTTERFLY
Pieris brassicae
newly emerged from pupa


00016661
LARGE WHITE BUTTERFLY larva
Pieris brassicae
about to pupate on fence post
Picture Sequence A No.1.of 4


00016643
WASP BEETLE
Clytus arietis
on plant stem


00016630
SNAKES-HEAD FRITILLARY group
Fritillaria meleagris
in flower in meadow
Sussex, UK


00016598
BRITISH BLUE CAT
close of face


00016577
ROBBER-FLY
Fam. Asilidae


00016562
SCARLET WINDOWED MOTH
Cricula andrei


00016502
FENCEPOST SPIDER jumping
Marsippa muscosa
Sussex, UK


00016489
MOUNTAIN GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
at water's edge. Flathead National Forest, Montana, USA


00016485
NORTH AMERICAN RIVER OTTER or
CANADIAN RIVER OTTER eating trout
Lontra canadensis
(formerly Lutra canadensis)


00016484
BLACK MAMBA South Africa
Dendroaspis polylepis
Largest African venomous snake


00016428
BURCHELL'S or PLAINS ZEBRA
Equus burchelli
foal covered in mud, Etosha National Park, Namibia


00016413
CAPE WEAVER BIRD at nest
Ploceus capensis
Wilderness National Park, South Africa


00016412
MALACHITE SUNBIRD feeding
Nectarinia famosa
Addo Elephant National Park,
South Africa.


00016371
THE EDEN PROJECT
The Humid Tropics Biome
Near St Austell, Cornwall, England


00016365
ADELIE PENGUIN

with dirty feathers returning past Weddell seal, Paulet Island, Antarctica. Sequence 2 of 2


00016354
FRUIT FLY feeding
Drosophila sp.


00016352
FRUIT FLY on fruit
Drosophila sp.


00016322
BLACKBIRD
Turdus merula
female feeding on windfall apples, Wiltshire, UK


00016310
ICEBERG in sea ice
Svalbard, Norway



00016307
RED GROUSE
Lagopus lagopus
in heather, Yorkshire, UK



00019966
STELLER'S SEA EAGLE on iceberg
Haliaeetus pelagicus
Nemuro Straits, Hokkaido, Japan


00019963
GIANT OTTER family on river bank
Pteronura brasiliensis
Pantanal, Mato Grosso,
southern Brazil, South America


00019952
BLACK PANTHER
Panthera pardus
running


00019922
TAWNY FROGMOUTH Australia
Podargus strigoides
on nest with young Inhabits dry &
temperate forest & woodland


00019917
SLENDER-SPINED PUFFERFISH
or GLOBEFISH inflated
Diodon nicthemerus
Waters of southern Australia


00019883
RIVER RED GUM group in valley
Eucalptus camaldulensis
Noalarna Creek, Flinders Ranges
National Park, South Australia


00019878
THE VALLEY OF THE MOON
Atacama Desert, North Chile
The driest region on Earth


00019839
FIELD IN FLOWER with poppies
Parque Natural do Sudoeste Alentejano
e Costa Vicentina, Alentejo, Portugal



00019775
SPURGE (shrub) in bloom
Euphorbia dendroides
with Asphodelus sp. nearby
Orosei Coast, Island of Sardinia, Italy


00019757
NARA endemic to Namibia
Acanthosicyos horrida
Sandwich Harbour Reserve,
Atlantic coast, Namibia, SW Africa


00019657
GLOW-WORM female glowing
Lampyris noctiluca
Sussex, UK


00019651
ROSE GARDEN at Borde HIll, Sussex
England


00019635
CANADIAN PONDWEED in flower
Elodea canadensis
with Blanket Weed on surface
At the Water's Edge bookplate


00019588
BUMBLEBEE Queen
Bombus sp.
collecting pollen & nectar
from Leguminous flower


00019587
BROWN RAT leaping from dustbin
Rattus norvegicus
Garden bookplate


00019546
COMMON REDSTART in autumn
Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Spain


00019545
CITRINE WAGTAIL female
Motacilla citreola
on twig India


00019504
POLAR BEAR female yawning
Ursus maritimus
with two young
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada


00019445
KEELED SKIMMER DRAGONFLY male
Orthetrum coerulescens
August Leitrim Lodge, Mountains
of Mourne, Down, south eastern Ulster


00019434
GEOGRAPHICAL SOUTH POLE
with notice to that effect &
United States flag


00019416
WAXWING
Bombycilla garrulus
on frosted Rowan branch, with berries


00019397
BENGAL TIGER male, named Charger
Panthera tigris tigris
resting in water Bandhavgarh National
Park, Madhya Pradesh, central India


00019395
SAMBAR DEER stag & cattle egret
Cervus unicolor
in lake margin. Ranthambhore N.P., India


00019392
RING-TAILED LEMUR suckling young
Lemur catta
Berenty Reserve, southern Madagascar


00019360
ONION EPIDERMIS of bulb scale
shown under Jamin-Lebedef polarizing
interference x60 Onion is Allium sp.


00019355
RED-THROATED BARBET male
Megalaima mystacophanos
Singapore Zoo


00019352
SPRUCES aerial view
Picea abies
branches laden with snow. Sachsische
National Park, Schweiz, Germany


00019335
CARIBBEAN MANATEE or SEA COW
Trichechus manatus latirostris
at power plant. Riviera Beach, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00019303
HECTOR'S DOLPHIN group
Cephalorhynchus hectori
with swimmers. Akaroa, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.
(Endemic to New Zealand.)


00019299
BLUE MAO MAO shoal
Scorpis violaceus
Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.


00019290
ROUGH FILECLAM
Lima scabra
Bahamas, Caribbean. Atlantic Ocean.


00019281
POLKADOT BATFISH
Ogcocephalus radiatus
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00019274
CORAL REEF SCENE
Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, South Pacific Ocean.


00019272
SMOOTH-TAILED TREVALLY shoal
Selaroides leptolepis
(defensive behaviour). Papua New Guinea, South Pacific


00019253
PINK ANEMONEFISH in host anemone
Amphiprion perideraion
Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, South Pacific Ocean.


00019225
WEASEL & rodent prey
Mustela nivalis
(Captive animal.) May.


00019169
GOLDEN RETRIEVER
head detail



00019166
LAR or WHITE-HANDED GIBBON
Hylobates lar
head detail


00019151
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild.


00019137
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild.


00019130
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild.


00019076
TOURISTS watching African lion (male)
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00019068
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
running during play


00019057
BENGAL TIGER head detail
Panthera tigris
Safari Park, Bangkok, Thailand


00019038
WEASEL
Mustela nivalis
head detail, licking nose


00019029
CALIFORNIA CONDOR
Gymnogyps californianus


00019006
HIMALAYAN BLUE POPPY
Meconopsis betonicifolia
Druimavuic Garden, Appin,
Argyllshire, Scotland


00019002
BROWN TROUT young
Salmo trutta
emerging from egg sac
Sequence of pictures: No.3


00018995
SCOTS PINE group lit by evening sun
Pinus sylvestris
Beinn Eighe Natl Nature Reserve,
Wester Ross, Highlands, NW Scotland


00018991
SCOTS PINE windblown, on tree line
Pinus sylvestris
Beinn Eighe NNR, Scotland.


00018971
COMMON or GREY PARTRIDGE
Perdix perdix
pair close to cover


00018965
SYCAMORE Spring
Acer pseudoplatanus
twig with new foliage


00018951
JAY
Garrulus glandarius
perched on branch


00018945
BEECH
Fagus sylvatica
fallen leaves Autumn


00018943
HORSE CHESTNUT
Aesculus hippocastanum
nuts (conkers) in fruit


00018933
SCOTS PINE
Pinus sylvestris
with growth stunted at altitude
Cairngorms, Highlands of Scotland


00018928
GREY SEAL young, resting on rock
Halichoerus grypus
Farne Islands, Northumbria,
North Sea Coast of NE England


00018865
CHAMBERED NAUTILUS eye
Nautilus pompilius
South Pacific


00018848
MONARCH BUTTERFLY emergence
Danaus plexippus
from pupa on Joe-Pye Weed
Lifecycle sequence no. 8/12. N America


00018844
MONARCH BUTTERFLY
Danaus plexippus
on garden Chrysanthemum. N America


00018840
MONARCH BUTTERFLY caterpillar
Danaus plexippus
pupating on Joe-Pye Weed
Lifecycle sequence no. 3/12. N America


00018838
MONARCH BUTTERFLY caterpillar,
Danaus plexippus
4th instar, on Milkweed. North America


00018801
CHEETAH running
Acinonyx jubatus


00018764
GUEREZA or ABYSSINIAN BLACK &
WHITE COLOBUS MONKEY male
Colobus guereza
in fork of tree


00018743
REEVE'S MUNTJAC in falling snow
Muntiacus reevesi
Norfolk, England December


00018741
BROWN/WHITE ENGLISH POUTER
PIGEON domestic breed
Columba livia


00018738
REEVE'S MUNTJAC fawn, 24 hours old
Muntiacus reevesi


00018726
SULAWESI CRESTED MACAQUE
Macaca nigra
female grooming senior female


00018724
MOLUCCAN COCKATOOS 2 chicks
Cacatua moluccensis
about 6 weeks old. Size disparity is due to
hatching two days apart, which is normal


00018706
GUEREZA or ABYSSINIAN BLACK &
WHITE COLOBUS MONKEY
Colobus guereza
on branch Chambura Gorge, Uganda


00018635
BLUE-TAILED DAMSELFLY
Ischnura elegans
male on dried mud June
Aargau, Switzerland


00018619
WHITEBEAM July
Sorbus aria
Ivinghoe Hills, Buckinghamshire,
southern England


00018588
RED-CAPPED PLOVER
Charadrius ruficapillus
at nest with young and egg
Australia


00018586
PLATYPUS or DUCKBILLED PLATYPUS
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Female swimming underwater
Australia


00018560
PYGMY WHITE-TOOTHED SHREW
Suncus etruscus
World's smallest land mammal Native
to S Europe, SW Asia & N Africa


00018528
AFRICAN CIVET at night
Civettictis civetta
Note eyeshine Nocturnal sp.
Okavango Delta, Botswana


00018521
SUNI near to cover
Neotragus moschatus
Mount Kenya Safari Club Sanctuary,
Kenya, eastern Africa


00018506
ARCTIC TERN in flight
Sterna paradisaea
showing aggression Farne Islands,
North Sea off Northumbria, NE England


00018498
RUFF two resident males
Philomachus pugnax
display to satellite Finland


00018467
AURORA BOREALIS or NORTHERN LIGHTS over Nenet reindeer herders' camp. Yamal Peninsula, western Siberia, Russia.


00018455
MOOSE calf (domesticated) & Lupin
Alces alces
Sumarokova moose farm, Kostroma, Russia.


00018438
LITTLE AUK or DOVEKIE
Alle alle (formerly Plautus alle)
at breeding colony. Near Savissivik, Northwestern Greenland.


00018417
GROUNDED ICEBERG, grooves are caused by air bubbles eroding the ice. Northwestern Greenland.


00018416
LITTLE AUK or DOVEKIE large flock
Alle alle (formerly Plautus alle)
Northwestern Greenland. They arrive in May, in millions, & are caught & eaten, raw or cooked, by the Inuit.


00018414
ARCTIC FOX in winter coat, on snow
Alopex lagopus
Northwestern Greenland


00018395
VILLAGE reflected in Lake Lonavatnet
North of Voss, Central Norway.


00018393
FERRY leaving Gudvangen
Naeryfjord, Aurland, Central Norway.


00018364
Cree woman, Elizabeth Brien, preparing a beaver for a family feast. Northern Quebec, Canada.


00018362
HARP SEAL upright in water
Phoca groenlandica
to look around. Canadian Maritimes


00018360
MUSK OXEN grazing on tundra
Ovibos moschatus
Ellesmere National Park, Canada. Autumn.


00018339
POLAR BEAR male
Ursus maritimus
Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.


00018316
BELUGA or WHITE WHALES
Delphinapterus leucas
in peaty water at mouth of Seal River. Hudson Bay, Canada. Aerial view.


00018312
POLAR BEAR on sea ice in wind
Ursus maritimus
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.


00018301
Small CARVED IVORY HARPOON HEAD
Approx. 2000 years old. Dorset culture. Igloolik Island, Nunavut, Canada.




00018299
Tiny IVORY CARVING of seal
Approx. 2000 years old. Dorset culture. Igloolik Island, Nunavut, Canada.


00018245
TOURISTS with young crabeater seal
Lobodon carcinophagus
Weddell Sea, Antarctica.


00018207
WALRUS group hauled out
Odobenus rosmarus
Round Island, Alaska, USA.


00018203
Thomasie Nutarariaq, an Inuk from Igloolik, sitting in an igloo.
Nunavut, Canada.


00018194
NAMASKARD THERMAL AREA
Bubbling mud in spatter cone. Tourists wander freely. Lake Myvatn area, Iceland.


00018160
MUSK OXEN group, frosted, in wind
Ovibos moschatus
Victoria Island, Nortwest Territories, Canada.


00018154
SIKA DEER male, head detail
Cervus nippon
Kent, England. October.


00018147
WATER VOLE at water's edge
Arvicola terrestris
on log, amongst Alder foliage
April Essex, south eastern England


00018127
CRESTED TIT prospecting
Parus cristatus
nest hole Scotland May


00018117
FALLOW DEER male, chewing
Dama dama
October Petworth Park,
West Sussex, southern England


00018081
GOSHAWK juvenile and adult
Accipiter gentilis
fighting over prey
Finland


00018051
WAXWING
Bombycilla garrulus
feeding on berries
Finland


00018016
PUMA or MOUNTAIN LION cubs
Felis concolor
playing. Monument Valley, Arizona, USA


00017998
BENGAL TIGER running
Panthera tigris tigris
Endangered species


00017976
STELVIO NATIONAL PARK
Ultimo Valley with grazing goats near
the 'Fontana Bianca' shepherds' hut
Alto Adige, Italy. Mt Fletschberg behind



00017964
FLOWER MEADOW in Dehesa
Chrysanthemum sp. & Anthemis sp.
Monfrague Natl Pk, Extremadura, Spain


00017950
CLOUDFOREST
Chirripo National Park,
Costa Rica, Central America


00017893
WHITE MOUSE babies
group of two-hour-old
young. 2nd of sequence of pictures


00017882
MAGNIFICENT or BOLAS SPIDER
Dicrostichus magnificus
Dangles silk thread with sticky drop
to catch prey, Australia


00017857
BLACK PANTHER
Panthera pardus


00017851
CHIMPANZEE Pan troglodytes
young, sitting on tree stump
Zambia, southern Africa


00017843
CHIMPANZEE baby resting in tree
Pan troglodytes
Chimfunshi Sanctuary, Zambia


00017836
VERREAUX'S SIFAKA LEMUR "dancing"
Propithecus verreauxi
Berenty Reserve, Madagascar


00017812
SHELDUCK
Tadorna tadorna
flock flying to roost
Arundel WWT, UK


00017802
COAL TIT perched
Parus ater
Wiltshire, UK


00017799
COMMON RAGWORT huge mass in flower on
uncultivated land
Senecio jacobaea
Minsmere RSPB Reserve, Suffolk,UK. August.


00017716
IMPALAS & AFRICAN ELEPHANTS
Aepyceros melampus petersii
& Loxodonta africana
drinking at waterhole Etosha Natl Pk >>


00017703
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
holding tail of companion
Okavango Delta, Botswana


00017697
BURNING RAINFOREST
during 'slash and burn' clearance for use by subsistence
farmers, Madagascar


00017684
ELEPHANT BIRD & nest with eggs
Aepyornis sp. Reconstruction in zoo.
Very large extinct flightless bird native to Madagascar


00017680
GUIANAN COCK-OF-THE-ROCK male
Rupicola rupicola
Guyana


00017656
SCORPION FLY male on grass
Panorpa communis
Carinthia, Austria.


00017644
EUROPEAN BISON
Bison bonasus
frost-covered in winter


00017642
MOUFLON SHEEP
Ovis musimon
male resting


00017615
COMMON CRANES in flight
Grus grus
at end of migration. Finnish Lappland


00017613
WILD PARSNIP
Pastinaca sativa
Chilterns, Buckinghamshire, UK


00017610
INSECT FEEDING-MARKS IN LEAF
shown by back-lighting
Bolivia, South America


00017576
CARIBBEAN MANATEE or SEA COW
Trichechus manatus
underwater Florida, USA


00017564
WOOD SORREL
Oxalis acetosella
Dorset, UK


00017556
COMMON or FIELD POPPY
Papaver rhoeas
mass flowering amongst Barley


00017549
RED KITE on nest
Milvus milvus


00017466
LEOPARD stalking prey
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017465
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
on rock, with two young
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017427
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS
Loxodonta africana
Samburu Game Reserve, Kenya.


00017397
MONKEY ORCHID
Orchis simia
flowering on hillside


00017396
PRIMROSES in flower,
Primula vulgaris
growing in roadside ditch & bank.
Ingham, Norfolk, England.


00017370
AFRICAN ELEPHANT group
Loxodonta africana
at water, watching grey heron.
Luangwa River, Zambia.


00017368
GAME WARDEN
approaching poacher's snare,
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017365
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
female with cubs, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017354
AFRICAN LION pride feeding
Panthera leo
Males sometimes allow cubs to feed
on carcass by keeping the females >>


00017336
AFRICAN LIONESS
Panthera leo
carrying 10 week old cub. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.


00017322
LARGE WANDERING SPIDER
Cupiennus sp.
head detail
Rainforest species of Costa Rica


00017316
MARBLED RAIN FROGS
Scaphiophryne marmorata
Eastern Madagascar


00017312
CAT Genitalia of male kitten
Tonbridge, Kent, SE England


00017298
CULLASAJA FALLS
Cullasaja River, North Carolina, USA


00017288
SEA ROCKET clump in flower
Cakile maritima
on sandy shore. Lady's Island Lake,
Wexford, south eastern Eire. June


00017274
WINE CUP MALLOW
Callirhoe digitata
Texas, USA


00017257
SAMBAR DEER stag
Cervus unicolor
Ranthambhore National Park, NW India


00017225
SIKA DEER group
Cervus nippon
East Sussex, UK


00017216
BORNEAN ORANGUTAN male
Pongo pygmaeus


00017215
BORNEAN ORANGUTAN male
Pongo pygmaeus


00017209
BLOTCHED TIGER SALAMANDER
Ambystoma tigrinum melanostictum
on log North western North America


00017178
WHITE TERN or FAIRY TERN
Gygis alba
pair in mutual preening
Midway Atoll, north western Hawaii, USA


00017174
GRANITO DE ORO ISLAND
Isla Coiba National Park,
Panama. Pacific Ocean


00017160
GROUND AGAMA LIZARD
Agama aculeata
laying eggs. January.Kalahari Gemsbok
National Park, South Africa


00017129
WHITE DEAD-NETTLE
Lamium album
group in flower


00017118
LUGWORM
Arenicola sp.
in shallow water


00017114
MAYFLY larva
Ecdyonurus sp.
underwater, dorsal view


00017101
SLENDER SAINT JOHN'S WORT
Hypericum pulchrum
inflorescence detail


00017098
PURPLE SAXIFRAGE
Saxifraga oppositifolia
clump in flower


00017066
SUSSEX - aerial view showing mix of
arable & pastoral farming.
Haywards Heath area.
Southern England.


00017057
RED ANTS
Myrmica ruginoides


00017054
GINGER & WHITE KITTENS
play-fighting


00017043
RED SQUIRREL
Sciurus vulgaris
male approaching female


00017040
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
anterior view


00017032
WEASEL
Mustela nivalis
eating redcurrants


00017024
WHISKERED BAT in flight
Myotis mystacinus
looking for prey among Heather


00017020
WHITE DOMESTIC DOVES


00017015
BLACK KITE in flight
Milvus migrans


00016984
MOUNTAIN GORILLA family
Gorilla beringei beringei
Critically endangered


00016970
AFRICAN ELEPHANT with young
Loxodonta africana
Chobe National Park, Botswana


00016968
COMMON SHREW
Sorex araneus
eating earthworm


00016961
PEREGRINE FALCON female
Falco peregrinus
on nest with young Wales June


00016931
RED ANTS
Myrmica rubra
with pupae in nest


00016922
EUROPEAN LYNX eye detail
Felis lynx


00016909
RED-BILLED OXPECKER on Impala
Buphagus erythrorhynchus
Kruger Natl Park, South Africa


00016906
SURICATE or MEERKAT
Suricata suricatta
two young, playfighting. Kalahari
Gemsbok National Park, South Africa


00016889
RED RUFFED LEMUR calling
Varecia variegata rubra
Masoala Peninsula, north Madagascar


00016877
RING-TAILED LEMUR
Lemur catta
group on branch, resting & calling
Berenty Reserve, Madagascar


00016860
QUIVER TREES and stormy sky
Aloe dichotoma
Quiver Tree Forest, Keetmamshoop, Namibia.


00016857
VULTURINE GUINEAFOWL
Acryllium vulturinum


00016853
BAT-EARED FOX with cubs
Otocyon megalotis
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa



00016838
BANDED SEA SNAKE swimming
Laticauda sp.
Underwater
Niue, South Pacific.


00016837
COCONUT PALM fronds
Cocos nucifera
Fiji, South Pacific


00016836
BARK OF TREE
Nelson, South Island,
New Zealand


00016748
STOAT in summer coat
Mustela erminea
running with young in mouth


00016738
BLOW-FLY
Fam. Calliphoridae
newly emerged from pupa


00016734
HOVERFLY LARVA
Syrphus sp.
feeding on greenfly.


00016729
STARLING in flight to nest
Sturnus vulgaris
with leather-jacket prey


00016720
MICROMOTH in flight
Nemotois degeerella


00016708
LEAF-CUTTER ANT or PARASOL ANT
Atta sp.
carrying flower to nest


00016696
ROBIN on door of garden shed
Erithacus rubecula


00016686
PRAYING MANTIS with prey


00016684
GREAT CRESTED GREBE
Podiceps cristatus
carrying young on back


00019725
NEWFOUNDLAND DOG
with water spraying from coat
as it shakes itself on grass


00019686
ZANZIBAR RED COLOBUS MONKEY
Procolobus badius kirkii
(Endangered subspecies, endemic to
Zanzibar) Jozani Forest, Zanzibar


00019682
WARTHOG male running
Phacochoerus aethiopicus
Lake Tanganyika, Zambia


00019680
ASPEN woodland
Populus tremula
Scandinavia. Spring.


00019671
WAPITI (called ELK in USA)
Cervus canadensis
buck in snowy woodland


00019655
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD
Coccinella septempunctata
taking off from grass stem


00019646
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD
Coccinella septempunctata
taking off


00019628
SHORT-TAILED FIELD VOLE
Microtus agrestis
looking from hole
Also called Meadow Vole


00019622
BIRCH leaves in spring
Betula sp.


00019574
LING
Molva molva
Eyemouth, Berwickshire, SE Scotland


00019568
COMMON SUN STAR
Crossaster papposus
Saint Abb's Head, Berwickshire, Scotland


00019536
HERRING GULL with mussel
Larus argentatus


00019533
RED KITE in dead tree
Milvus milvus


00019491
CICADA camouflaged
Cicadi orni
on tree trunk Yugoslavia



00019489
GREY DRAKE MAYFLY male
Ephemera danica
Fermanagh, south western Ulster


00019487
EMERALD DAMSELFLY male
Leste sponsa
on Bog Asphodel August


00019475
LARGE TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY
Nymphalis polychloros
newly emerged from pupa
Dordogne, central France


00019474
COMMA BUTTERFLY larva
Polygonia comma-album
Hampshire, southern England


00019457
CINNABAR MOTH on clover
Tyria jacobaeae
Murlough National Nature Reserve,
Dundrum, Co. Down, N.Ireland.


(formerly Callimorpha jacobaeae)


00019455
SCALLOPED HOOK-TIP MOTH
Falcaria lacertinaria
camouflaged on birch leaf


00019423
NUBIAN MAN & date grove
by River Nile, Abri, Sudan.


00019391
RING-TAILED LEMUR in tree
Lemur catta
Berenty Reserve, southern Madagascar


00019388
BURCHELL'S SANDGROUSE
Pterocles burchelli
soaking breast feathers,
to carry water to young in nest >>


00019350
WHITE WILLOW in spring
Salix alba
Danube Delta, Romania.


00019280
SQUIRRELFISH
Holocentrus adscensionis
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00019270
DONKEY
Bonaire, Caribbean.


00019269
GOLDENTAIL MORAY EEL among coral
Gymnothorax miliaris
Bonaire, Caribbean Sea.


00019265
CARIBBEAN SPINY LOBSTER
Panulirus argus
& scuba divers. Turks & Caicos, Caribbean Sea.


00019264
CORAL REEF SCENE
Biscayne Bay National Park, Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00019224
CAPYBARA & young in water
Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris
Venezuela, South America. January


00019213
AFRICAN LION bringing down kudu
Panthera leo
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00019211
AFRICAN LION about to catch kudu
Panthera leo
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00019189
GOLDFISH in bowl,
Carassius auratus
watched by child


00019188
GARDEN SNAIL
Helix aspersa or Cantareus aspersus
Introduced into South Africa, where it is
now a pest, especially in vineyards.



00019180
MANDRILL female & young
Mandrillus sphinx
Rainforest species


00019165
SQUIRREL MONKEY
Saimiri sciureus
Notrthern & central South America


00019158
JACKASS PENGUINS adult & chick
Spheniscus demersus
in mutual preening.
Dassen Island, South Africa


00019156
CAPE VULTURE coming in to land
Gyps coprotheres
Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa


00019152
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA baby
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
with keeper. Project Protection des
Gorilles, Gabon & Congo.


00019133
OSTRICH head detail
Struthio camelus
Africa


00019119
OSTRICH male burying head in sand
Struthio camelus
Staged picture


00019104
GREATER KUDU two females drinking
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00019088
CHEETAH running Africa
Acinonyx jubatus
Can achieve 120Km per hour


00019081
ESTUARINE or SALTWATER
CROCODILE Crocodylus porosus
reared up out of water to take
proffered food. Adelaide River, Australia


00019074
JOHNSTONE'S CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo johnstoni
scales, close detail


00019054
COMMON DARTER DRAGONFLY
Sympetrum striolatum
covered with dew in morning


00019050
COMMON or GREY PARTRIDGE
Perdix perdix
head detail


00019046
ROE DEER male
Capreolus capreolus
licking new shoot of conifer


00019036
HEDGEHOG on mound
Erinaceus europeaus



00019020
OKAPI front view
Okapia johnstoni


00018907
SPIDER PLANT with plantlets
Chlorophytum comosum
Reproduces asexually through plantlets.


00018906
ASIAN ELEPHANT family drinking
Elephas maximus
Periyar Reserve, southern India
Endangered species


00018904
ASIAN ELEPHANTS family group
Elephas maximus
Periyar Sanc., Kerala, Southern India


00018901
VINE SNAKE eating toad
Leptophis sp.
Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica


00018883
RESEARCHER IN FOREST CANOPY Braulio Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica, Central America


00018876
JAGUAR resting
Panthera onca


00018832
AMERICAN PLAINS BISON group grazing
Bison bison bison
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.


00018828
GOLDEN-HEADED LION TAMARIN
Lentopithecus chrysomelas
Rainforest of Brazil


00018811
BLACK-BACKED JACKAL pup sitting
Canis mesomelas
Laikipia District, Kenya, East Africa.


00018773
ROWLING END, BARROW & KINN
with rainbow. Valley of Newland's Beck
centre, Cat Bells & Derwent Water on
right. Bassenthwaite Lake in distance


00018760
GREATER HORNED BABOON SPIDER
Ceratogyras brachycephalus
in attack posture. Native to Mozambique


00018748
LADY AMHERST'S PHEASANT
Chrysolophus amherstiae
cock on grass (captive bird)


00018730
PIGEON on branch in sunshine UK
Columba livia
getting warm after cold autumn night



00018715
LAYSAN TEAL two on water
Anas laysanensis


00018699
CONKER & CASE
Aesculus hippocastanum
Fruit of Horse Chestnut .


00018687
COPPERSMITH BARBET
Megalaima haemacephala
feeding young India
also Crimson-breasted Barbet


00018676
ITALIAN CYPRESSES
Cupressus sempervirens
Corfu, Greece. April


00018672
EUROPEAN LARCH sapling
Larix decidua
in conifer plantation. Quantock Hills,
Somerset, England


00018649
LAWSON'S CYPRESS female cones
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
Dorset, south western England


00018637
DRAGONFLY female freshly emerged
Onychogomphus forcipatus
wings exuviae. Switzerland. July


00018623
EUROPEAN LYNX family
Felis lynx


00018590
PARROT FEATHERS
small, yellow


00018576
GOLDEN LION TAMARIN in zoo
Leontopithecus rosalia
France. Endangered species of
coastal forests of Brazil.


00018553
SAIGA on rocky outcrop
Saiga tatarica
Central Asia


00018547
DIANA MONKEY
Cercopithecus diana
face detail


00018542
GREATER WHITE-TOOTHED SHREW
Crocidura russula
eating insect Western Europe


00018434
ROCK FORMATION & reflection
Inglefield Bay, northwestern Greenland.


00018427
INUIT HUNTER outside his igloo at dusk. Northwestern Greenland.




00018408
INUIT HUNTER travelling by dog sled over frozen sea ice.
Northwestern Greenland.




00018394
LAKE & reeds in autumn
Vagarusti, Vagamo, Central Norway.


00018354
POLAR BEAR running over sea ice
Ursus maritimus
in blowing snow at sunset. Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.


00018335
POLAR BEAR checking grease ice
Ursus maritimus
near coastline, watching his reflection. Hudson Bay, Canada.


00018329
POLAR BEARS two males play-fighting
Ursus maritimus
in driving snow. Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.


00018323
ARCTIC FOX close to resting Polar Bear
Alopex lagopus & Ursus maritimus
and bear lashes out. Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.


00018318
POLAR BEAR suckling cubs
Ursus maritimus
Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.


00018317
POLAR BEARS two males play-fighting
Ursus maritimus
while waiting for sea to freeze. Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Winter.


00018305
INUIT HUNTER, 14-year-old Caesar Arnatsiaq, with caribou he has just shot. Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.




00018289
ICEBERG with layers of blue & white ice,
eroded by the sea, Weddell Sea, Antarctica.


00018269
ADELIE PENGUIN group resting
Pygoscelis adeliae
at floe edge on windy day. Weddell Sea, Antarctica.


00018267
PANCAKE ICE & Adelie Penguins
Pygoscelis adeliae
Antarctica.


00018241
BOOTH ISLAND, glaciated end,
with line of growlers in front. Lemaire Channel, Antarctic Peninsula.


00018216
NORTH AMERICAN GREY WOLF male
Canis lupus
at prey in snow, snarling (defending his food), head detail. Montana, USA.


00018195
YALI TRIBESMEN kill a pig with bow & arrow before a feast. Seng Valley, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia.


00018185
ARCTIC FOXES looking for food
Alopex lagopus
Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. White and blue form (the latter more unusual).


00018176
EMPEROR PENGUIN group of young
Aptenodytes forsteri
waiting for adults to bring food. Atka Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica. >>


00018163
POLAR BEAR shaking water off coat
Ursus maritimus
Spitsbergen (Svalbard), Arctic Norway.


00018123
CAPERCAILLIE male displaying
Tetrao urogallus
April Scotland


00018110
COMMON SNIPE
Gallinago gallinago
on rock Canada


00018107
CHAFFINCH male on bramble
Fringilla coelebs
Essex, UK


00018090
GREAT GREY OWL
Strix nebulosa
in flight
Finland


00018079
GOSHAWK
Accipiter gentilis
on duck prey
Finland


00018074
CRESTED TIT
Parus cristatus
Finland



00018073
WAXWING
Bombycilla garrulus
feeding on berries
Finland


00018072
CRESTED TIT
Parus cristatus
Finland



00018056
WAXWING
Bombycilla garrulus
feeding on berries
Finland


00017973
CORK OAKS in Dehesa
Quercus suber
Dehesa, Extremadura, Spain


00017900
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE female
Caretta caretta
coming ashore to lay eggs


00017890
KOALA in pouch
Phascolarctos cinereus
about six months old,
Australia


00017885
COMMON MYNAH or INDIAN MYNAH
Acridotheres tristis
(Introduced to Australia)


00017883
GERMAN WASP
Paravespula germanica
tending larvae in cells.


00017875
HONEYPOT ANT
Melophorus bagoti
with abdomen, hugely distended by stored honeydew fed to it by workers eaten by local Aboriginal people as a delicacy, Australia.


00017829
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
male showing aggression
Chobe National Park, Botswana



00017818
BLACKBIRD female
Turdus merula
Wiltshire, UK


00017807
RED-CRESTED POCHARD washing
Netta rufina
Arundel WWT, UK


00017792
RED SQUIRREL burying nut
Sciurus vulgaris
Freshfield Squirrel Reserve October


00017777
ROBIN on Hazel, singing
Erithacus rubecula
Essex, south eastern England, April


00017765
INDIAN PYTHON
Python molurus
after eating Barking Deer, Sri Lanka


00017764
TRUFFLES
Elaphomyces granulatus


00017743
BOTTLEBRUSH
Callistemon rigidus
close-up of flower


00017714
REED FROG on waterlily flower
Hyperolius sp.
Okavango, Botswana


00017712
DROMEDARY CAMELS
Camelus dromedarius
herded by Rendille warriors.
Kenya, East Africa.


00017710
TEIID LIZARD
Callopistes maculatus
Chile


00017700
SIDESTRIPED JACKALS
Canis adustus
Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana, Africa


00017692
SURINAM TOAD female with young
Pipa pipa
developing beneath dorsal skin


00017632
KEEP RIVER NATIONAL PARK at dusk
Northern Territory, Australia.


00017630
DUCKLINGS & GUINEA PIG
Two ducklings (two days old)
with Guinea Pig June


00017616
LATE SPIDER ORCHID flower
Ophrys holosericea
formerly Ophrys fuciflora
Southern Germany


00017599
GREATER FLAMINGO in flight
Phoenicopterus ruber roseus
Camargue, France


00017584
FOSSIL: HUTTON'S GINKGO
Ginkgo huttoni
Middle Jurassic. England. Magn. x1/2


00017573
COMMON STARFISH
Asterias rubens
Ayrshire, south west Scotland


00017559
FAIRIES' BONNET or INKCAP group
Coprinus disseminatus
on tree stump. Puddletown Forest, Dorset, UK



00017557
FALLEN MAGNOLIA LEAVES


00017536
GRASS SNAKE
Natrix natrix
pair twined in courtship


00017531
SWEET VIOLET
Viola odorata
flower, close detail UK


00017505
WILDEBEEST herd crossing river
Connochaetes taurinus
Masai Mara Reserve, Kenya


00017490
LEOPARD with young, in long grass
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017475
LEOPARD lying, yawning
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017458
AFRICAN LIONESS
Panthera leo
with cubs. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017453
AFRICAN LIONS killing young giraffe calf,
Panthera leo
with female giraffe looking on. Masai Mara National Reserve,
Kenya


00017402
AFRICAN LIONESS
Panthera leo
being chased away by African buffalo. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.


00017383
TOURISTS watching AFRICAN LIONS,
Panthera leo
three females. Masai Mara Reserve,
Kenya, East Africa.


00017379
AFRICAN LIONS male snarling at cub
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Game Reserve, Kenya.


00017353
AFRICAN WHITE-BACKED VULTURES
Gyps africanus
group with wings spread to cool off.
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.


00017331
GREEN or DOUBLE-CRESTED BASILISK
Basilicus plumifrons
Species of waterways of Central America
(Guatemala to Costa Rica)


00017324
PLANT HOPPER
Western Costa Rica


00017313
DIETARY SUPPLEMENT
being added to cat food,
from opened capsule
Tonbridge, Kent, SE England


00017299
WOOD-BORING BEETLE
Buprestis sp.
Costa Rica


00017261
FOXTAIL GRASS
flowering amongst sedges
Colorado, USA


00017244
NORTH AMERICAN BEAVER
Castor canadensis
feeding at water's edge


00017184
PAINTED HILLS, 30 million years old
John Day Fossil Beds
National Monument, Oregon


00017179
BLACK & WHITE RUFFED LEMUR
Varecia variegata variegata
in tree Mantady Nat'l Park, eastern
Madagascar Endangered species


00017107
COMMON WINTERGREEN
Pyrola minor


00017085
SPEAR THISTLE flowerhead,one open
Cirsium vulgare
inflorescence & two unopened
buds, with raindrops


00017075
VINE WEEVIL
Otiorhynchus sulcatus


00017048
COMMON or GREY PARTRIDGE
Perdix perdix
dust-bathing


00017042
ROE DEER buck in snowfall
Capreolus capreolus
head detail


00017041
EUROPEAN BROWN HARE
Lepus europaeus
running in snow


00017014
CARRION CROW landing
Corvus corone


00017006
EUROPEAN MARMOT with young
Marmota marmota


00017004
WALLACE'S FLYING FROG
Rhacophorus nigropalmatus


00016971
HEATH TIGER BEETLE
Cicindela campestris
on gravel


00016841
CAT head detail,
looking intently upwards


00016811
BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS
Diomedea melanophris
West Point Island, Falkland Islands


00016799
LARGE RED DAMSELFLY with prey
Pyrrhosoma nymphula
on daisy



00016771
LESSER BLADDERWORT flower head
Utricularia intermedia
Curran Bog, County Londonderry,
north western Ulster, UK


00016756
MALLARD female on water, calling
Anas platyrhynchos


00016755
WHITE STORK with snake prey
Ciconia ciconia


00016741
SPITTING SPIDER
Scytodes thoracica
with mosquito prey


00016731
OAK LEAVES rolled up by moth
Tortrix viridana
Larva of GREEN OAK ROLLER


00016730
LARGE WHITE BUTTERFLY
Pieris brassicae
eggs on cabbage leaf


00016707
COMMA BUTTERFLY
Polygonia comma-album
wings open flat


00016670
OWL BUTTERFLY
Caligo eurilochus
South America


00016668
AMERICAN COCKROACH
Periplaneta americana
on wall, lateral view


00016658
DRONEFLY in flight
Eristalis tenax
over Water Mint Water
Mint is Mentha aquatica


00016656
SOLDIER BEETLE
Rhagonycha fulva
pair mating on plantain


00016649
CRAB SPIDER male
Philodromus dispar


00016631
NUTHATCH on wall
Sitta europaea
Sussex, UK


00016621
BLACK GARDEN ANT feeding
Lasius niger
England


00016619
PHOTOGRAPHIC SET UP in studio to photograph Indonesian 'Jesus' Sailfin Lizard


00016613
EARWIG on daffodil
Forficula auricularia


00016576
RHINOCEROS IGUANA
Cyclura cornuta
left flank, detail


00016555
SKELETON BUTTERFLY drinking
Pteronymia sp.
Venezuela, South America


00016553
SCARCE SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
Iphiclides podalirius
at rest on rock, wings open


00016495
LARGE RED DAMSELFLIES
Pyrrhosoma nymphula
close up of head


00016494
HAIL STONES on ground



00016477
CHIMPANZEE male
Pan troglodytes
in charge display Zambia


00016452
CAPE GANNETS
Sula capensis
swimming over breakers


00016430
TREE-TRUNK TRAPDOOR SPIDER
Moggridgea abrahami
returning to its burrow
Uses lichen to camouflage trapdoor


00016404
RED KANGAROO family group
Macropus rufus
Flinders RangesNational Park,
South Australia


00016399
HORNETS on nest
Vespa crabro
one feeding larva in cell


00016385
ABBOTT'S BOOBY Sula abbotti
on branch Breeding restricted
to tropical rainforests of Christmas
Island, Indian Ocean


00016366
KING PENGUIN chick
Aptenodytes patagonica
begging for food. St. Andrews Bay,
South Georgia Island, Sub- Antarctica.


00016364
PENGUIN PASSING SEAL
Clean Adelie penguin passing Weddell
seal Paulet Island, Antarctica
Picture sequence: No.1 of 2


00016360
YELLOW-BELLIED SEA SNAKE & young
Pelamis platurus
gave birth after being washed ashore.
Ostional beach, Costa Rica.





Pelagic sea snake


00016309
ICEBERG in sea ice
Svalbard, Norway


00016305
RED GROUSE
Lagopus lagopus
male in heather, Yorkshire, UK


00016301
EUROPEAN BROWN HARE
Lepus europaeus
stretching, UK


00016289
TIGER
Panthera tigris
Captive animal


00019435
AMERICAN RED SQUIRREL
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
on snow-covered tree stump
Northern Michigan, north eastern USA


00019428
KLAMATH CHIPMUNK
Eutamias amlenus amlenus
Susanville, California, USA


00019426
RAINBOW TROUT hooked on fly
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Copper River, Alaska, USA


00019425
RAINBOW TROUT
Oncorhynchus mykiss
Patagonia, Argentina, South America


00019404
BLACK-NECKED CRANE
Grus nigricollis
Ladakh, northern India
Endangered species


00019399
INDIAN MUNTJAC or BARKING DEER
Muntiacus muntjac
Bandhavgarh National Park,
Madhya Pradesh, central India


00019398
BAR-HEADED GEESE feeding
Anser indicus
Keoladeo Ghana National Park,
Barathpur, India.


00019383
BLUE CRANE group in grass
Anthropoides paradisea
Kapama, South Africa


00019377
ZEBRA & IMPALA herds
drinking at waterhole
Kruger Natl Park, South Africa


00019367
RAZORBILLS
Alca torda
at nest containing egg


00019340
HAWKSBILL TURTLE swimming
Eretmochelys imbricata
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00019332
ATLANTIC SPADEFISH shoal
Chaetodipterus faber
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean. Shoaling fish found in open water near reefs.


00019324
HAWKSBILL TURTLE & fish shoal
Eretmochelys imbricata
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00019320
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE on coral reef
Carretta carretta
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00019311
STRIPED MARLIN catch
Tetrapturus audax
at game fishing tournament. Tutukaka, New Zealand. Pacific Ocean.


00019302
GIANT PACIFIC OCTOPUS
Octopus dofleini
Campbell River, Vancouver Island, Canada. Pacific Ocean.


00019278
UPSIDE-DOWN JELLYFISH
Cassiopeia medusae
on sandy seafloor. Papua New Guinea, South Pacific Ocean.


00019246
CARIBBEAN MANATEE or SEA COW
Trichechus manatus latirostris
Homossassa Springs State Wildlife Park, Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00019217
WHITETHROAT
Sylvia communis
male, singing June Wales


00019207
AFRICAN LION catching kudu
Panthera leo
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00019204
AFRICAN LION stalking
Panthera leo
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00019136
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA in water
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild.


00019121
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLAS
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild.


00019107
GIRAFFE legs, detail
Giraffa camelopardalis
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00019101
GREATER KUDU does, two drinking
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00019086
LEOPARD running
Panthera pardus
Africa


00019024
WHITE-BELLIED or LONG-HAIRED
SPIDER MONKEY
Ateles belzebuth hybridus
N. Colombia and Venezuela >>


00019008
OAK TREE in winter
Quercus robur


00019001
COMMON HAWKER DRAGONFLY
Aeshna juncea
on rock


00018983
SESSILE OAK
Quercus petraea
in winter


00018973
YELLOWHAMMER
Emberiza citrinella
female on Hawthorn


00018969
ENGLISH OAK or PEDUNCULATE OAK
Quercus robur
seedling


00018953
ALDER TREE very old, gnarled specimen
Alnus glutinosa
Glen Strathfarrar, South Highlands,
north western Scotland


00018942
SCOTS PINE woodland at dawn
Pinus sylvestris
Glen Affric, Scotland


00018931
INSECT TRAPPED IN PINE RESIN
Pinus sylvestris
amber in the making


00018921
AURORA BOREALIS or NORTHERN LIGHTS
with spruce trees
Chena Lakes State Park, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA


00018902
GREVY'S ZEBRAS
Equus grevyi
Lewa Downs Reserve, Northern Kenya
Endangered species


00018887
AGOUTI
Dasyprocta punctata
Barro Colorado Island, Panama


00018870
CHUM SALMON
Oncorhynchus keta
in spawning stream
Coastal British Columbia, Canada


00018869
SOCKEYE SALMON female, head detail
Oncorhynchus nerka
at spawning stream
Coastal British Columbia, Canada


00018847
MONARCH BUTTERFLY pupa
Danaus plexippus
on Joe-Pye Weed
Lifecycle sequence no. 7/12. N America


00018835
WHITE-BEARDED WILDEBEEST
Connochaetes taurinus albojubatus
running, during migration
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania


00018820
INDIAN RIVER TERN
Sterna aurantia
(Rare species)
Karnataka, southern India


00018819
MARSH CROCODILE gaping
Crocodylus palustris
Ranganthitoo Bird Sanctuary,
Karnataka, southern India


00018816
RETICULATED GIRAFFE browsing
Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata
Laikipia District, Kenya, East Africa


00018807
GREVY'S ZEBRA
Equus grevyi
Laikipia District, Kenya, East Africa.
Endangered species


00018803
KING PENGUINS
Aptenodytes patagonica
Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island,
sub-Antarctica


00018786
YELLOWMOUTH GROUPER
Mycteroperca interstitialis
being cleaned by SPANISH HOGFISH
Bodiamus sp. Bonaire, Caribbean


00018751
GAYAL or MITHAN cow
Bos frontalis
Domestic form of Gaur. Native to Asia


00018694
DAMSELFLIES
laying eggs


00018671
HAZELNUTS with rain drops
Corylus avellana
Dorset, England


00018654
ROWAN or MOUNTAIN ASH
Sorbus aucuparia
ripe fruit Dorset, England


00018629
COMMON CRANE pair displaying
Grus grus
Gulf of Bothnia, Finland


00018627
FOX TERRIER puppies
Two, fifteen weeks old, on garden seat
Hertfordshire, southern England


00018617
TABBY KITTEN
amongst Oxeye Daisies June
Hertfordshire, southern England


00018611
TORTOISESHELL & WHITE CAT
Kitten by marigolds


00018594
ERODED SANDSTONE & SCRUB
Rainbow Valley Nature Park, near Alice
Springs, Northern Territory, Australia


00018583
PUFFIN pair
Fratercula arctica
Skomer Island


00018575
CRESTED TIT
Parus cristatus
on lichen-covered stump. Species
predominantly of coniferous woodland


00018565
COMMON CRANE at nest
Grus grus
Poland


00018557
WHITE-FACED or GUIANAN SAKI
Pithecia pithecia
female, face detail. Found in French
Guiana, Venezuela & northern Brazil


00018543
DESERT HORNED VIPER
Cerastes cerastes
Sahara Desert, northern Africa


00018485
ICEBERG & seabird in flight
Western Greenland


00018471
AURORA BOREALIS or NORTHERN LIGHTS over Nenet reindeer herders' camp. Yamal Peninsula, western Siberia, Russia.


00018456
REINDEER TRAIN transporting supplies to herders' camp.
Todzhu, Republic of Tuva. Siberia, Russia.


00018439
LITTLE AUK or DOVEKIE
Alle alle (formerly Plautus alle)
at breeding colony. Near Savissivik, Northwestern Greenland.


00018422
Dead NARWHAL, male, in water,
Monodon monoceros
harpooned by Inuit hunters in kayaks.
Northwestern Greenland.


00018421
HUSKY TEAM pulling a heavy sled up a hill
Savissivik, Meteorite Island, northwestern Greenland.



00018420
INUIT HUNTERS butcher a Narwhal. The skin, a great source of vitamins, is a delicacy. Northwestern Greenland.




00018400
Boys preparing to sail in outrigger canoe, to fish in Woleai lagoon. Yap, Caroline Islands, Micronesia, South Pacific Ocean.


00018397
CARIBOU migrating
Rangifer tarandus
Near Anderson River, Northwest Territories, Canada.


00018392
PINE SAPLING in snow,
its microclimate melts the snow. Northern Norway.


00018341
POLAR BEAR walking through grease ice
Ursus maritimus
on freezing sea water. Hudson Bay, Canada.


00018314
BELUGA or WHITE WHALES
Delphinapterus leucas
in peaty water at mouth of Seal River. Hudson Bay, Canada. Aerial view.


00018300
Tiny CARVED IVORY FIGURE of a woman
Approx. 2000 years old. Dorset culture. Igloolik Island, Nunavut, Canada.




00018282
EMPEROR PENGUIN chicks
Aptenodytes forsteri
checking out the photographer.
Atka Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica.


00018239
GENTOO PENGUIN
Pygoscelis papua
Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula.


00018230
EMPEROR PENGUIN tobogganing
Aptenodytes forsteri
past blue cave in iceberg. Auster Emperor Penguin Colony. By Mawson, Antarctica.


00018224
BLUE ICEBERG (rare type), sculpted by the sea, with Chinstrap & Gentoo penguins. Ancient ice, highly compressed, absorbs all but blue light. Antarctica.


00018177
EMPEROR PENGUIN pair with chick
Aptenodytes forsteri
Atka Bay, Antarctica
Adults lower heads in ritual display


00018166
INUIT HUNTER Jakob Petersen with head of narwhal he has harpooned from a kayak. Note 7' narwhal tooth. Qeqertat, North-western Greenland.


00018143
DARTFORD WARBLER male
Sylvia undata
on Gorse April Isle of Purbeck,
Dorsetshire, UK


00018142
BEWICK'S SWAN
Cygnus columbianus bewickii
five in flight Ouse Washes,
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia,UK


00018135
LONG-TAILED TIT
Aegithalos caudatus
April Kent, south eastern England


00018128
GANNET in flight
Sula bassana
July Bass Rock, Firth of Forth,
south eastern Scotland


00018105
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
male at sunset
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00018040
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos major
male Finland



00018014
TIGER (in captivity)
Panthera tigris
running up red sand dune


00018009
AMERICAN MINK male, alert
Mustela vison
Hampshire, southern England


00017995
QUESTION MARK BUTTERFLY
Polygonia interrogationis
male (captive bred)


00017958
CORK OAK group
Quercus suber
Giara of Gesturi, Island of Sardinia, Italy


00017955
ST JOHN'S BREAD or CAROB
Ceratonia siliqua
Licosa, Cilento Natl Pk, Campania, Italy
Fruit used to feed livestock >>


00017948
BOILING MUD POOLS
Rincon de la Vieja National Park,
Costa Rica, central America.


00017947
ARENAL VOLCANO at dusk (active)
Costa Rica, central America.


00017934
WOOD STORK group in flight
Mycteria americana
at sunset. Wetlands, Palo Verde Nat'l
Park, Costa Rica.


00017933
RESPLENDENT QUETZAL male at nest
Pharomachrus mocinno
Monteverde Cloudforest, Costa Rica


00017921
GLASTONBURY THORN
Crataegus monogyna "Praecox"
by St John's Church
Glastonbury, Somerset


00017909
PYGMY PYTHON with mouse prey
Liasis fuscus
Australia


00017897
BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN leaping
Tursiops truncatus



00017867
LITTLE PENGUINS
Eudyptula minor
group amongst dunes. Found in New Zealand, Australia, Tasmania & Chatham Island


00017865
EUROPEAN BISON male in mist
Bison bonasus bonasus
Bialoweiza Forest, Poland


00017824
CHIMPANZEE young
Pan troglodytes
pointing at camera
Chimfunshi, Zambia



00017823
CHIMPANZEE young
Pan troglodytes
relaxing in tree
Chimfunshi, Zambia


00017803
GREENFINCH male
Carduelis chloris
Wiltshire, UK


00017788
NIGHTINGALE singing
Luscinia megarhynchos
Kent, England April


00017776
ROBIN on Hazel, singing
Erithacus rubecula
Essex, south eastern England, April


00017753
IIWI perched
Vestiaria coccinea
Big Island, Hawaii. Endemic to Hawaii.



00017745
POLYANTHUS close-up
of flower with raindrops


00017728
DWARF FOREST BUFFALO
Syncerus caffer nanus
Maya Bai, Odzala Forest, Congo


00017727
DWARF FOREST BUFFALO group
Syncerus caffer nanus
Maya Bai, Odzala Forest, Congo
with Sitatunga Tragelaphus spekei


00017689
BANDED SEA SNAKE
Laticauda colubrina
on coral outcrop. Indo-Pacific


00017688
RED-FOOTED TORTOISE head out
Geochelone carbonaria
Guyana. Also Testudo carbonaria
See also DHE05041 (head in).


00017670
LESSER WHITE-TOOTHED SHREW
Crocidura suaveolens
female and young 'caravanning'


00017665
CAECILIAN
Ichthyophis sp.
Sumatra


00017622
PIGLETS looking from sty
Berkshire, UK


00017618
MUTE SWAN young on water
Cygnus olor
Switzerland. May


00017604
EIGER 3790m, MONCH 4099m
& JUNGFRAU 4158m (left to right)
Canton of Bern, Switzerland October


00017578
QUEEN CONCH shell
Strombus gigas
Barbudan beach, Caribbean


00017575
WEST INDIAN MANATEE or SEA COW
Trichechus manatus
submerged Florida, USA
Also called Caribbean or Florida Manatee


00017570
GLOBE ARTICHOKE
Cynara scolymus
close-up of flower


00017565
EARLY PURPLE ORCHID flower
Orchis mascula
among mass of Bluebells.
Dorset, UK


00017562
WOODY NIGHTSHADE or BITTER-SWEET
Solanum dulcamara
Devon, UK


00017555
GAUR or INDIAN BISON
Bos gaurus
cow suckling calf, India. Endangered.


00017554
ASIATIC LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
India


00017524
CANADIAN PONDWEED
Elodea canadensis
producing oxygen bubbles


00017521
ASIAN LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
running through forest of Sal trees, India


00017514
MASAI HERDSMEN bringing cattle
to water during the dry season.
Nr Lake Magadi, Great Rift Valley,
Tanzania.


00017510
SPOTTED-NECKED or SPECKLE-THROATED OTTER Lutra (or Hydrictis) maculicollis
two on rock (in captivity)


00017502
AFRICAN WILD DOG or CAPE
HUNTING DOG silhouetted
Lycaon pictus
Mombo, Botswana.


00017501
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
mother & year old young
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017477
LEOPARD up tree with kill
Panthera pardus


00017444
CROWNED CRANES in tree,
Balearica sp.
silhouetted at sunset, wings spread.
Masai Mara, Kenya


00017443
MASAI WARRIORS in celebration,
marking transition from warriors to
junior elders, after which they may
marry & own cattle. Tanzania.


00017442
THOMSON'S GAZELLE female
Gazella thomsoni
with newborn fawn. Masai Mara National
Reserve, Kenya, East Africa.


00017440
AFRICAN LIONS male with two cubs
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Game Reserve, Kenya.


00017423
WILDEBEEST herd on migration
Connochaetes taurinus
crossing river, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.


00017422
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS
Loxodonta africana
female & calf. East Africa.


00017410
LEOPARD young
Panthera pardus
playing with tortoise. Kenya


00017408
LEOPARD sleeping on branch
Panthera pardus
next to impala prey
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017401
AFRICAN LIONESS facing buffalo
Panthera leo & Syncerus caffer
defending young cubs from attack, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.


00017399
AFRICAN WILD or CAPE HUNTING DOGS
Lycaon pictus
attacking Thompson's gazelle prey.
Serengeti Plains, Tanzania.


00017394
ALPACA calf, young
Lama pacos


00017380
AFRICAN LIONS
Panthera leo
male & female. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017374
AFRICAN LIONESS with playful cubs
Panthera leo
resting. Masai Mara National Game
Reserve, Kenya, East Africa.


00017346
AFRICAN LIONS two males
Panthera leo
on savanna. Masai Mara National Game
Reserve, Kenya, East Africa.


00017330
GREEN-TAILED JAY BUTTERFLY
Graphium sp.
Species of Malaysia & SE Asia


00017307
SPRING GENTIAN
Gentiana verna


00017297
DOUGLAS FIR view upwards
Pseudotsuga menziesii


00017267
STORM OVER SONORAN DESERT
Saguaro National Monument
Arizona, USA


00017259
BENGAL TIGRESS (wild) feeding
Panthera tigris tigris
on domestic cow.
Ranthambhore National Park, India


00017230
FREE-TAILED BATS leaving house
Tadarida sp.
Laikipia District, Kenya, East Africa


00017185
GOLD FROGS
Brachycephalus ephippium
on leaf in Atlantic rainforest
Itatiaia National Pk, Brazil, S America


00017173
TUATARA anterior view
Sphenodon punctatus
Stephens Island, New Zealand Only
surviving member of group >>


00017153
BIRDSFOOT TREFOIL
Lotus corniculatus


00017151
YELLOW WATER-LILY
Nuphar lutea


00017150
SLENDER SAINT JOHN'S WORT
Hypericum pulchrum


00017132
SNOWDROP
Galanthus nivalis
mass flowering on earth bank


00017110
COMMON VALERIAN
Valeriana officinalis agg
close-up of flowers


00017087
TWINFLOWER
Linnaea borealis
inflorescence detail


00017021
TAWNY OWL in flight, carrying prey
Strix aluco


00017019
HEDGEHOG crossing road
Erinaceus europaeus


00017010
STARLING at nestbox
Sturnus vulgaris
with chick, both calling


00016994
WHITE RHINOCEROS yawning
Ceratotherium simum
while in mud wallow. Africa.


00016979
ROSY or MADAGASCAR PERIWINKLE
Catharanthus roseus
Madagascar. Source of many alkaloids, including Vinicristine, a cancer drug.


00016960
PEREGRINE FALCON female
Falco peregrinus
on nest with young Wales June


00016915
CAPE BUFFALO herd crossing dry
Syncerus caffer
river bed. Kruger Natl Park, South Africa


00016904
SMALL-SPOTTED GENET
Genetta genetta
in fork of tree. Kalahari


00016874
RED-BELLIED LEMUR male
Eulemur rubriventer
Ranomafana N.P., Madagascar


00016847
PERRIER'S BLACK DIADEMED SIFAKA
Propithecus diadema perrieri
Analamera Reserve, northern Madagascar.


00016835
SEA SPURGE
Euphorbia parialias
in flower on sand


00016832
DINOFLAGELLATE
Pyrocystis sp.
Bermuda, North Atlantic


00016814
MEXICAN WOODRAT (PACK RAT)
Neotoma mexicana
with young. Lake Powell,
Utah, USA. June.


00016809
SAGUARO CACTUS spines
Carnegiea gigantea
Saguaro Cactus National Monument, Arizona, USA


00016783
BANDED AGRION DAMSELFLY
or BANDED DEMOISELLE on leaf
Calopteryx splendens


00016779
COMMON BLUE BUTTERFLY on orchid
Polyommatus icarus


00016747
SONG THRUSH clutch of five eggs
Turdus philomelos
in nest on ground


00016693
KENTISH GLORY MOTH female
Endomis versicolora


00016675
GRIZZLED SKIPPER BUTTERFLY
Hesperia malvae
on foliage, wings open June


00016672
CLOUD FOREST misty canopy
Venezuela, South America


00016671
MEADOW BROWN BUTTERFLY
Maniola jurtina
on leaf, wings closed


00016665
PRAYING MANTIS eating prey
showing eyes & mouthparts
Madagascar


00016662
LARGE WHITE BUTTERFLY pupa
Pieris brassicae
on fence post
Picture sequence B No.2 of 3


00016655
RED ADMIRAL BUTTERFLIES
Vanessa atalanta
sipping oak sap


00016645
COCKCHAFER feeding
Melolontha melolontha


00016635
ROBIN on spade
Erithacus rubecula
Sussex, UK


00016624
BLACK GARDEN ANT three feeding
Lasius niger


00016617
EARWIG on daffodil
Forficula auricularia


00016564
MICROMOTH on leaf
Nemotois degeerella


00016537
AUSTRALIAN SPIDER BEETLE
Ptinus tectus
on bread


00016519
MUDSKIPPER
Periophthalmus barbarus
from West Africa


00016515
MOUSE SPIDER on window-pane
Scotophaeus blackwalli
Also known as Herpyllus blackwalli
A common spider of houses and under bark.


00016514
BRITISH BLUE CAT kitten investigating plant


00016507
FENCEPOST SPIDER
Marsippa muscosa
Sussex, UK


00016490
COCKCHAFER or MAYBUG larva
Melolontha melolontha
close up of face


00016470
WHITE WATER-LILY
Nymphaea alba
mass in flower


00016442
MONKEY SPIDER in defence posture
Harpactira sp.
South Africa


00016440
WILDEBEEST or BRINDLED GNU
Connochaetes taurinus
herd on migration. Masai Mara, Kenya


00016431
GRASSHOPPER caught by larva of
GIANT ANTLION hidden in pit


00019208
AFRICAN LION catching kudu
Panthera leo
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00019205
AFRICAN LION chasing prey
Panthera leo
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00019198
WHITE-BREASTED CORMORANTS
Phalacrocorax carbo
group nesting on shipwreck
Skeleton Coast, Namibia


00019173
AFRICAN FOREST BUFFALO
Syncerus caffer nanus
with oxpeckers. Gabon


00019128
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild.


00019127
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon
& Congo. Orphans reintroduced to wild.


00019093
BEETLE TRACKS on sand dune
Namib Desert, Namibia


00019090
ALSATIAN or GERMAN
SHEPHERD DOG running
See also MHA03558


00019089
CHEETAH running
Acinonyx jubatus
Can achieve speeds up to 120 km/h
See also MHA03538


00019069
WATTLED CRANE two on wetland
Grus carunculata
Endangered species Africa


00019064
BARTOLOME ISLAND with boat
& volcanic landscape of Santiago Island
in background. Galapagos Islands,
Pacific Ocean (on equator)


00019051
RABBIT
Oryctolagus cuniculus
young, sitting in long grass


00019040
MOLE emerging from molehill
Talpa europaea


00019017
BLACK-FOOTED FERRET
Mustela nigripes


00018975
HOLLY branch with berries
Ilex aquifolium


00018955
HAWTHORN in blossom
Crataegus monogyna


00018950
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos major
in fork of tree


00018949
SPIDER'S WEB & DEW


00018922
AURORA BOREALIS or NORTHERN LIGHTS
Great Slave Lake area, Northwest Territories, Canada


00018911
GOLDEN LION TAMARIN in captivity
Leontopithecus rosalia
Endangered species of
coastal forests of Brazil


00018857
REINWARDT'S FLYING FROG
Rhacophorus reinwardtii
Captive animal. Native to Indochina,
Sumatra, Java.


00018854
RED-EYED TREE FROG
Agalychnis callidryas
Captive animal
Native to Central America


00018843
MONARCH BUTTERFLY
Danaus plexippus
on Purple Coneflower, North America
Echinacea purpurea.


00018833
AMERICAN BISON scattered herd grazing
Bison bison
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming,
north western USA.Spring.


00018824
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
young amongst Dandelions
Rocky Mountains, western USA


00018806
GREVY'S ZEBRA
Equus grevyi
Laikipia District, Kenya, East Africa.
Endangered species


00018789
SALERS cow dairy breed
Popular breed in montane
regions of France


00018779
WATERING CROP
Mobile sprayer in use during drought
Gloucestershire, West Midlands, England


00018757
WIND SCORPION
Eremobates durangonus
Southern North America. Can bite, not
venomous. Often called Sun Spiders


00018756
BURMESE PYTHON albino
Python molurus bivittatus
Indonesia


00018749
SILVER-LACED WYANDOTTE cock
Gallus gallus
domestic breed


00018737
ADDERS
Vipera berus
1 female on left, 2 males on right


00018731
SILVER SEABRIGHT BANTAM
Ornamental variety
pair (cock on left)


00018725
MARBLED TEAL
Anas angustirostris
on water with five young


00018722
LONGHORN COW
with calf


00018721
SARUS CRANE pair
Grus antigone
female in the foreground


00018693
COURSE LIBRE BULL
Camargue Southern France


00018692
KESTREL
Falco tinnunculus
male eating rodent prey


00018683
HARVESTMAN on bark December
Pocos de Caldas, Sao Paulo,
southern Brazil, south America


00018670
POPPIES & BUTTERCUPS
Mass blooming on arable set-aside
Surrey, south eastern England


00018667
DORSET COASTAL HEATHLAND
Hardown Hill, Dorset, England


00018647
FRIESIAN COW
Oxfordshire, England


00018643
NORWAY SPRUCE on granite cliff
Picea abies
July Uri, Switzerland


00018639
HORNBEAM October
Carpinus betulus
branch with ripe fruits
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland


00018631
ALPINE IBEX males fighting
Capra ibex ibex
Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland


00018624
RED DEER stag roaring among bracken
Cervus elaphus
head detail. September.


00018605
EUROPEAN BROWN HARE
Lepus europaeus
two boxing March
Bedfordshire, South Midlands, England


00018580
BUDGERIGAR pair in courtship
Melopsittacus undulatus
Northern Territory, Australia
Found in arid woodlands


00018529
DUNG or SCARAB BEETLES
rolling dung ball in which they lay eggs
Hlane National Park, Swaziland


00018524
AFRICAN LION male on giraffe kill
Panthera leo
Okavango Delta, Botswana


00018507
BLUE CRANES in grassland
Anthropoides paradisea
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00018501
SANDHILL CRANE in flight
Grus canadensis
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife
Reserve, New Mexico, southern USA


00018496
AMERICAN BISON
Bison bison
walking on lying snow. Yellowstone
National Park, Wyoming, USA


00018491
GREYLAG GOOSE flock in flight
Anser anser
Ouse Washes, Norfolk, England


00018478
REINDEER calf in heather
Rangifer tarandus
during snowstorm. Cairngorms, Scotland.


00018475
MENTAWAI MEN in dugout canoe
Rereiket River, Siberut Island, Indonesia.


00018469
AURORA BOREALIS or NORTHERN LIGHTS over Nenet reindeer herders' camp. Yamal Peninsula, western Siberia, Russia.


00018449
AVACHINSKIJ VOLCANO, 9035 feet
Near Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka, Siberia, Russia.


00018446
WINTER STORM blowing across tundra
Near Lavrentiya, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia.


00018435
GREENLAND ICECAP, aerial view
Northwestern Greenland.


00018429
WEDGE-SHAPED ICEBERG reflected in calm waters. Northwestern Greenland.


00018388
AURORA BOREALIS or NORTHERN LIGHTS
over reindeer herders' hut on tundra. Karasjok, Sapmi, Norway.


00018382
YALI WARRIORS with painted faces dancing at a feast. Seng Valley, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia.


00018307
MUSK OXEN bulls facing each other
Ovibos moschatus
Victoria Island, Northwest Territories, Canada.


00018298
INUIT HUNTER butchering walrus
on ice floe. Foxe Basin, Nunavut, Canada.


00018288
GROUNDED ICEBERG & waves
in lee of Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica.


00018285
EMPEROR PENGUIN followed by chick
Aptenodytes forsteri
hoping to get fed.
Atka Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica.


00018284
SOUTH POLAR SKUAS
Catharacta maccormicki
in Emperor Penguin colony. Atka Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica.


00018263
SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEALS mating
Mirounga leonina
Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, Sub-Antarctic.


00018261
SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL bull
Mirounga leonina
head detail. Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, Sub-Antarctica.


00018237
ICICLES hanging on iceberg undercut by the sea. By Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula.


00018236
KING PENGUIN head detail,
Aptenodytes patagonicus
showing mandibular plate & yellow auricular patches. South Georgia, Sub-Antarctic.


00018220
ADELIE PENGUINS on ice floe
Pygoscelis adeliae
Paulet Island, Antarctica.


00018202
RUSSIAN ICEBREAKER "Kapitan Khlebnikov", bow of ship & sea ice. Davis Sea, Antarctica. Picture taken using fish-eye lens.


00018178
ARCTIC HARE in winter coat
Lepus arcticus
Ellesmere Island, Northwest Territories, northern Canada.


00018171
ARCTIC FOX on snowdrift
Alopex lagopus
above Polar Bear, Ursus maritimus, in day bed. Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.


00018141
LESSER PANDA or RED PANDA
Ailurus fulgens
on branch (in captivity) Whipsnade Zoo,
Bedfordshire, UK November


00018118
WAXWING amongst ripe berries
Bombycilla garrulus
Felixstowe, Suffolk, East Anglia, UK


00018114
FULMAR in flight
Fulmarus glacialis
Handa Island, off Sutherland,
north western Scotland


00018102
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
young male watching Buffalo herd
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00018098
AFRICAN LION female
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00018091
GOSHAWK juvenile
Accipiter gentilis
mantling prey
Finland


00018065
CRESTED TIT
Parus cristatus
Finland



00018054
FIELDFARE
Turdus pilaris
dropping berry
Finland


00018050
WAXWING
Bombycilla garrulus
feeding on berries
Finland


00018033
FERAL HORSES three running
Naukluft National Park, Namibia, Africa


00018032
FERAL HORSES group running
Naukluft National Park, Namibia, Africa


00018030
GREY MARE grazing
Hampshire, southern England


00018003
ROE DEER greeting young
Capreolus capreolus
Butser Hill, Hampshire, England


00017953
BEECH woodland
Fagus sylvatica
Campolongo Valley Pollino Natl Pk
Orsomarso Mountains, Calabria, S Italy


00017918
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
Brooks Falls, Katmai N.P, Alaska Peninsula, SW Alaska, USA


00017912
SHORT-FINNED PILOT WHALE
Globicephala macrorhynchus
underwater.


00017901
AUSTRALIAN PLAGUE LOCUST
Chortoicetes terminifera
on grass. Plagues 1 to 5 yearly


00017880
BORDER COLLIE DOGS
adult sitting with two young


00017873
FLATBACK TURTLE
Chelonia depressa
front flipper, showing tag, Northern Australia


00017858
TIGER BONE WINE confiscated during
Metropolitan Police Operation Charm,
London. Used as tonic,
found in Chinese supermarket


00017828
AFRICAN ELEPHANT herd drinking
Loxodonta africana
Khwai River, Moremi, Botswana



00017821
CHIMPANZEE young
Pan troglodytes
relaxing in tree
Chimfunshi, Zambia


00017819
BLACKBIRD female near flowerpot
Turdus merula
Wiltshire, UK


00017815
BLACKBIRD female feeding on windfall apples
Turdus merula
Wiltshire, UK


00017814
ROBIN on branch
Erithacus rubecula
Wiltshire, UK


00017782
YELLOW-BREASTED BIRD OF PARADISE
Loboparadisea sericea
male


00017758
BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS in flight
Diomedea nigripes
Midway Island, Pacific Ocean.


00017754
IIWI on Ohia tree
Vestiaria coccinea
Big Island, Hawaii. Endemic to Hawaii.



00017721
SPONGES, CORALS & ASCIDIANS
Highly colourful group
Heron Island Reef, Queensland


00017666
BIOCELLATED COBRA
Naja naja naja
Cannibalism; eating another. India.


00017661
FRILLED LIZARD
Chlamydosaurus kingiI
threat display. Kakadu National Park,
Northern Territory, Australia


00017658
RIPPLES IN RED SAND
Ayers Rock, Uluru-Kata Tjuta NP,
Northern Territory, Australia


00017638
COWSLIP group flowering in meadow
Primula veris


00017621
COWSLIP mass in flower May
Primula veris
in meadow bordering grain crop field
Gade Valley, Hertfordshire, UK


00017609
MOSQUITO adult emerging from pupa
Culex sp.
Oxfordshire, England
Sequence of Pictures No.B4


00017600
COMMON POPPY or FIELD POPPY
Papaver rhoeas
mass flowering in meadow & Corn-
flowers Uster, Canton of Zurich, >>


00017598
EARLY DOG-VIOLET March
Viola reichenbachiana
flower, close detail
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland


00017595
EUROPEAN BISON
Bison bonasus
with calf


00017588
SCHOMBURGK'S DEER head detail
Cervus schomburgki
Thailand. Became extinct early 20th C.
Bookplate published in 1894.


00017586
MARINE CARBONIFEROUS SANDSTONE
(unconsolidated) showing slumping
& folding (Diameter 1m)


00017546
CALF & CATTLE EGRET


00017515
BENGAL TIGER young male (wild)
Panthera tigris tigri
yawning. India.


00017482
LEOPARD male
Panthera pardus
facing python. Zimbabwe.


00017463
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
hauling gazelle kill up tree
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017420
AFRICAN ELEPHANT dustbathing,
Loxodonta africana
head detail. Masai Mara National
Reserve, Kenya


00017387
LEOPARD CAT
Felis bengalensis
resting


00017369
AFRICAN WILD or CAPE HUNTING DOG
Lycaon pictus
walking. Masai Mara National Game
Reserve, Kenya, East Africa.


00017367
PLAINS BURCHELL'S ZEBRA group
Equus burchelli
silhouetted at sunset. Masai Mara
Reserve, Kenya, East Africa.


00017351
AFRICAN LION male on kopje
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Game Reserve, Kenya


00017349
AFRICAN ELEPHANT herd
Loxodonta africana
among Acacias. East Africa.


00017348
AFRICAN LIONESS
Panthera leo
carrying 2-3 week old cub. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00017327
LICHEN MANTIS camouflaged
Gonatista grisea
on bark. Florida, USA.
AKA Grizzled or Bark Mantis


00017291
FOOT & MOUTH SIGNS
Precautions on the West Highland Way, Invernesshire


00017284
CORAL REEF
with Table Coral Acropora sp.
& shoal of Goldies Anthias sp.
Malaysia


00017283
STRIPED BOARFISH & DRUMMERS
Evistius acutirostris & Kyphosus sp.
New Zealand


00017272
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
two in river in threat display
Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA


00017265
GREY TREE FROG calling
Hyla versicolor
Michigan, north eastern USA


00017260
INDIAN BLANKET
Gaillardia pulchella
Texas, USA


00017235
GAUR or INDIAN BISON group grazing
Bos gaurus
Nagarhole National Park, Karnataka,
southern India (Endangered sp.)


00017200
SOCKEYE SALMON leaping
Oncorhynchus nerka
Brooks Falls, Katmai Natl Park,
Alaska, USA


00017199
JAGUAR FUR, close detail
Panthera onca
(in captivity) Endangered species
Costa Rica


00017196
BURCHELL'S or PLAINS ZEBRAS
Equus burchelli
at waterhole drinking. Etosha National Park, Namibia


00017164
FIELD or CORN POPPIES
Papaver rhoeas
in flower


00017146
WHITE WATER-LILY
Nymphaea alba
in flower on water


00017145
BLACK-FACED SHEEP
two lambs in meadow


00017131
WILD STRAWBERRY
Fragaria vesca


00017123
CHOCOLATE PERSIAN CAT
licking nose


00017122
GARDEN SNAIL
Helix aspersa


00017121
SHORT-EARED OWL
Asio flammeus
auditory aperture, close detail. Operculum parted to show exterior meatus of ear.


00017108
COMMON ROCK-ROSE
Heliathemum nummularium
in flower on hillside


00017058
EUROPEAN MARMOTS two young
Marmota marmota


00017055
GINGER & WHITE KITTENS
playing with toy


00017009
MUTE SWANS swimming
Cygnus olor
in water covered with thin ice


00016998
CHIMPANZEE yawning
Pan troglodytes
Chimfunshi Sanctuary, N Zambia


00016992
GIRAFFE with resting young
Giraffa camelopardalis
Sub-saharan Africa


00016987
INLAND TAIPAN SNAKE
Oxyuranus microlepidotus
Reputed world's most venomous
Native to Australia


00016986
BENNETT'S TREE KANGAROO
Dendrolagus bennettianus
on branch, browsing Australia


00016978
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
two, three months old, sitting on mound


00016966
BLUEBELL huge mass in flower
Hyacinthoides non-scriptus
Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales


00016965
DARWIN'S FROG
Rhinoderma darwinii


00016940
BLADE OF GRASS
in rippled sand dune. Volga Delta, Russia


00016930
BLACK ANTS
Lasius niger
winged forms


00016923
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD on leaf
Coccinella septempunctata


00016912
GOLIATH HERON
Ardea goliath
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa


00016902
JACKASS PENGUINS
Spheniscus demersus
SW Cape Province, South Africa
Endangered species


00016868
VERREAUX'S SIFAKA LEMUR
Propithecus verreauxi
leaping through forest canopy
Berenty Reserve, southern Madagascar


00016852
CARACAL at dusk
Felix caracal
Augrabies Falls National Park, South Africa


00016797
HOVERFLY feeding on Bogbean
Rhingia campestris
(long proboscis penetrates
deep-throated bloom)


00016793
IRON PROMINENT MOTH larva on leaf
Notodonta dromedarius


00016792
NORTHERN EGGAR MOTH larva
Lasiocampa quercus callunae
on twig


00016770
EARLY PURPLE ORCHID
Orchis mascula
group in flower by stream April
Clare Glen, Clare, south western Eire


00016743
EMPID FLY hundreds mating in flight
Species probably Hilara maura




00016742
GIANT CRANEFLY
Tipula maxima


00016722
BLACK WITCH MOTH
Ascalapha odorata
Venezuela


00016719
HARLEQUIN BEETLE in flight
Acrocinus longimanus
Venezuela


00016706
DUKE OF BURGUNDY FRITILLARY
Hamearis lucina
pair of butterflies, mating


00016700
TREE-NYMPH BUTTERFLY
Idea leuconoe
in flight South East Asia


00016699
MOSQUITO pupae at water surface
with shed larval cuticles nearby


00016646
COCKCHAFER
Melolontha melolontha


00016632
ROBIN on wall
Erithacus rubecula
Sussex, UK


00016628
CRAB SPIDER male
Philodromus sp.


00016608
MILLIPEDE
Polydesmus sp.


00016591
WITCH HAZEL
Hamamelis mollis


00016560
SPURGE HAWKMOTH on Forsythia
Celerio euphorbiae


00016516
TABBY CAT & donkey


00016511
STINGING NETTLE
Urtica dioica
sting detail


00016509
MOUSE SPIDER male on window-pane
Scotophaeus blackwalli
Also known as Herpyllus blackwalli
A common spider of houses and under bark.


00016461
KUNG BUSHMEN ROUND CAMPFIRE
Gaishay Dem (age 75 in 1986) telling
hunting tales to group
Bushmanland, Namibia, SW Africa


00016460
RINGNECK SPITTING COBRA
Hemachatus haemachatus
Can spray venom up to 20cm


00016437
PENNANT-WINGED LACEWING
Nemopterella sp.

(35 mm long overall)


00016425
SOMALI CAT
face detail


00016418
AFRICAN ELEPHANT calf
Loxodonta africana
Addo Elephant Nat'l Park, South Africa.


00016415
VITELLINE MASKED WEAVER male
Ploceus velatus
building nest. Addo Elephant
National Park, South Africa


00016414
VITELLINE MASKED WEAVER male
Ploceus velatus
building nest. Addo Elephant
National Park, South Africa


00016408
RED GROUSE male
Lagopus lagopus
among burnt heather.
Yorkshire, England.


00016407
RED KANGAROO with young
Macropus rufus
Flinders Ranges National Park,
South Australia.


00016394
THORNY DEVIL
Moloch horridus


00016393
NORTHERN SPOTTED BARRAMUNDI
or GULF SARATOGA
Scleropages jardini
Queensland, Australia


00016382
HONEYPOT ANT
Melophorus bagoti
abdomen filled with honeydew as store of food for colony. Eaten by Aboriginees in arid areas of Australia.


00016381
SPIDER-WASP with wolf spider prey
Cryptocheilus sp.
Victoria, Australia. Paralysed spider will be
buried by wasp, egg laid on it & >>


00016358
STUDIO SET UP for photographing FRUIT FLIES Drosophila sp. in flight, using high speed flash


00016345
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra
in water, UK


00022012
CHEETAH male, head detail (captive)
Acinonyx jubatus
Cheetah Conservation Fund, Namibia


00022009
AFRICAN LIONS courting couple
Panthera leo
at dawn Masai Mara National Game
Reserve, Kenya, East Africa


00021988
SALTWATER CROCODILE
Crocodylus porosus
in shallows of Mary River,
Queensland, north eastern Australia


00021962
PHENGODID BEETLE or STARWORM
female, light organs glowing
Malaysia


00021957
HOUSE DUST MITE amongst dust
Pteronysinus dermatophyllum
Can cause mild to severe antigenic
(allergic) reaction in asthma sufferers


00021935
BANDHAVGARTH NATIONAL PARK
The Tala Range from Fort Hill India


00021918
GULL with fishing hook caught in bill,
head detail


00021872
CERRADO FALLS
Chapada dos Guimaraes,
Mato Grosso, western Brazil


00021856
CORAL TREE in full bloom
Erythrina sp.
Telemaco Borba, Parana, Brazil


00021795
SAINT BERNARD DOG
Switzerland


00021767
OILSEED RAPE FIELDS
Brassica napus
Sidbury, Devon, England


00021757
ATLANTIC WAVE
Isle of Portland, Dorset, England


00021739
SCREE SLOPES
with stripes of vegetation & scree
Lake District National Park, Cumbria


00021706
ECONOMIC PLANTS Bookplate 1664
Coconut Wild "Cinomon" & Pynang Palm
'Nienhoff's Travels' published 1665
Malabar Coast, south western India


00021678
CONGLOMERATE ROCK
Granite pebbles in sedimentary matrix


00021660
CARBONIFEROUS SANDSTONE
(graded bedding)
240 million years old UK


00021654
SUNFLOWER CROP
Helianthus sp.
Seedheads ripening


00021652
RE-PLANTING BROADLEAF WOODLAND
Scotland


00021649
EPIPHYTES IN CANOPY OF TREE
Dipteryx panamensis (Fabaceae)
Costa Rica, Central America


00021633
BREADFRUIT
Artocarpus communis
West Indies


00021614
COMMERCIAL MUSHROOM GROWING
Northern France


00021593
WATER SCORPION
Nepa cinerea
eating Bloodworm prey Oxfordshire,
southern England


00021591
DEATH CAP Deadly poisonous
Amanita phalloides
Common, Deciduous woodlands,
south of England, summer & autumn


00021571
STONE METEORITE chondrite
with chaotic structure due to collision
in space Found in Naryilco, Australia


00021570
ROCK DEBRIS FROM LANDSLIDE
of 9th May 1991 at Randa
near Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland


00021564
FLOWERING BRANCH & WATERFALL
in rainforest, Northern Range,
Trinidad, West Indies May


00021560
EARTHWORM CASTS
on forest floor
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland


00021549
WHITE STORK courtship April
Ciconia ciconia
at nest on insulated power lines
Switzerland


00021545
SUNBITTERN fishing
Eurypyga helias
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, southern Brazil


00021544
VINEYARD covered with netting
to protect grapes from birds
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland


00021542
GLOBE FLOWER in bloom
Trollius europaeus
Seiser Alm, Dolomites, southern Tyrolia,
northern Italy


00021541
MOUNTAIN HOUSELEEK in flower
Sempervivum montanum


00021537
ANDES with snow on summits
& large lake High aerial view
Patagonia, southern Chile,
South America

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