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00021179
CARADOC GOAT male
Feral goat kept in captivity for research
Northern Wales


00021170
CONNEMARA PONIES
Diamond Hill, Connemara National Park,
Galway, western Eire


00021163
MULES grazing on montane pasture
Equus asinus x Equus caballus
Atlas Mountains, Morocco,
northern Africa


00021152
TASMANIAN DEVIL feeding on carrion
Sarcophilus harrisii
Tasmania


00021139
RED KANGAROO reclining
Macropus rufus
with Willie wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys on back
Australia


00021119
WATER PIPIT perched
Anthus spinoletta
Mountains of central & southern Europe


00021100
COMMON WOMBAT
Vombatus ursinus
Northern Tasmania


00021057
FALKLANDS FLIGHTLESS STEAMER
Tachyeres brachypterus
male duck on water


00021043
GRAND TETON MOUNTAIN
and Snake River at sunrise
Grand Teton NP, Wyoming, USA


00021031
YELLOW IRIS in flower
Iris pseudoacorus
Oregon coast, USA May


00021010
TEXAS BLUEBONNETS n flower
Lupinus texensis
Texas, USA Spring Texas State Flower


00020999
YELLOW COLUMBINE flower detail
Aquilegia chrysantha
Arizona, south western USA


00020980
GIANT SEQUOIA or WELLINGTONIA
Sequoiadendron giganteum
named General Sherman
Sequoia Natl Pk, California, western USA


00020902
SILVERED LEAF M0NKEY
Trachypithecus cristatus
Malaysia.


00020855
ALPINE or BLACK SALAMANDER
Salamandra atra aurorae
Endemic to one valley in northern Italy
Discovered in 1982


00020842
SAGO PALMS
Metroxylon sago
Siberut Island, Sumatra, Indonesia


00020838
GUAVA fruit on tree
Psidium guajava
Native to tropical America


00020820
BASSOUR & WOMAN ON CAMEL
Sahara Desert, near Chinguetti,
Mauritania, western Africa


00020817
MANIOC TUBER COLLECTION
Man uprooting tubers Sumatra
Manioc or Cassava is
Manihot esculenta


00020806
SLOW LORIS
Nycticebus coucang
on branch of tree


00020785
RUBIES in matrix (corundum, Al O )
India Taken at Musee Lecoq, Clermont-
Ferrand, France, which must be
included in the photo credit


00020781
CARDAMOM SEED CAPSULES
Elettaria cardamomum
Spice of South eastern Asia


00020773
DESERT GRASSES
Stipagrotis pungens
Erg Chigaga, Sahara Desert, Morocco


00020758
KAGU on earth mound
Rhynochetus jubatus
New Caledonia, South Pacific


00020696
PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS with fruit
Opuntia vulgaris


00020689
WALNUTS fallen,
Juglans regia
near walnut sapling


00020678
GREEN LIZARD male, on log
Lacerta viridis
Native to southern Europe


00020675
BLACK PEPPER
Piper nigrum
twig with berries


00020666
PUFF ADDER moving across sand
Bitis arietans
Sahara Desert, northern Africa


00020660
HUNTERS CARRYING PIG
caught by trap
Fergusson's Island, Papua New Guinea


00020653
SAGO extraction
Metroxylon sp.
Fergusson's Island, Papua New Guinea


00020651
FELLED TIMBER, stacked
France


00020650
CYCAD
Cycas stuarti
Madagascar


00020633
WALNUTS on the tree
Juglans regia


00020632
CONDOR BREEDING CAGE
San Diego Zoo, California, USA
California Condor is
Gymnogyps californianus


00020622
ROSE OF JERICHO or
RESURRECTION PLANT
Anastatica hierochuntica
Can survive without water for 120 years


00020619
SAWMILL
French Guiana


00020577
GOATS IN TREE browsing on foliage
Argania spinosa
South Western Morocco


00020574
JAMESON'S or GREEN MAMBA
Dendroaspis jamesoni
Cameroon, western Africa


00020549
DATE PALM OASIS
Tinerhir, Morocco North Africa


00020542
FLOOD WATERS arriving in dry river bed
Okavango Delta, Botswana



00020526
SUGAR CANE foliage burning
before harvesting of cane
Swaziland, southern Africa


00020498
LESSER BIRD OF PARADISE
Paradisaea minor
Papua New Guinea


00020488
CHERRY ORCHARD in bloom
Prunus avium
April. Provence, France.


00020477
SENECIO on moorland
Senecio sp.
Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Mount Kibo in the background


00020465
EUPHORBIA TREES
Euphorbia bussei
Ngorongoro Highlands, Tanzania,
East Africa


00020442
HIKING on the West Coast Trail
Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Canada


00020437
TOURISTS LOOKING AT BLUE HOLE
(depth 80m) over bow of ship Scuba
diving location Pompey Reef,
Great Barrier Reef, Queensland >>


00020424
EUROPEAN BISON dustbathing
Bison bonasus
Highland Wildlife Park, August
Aviemore, Cairngorms, NE Scotland


00020384
AUSTRALIAN CLEMATIS in forest
Clematis pubescens
Leeuwin Naturaliste National Park,
Western Australia


00020379
CLUBBED SPIDER ORCHID flower
Caladenia longiclavata
Stirling Range National Park,
Western Australia


00020375
NEW HOLLAND HONEYEATER
Phylidonyris novaehollandiae
on Banksia. Two Peoples Nature
Reserve, Western Australia


00020374
CARNABY'S BLACK COCKATOO pair
Calyptorhynchus latirostris
Walyunga National Park,
Western Australia


00020367
CROCOSMIA or MONTBRETIA
Crocosmia sp.
clump in flower Essex, England


00020317
ROAD to Monument Valley,
Utah, USA


00020316
YUCCA ON DUNES
White Sands National Monument,
New Mexico, USA


00020306
HORNED SCREAMER
Anhina cornuta
pair at water's edge
Manu Region, Peru


00020303
RAINFOREST FLOOR
with Hymenomycete fungi
Manu region, Peru


00020293
TELEPHONE BOX
with solar panel & wind generator
Border Region, southern Scotland


00020282
LIMESTONE PAVEMENT Orton Scar,
Orton, Cumbria, north western England


00020281
STAND OF CYPRESS
Pocassin Lakes National Wildlife
Reserve, North Carolina,
south eastern USA


00020279
MERAMEC CAVERNS
Stalactites & stalgmites
Missouri, south eastern USA


00020266
QUEEN VICTORIA AGAVE
Agave victoria regina
Sonoran Desert Museum, Arizona, USA.




Succulent


00020263
REINDEER encourages her newborn calf
Rangifer tarandus
to get up, on the snow-covered Nadym Tundra. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.


00020254
SIAMESE CAT urinates into a toilet, then howls for it to be flushed. Yamal, Siberia, Russia.


00020253
NENET MEN hauling in fishing net with catch of Muksun near mouth of River Ob. Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia.


00020249
BACTRIAN CAMEL herd, domestic
Camelus bactrianus
at summer pastures on steppe.
Near Kyzyl, Republic of Tuva. Siberia, Russia.


00020231
GLADE on sunny autumn morning, with early frost. Coppiced hazel under oak standards. Piddles Wood, Dorset, England.


00020208
ALPENROSE RHODODENDRON
Rhododendron hirsutum
Val Zebru, Stelvio NP, Italy


00020173
COOTS fighting
Fulica atra
Arundel Wildfowl Refuge,
West Sussex, England March


00020167
MANDARIN DUCK male displaying
Aix galericulata
Arundel WWT, West Sussex, England March


00020155
ROOK in flight
Corvus frugilegus
Dartmoor, England.


00020146
SLAVONIAN GREBE male on water
Podiceps auritus
with fish to feed female. Speyside, Scotland. May.


00020129
ROBIN on holly in snow
Erithacus rubecula
Essex, England January


00020101
RABBIT young in meadow
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Essex, England. June


00020100
RABBIT young in meadow
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Essex, England. June


00020042
RED GROUSE male calling
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK


00020012
RED GROUSE male in heather
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK


00020010
RED GROUSE male on fence
Lagopus lagopus
Yorkshire Dales, UK


00019941
HOP FIELD
Humulus lupulus
Beltring, Kent, England


00019929
SWIFT juvenile on brickwork
Apus apus


00019926
WILLOW WARBLER nest with eggs
Phylloscopus trochilus


00019920
ASH SHOWER Oct 1995
after eruption of Mount Ruapenu,
Tongariro National Park, New Zealand


00019866
NEW ZEALAND FUR SEAL cow & pup
Arctocephalus forsteri
Australia, N.Zealand & Islands
Habitat; rocky shores


00019844
COTO DONANA NATIONAL PARK
'Corrales', pine copses surrounded by
sand dunes that are slowly encroaching
Andalusia, Spain


00019838
WINDMILL Odemira,
Parque Natural du Sudoeste
Alentejano & Costa Vicentina,
Alentejo, Portugal


00019827
CEFALO BAY beach & surf at sunset
Cilento National Park, Campania, Italy


00019826
CEFALO BAY cliffs & beach with
Juniper & Ampelodesmos grass >>
Juniperus phoenicea
& Ampelodesmos mauritanica


00019825
MINGARDO RIVER & white willows
Salix alba
Cilento National Park, Campania, Italy


00019823
ROBIN BEING RELEASED FROM TRAP
by employee of World Wildlife Fund,
in anti-poaching operation Lombardy, Italy


00019791
CULTIVATED PLAIN with Olive trees
& grazing sheep at foot of Giara Hill, Giara of Gesturi, Sardinia, Italy


00019765
DRUMS OF WASTE with Fur Seals
resting on shore nearby
Orcadas Station (Argentinian)
South Orkney Islands, Antarctica


00019764
OAKS & ALDERS among other trees
Orsomarso Mountains Reserve, Calabria, Italy Autumn


00019747
COFFE BEANS being picked
Coffea sp.
Costa Rica


00019710
WILD CHERRY
Prunus avium
in blossom Spain


00019706
SUNI male in cover
Neotragus moschatus
Kruger National Park, South Africa


00019703
COMMON RIVER FROG
Rana angolensis
South Africa


00019700
Mist & conifers in Min Shan Mountains
at 12,000'. Juizhaigou National Park,
Sichuan Province, China


00019697
KUNG BUSHMEN at campfire,
with 75-year-old Gaishay Dem
relating hunting tales Bushmanland,
Namibia, south western Africa


00019691
GOLDEN MOLE eating prey
(Species unknown)
Southern Africa


00019675
NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEAR
Ursus americanus
scratching back against tree
(controlled conditions) North America


00019669
AMERICAN BISON herd in winter
Bison bison
Yellowstone NP, Wyoming, USA


00019652
ROSE GARDEN at Borde HIll, Sussex
England




00019644
SEVEN-SPOT LADYBIRD
Coccinella septempunctata
drinking


00019637
BANK VOLE
Clethrionomys glareolus
drinking at water's edge
At the Water's Edge bookplate


00019600
HAZEL
Corylus avellana
male flowers shedding pollen


00019567
SPIDER CRAB
Maja squinado
Island of Sark, Channel Islands, UK


00019566
LESSER or CURLED OCTOPUS
Eledone cirrhosa
(pale colour indicates alarm)
Eyemouth, Berwickshire, SE Scotland


00019556
SHORE CRAB eating jellyfish
Carcinus maenas
Eyemouth, Berwickshire, SE Scotland


00019549
WRYNECK on the ground
Jynx torquilla
UK


00019537
HERRING GULL in flight
Larus argentatus
dropping mussel to crack it open


00019525
HOODED MERGANSER female
Mergus cucullatus
on water, swimming


00019522
PADDYFIELD WARBLER perched
Acrocephalus agricola
U.K.


00019520
GARDEN WARBLER drinking
Sylvia borin


00019513
SCHREIBER'S BAT hibernating
Miniopterus schreibersii
Spain


00019497
MOSSY STONES WITH LEAVES
in autumnal colours
Shimna River, Tollymore Forest Park,
Newcastle, Down, SE Ulster


00019494
WOOD ANEMONES in flower
Anemone nemoros
Armagh, southern Ulster


00019486
SCARCE BLUE-TAILED DAMSELFLY
Ischnura pumilio
June Fermanagh, south west Ulster


00019484
MIGRANT HAWKER DRAGONFLY
Aeshna mixta
teneral male Wexford, south east Eire


00019444
SCARCE CHASER DRAGONFLY
Libellula fulva
female June Bournemouth,
Dorsetshire, UK


00019408
SULAWESI CRESTED MACAQUES mating
Macaca nigra
with youngster attending. Sulawesi


00019380
RING-TAILED LEMUR
Lemur catta
two on sand, one on hind legs
Berenty Reserve, Madagascar


00019379
EASTERN AVAHI or WOOLLY LEMUR
Avahi laniger
two on branch
Perinet, Madagascar (Endemic)


00019376
GREATER KUDU male drinking
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
with several oxpeckers on coat
Kruger National Park, South Africa


00019317
LEATHERBACK TURTLE hatchling
Dermochelys coriacea
on beach. Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00019305
SCALYHEAD SCULPIN
Artedius harringtoni
Campbell River, Vancouver Island, Canada. Pacific Ocean.


00019295
CARPET SHARK or DRAUGHTSBOARD
SHARK, dangerous predator
Cephaloscyllium isabellum
Fiordland, South Island, New Zealand.


00019286
FEATHER BLACK CORAL
Antipathes pennacea
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00019263
BANDED JAWFISH
Opistognathus macrognathus
incubating eggs in mouth
Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00019254
CORAL REEF SCENE
Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, South Pacific Ocean.


00019248
BLACKSPOTTED PUFFERFISH
Arothron nigropunctatus
Papua New Guinea, Pacific Ocean.


00019247
CARIBBEAN MANATEE or SEA COW
Trichechus manatus latirostris
rear view. Homossassa Springs State Wildlife Park, Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00019219
YELLOWHAMMER male on branch
Emberiza citrinella
holding prey May Poland


00019182
MANDRILL male eating fruit
Mandrillus sphinx
Rainforest species


00019178
MANDRILL male
Mandrillus sphinx
Bright colours of males display sexual
fitness. Rainforest species


00019170
GOLDEN RETRIEVER
resting, panting



00019161
RED HARTEBEEST
Alcelaphus caama
on open plain. Sub-Saharan Africa


00019134
OSTRICH head detail
Struthio camelus
Africa


00019132
OSTRICH male
Struthio camelus
Africa


00025197
ORB-WEAVER SPIDER on grass
Araneus marmoreus - was raja
England


00025192
RED ADMIRAL in flight
Vanessa atalanta
Sussex, England


00025183
EUROPEAN HORNET in flight
Vespa crabro
Sussex, England


00025127
FALLING WATER DROPLETS dripping
off moss on bank into stream below


00025102
GARDEN or CROSS SPIDER
Araneus diadematus
September


00025095
COMMON GARDEN SNAIL on window
Helix aspersa
Underside, showing radula


00025068
OAKWOOD understorey in autumn
Sussex, England


00025012
CLITOCYBE FUNGUS group
Clitocybe sp.
Ainsdale Nature Reserve,
Lancashire, England


00024983
COMMON TOAD
Bufo bufo
Formby Reserve (National Trust),
Lancashire, England


00024976
HORSE MACKEREL shoal
Trachurus trachurus
Eyemouth, Berwickshire, SE Scotland


00024953
THE COUNTRYSIDE MARCH
London, England August 2002


00024951
SHARP-RIBBED SALAMANDER
Pleurodeles waltl
Spain


00024949
FRESHWATER PEARL MUSSEL filtering
Margaritifera margaritifera
Spain Endangered species


00024947
WESTERN SCRUB JAY
Aphelocoma californica
perched on post


00024943
SANDHILL CRANE group in dawn sun
Grus canadensis
& mist Bosque del Apache National
Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA


00024930
HORNET
Vespa crabro
UK


00024919
ORTOLAN BUNTING
Emberiza hortulana


00024886
MANGROVES on shoreline
Kenya Eastern Africa


00024834
ICEBERGS
Antarctic Peninsula


00024828
HEATH SPOTTED ORCHIDS in flower
Dactylorhiza maculata
Snaefellsnes Peninsula,
West Central Iceland


00024825
MOSS
Iceland


00024810
POISON IVY foliage in spring
Toxicodendron radicans or
Rhus radicans
Emmet County, Michigan, USA.


00024776
MAIDENHAIR FERNS in spring
Adiantum pedatum
Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan, USA.


00024765
TEXAS PAINTBRUSH & TEXAS
BLUEBONNET mass in flower
Castilleja indivisa & Lupinus texensis
Llano, Texas, southern USA Spring


00024759
LARGE-FLOWERED TRILLIUM in bloom
Trillium grandiflorum
Northern Michigan, USA Spring


00024755
COLUMBINE flower (wild) in Balsam Fir
Aquilegia canadensis
Near Rogers City, Michigan, USA


00024743
FOREST FLOOR
Flower is Dutchman's Breeches
Dicentra cucullaris
Rich beech & maple forest >>


00024730
ICEBERG January
close detail of ice
Peterman Island, Antarctica


00024723
THISTLE in bud
Cirsium sp.
LBJ Ranch, Texas, USA


00024710
PRAIRIE Badlands National Park,
South Dakota, USA


00024700
YUCCA
Yucca sp.
Colorado National Monument


00024675
WEIGHING ICE CORE SAMPLE
Scientist on Canada Glacier, Taylor Valley, Antarctica


00024658
McMURDO STATION
(United States of America base)
Ross Island, Antarctica


00024609
WARTHOG
Phacochoerus aethiopicus
resting at entrance to burrow
Okavango, Botswana, southern Africa


00024591
HUMAN HEAD LOUSE
Pediculus sp.


00024585
HYDRA with captured prey on tentacles
Hydra viridis
nb Testes visible on Hydra
Prey is Chydorus sp.


00024579
BRIDAL VEIL FALLS & pool
Chimanimani National Park,
Eastern Zimbabwe


00024569
FOREST KILLED BY ACID RAIN
Industry in background Norilsk,
Siberia, Russia


00024563
HARROWED & PLANTED FIELDS
Akershus County, Norway


00024535
HARNESSING GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
from superheated steam vents Iceland


00024518
EROSION of atoll
caused by rising sea levels
Apataki, Tuamotus, French Polynesia


00024507
SPINNER DOLPHIN
Stenella longirostris
submerged view, near surface
Apataki, French Polynesia, South Pacific


00024496
FRANGIPANI TREE branch with flowers
Plumeria obtusata
Santo, Vanuatu, South Pacific Ocean


00024484
REEDS view under water
Phragmites sp.
Northland, New Zealand


00024426
COMMON or HARBOUR SEAL
Phoca vitulina
underwater
California, USA


00024417
SPOTTED DOLPHINS
Stenella frontalis
Bahamas, North Atlantic.


00024413
GRUNTS
shoal gathered round a shipwreck, Bahamas.


00024412
ANGEL SHARK on sea bed
Squatina sp.
California, USA


00024385
EASTERN WHITE-BEARDED
WILDEBEEST group running in water
Connochaetes taurinus albojubatus
Lake Ndutu, Tanzania


00024383
BENGAL TIGER female, killed on road
Panthera tigris tigris
Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India


00024363
SARAWAK FROG
Rana glandulosa
Lowland rainforest, Sepilok,
Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia


00024338
BUFFY FISH OWL
Ketupa ketupa
Kinabatangan River, Sabah,
Borneo, Malaysia


00024336
SUMATRAN ELEPHANT in forest
Elephas maximus sumatrensis
Kinabatangan Forest, Sabah, Borneo,
Malaysia (Bornean forest elephant)


00024301
PIROGUE on sandy beach
Nosy Mangabe,
north eastern Madagascar


00024276
TOURISTS in open vehicle
watching African Lion Panthera leo
Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve,
South Africa


00024272
TEMPERATE AFRICAN RAINFOREST
Tsitsikamma National Park,
South Cape, South Africa


00024268
GEORGE LILY Late summer
Cyrtanthus elatus
group in flower Robertson Pass,
Southern Cape, South Africa


00024263
RAY-FLOWERED PROTEA
Protea eximia
Helderberg Nature Reserve,
Cape Province, South Africa


00024253
GIANT EAGLE OWL at dusk
Bubo lacteus
Kalahari Gemsbok N.P., S Africa


00024229
PERINET SPECIAL RESERVE
Rainforest. Andasibe, Madagascar


00024218
DRY RIVER BED DURING DROUGHT
1992 Kruger National Park, South Africa


00024210
BADGER young
Meles meles


00024195
SPIDER (9mm long) with egg sac
Segestria senoculata
UK June Magn. x 0.9


00024176
BLACK ANTS winged queen & males
Lasius niger
ready for nuptial flight UK
August Magn. x 1.0


00024171
BLACK FOREST June
Langenordbach Valley,
Baden-Wurttemburg, Germany


00024147
CAMEL TRAIN with tourists
Laikipia District, Kenya, eastern Africa


00024146
STINGING NETTLE
Urtica dioica
inflorescences, detail


00024098
BRAZIL NUTS Pod and kernels
Sustainable use of rainforest


00024088
PARROTS FOR SALE IN MARKET
Brazil South America


00024059
COMMON PALM CIVET
Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
Singapore


00024018
MAWARI HORSE
Pure breed descended
from ancient Indian race


00024014
MIDNIGHT PARROTFISH
Scarus coelestinus
killed by cold water upwelling
Juno Beach, Florida, USA


00024011
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE
Caretta caretta
resting on bottom
Palm Beach, Florida, USA


00023998
CREVALLE JACK shoal at marina
Caranx hippos
Singer Island, Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00023995
HAWKSBILL TURTLE & diver
Eretmochelys imbricata
Juno Beach, Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00023992
NURSE SHARK
Ginglymostoma cirratum
Juno Beach, Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00023975
LILY OF THE VALLEY
Convallaria majalis
flowering in the wild Poisonous


00023959
COMMON EEL head detail
Anguilla anguilla
Midlands, England August


00023942
MUTE SWAN on nest
Cygnus olor
Dorset, England May


00023941
POLLUTED STREAM
Turkey May


00023934
SEDGE WARBLER on reed
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Czech Republic May


00023919
SPOTTED EAGLE on branch
Aquila clanga
Oman August


00023908
RED DEER stag in snow
Cervus elaphus
Scotland February


00023890
DROMEDARY CAMEL head detail
Camelus dromedarius
Oman November


00023888
DROMEDARY CAMEL close-up of feet
Camelus dromedarius
Oman November


00023862
DAUBENTON'S BAT on log
Myotis daubentonii
Captive animal


00023852
GREY SEAL on beach
Halichoerus grypus
caught in fishing net
Lincolnshire, East Anglia, UK


00023851
COASTAL HEATH August
Stumble Head, Dyfed,
south western Wales


00023845
SUGAR CANE crop November
Saccharum officinarum
Queensland, eastern Australia


00023792
AFRICAN FOREST ELEPHANT calf
Loxodonta africana cyclotis
When alarmed will raise trunk to
smell for danger Dzanga Bai, >>


00023789
PYGMY OF THE BAKA TRIBE hunting
with crossbow (subsistence hunter)
Cameroon & Central African Republic


00023785
PYGMY FAMILY OF BAKA TRIBE
preparing food in village
Cameroon & Central African Republic


00023784
PYGMY OF BAKA TRIBE using smoke
to pacify bees while opening the nest
Cameroon


00023733
ETHIOPIAN WOLF group
Canis simensis
Bale Mountains Nat'l Park, Ethiopia. World's rarest Canidae.


00023721
ETHIOPIAN WOLF walking
Canis simensis
Bale Mountains Nat'l Park, Ethiopia. World's rarest Canidae.


00023714
SADDLEBILLED STORK eating fish,
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
head detail. Okavango Delta, Botswana.


00023710
GIANT BULLFROG in water
Pyxicephalus adspersus
Southern Africa.


00023665
CAPE MOUNTAIN ZEBRA walking
Equus zebra zebra
De Hoop Nature Reserve, South Africa
Endemic to mountain regions of the Cape


00023664
CAPE MOUNTAIN ZEBRA group
Equus zebra zebra
De Hoop Nature Reserve, South Africa
Endemic to mountain regions of the Cape


00023630
GREATER FLAMINGO group feeding
Phoenicopterus ruber
South Africa


00023608
ZANZIBAR RED COLOBUS MONKEY
Procolobus badius kirkii
feeding in agricultural lands,
causing conflict with farmers


00023600
ZANZIBAR RED COLOBUS MONKEYS
Procolobus badius kirkii
female & young Endangered subspecies,
endemic to Zanzibar Island, Tanzania


00023593
WALKWAY over rainforest
Parc de la Lekedi, Gabon


00023588
MAPASSA PROJECT AREA
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon & Congo.
Site for the reintroduction of the WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA Gorilla gorilla gorilla


00023566
GIRAFFE drinking at waterhole
Giraffa camelopardalis
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00023550
GELADA BABOON male
Papio gelada
Simien Mountains National Park,
Ethiopia, north eastern Africa


00023534
OILED JACKASS PENGUIN
being cleaned with chemicals for
Southern African Foundation for
Conservation of Coastal Birds


00023532
RESCUED PENGUINS IN HOLDING PEN
Oiled Jackass Penguins awaiting
chemical cleaning by Southern African
Conservation of Coastal Birds Foundation


00023529
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
Shows whiskers in parallel rows



00023515
MAGPIE GOOSE flock
Anseranas semipalmata
Kakadu National Park, Arnhemland
Northern Territory, Australia


00023492
DROMEDARY CAMELS two grazing
Camelus dromedarius
Feral animals living wild Introduced to
Australia, now widespread in wild


00023465
GRASSLAND, TREE
& STORM CLOUDS
Masai Mara National Reserve,
Kenya, eastern Africa


00023444
OKAVANGO DELTA Aerial shot
Botswana, Africa


00023412
MINING IN RAINFOREST
with consequent destruction
of rainforest Central Madagascar


00023411
SPINY FOREST Dedjereaceae,
endemic vegetation type of the semi-
desert of southern Madagascar,
cleared for sisal plantation


00023379
BROWN LONG EARED BAT in flight
Plecotus auritus
near rosebay willowherb


00023371
CANADA GOOSE
Branta canadensis
threat display at nest


00023365
HOUSE SPARROW on barbed wire
Passer domesticus
holding tuft of wool


00023360
WOODPIGEON in flight
Columba palumbus


00023357
PHEASANT male calling
Phasianus colchicus
head detail


00023356
STARLING
Sturnus vulgaris
with nesting material in beak


00023338
COMMON TOAD
Bufo bufo


00023333
AMAZONIAN MANATEE
Trichechus inunguis
nostrils, breathing at surface.
Captive animal


00023320
AMAZON RIVER & rainforest at sunset
Amazonian Peru


00023312
RAINFOREST dipterocarp tree with
trunk of emergent. Danum Valley,
Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia


00023310
RUDDY DUCK female underwater
Oxyura jamaicensis
diving for food


00023304
SUMATRAN TIGER
Panthera tigris sumatrae
Endangered Species


00023294
CRAB APPLE fruit on the tree
Malus sylvestris


00023270
STORM CLOUDS
over Livradois Mountains
Vic-le-Comte, Puy-de-Dome,
Auvergne, France


00023242
GIANT PUFF-BALLS under hedgerow
Calvatia gigantea
Previously known as Langermannia gigantea. Berwickshire, Scotland.


00023233
BLACKBERRY or BRAMBLE branch
Rubus fruticosus
with ripe fruit Berwickshire,
Scotland September


00023186
TEAL male feeding March
Anas crecca
on coastal mudflat
Northumberland, England


00023171
PUFFIN
Fratercula arctica
resting with head under wing


00023162
LAPWING or PEEWIT on grass
Vanellus vanellus


00023140
CURLEW preening
Numenius arquata


00023100
SEWAGE OUTFALL polluting shore
at Arbroath, Angus, eastern Scotland


00023075
SILVER FIR
Abies alba
foliage, close detail


00023074
HORSE MACKEREL shoal
Trachurus trachurus
Sussex, southern England


00023055
GREATER PIPEFISH head detail
Syngnathus acus
Sussex, southern England


00023032
SPEAR GRASS (end of dry season)
Cooinda-Jabiru, Kakadu Natl Pk,
Northern Territory, Australia


00022997
ICELAND waterfall in gorge
Eyiafioll area, below Myrday glacier
Gorge carved by the waterfall


00022983
AYERS ROCK 'brain' formation
Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Northern Territory, Australia Wind-carved sandstone


00022967
PANDANI group of three
Richea pandanifolia
Cradle Mountain National Park, Tasmania, Australia


00022961
ORCHID flower detail
Oncidium crispum
in Atlantic rainforest Serra dos Orgaos
Natl Pk, Rio State, south eastern Brazil


00022940
SILVER PHEASANT back feathers
Lophura nycthemera
Native to south-eastern Asia


00022939
LADY KNOX GEYSER erupting
Waiotapu Thermal Area, Rotorua,
North Island, New Zealand


00022935
TOURISTS ON WALKWAY 1999
in cloudforest canopy, Monteverde
Reserve, Costa Rica


00022908
CHINSTRAP PENGUIN colony
Pygoscelis antarctica
Bailey Head, Deception Island, Antarctica.


00022879
OLD FAITHFUL GEYSER spouting
Yellowstone National Park,
Wyoming, north western USA


00022855
COLUMNAR BASALT
Isle of Staffa, Scotland


00022812
ORCHID inflorescence detail
Masdevalia floribunda
Mexico, Central America


00022808
ORCHID flower detail
Myrmecophila brysiana
Saint Kitts, West Indies


00022802
JELLYFISH FOSSIL Australia
Mawsonites spriggi
Ediacaran fauna of the pre-Cambrian era,
about 600-700 million years old


00022801
BLUE POISON FROG
Dendrobates azureus
Surinam, South America


00022772
ENGELMANN SPRUCE & ALPINE FIR
Picea engelmanii & Abies lasiocarpa
aerial view Cariboo Mountains, British
Columbia, south western Canada


00022769
WHEAT
Saskatchewan, Canada


00022747
PUMA or COUGAR on hillside
Felis concolor
Rocky Mountains, North America


00022737
ARCTIC GROUND SQUIRREL
Spermophilus parryii
with grass (food store)


00022733
N.AMERICAN GREY or TIMBER WOLF
Canis lupus
in forest with lying snow Winter


00022726
SUPERB LYREBIRD raking leaf litter
Menura novaehollandiae
for food


00022716
WHEAT BEING SHOVELLED UP
mechanically
West central New South Wales, Australia


00022706
TEA ESTATE & workers houses
Coonor, Nilgiri, Tamilnadu, southern India


00022693
MARTIAL EAGLE on prey
Polemaetus bellicosus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, eastern Africa


00022689
CHEETAH face detail
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00022671
MASAI GIRAFFE browsing, head detail
Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00022670
AFRICAN BUFFALO close-up of eye
Syncerus caffer
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, eastern Africa


00022668
SERVAL in tall grass
Felis serval
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, eastern Africa


00022647
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, eastern Africa


00022640
COLLARED SCOPS OWLS sleeping
Otus bakkamoena
Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, India.


00022603
PUFFIN
Fratercula arctica
in entrance to nest burrow


00022591
ARCHES NATIONAL PARK
Garden of Eden area in winter
Ohio, USA


00022586
GREAT BASIN BRISTLECONE PINE
Pinus longaeva
Patriarch Grove, White Mountains,
Inyo National Forest, California, USA


00022570
COMBINE HARVESTING of wheat field
Nr Pullman, Washington, USA


00022539
HEADSTONE ON GRAVE
in memory of Ernest Shackleton,
15th Feb 1874 to 5th Jan 1922
Grytviken, South Georgia, S Atlantic


00022506
STRAWBERRY HEDGEHOG CACTUS
Echinocereus engelmannii
flower detail March Joshua Tree
National Park, California, western USA


00022464
FLOWERING DOGWOOD in Spring
Cornus florida
North Carolina, USA.


00022451
HERBERT LAKE Bow Range Mountains
& ox-eye daisies Banff Natl Pk, Canada


00022442
CRESTED AUKLETS
Aethia cristatella
Alaska, USA. July


00022435
MUSTARD CROP May
Brassica rapa
Washington, north western USA


00022418
POLAR BEAR in daybed, yawning
Ursus maritimus
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada


00022383
SONORAN DESERT
with Saguaro and Cholla cacti
Arizona, USA Spring


00022365
RAZOR-BILLED CURASSOW
Mitu tuberosa
Brazil, South America.


00022355
HUMBOLDT'S WOOLLY MONKEY
Lagothrix lagothricha
French Guiana, South America


00022340
BUBBLE CORAL close-up of tentacles
Euphylia ancora
Alor, Indonesia


00022338
BASKET STAR juvenile on soft tree coral
Astroboa sp.
Komodo,Indonesia
Nocturnal filter-feeder


00022334
ELECTRIC RAY & Armina Nudibranch
Torpedo sp. & Armina sp.
Komodo, Indonesia Small ray (10 cm)
nocturnal, capable of electric shock


00022325
GIANT CLAM with encrusting tunicates
Tridacna maxima & Diadema sp.
Wakatobi, Indonesia


00022323
ALLIGATOR or DOUBLE-ENDED
PIPEFISH in sea grass habitat
Syngnathoides biaculeatus
Wakataobi, Indonesia


00022297
CORAL HIND or RED GROUPER
Cephalopholis miniata
Vanuatu, South Pacific


00022279
WALKERS on track near
Cradle Mountain. Cradle Mountain-Lake
Saint Clair National Park, Tasmania,
Australia


00022265
BLUE WATER-LILY flower detail
Nymphaea caerulea
Lake Naivasha, Kenya


00022264
CYCLAMEN at base of Olive tree
Cyclamen hederifolium Olea europaea
ancient tree Mount Pantokrator, Corfu,
Greece (Cyclamen is rarely found in UK)


00022239
BARBARY SHEEP or AOUYDAD
Ammotragus lervia
resting on ledge with young


00022236
FLORIDA PANTHER resting on log
Felis concolor coryi
Reputedly fewer than 100 wild ones
left in Florida


00022223
SCARLET PASSIONFLOWER
Passiflora coccinea
in bloom (Central & South America)


00022221
TROPICAL RAINFOREST interior
Costa Rica, Central America


00022165
ARUM LILY group in flower
Zantedeschia aethiopica
in ditch Tsitsikamma National Park,
South Western Cape, South Africa


00022153
CAMPBELL'S RUSSIAN DWARF
HAMSTER in food bowl
Phodopus sungorous cambelli
eating pulses


00024921
POLAR BEARS
Ursus maritimus
three sleeping in blizzard


00024906
GOURDS growing in desert
Merzouga, Morocco


00024893
WOODCOCK
Scolopax rusticola
on nest, incubating eggs


00024889
OYSTERCATCHER
Haematopus ostralegus
two displaying on rock


00024848
JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT Spring
Arisaema atrorubens
Northern Michigan, northern USA


00024837
LEOPARD SEAL on iceberg
Hydrurga leptonyx
Cierva Cove, Antarctica


00024832
ROCK PTARMIGAN male camouflaged
Lagopus mutus
on tundra Iceland Summer


00024791
HERRING GULL FEATHER in ice, detail
Lake Superior shoreline, Michigan, USA


00024772
PITCHER PLANT in sphagnum moss
Sarracenia purpurea
Tahquamenin Falls State Park,
Michigan, USA


00024756
FRINGED POLYGALA
Polygala paucifolia
Rogers City, Michigan, USA Spring


00024748
BENTONITE HILLS
Near Notom, Utah, USA


00024688
COLORADO BEETLES
Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Infestation on potato crop


00024673
SCOTT TENT on McMurdo Sound
with Royal Society Range in background
Antartica


00024652
FLAX or LINSEED ripe seeds
Linum usitatissimum
Ogden, Utah, mid-western USA


00024648
COMMON GULL
Larus canus
in flight


00024622
AFRICAN ELEPHANT charging in water
Loxodonta africana
Okavango, Botswana


00024612
FOUR MOUNTED GAUCHOS
near Trevelin, Patagonia,
southern Argentina, South America


00024601
COMMON CRANES in V-formation,
Grus grus
on spring migration


00024598
WHITE STORKS nesting
Ciconia ciconia
on transmission tower


00024574
LAKE with boat and reflections
Lofoten, Norway


00024553
DELICATE GENTIAN
Gentianella tenella
(montane sp.)


00024547
NORWAY LEMMING
Lemmus lemmus
on tree stump Norway


00024530
WHIRLPOOL


00024528
ROCK POOLS
with two boys exploring Northland,
North Island, New Zealand


00024526
GREY REEF SHARK
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
two over Beveridge Reef, South Pacific


00024521
BUBBLE RING & SNELL'S WINDOW
(bright circle observed when diving,
caused by the refraction of light)
South Pacific Ocean


00024511
RIDGED LEATHER CORAL
Lobophytum sp.
Vavau, Tonga, South Pacific Ocean


00024474
MANDARIN DUCK male
Aix galericulata
perched on branch
Japan


00024453
RED-RUFFED FRUITCROW
Pyroderus scutatus
Rio Otun, Colombia Rare species


00024423
GARIBALDI FISH male
Hypsypops rubicundis
California, USA


00024405
SQUARESPOT ANTHIAS large male
Pseudanthias pleurotaenia
Sipadan Island, Borneo


00024375
PROBOSCIS MONKEY adult male
Nasalis larvatus
Kinabatangan River, Sabah,
Borneo, Malaysia


00024351
FOSSAS mating in canopy
Cryptoprocta ferox
Zombitse Forest, southern Madagascar


00024340
PROBOSCIS MONKEY female
Nasalis larvatus
Kinabatangan River, Sabah,
Borneo, Malaysia


00024323
GRANDIDIER'S BAOBAB TREE
Adansonia grandidieri
Nr Morondava, Western Madagascar


00024314
TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE
'diamond ring' effect
Morombe Madagascar
21June 2001


00024313
TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE - beginning
Morombe Madagascar
21June 2001


00024287
BELL ORCHID on fallen trunk
(Sp. unknown)
Mantadia Nat'l Park, Madagascar


00024281
ROSY PERIWINKLES picked
Catharanthus roseus
by Antanosy girls, Madagascar
Used as leukaemia cure


00024280
LOWLAND RAINFOREST
shrouded in cloud
Marojejy National Park, Madagascar


00024277
LAC AMPIJOROA
Madagascar


00024254
WELWITSCHIA
Welwitschia mirabilis
Plant aged about 1000 years
Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia, SW Africa


00024235
GREY CAMELTHORN ACACIA
Acacia haematoxylon
Kalahari, southern Africa


00024221
KING PROTEA
Protea cynaroides
Helderberg, Cape Province, RSA


00024215
OVERGRAZING by cattle
Maun, Botswana, Africa


00024201
GARDEN SPIDER female
Araneus diadematus


00024184
CENTIPEDE (32 mm long)
Geophilus carpophilus
Magn. x 1.4


00024183
SPOTTED SNAKE-MILLIPEDES
Blaniulus guttulatus
Magn. x 1.2


00024178
ROUGH WOODLICE
Porcellio scaber
adults (10 mm long) & young


00024175
MILLIPEDE
Tachypodiolus niger
Magn. x 1.9


00024172
LEATHERJACKET (Crane-fly larva)
Tipula sp.
Crop and garden pest Magn. x 1.7


00024135
CIRRO-STRATUS CLOUDS
over mountain


00024128
VELVET MITE in soil
Allothrombium sp.


00024108
CATTLE-REARING
on land cleared of rainforest
Nicoya, Costa Rica, Central America


00024107
BRAZIL NUTS
Sustainable rainforest crop
Amazonas, Brazil


00024051
RAINFOREST canopy
Springbrook National Park,
Queensland, Australia.


00024048
AGRICULTURAL SCENE Moldavia,
northwestern Romania


00024034
TEMPERATE FOREST near Brooks River
Katmai National Park, Alaska Peninsula,
Alaska, USA


00024010
JUNO BEACH REEF
Florida, USA


00023994
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE over coral reef
Carretta carretta
Juno Beach, Florida, USA. Atlantic Ocean.


00023960
COMMON EEL head detail
Anguilla anguilla
Midlands, England August


00023954
RED GROUSE male on heather
Lagopus lagopus scoticus
Yorkshire, England August


00023951
GOSHAWK head detail
Accipiter gentilis
Wiltshire, England August


00023914
CORMORANT drying wings,
Phalacrocorax carbo
silhouetted Wales August


00023872
SOOTY GULL by water
Larus hemprichii
Oman. November


00023858
APLOMADO FALCON on post with prey
Falco femoralis
Venezuela, South America January


00023835
RED DEER group in falling snow
Cervus elaphus
Scotland


00023821
SURICATES or MEERKATS grooming
Suricata suricatta
Kalahari Desert, southern Africa


00023811
AFRICAN FOREST ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana cyclotis
killed by poachers for tusks Dzanga-
Ndoki Natl Pk, Central African Republic


00023799
AFRICAN FOREST ELEPHANT calves
Loxodonta africana cyclotis
rear view. Dzanga Bai, Dzanga-Ndoki
National Park, Central African Republic


00023766
GIANT MOLE RAT in burrow entrance
Tachyoryctes macrocephalus
Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. Endemic to Bale Mountains. Also called Big-headed mole rat


00023761
LIVESTOCK being herded
Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Large numbers of cattle & goats inhabit the park, habitat of the Ethiopian Wolf. >>


00023744
ETHIOPIAN WOLF cub, 2 months old
Canis simensis
Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.


00023699
SURICATE or MEERKAT sentinel,
Suricata suricatta
front view. Kalahari, South Africa.


00023692
SURICATES or MEERKATS sunning
Suricata suricatta
Kalahari, South Africa.


00023676
WESTERN LEOPARD TOAD
Bufo pantherinus
Cape Coast, South Africa
Endemic to the Fynbos Endangered sp.


00023642
BLUE CRANE
Anthropoides paradisea
Endemic to Southern Africa


00023639
SADDLEBILLED STORK feeding,
Ephippiorhyncus senegalensis
head detail Sub-Saharan Africa


00023621
ROBBER or COCONUT CRAB
Birgus latro
descending tree Rare species
(Largest land crustacean)



00023619
ROBBER or COCONUT CRAB
Birgus latro
climbing tree Rare species
(Largest land crustacean)


00023604
ZANZIBAR RED COLOBUS MONKEY
Procolobus badius kirkii
eating charcoal from burnt tree to detoxify
poisons in leafy diet Endemic to >>


00023586
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
temporary enclosure for orphaned gorillas
reintroduced to the wild >>


00023556
MARABOU STORK head detail
Leptoptilos crumeniferus
Ethiopia


00023552
GELADA BABOON female
Papio gelada
Simien Mountains Natl. Pk, Ethiopia
Pink skin on chest signals sexual condition


00023521
BILLABONG
Kakadu National Park,
Northern Territory, Australia


00023516
RUFOUS HARE-WALLABY
Lagorchestes hirsutus
Rare & endangered Australia


00023508
MOUNTAIN ASH forest
Eucalyptus regnans
Australia


00023439
BAIRD'S TAPIR
Tapirus bairdii
Central America


00023433
VOLCANIC ASH Bartolome Island,
Galapagos Islands, Equatorial Pacific


00023426
RHINOCEROS HORNBILL
Buceros rhinoceros
on branch of tree


00023389
BLACK RHINOCEROS
Diceros bicornis
female & young
Nairobi National Park, Kenya


00023378
BROWN LONG-EARED BAT
Plecotus auritus


00023375
BROWN LONG-EARED BAT
Plecotus auritus
group of young


00023335
ABIU or CAIMITO
Pouteria caimito
Seedling germinating from seed in rainforest, Rio Yavari, Amazonian Peru.


00023222
FROSTED ORACHE
Atriplex laciniata


00023213
MARSH MARIGOLD flowers
Caltha palustris
Midlothian, Scotland May


00023211
HERB ROBERT
Geranium robertianum
Perthshire, Scotland June


00023192
PUFFIN in flight
Fratercula arctica


00023183
SNOW BUNTING February
Plectrophenax nivalis
Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland


00023181
WHITE-TAILED SEA EAGLE head detail
Haliaeetus albicilla
Strathspey, Scotland
October (captive bird)


00023111
HEATHER MOORLAND
Lammermuir Hills, Berwickshire,
South eastern Scotland


00023070
CATSHARK
Kungkungan Bay, Lembeh Strait,
Sulawesi, Indonesia


00023063
WHALE SHARK with Remoras
Rhincodon typus
& Cobia. Richelieu Rock, Thailand


00023024
CREOSOTE BUSH
Larrea tridentata
Death Valley, California, USA


00023018
COAST or CALIFORNIAN REDWOOD
Sequoia sempervirens
view upwards to canopy


00023013
PONDEROSA PINE with lichen
Pinus ponderosa
Eastern Cascades, Washington, USA


00023010
JEFFREY PINE above lava beds
Pinus jeffrey
Cinder Cone, Lassen National Park,
California, USA


00023002
HVERADALIR THERMAL AREA
& stream. Kerlingarfioll,
Interior Highlands, Iceland


00023001
SVARTIFOSS WATERFALL
Skaftafell National Park, Iceland
Cuts through perfect columnar basalt


00023000
SVARTIFOSS WATERFALL
Skaftafell National Park, Iceland
Cuts through perfect columnar basalt


00022980
KENTIA PALM or THATCH PALM
Howea forsteriana
Lord Howe Island, Tasman Sea, off
coast of New South Wales, Australia>>


00022976
TREE FERNS & stream in rainforest
Dicksonia antarctica
Mt Field National Park,
Tasmania, Australia


00022975
TREE FERN & stream in rainforest
Dicksonia antarctica
Mt Field National Park,
Tasmania, Australia


00022966
BRISTLECONE PINE
Pinus aristata
White Mountains, California,
western USA


00022964
GOBLIN VALLEY STATE PARK
Utah, USA. Sandstone 'goblin' -
Entrada Formation


00022952
CHARCOAL MANUFACTURE
in unprotected forest
Spiny Desert, near Ifaty, SW Madagascar


00022947
GIANT ANTEATER & young
Myrmecophaga tridactyla
in wild Serra da Canastra National Park,
Brazil, South America


00022878
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD
Fregata magnificens
male in flight. Honduras, Caribbean.


00022862
CHEETAH up tree, on lookout for prey
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, eastern Africa


00022845
TOURISTS at volcano's edge
Poas Volcano National Park, Costa Rica,
Central America


00022842
STONEHENGE
Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire,
Southern England


00022833
YAMS Primary food plant in the Highlands
Papua New Guinea


00022831
EMPEROR PENGUIN & young
Aptenodytes forsteri
Weddell Sea, Antarctica


00022822
RED TORCH GINGER
Fam. Aristolochiaceae
Trinidad, West Indies


00022820
PINK or MADAGASCAR PERIWINKLE
Catharanthus roseus
Madagascar. Source of alkaloids including Vinicristine, a cancer drug


00022813
ORCHID
Bulbophyllum dearii
Borneo


00022811
ORCHID
Phalaenopsis violacea
South east Asia


00022797
PACIFIC TREE FROG silhouetted
Hyla regilla
Southern British Columbia, Canada


00022775
NODDING DONKEY OIL PUMP
Longview, Alberta, Canada


00022743
BALD EAGLE face detail
Haliaeetus leucocephalus


00022738
SUB-ARCTIC SAND ESKER
Northwest Territories, Canada


00022730
HAKEA seed pods opening Dec. 2001
Hakea sp.
after bush fires Pods need fire to open,
Royal National Park, Sydney, Australia


00022720
EASTERN GREY KANGAROO & joey
Macropus giganteus
Warumbungle National Park,
New South Wales, Australia


00022711
GREEN TREE SNAKE using tongue
Dendrelaphis punctulatus
to test for scents Australia


00022705
FIRE LILY flower (wild)
Gloriosa superba
Karnataka, southern India


00022682
AFRICAN LION male, head detail
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve,
Kenya, eastern Africa


00022681
AFRICAN LIONESS approaches prey
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve,
Kenya, eastern Africa


00022658
CHEETAH young
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, eastern Africa.


00022654
LEOPARD amongst vegetation
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, eastern Africa


00022632
HYACINTH MACAW at nest hole
Anodorhynchus hyacinthus
Pantanal, Mato Grosso,Brazil.


00022629
COLLARED ANTEATER in tree
Tamandua tetradactyla
Pantanal, Mato Grosso,Brazil.


00022628
CAPYBARA on grass
Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris
Pantanal, Mato Grosso,Brazil.


00022615
PYJAMA LILY in flower
Crinum macowanii
Laikipia District, Kenya, East Africa


00022608
TUNDRA in autumn
Denali National Park, Alaska, USA


00022599
BEARDED SEAL on ice floe, close-up
Erignathus barbatus


00022572
RIPPLES IN WHITE GYPSUM SAND
White Sands National Monument,
New Mexico, USA


00022560
MESA ARCH at first light
Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA


00022532
RABBITBRUSH in autumn
Chrysothamnus nauseosus
Great Sand Dunes National Monument,
Colorado, USA September


00022513
KOALA on thin branch
Phascolarctos cinereus
Australia


00022510
BLUEBERRY
Vaccinium sp.
with foliage in autumn colours
Acadia Natl Park, Maine, USA


00022509
QUAKING ASPEN woodland in autumn
Populus tremuloides
Colorado, USA


00022503
AFRICAN LION female, resting
Panthera leo
with rainbow in background
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00022481
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
on rocky pinnacle USA


00022468
LEFFERT'S POND & autumn colours
Green Mountain National Forest,
Vermont, USA October


00022459
TEMPERATE RAINFOREST
Columbia Gorge Scenic Area
McCord Creek, Oregon, USA


00022441
ACID RAIN DAMAGE June 1990
to Fraser Fir & Red Spruce
Mount Mitchell, North Carolina, USA


00022402
ENGELMANN'S PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS
Opuntia engelmannii


00022397
BEARBERRY & lichens on tundra
Arctostaphylos alpina
Denali Natl Park, Alaska, USA


00022391
COUGAR (EASTERN MOUNTAIN LION)
Felis concolor cougar
North Carolina, USA


00022381
MASAI child
Kenya


00022362
BARE-FACED CURASSOW female
Crax fasciolata
Brazil, South America


00022327
CORAL REEF SCENE
with Glassy Sweeper & Silverside
shoals, & soft 'Tree' coral
Papua, Indonesia


00022324
FLAG-TAIL GOBY with RANDALL'S
SNAPPING SHRIMP
Amblyeleotris sp. & Alpheus randalli
Bali, Indonesia, >>


00022322
CONEY (golden) head detail
Cephalopholis fulvus
Chinchorro Atoll, Mexico Has 3 colour
phases: golden phase is uncommon


00022286
ABYSSINIAN ROSE
Rosa abyssinica
Simien Mountains, Ethiopia
Endemic to Ethiopia


00022285
GIANT LOBELIA & Tree Heather
Lobelia rhynchopetalum & Erica arborea
Chenek (at 3700 m), Simien Mountains
National Park, Ethiopia


00022280
WENTWORTH FALLS
Blue Mountains National Park,
New South Wales, Australia


00022182
KATYDID feeding on Hibiscus flower
Florida, USA


00022178
DE BRAZZA'S MONKEY on rock
Cercopithecus neglectu
Central Africa


00022168
PINEAPPLE PLANTATION
Ananas sp.
North shore of Island of Maui, Hawaii, USA


00022154
ADDER female with newborn young
Vipera berus
UK


00022151
CROWNED or GREY-NECKED CRANE
Balearica regulorum
1st chick & eggs in nest
(asynchronous hatching)


00022137
NATTERJACK TOAD pair
Bufo calamita
in amplexus, spawning


00022105
TEMMINCK'S TRAGOPAN cock
Tragopan temminckii


00022097
GOLDFISH variant 'Pearl Scale'
Carassius auratus


00022081
MAHOGANY TREE crown detail
Swietenia sp.
with green foliage in dry season
Senegal March


00022053
MALLARD DUCK female
Anas platyrhynchos
leading young from nest site


00022049
COMMON EEL on land
Anguilla anguilla


00022042
BLADDER WRACK exposed at low tide
Fucus vesiculosus
near Point of Ness, Orkney,
off north coast of Scotland


00022037
IMPALA does alert to predator
Aepyceros melampus
Serengeti National Part, Tanzania


00022036
IMPALA buck at dawn
Aepyceros melampus
Musiara Marsh, Masai Mara National
Game Reserve, Kenya, East Africa


00021978
AFRICAN LIONESS,
Panthera leo
wearing radio collar, resting with cub
Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania


00021950
TREE FROGS
Rhachophorus sp.
mating and making foam nest, Singapore.


00021914
COOT
Fulica atra
taking off from water


00021909
STALACTITES Choranche Cave,
near Grenoble, Isere,
south eastern France


00021892
NILGIRI TAHR
Hemitragus hylocrius
suckling young India


00021874
PINK IPE TREE in full blossom
Tabebuia impetiginosa
July. Pereira Barreto, Sao Paulo, Brazil


00021864
CACOA or COCOA fruit opened
Theobroma cacao
August. Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil.


00021859
CACAO TREE bearing fruit
Theobroma cacao
August. Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil.


00021847
ROYAL WATER-LILY
Victoria regia amazonica
Belem, Para, northern Brazil


00021818
CAMARGUE WILD HORSES fighting
Equus caballus
Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone,
southern France


00021807
CAMARGUE WILD HORSE browsing,
Equus caballus
head detail Camargue,
Bouches-du-Rhone, southern France


00021801
BLACK CAT head detail
showing green eyes


00021799
BLACK DOMESTIC CAT
in darkness, showing green eyes


00021753
NEW FOREST heathland
Hampshire, England Summer


00021751
ROUND HAY BALES
Dorset, England


00021736
HADRIAN'S WALL
in winter, near to Housteads,
Northumberland National Park,
north eastern England


00021735
HARVESTING LUCERNE or ALFALFA
for making into silage or bales, for stock
feed in winter, near Hawarden, North
Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand


00024568
WATER HYACINTH mass in flower
Eichhornia crassipes
Mana Pools National Park,
Zimbabwe, southern Africa


00024533
BLUE LAGOON GEOTHERMAL STATION
Iceland


00024523
INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS
Steam & smoke emissions
Ruhrgebiet, Duisberg, Germany


00024503
MANTA RAY entangled
Manta alfredi
in monofilament nylon line from Gilbertese
fisherman. Fanning Island, Kiribati Pacific


00024500
COOK'S BAY
Moorea, French Polynesia
with submerged view of reef
with coral Pocillopora sp.


00024479
BLACKTIP REEF SHARK over coral reef
Carcharhinus melanopterus
with remora
Moorea, French Polynesia


00024463
PALLAS'S CAT
Felis manul or Otocolobus manul
Zoo, Zurich, Switzerland


00024450
TIMBER in water after logging
Andaman Islands, India


00024441
BLUE ROCKFISH under kelp forest
Sebastes mystinus
California, western USA


00024422
OCEAN SUNFISH
Mola mola
California, western USA


00024420
BLUEFIN TUNA group
Thunnus thynnus
Farmed fish, 100Kg
Farmed in South Australia


00024408
FOUR-EYED FISH or KILLIFISH
Anableps anableps
Amazon River


00024379
ASIAN ELEPHANT calf (domestic)
Elephas maximus
by mother Kaziranga National Park,
Assam, India


00024368
MOUNT KINABALU (4095m/13,435ft)
Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia


00024361
MOUNT DULIT FROG (poisonous)
Rana hosii
Banks of Danum River, Danum Valley,
Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia


00024349
COQUEREL'S SIFAKA LEMUR
Propithecus verreauxi coquereli
Ampijoroa Forest, NW Madagascar


00024337
SUMATRAN ELEPHANT in forest
Elephas maximus sumatrensis
Kinabatangan Forest, Sabah, Borneo,
Malaysia. (Bornean forest elephant)


00024302
GOLDEN BAMBOO LEMUR in thicket
Hapalemur aureus
Ranomafana NP, NE Madagascar
Recently discovered species


00024260
SAND DUNES & Gemsbok Tracks
Namib-Naukluft Park, Namib Desert,
Namibia, SW Africa


00024237
AFRICAN STRIPED WEASEL
Poecilogale albinucha
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa


00024189
SHIELD or SQUASH BUG with young
Coreus marginatus
UK September Magn. x 0.9


00024181
SPOTTED SNAKE MILLIPEDES young,
Blaniulus guttulatus
congregating under loose bark
Spots are black at this stage Magn. x 1.8


00024169
LIMPET & BARNACLES
on rock


00024136
CONSERVATION WORKERS ON PATH
mending steps. Long Wood, Somerset,
south west England.



00024125
BLACK GARDEN ANT
Lasius niger
on broomrape


00024101
NETTING FINCHES
Italy


00024096
LOADING HARDWOOD IN RAINFOREST
for transport after felling
Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil


00024075
WOODLOUSE SPIDER
Dysdera crocata
eating woodlouse prey


00024065
SILVER-EARED MESIA on branch
Leiothrix argentauris
Fraser's Hill, Malaysia


00024063
RAINFOREST DESTRUCTION
cutting new highway through rainforest, Malaysia.


00024021
EARED TOAD-HEADED AGAMA LIZARD
Phrynocephalus mystaceus
Volga Delta, Russia


00023987
SHIPWRECK, 'Sugar Wreck', & fish shoal. Northern Bahamas, Caribbean. Atlantic Ocean.


00023966
EUROPEAN RABBIT
Oryctolagus cuniculus
two young in nest, in burrow UK


00023952
GOSHAWK mantling prey
Accipiter gentilis
Wiltshire, England August


00023940
MARIGOLD crop in flower
Calendula sp.
Grown for oil Gloucestershire,
England August


00023933
SCALED QUAIL on log
Callipepla squamata


00023906
RED DEER hind in snow
Cervus elaphus
Scotland February


00023885
SOUTHERN GREY SHRIKE on branch
Lanius meridionalis
Oman November


00023880
HOBBY on rock
Falco subbuteo
Oman November


00023849
DUNNOCK on branch March
Prunella modularis
Yorkshire, northern England


00023846
SUGAR CANE HARVEST
Saccharum officinarum
Queensland, Australia November


00023844
LETTUCE CROP
being grown hydroponically November
Queensland, eastern Australia


00023822
SURICATE or MEERKAT young,
Suricata suricatta
six weeks old
Kalahari Desert, southern Africa


00023812
Dead AFRICAN FOREST ELEPHANT,
Loxodonta africana cyclotis
killed by poachers for tusks, and man
with machete Dzanga-Ndoki N.P., >>


00023806
AFRICAN FOREST ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana cyclotis
& cattle egrets. Dzanga Bai, Dzanga-
Ndoki Natl Pk, Central African Republic


00023783
BUSHVELD LAND SNAIL
Achatina immaculata
Eastern Africa
Can grow to a length of 200mm


00023780
ETHIOPIAN WOLF
Canis simensis
pair play-fighting
Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia


00023777
AFRICAN LION chasing kudu
Panthera leo
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00023747
ETHIOPIAN WOLF 2-month-old cub
Canis simensis
digging. Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.