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00029378
RUFOUS-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD
Amazilia tzacatl
feeding at flower
Braulio, Carrillo NP, Costa Rica


00029356
DEAD TREES killed by acid rain
Wettersteingebirge, Germany


00029355
SEAWEED along shore
Diani Beach, Indian Ocean,
coast of Kenya, eastern Africa



00029352
EDELWEISS two flowers
Leontopodium album
(nb Red Spider mite) Orobie Regional
Park, Lombardy, Alpine northern Italy


00029338
CANE or MARINE TOAD oozing toxin
Bufo marinus
Queensland, Australia Introduced for bio-
logical control of Cane Beetle from S USA


00029333
AIR POLLUTION OVER TOKYO
from industry and traffic Japan


00029304
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK
Buteo lineatus
stamping on snake Florida, USA


00029294
EUROPEAN RED FOX drinking
Vulpes vulpes
from bird bath Hampshire, UK


00029288
EUROPEAN RED FOX with thrush
Vulpes vulpes
Hampshire, England


00029280
WHITE RHINOCEROS young
Ceratotherium simum
Mkhaya, Swaziland


00029276
WHITE RHINOCEROS head, from front
Ceratotherium simum
Waterberg, South Africa


00029257
AFRICAN LION young
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00029256
AFRICAN LION young
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00029253
AFRICAN LION male
Panthera leo
showing flehmen response
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00029251
AFRICAN LION male running
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00029244
HIPPOPOTAMUS pod in Mara river
Hippopotamus amphibius
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00029187
BROWN LONG-EARED BAT on log
Plecotus auritus
Rehabilitated, non-releasable


00029146
SNOW GOOSE group leaving roost, dawn
Anser caerulescens
Bosque del Apache Nat'l Wildlife Reserve,
New Mexico,USA


00029135
ASH TREE
Fraxinus excelsior
showing crown die-back


00029134
ARCTIC SKUA on nest with egg
Stercorarius parasiticus
Dark plumage phase


00029109
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
two pulling down African Buffalo prey
Duba Plains, Okavango, Botswana


00029074
BLACK RHINOCERUS head on
Diceros bicomis bicomis
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00029070
NORWEGIAN FOREST CAT
on settee


00029007
LESSER FLAMINGOS
Phoenicopterus minor
feeding in freshwater
Walvis Bay, Namibia, Southern Africa


00028921
BACTRIAN CAMEL group
Camelus bactrianus
browsing Bukhara, Uzbekistan


00028893
SPANISH IMPERIAL EAGLE
Aquila heliaca adalberti
Spain


00028879
NUDIBRANCH with eggs
Facelina coronata
Eyemouth, Berwickshire,
south eastern Scotland


00028878
NUDIBRANCH or SEA SLUG
Antiopella cristata or Janolus cristatus
feeding on bryozoans between jewel anemones. Ballinskelligs Bay, Kerry, Eire.


00028868
LUNDY PONY face detail
Lundy, Devon, England


00028864
FALSE VAMPIRE BAT in flight
Megaderma lyra
avoiding wires by echolocation


00028851
COCKCHAFER or MAYBUG
Melolontha melolontha
in flight over Oak foliage


00028846
SHELLS FOR SALE
Marine molluscs on market stall
Papeete, Tahiti,
South Pacific Ocean


00028795
LITTLE RINGED PLOVER
Charadrius dubius
at nest, with eggs


00028754
HEATH POTTER WASP
Eumenes coarctata
gathering sand for nest


00028744
BLACK & RED FROGHOPPER
Cercopis vulnerata
on leaf


00028737
CRAB SPIDER on Bluebell,
Misumena vatia
ready to attack UK May


00028736
YELLOW DUNG-FLY female with fly prey
Scathophaga stercoraria
on flower


00028721
PELICANS roosting on lamp-post
Swakopmund, Namibia
south western Africa


00028702
HOUSE SPARROW male at bird bath
Passer domesticus
Midlands, UK


00028683
JAPANESE MACAQUES in hot spring
Macaca fuscata
Japan Winter


00028681
RED NIGHT SHRIMP
Rhynchocinetes rigens


00028667
TUBE-DWELLING ANEMONE
Arachnanthus nocturnus


00028615
EGYPTIAN VULTURE
Neophron percnopterus
head detail


00028607
ESTUARINE/SALTWATER CROCODILE
Crocodylus porosus
close up of teeth
Australia



00028596
WHITE PELICAN head detail
Pelecanus onocrotalus


00028592
BRITISH SHORTHAIR CAT blue cream
close up of eyes



00028582
SISKIN juvenile on branch
Carduelis spinus
Scotland


00028578
LAPLAND BUNTING male on ground
Calcarius lapponicus
Norway


00028550
LESSER GOLDFINCH on seedhead
Carduelis psaltria
New Mexico, USA December


00028529
ORANGUTAN Mother and baby
Pongo pygmaeus
Endangered species Borneo


00028527
ORANGUTAN Mother and baby
Pongo pygmaeus
Endangered species Borneo


00028524
PEACOCK group by water
Paro cristatus
Asia


00028477
BLUE CRANE
Anthropoides paradisea
Endangered


00028472
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
Mother and baby
Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa


00028471
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
calf being helped up by older elephants
Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa


00028452
BUZZARD about to land
Buteo buteo
on snowy ground


00028424
ASIAN ELEPHANT male
Elephas maximus
close up of large tusks


00028413
QUAGGA PROJECT - Tranqulized Zebra
being translocated as part of Quagga
re-breeding project Elandsberg Pvt
Nat'l Reserve, South Africa


00028408
ORANGUTANS boxing as part of a primate show at animal park, Bangkok, Thailand.



00028397
SAMBAR DEER male
Cervus unicolor
Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India.


00028326
BOA CONSTRICTOR
Boa constrictor
Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru


00028284
HOATZIN chick
Opisthocomus hoazin
climbing out of water to escape predator. Amazon rainforest, Peru


00028270
EUROPEAN WILDCAT
Felis sylvestris
on lookout from branch of tree


00028268
HEDGEHOG crossing road
Erinaceus europaeus
in front of approaching car


00028247
EDIBLE CRAB
Cancer pagurus
Hell's Gate, Lundy Island, England


00028218
COMMON TOAD
Bufo bufo


00028200
GREENLAND WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
Anser albifrons flavirostra
in flight


00028199
BARNACLE GEESE group walking
Branta leucopsis
in shallow water
Islay, Scotland


00028188
WHEATEAR male on rock
Oenanthe oenanthe
Argyll, Scotland May


00028175
HORSE MUSSEL shell on beach
Modiolus modiolus
Islay, Scotland April


00028166
JAPANESE KNOTWEED clump
Polygonum cuspidatum
Berwickshire, Scotland September


00028165
RED CLOVER flowers
Trifolium pratense
Berwickshire, Scotland July


00028148
HOODO FORMATION
Vermilion Wilderness, Arizona, USA


00028133
PONDEROSA PINE on sandstone
Pinus ponderosa
Colorado, USA


00028108
GREVY'S ZEBRA foal
Equus grevyi
Samburu National Reserve,
Kenya, East Africa


00028062
GREAT GREY OWL descending on prey
Strix nebulosa
(rodent) Finland Leucistic form


00031131
WARRUMBUNGLE NATIONAL PARK
with remant volcanic plug,
"The Bread Knife"
New South Wales, Australia


00031110
MOJAVE RATTLESNAKE
Crotalus scutulatus
Sonoran Desert (Baja & SE California,
SW Arizona and W Sonora, Mexico)


00031107
TRACKS OF TIMBER WOLF IN SNOW
Crazy Mountains, Montana, NW USA
North American Grey Wolf is Canis lupus


00031072
ROBIN
Erithacus rubecula
on Holly with snow, Essex, England


00031059
FERAL PIGEONS mating
Columba livia
March. Sussex, England


00031048
EUROPEAN OTTER on bank
Lutra lutra
May. Otter Trust, Norfolk


00031004
RED-FOOTED BOOBY on nest
Sula sula
Midway Island, Pacific


00030986
PYGMY PEOPLE group
standing in village
Ituri Forest, Democratic Republic
of Congo


00030983
BLACK RHINOCEROSES fighting
Diceros bicornis
Matusadona National Park, Zimbabwe
Endangered species


00030977
AFRICAN ELEPHANT with young
Loxodonta africana
drinking at waterhole
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00030960
SNAPPING TURTLE
Chelydra serpentina
(Native to the Americas)


00030870
POACHER'S WEAPONS
seized by 'Inspection Tiger' anti-poaching patrols, Russian Far East.


00030866
WATER VOLE close up of male
Arvicola terrestris
for release with radio collar, by Oxford University.


00030857
EASTERN CHIMPANZEE
Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii
LONG-HAIRED EASTERN


00030855
DARTING AFRICAN ELEPHANTS
Loxodonta africana
for relocation, from a helicopter. Zimbabwe


00030854
CATPURING AFRICAN ELEPHANTS
Loxodonta africana
for relocation, darted but not unconscious.
Zimbabwe


00030848
PEREGRINE FALCON young
Falco peregrinus
seven day old chick, being ringed.
Peak District, Derbyshire, England.


00030847
PEREGRINE FALCON young
Falco peregrinus
seven day old chick
Peak District, Derbyshire, England


00030844
MERLIN being ringed
Falco columbarius
fourteen to eighteen day old chick.
Peak District, Derbyshire, England.


00030833
PETROGLYPH of an Orca or Killer Whale
Olympic National Park, Washington State, USA.


00030831
RAFTS OF LOGS floating in bay
after clear cutting
British Columbia, Canada


00030821
INFLATABLE WHALE for an anti-whaling
demonstration on 18th July 2001,
on the Thames, being towed outside
the Houses of Parliament, London, UK


00030801
MUSK DUCK submerged, swimming
Biziura labata
Tidbinbilla, Australian Capital Territory


00030800
PLATYPUS or DUCKBILLED PLATYPUS
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Female eating worm prey Australia


00030780
SUPERB LYREBIRD
Menura novaehollandiae
Male singing
Healesville Sanctuary, Victoria, Australia




00030779
SONG THRUSH
Turdus philomelos
Recently fledged juvenile France


00030778
SCALY-BREASTED LORIKEET
Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus
Queensland, Australia


00030729
OTTER HOLT in pile of logs on river bank
European Otter is Lutra lutra


00030677
MALLARD DUCK group of ten young
Anas platyrhynchos
in shallows, amongst reeds


00030673
PIPISTRELLE BAT on rock
Pipistrellus pipistrellus


00030640
ADDAX head detail
Addax nasomaculatus
Reintroduced to Morocco. Critically Endangered. Souss-Massa National Park. Morocco.


00030588
WHITE STORKS
Ciconia ciconia
bulding nest on ancient columns of the Volubilis Roman ruins, Morocco.


00030583
WHITE STORK on nest
Ciconia ciconia
Morocco.


00030556
9-BANDED or LONG-NOSED ARMADILLO
Dasypus novemcinctus
South America.


00030553
MILITARY MACAW
Ara militaris
close up of head



00030540
ASH TREE
Fraxinus excelsior
Whitbarrow Scar, Cumbria


00030530
GRASS SNAKE coiled on ground
Natrix natrix
Midlands of England


00030513
SMOOTH SNAKE
Coronella austriaca
Dorset, England July


00030510
SANDERLING, solitary by water
Calidris alba
Lincolnshire, UK


00030489
WHISKERED BAT
Myotis mystacinus
on moss-covered rock


00030473
HELIOZOAN
Actinosphaerium eichhorai
showing binary fission



00030431
CYCLAMEN in flower
Cyclamen repandum
Italy


00030387
MEADOW VOLE
Microtus pennsylvanicus
Tern Lake, Alaska, USA


00030372
BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK in autumn
at twilight South Dakota, northern USA


00030368
PRONGHORN male running over prairie
Antilocapra americana
Badlands NP, South Dakota, USA


00030354
NATTERER'S BAT on tree trunk
Myotis nattereri


00030320
DANDELION flower opening
Taraxacum officinale
Opening sequence B: No. 3/5
Total time taken: ca 1 hour


00030282
CUCKOO FLOWER or LADY'S SMOCK
Cardamine patensis
view from above Sussex, UK


00030234
PIPISTRELLE BAT head detail
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
mouth open showing teeth


00030211
DESERT LOCUST 5th instars
Schistocerca gregaria
gregarious (on left) & solitary


00030201
BROAD-BODIED CHASER DRAGONFLY
Libellula depressa
In flight. Also called Flat-Bodied or Broad Bodied Darter Dragonfly


00030197
ZEBRA BUTTERFLY in flight
Heliconius charitonius


00030190
BASILISK LIZARD
Basiliscus sp.
running across water surface


00030170
HEART & DART MOTH
Agrotis exclamationis


00030168
LONG-EARED BAT at rest
Plecotus auritus



00030120
CANADA GOOSE large flock in flight
Branta canadensis
Point Pelee, Ontario, Canada


00030083
DALL'S SHEEP lambs
Ovis dalli
Spring-born lambs. High mountain habitat.
Denali National Park, Alaska, USA.


00030073
HOUBARA BUSTARD male
Chlamydotis undulata
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Captive breeding scheme


00030055
CORAL REEF with Anthias
Pseudanthias diapar
Bunaken Marine Reserve,
Sulawesi, Indonesia


00030039
LAPWING subadult
Vanellus vanellus
Upper Teesdale, County Durham, UK


00030031
BURCHELL'S ZEBRA head close-up
Equus burchelli
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00030001
POLECAT
Mustela putorius
eating rabbit prey


00029976
Photographer photographing
GILA MONSTER
Heloderma suspectum
Southern Arizona, USA


00029953
BLACK-FOOTED ROCK WALLABY
Petrogale lateralis
among rocks McDonnell Ranges
Nat'l Park, Northern Territory Australia


00029951
STROMATOLITES 3500m years old
Carbonate deposits formed by Blue-
Green algae, One of earliest life forms
on Earth World Heritage Area >>


00029943
BLUE TIT on willow
Parus caeruleus
Pyrenees, France


00029923
HOUSE SPARROW
Passer domesticus
male on apple tree


00029921
DUTCH RABBIT
sitting amongst Primroses


00029912
WINTER MORNING January
Tree-bordered lane & farmland
South Repps, Norfolk, England


00029899
BLUEBELLS in flower in woodland
abstract
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Ashridge, Hertfordshire, UK


00029893
BURNHAM OVERY MILL & MARSH
with swan
Norfolk, UK April


00029889
STONEHENGE February
Wiltshire, southern England,UK


00029881
JACK RUSSELL TERRIER
looking over wooden fence, Hertfordshire


00029878
ANTARCTIC HAIR GRASS
Deschampsia antarctica
Torgersen Island, Antarctic Peninsula


00029815
EGYPTIAN MAU or ORIENTAL
CHOCOLATE-SPOTTED CAT
climbing tree


00029814
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
aggressive display


00029812
FLYING SQUIRREL
Pteromys volans
(Ranges from western Siberia
to Finland & Latvia)


00029811
GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG WITH KITTENS


00029802
BULLDOG and young


00029794
SOUTHERN GIANT PETREL
Macronectes giganteus
in flight, about to alight
Elephant Island, Antarctica


00029793
CHINSTRAP PENGUINS
Pygoscelis antarctica
injured by predator attack
Elephant Island, Antarctica


00029768
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
female, crossing wetland Camargue,
Bouches-du-Rhone, southern France


00029764
ASIAN DARTER India
Anhinga melanogaster
basking between fishing dives


00029755
SPOTTED DOLPHIN adult & young
Stenella plagiodon
Bahamas, North Atlantic Ocean


00029736
AFRICAN LIONESS
Panthera leo
Female with 10 week old cub
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00029717
GREATER ADJUTANT STORK
Leptoptilos dubius
Thrisby Hall Wildlife Park, Norfolk, UK
Throat pouch is expandable


00029714
RED DEER fur
Cervus elaphus
caught on barbed wire fence line


00029700
GOLDEN or SYRIAN HAMSTER suckling
Mesocricetus auratus
3 visible young of litter of 10


00029694
GEOFFROY'S CAT
Oncifelis geoffroyi


00029687
GREY SQUIRREL young from fallen drey
Sciurus carolinensis
About 14 days old with fleas
March Norfolk, UK


00029676
PHEASANT hen dust bathing
Phasianus colchicus
cock looking on


00029670
TEMMINCK'S STINT on nest
Calidris temminckii


00029654
RED VELVET ANT
Dasymutilla sp.
Female mutillid wasp
flightless ant mimic Florida, USA


00029636
JUMPING SPIDER
Lyssomanes viridans
male, close-up of face
Common throughout Florida, USA


00029607
FLOWER SCARAB BEETLE
Trichiotinus lunulatus
feeding on passion flower
Florida, USA NB pollen stuck to legs


00029596
FALLEN LEAVES
with a frosting of ice. Seattle, Washington, USA.


00029583
MANATEE
Trichechus manatus
female and young in the Wakulla River,
North Florida


00029560
MEDITERRANEAN GULLS
Larus melanocephalus


00029527
BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS
Diomedea melanophris
pair at nest, in courtship
Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean


00029502
MACHU PICCHU RUINS
Urubamba Valley, Peru, South America


00029490
DUSKY or BROWN TITI MONKEY
Callicebus moloch brunneus
Madre de Dios River, SE Peru
Peruvian sub-species


00029445
MESQUITE or MEXICAN THORN
Prosopis juliflora
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean
Non-native invasive species


00029437
BLOWHOLE Hannay Beach,
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean


00029415
SCOTS PINE section through trunk
Pinus sylvestris


00029374
SLATY-TAILED TROGON
Trogon massena
perched on branch
Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica


00029353
BIGHERA VALLEY with Seroti Lake
(corrie lake)
Stelvio National Park, Lombardy, Italy



00029326
SMOG OVER SAN FRANCISCO
seen from top of Marriot Hotel
San Francisco, California, USA


00029321
GIANT ATLAS MOTH
Attacus atlas


00029313
EUROPEAN RED FOX young
Vulpes vulpes
being bottle-fed. Mallydams Wildlife
Unit (RSPCA) Sussex, S England


00029311
AMERICAN MINK swimming
Mustela vison


00029291
HIGHLAND CATTLE on lying snow
Cairngorms, Grampian Highlands,
north eastern Scotland


00029274
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
young cub emerging from hiding
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00029269
AFRICAN LION male
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00029263
AFRICAN LION young playing
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00029245
HIPPOPOTAMUS pod in Mara river
Hippopotamus amphibius
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00029236
WILDEBEEST with new born calf (10 minutes old)
Connochaetes taurinus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00029229
MASAI GIRAFFE feeding
Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi
Masai Mara NR, Kenya


00029219
THOMSONS GAZELLE males fighting
Gazella thomsonii
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya



00029215
SPOTTED HYENA female and young
Crocuta crocuta
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya



00029199
HUDSONIAN GODWIT
Limosa haemastica
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada


00029185
GREENFINCH male on Pussy willow
Carduelis chloris
Essex, UK March


00029177
ARCTIC TERN group in flight
Sterna paradisea
Farne Islands, Northumberland, England


00029170
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL
Larus marinus
swallowing a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL chick
Skokholm, Wales


00029151
BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS
Diomedea nigripes
close up of head
Midway Island, Pacific


00029145
SNOW GOOSE, blue phase, landing
Anser caerulescens
Bosque del Apache Nat'l Wildlife Reserve,
New Mexico,USA


00029139
LONG-TAILED SKUA
Stercorarius longicaudus
on nest Alaska, USA


00029128
JOHNSTON'S HYRAX suckling young
Procavia johnstoni
Seronua Kopjes, Serengeti National Park,
Tanzania, eastern Africa


00029120
EVERLASTING FLOWERS on mountain
Helichrysum sp.
Tanzania Only flower able to withstand the
radiation/temp fluctuations at high altitudes


00029105
GOLIATH BIRD-EATING SPIDER
Terraphosa leblondi chelicerae
fangs detail. Largest spider in world


00029057
TACHINA FLY larvae feed on tarantula
Spider was paralysed by Pomilid Wasp
as host for her eggs,but fly laid eggs >>


00029039
SMEW female at water's edge
Mergus albellus
Martin Mere World Wildlife Trust Reserve,
Lancashire, north western England


00029038
DAMA WALLABY or TAMMAR WALLABY
Macropus eugenii
with young in pouch
Cleland Wildlife Park, South Australia


00029036
BEACH DONKEY
Blackpool Sands, Lancashire, UK


00029023
SPRINGBOK & young
Antidorcas marsupialis
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00029013
BLUE CRANE
Anthropoides paradiseus
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00029008
CASPIAN TERN on nest
Sterna caspia
Walvis Bay Lagoon, Namibia,
Southern Africa


00028984
HEDGEHOG
Erinaceus europaeus
Otago, South Island, New Zealand
Introduced species.


00028957
LILY ANTHER showing pollen grains


00028951
BISCUIT BEETLE
Stegobium paniceum
A common stored product species - also known as the Drug-store Beetle


00028950
WOOLLY APHID in flight
Eriosoma lanigerum
Sussex, England


00028916
BUSHMAN APPLYING BEETLE POISON
squeezed from pupa, to tip of arrow
Kalahari, Namibia Any poison entering
bush- man's bloodstream will kill him


00028911
BOOTED EAGLE (wild) close-up
Hieraaetus pennatus
showing "boots", Spain.


00028883
BEAN GOOSE, tundra race, walking
Anser fabalis rossicus


00028877
ANGLERFISH
Lophius piscatorius
Eyemouth, Berwickshire, south eastern Scotland


00028850
SPARKLING VIOLET-EAR HUMMINGBIRD
Colibri coruscans in flight, sipping nectar


00028849
HORNET
Vespa crabro
eating flesh of plum


00028842
PYRGOMATID BARNACLE
on coral
Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific Ocean


00028818
DESERT KIT FOX at night
Vulpes macrotis nevadensis
Ogden, Utah, mid-western USA


00028783
BABIRUSA female & young
Babyrousa babyrussa
Sulawesi, Indonesia


00028777
EURASIAN BROWN BEAR
Ursus arctos arctos
in Finnish taiga
Northern Karelia, Finland


00028776
FOREST IN AUTUMN
Abruzzo Mountains,
Abruzzo National Park, central Italy


00028768
VORTICELLA group


00028741
CONOPID FLY (wasp mimic)
Conops quadrifasciata
UK August Magn. x 1.6


00028739
GARDEN SPIDER courtship
Araneus diadematus
(male on left) UK


00028692
FERAL CAT, harbour dwelling
Felix sp.
France


00028664
RED MANGROVE
Rhizophora mangle
viewed underwater
Florida, USA


00028655
MILK CONCH showing eyes and proboscis
Strombus costatus
Atlantic Ocean, Florida, USA


00028651
BLUE HEAD WRASSE on coral reef
Thalassoma bifasciatum
Atlantic Ocean, Bahamas, Caribbean


00028640
FISH TRAP with catch
Atlantic Ocean, Bahamas, Caribbean


00028631
BABIRUSA male
Babyrousa babyrussa
Sulawesi, Indonesia


00028624
GROUND SQUIRREL
Xerus inauris
grooming Southern Africa


00028604
ANTELOPE HEADS being prepared for taxidermy mounting.
Namibia.


00028599
GIANT BULLFROG
Pyxicephalus adspersus
South Africa


00028594
BUSHVELD LAND SNAIL
Achatina immaculata
Large land snail, can grow up to 200mm in length.
Eastern areas of Africa.


00028577
OYSTERCATCHER bathing
Haematopus ostralegus
Norway. June.


00028568
RED-THROATED DIVER or LOON
Gavia stellata
on water June Iceland


00028548
WHITE-HANDED GIBBON in tree
Hylobates lar
Vulnerable species


00028544
WHITE-HANDED GIBBON
Hylobates lar
looking out across tree tops
Vulnerable species


00028535
JAPANESE MACAQUE in snow
Macaca fuscata
Japan


00028532
DUSKY/SPECTACLED LEAF MONKEY
Trachypitecus obscurus



00028531
NILGAI
Boselaphus tracocamelus
Rathambore National Park,
Rajastan, India


00028518
PIED IMPERIAL PIGEON
Ducula bicolor


00028496
HONEYBEE COMB held by man
Apis mellifera adansonii
collected in the traditional African manner.
Botswana, Africa



00028488
ZANZIBAR RED COLOBUS
Procolobus badius kirkii
Female with young. Zanzibar Island, Tanzania. Endemic. Endangered.


00028469
FOREST ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana cyclotis
Sub-adults play fighting
Dzanga Bai. Dzanga-Ndoki National Park,
Central Africa



00028455
BLACK-WINGED STILT in flight
Himantopus himantopus



00028437
MADAGASCAN SPURRED TORTOISE
Geochelone yniphora
World's rarest tortoise & keeper at
Angonoka Project breeding centre


00028433
LESSER FLAMINGO
Phoenicopterus minor
large flock in shallows, Lake Bogoria,
Great Rift Valley, Kenya >>


00028417
ZANZIBAR RED COLOBUS MONKEY
Procolobus badius kirkii
feeding on leaf (principal diet)
Endemic to Zanzibar Island, Tanzania


00028389
INDIAN ELEPHANT domestic
Elephus maximus
being ridden across river by Mahout,
Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India


00028381
PILEATED GIBBON
Hylobates pileatus
Endangered species


00028376
COMMON RAGWORT flowers
Senecio jacobaea
Aberdeenshire, Scotland July


00028371
GROUNDSEL seedheads
Senecio vulgaris
Berwickshire, Scotland May


00028353
AFRICAN ELEPHANT Sequence 3 of 8
Loxodonta africana
mother trying to help calf up steep bank
Addo Elephant National Park, RSA


00028350
AFRICAN ELEPHANT Sequence 5 of 8
Loxodonta africana
calf falling down bank after mother
dropped it Addo Elephant NP, RSA


00028333
VARZEA' FLOODED FOREST in flood
Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru


00028319
SURI (weevil larva)
Rhincophorus palmarus
Eaten raw or fried, and used in traditional ceremonies and medicine. Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru


00028291
MARINE OR CANE TOAD
Bufo Marinus
Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru


00028231
MAPLE LEAVES in autumn
Acer platanoides


00028204
BITING STONECROP
Sedum acre
clump in flower


00028194
POCHARD male in water
Aythya ferina
Midlothian, Scotland January


00028176
HORSE MUSSEL shell on beach
Modiolus modiolus
Islay, Scotland April


00028129
COAST or CALIFORNIAN REDWOOD
Sequoia sempervirens
& Sword Ferns Jedediah Smith S.P.,
Redwoods N.P., California, USA June


00028126
UTAH JUNIPER
Juniperus osteosperma
Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA


00028115
SANDSTONE & Manzanita
Paria Canyon, Vermilion Cliffs
Wilderness, Colorado Plateau
Arizona, USA


00028111
PUNAKAIKI PANCAKE ROCKS
Paparoa National Park, South Island,
New Zealand Eroded limestone


00028087
NORTH AMERICAN GREY or TIMBER WOLF
Canis lupus
one expressing dominance over submissive wolf


00028071
SPECTACLED BEAR face detail
Tremarctos ornatus
in captivity La Planada Nature Reserve,
Colombia, South America


00031035
POLAR BEAR female
Ursus maritimus
suckling two young
Endangered species


00030998
GREAT FRIGATEBIRDS
Fregata minor
two males courting same female
Tower (Genovesa) Island, Galapagos


00030971
KOB males sparring
Kobus kob
Queen Elizabeth National Park,
Uganda, eastern Africa


00030949
PARASITIC WASP larvae
Apanteles sp.
on moth caterpillar Madagascar


00030948
GOAT MOTH larva on bark
Cossus cossus
September


00030931
RESEARCHER checking 'swing gates'
in a game fence. Gates used to prevent
cheetahs entering game reserve


00030910
KOALA female and young
Phascolarctos cinereus
in Manna Gum tree, South Australia.


00030890
EASTERN CHIMPANZEE
Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii
alpha male, yawning
Gombe National Park, Tanzania

LONG-HAIRED


00030887
EASTERN CHIMPANZEE
Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii
young male being groomed.
Gombe National Park, Tanzania

LONG-HAIRED


00030876
AFRICAN ELEPHANT young
Loxodonta africana
orphan playing with shovel


00030819
ANCIENT FOREST with Trillium
North-western USA


00030813
RED-CROWNED or JAPANESE CRANES
Grus japonesis
displaying Hokkadio, Japan


00030809
MARSH WARBLER on nest
Acrocephalus palustris


00030796
FIRECREST in conifer
Regulus ignicapillus
Pyrenees, south western France


00030758



00030730
EUROPEAN OTTERS playing
Lutra lutra
on land


00030719
PURPLE SANDPIPER group
Calidris maritima
roosting at high tide


00030707
BUFF-TAILED BUMBLEBEE
Bombus terrestris
cut-out


00030693
WEASEL face detail
Mustela nivalis
looking from hole in snowdrift


00030689
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
leaping down snow-covered bank


00030654
NILE CROCODILE young emerging
Crocodylus niloticus
from egg Incubation period 90/100 days


00030635
ADDAX males interacting
Addax nasomaculatus
Reintroduced to Morocco. Critically Endangered. Souss-Massa National Park. Morocco.


00030589
OSTRICH male in breeding colours
Struthio camelus camelus
Souss-Massa National Park, Morocco.


00030579
WHITE STORKS performing pair bonding display ritual
Ciconia ciconia
with Atlas mountains in background. Morocco.


00030578
WHITE STORKS performing pair bonding display ritual
Ciconia ciconia
with Atlas mountains in background. Morocco.


00030571
HORNED ADDER concealed in sand
Bitis caudalis


00030562
COQUEREL'S SIFAKA
Propithecus verreauxi coquereli
Madagascar


00030517
SANDERLING by water
Calidris alba
Oman


00030509
SANDERLING, solitary by water
Calidris alba
Lincolnshire, UK


00030507
SNOW BUNTING on snow
Plectrophenax nivalis
Scotland


00030503
SANDHILL CRANE
Grus canadensis
New Mexico January


00030450
BLUEBOTTLE
Calliphora erythrocephala


00030398
MARINE DIATOM
Triceteratum puturatum
two displayed under microscope


00030385
PRONGHORN young resting
Antilocapra americana
Montana, USA


00030374
RIMROCK PAINTBRUSH flower detail
Castilleja scabrida
Colorado National Monument, USA, Spring


00030361
PRONGHORN male on prairie
Antilocapra americana
Badlands National Park, South Dakota,
northern USA


00030360
PRONGHORN females & young
Antilocapra americana
Badlands National Park, South Dakota,
northern USA Autumn


00030325
SLIPPER LIMPETS
Crepidula fornicata


00030322
DANDELION flower opening
Taraxacum officinale
Opening sequence B: No. 1/5
Total time taken: ca 1 hour


00030312
SMOOTH NEWT male underwater
Triturus vulgaris


00030310
COMMON TOAD
Bufo bufo
strings of spawn wrapped around weed


00030305
COMMON WHELK egg case on sea shore
Buccinum undatum


00030284
CUCKOO FLOWER or LADY'S SMOCK
Cardamine patensis
amongst bluebells.
Sussex, UK


00030266
STOAT on lookout
Mustela erminea
close to rabbit prey


00030248
BULLFINCH pair
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
feeding young in nest


00030238
FUNGAL MYCELIUM on leaf litter
Saprophytic nutrition


00030217
STINK BUG
Acanthocephala sp.
Venezuela, South America


00030215
WATER MEASURER
Hydrometra stagnorum
feeding on fly
At the Water's Edge bookplate P41


00030191
VINE WEEVIL larva
Otiorrhynchus sulcatus
Pest on garden plants


00030187
GREENSHANK on nest
Tringa nebularia
with eggs


00030184
PIPISTRELLE BAT
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
flying in roof space


00030181
COMMON WASP
Vespa vulgaris
Feeding on chicken bone



00030163
MUSCID FLY


00030148
SPECTACLE MOTH
Abrostola tripartita


00030125
PINNACLE REEF
Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands,
South Pacific Rises from depth of 65m
to within 5m of ocean surface


00030118
PUMAS or COUGARS fighting
Felis concolor
North America Taken in the wild


00030113
CHEETAH mother with small cubs
Acinonyx jubatus
eating African Hare prey
Southern Africa


00030105
NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEAR
Ursus americanus
female & two young, on Kettle River,
Minnesota, USA


00030054
SPOTTED or YELLOW SEAHORSE
Hippocampus kuda
Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia


00030046
RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
Eight, killed by pest controller, hanging
on wire fence Victoria, SE Australia


00030027
JAPANESE BOBTAIL CAT
standing on wooden chair


00030018
HEDGEHOG with newborn young
Erinaceus europaeus


00029985
RED FOX caught in (illegal) trap
Vulpes vulpes
set by local farmer France


00029972
BANGGAI CARDINAL FISH
Pterapogon kauderni
Indonesia


00029902
YELLOW TULIPS, close up
Tulipa sp.
Commercial flower production
Breckland, Norfolk, UK April


00029851
WATER MITE
Hydrachna sp.
Order Acarina or Acari UK


00029844
MOUNT HUAYNA POTOSI
with alluvial fans & puna
Bolivia, South America


00029838
BROMELIAD FROG eating
Flectonotus pygmaeus
daytime "skin" prior to nocturnal sortie
Venezuela, South America


00029837
TROUT FISHING FLY
Daddy-Long-legs



00029819
WHITE PEAK
Near Bakewell, Peak District Natl Pk
Derbyshire, England


00029805
SCOTTISH FOLD CAT
red tabby and white


00029781
MOUSE-EARED BATS hibernating
Myotis myotis
Note condensation on fur


00029774
EUROPEAN RED FOX female
Vulpes vulpes
in heather Camargue,
Bouches-du-Rhone, southern France


00029720
LEOPARD female in tree silhoutted, dusk
Panthera pardus
Named 'Zawadi' or 'Shadow'.
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00029718
PIG-TAILED MACAQUE
Macaca nemestrina
one grooming another


00029715
WOOD MOUSE young within stone wall
Apodemus sylvaticus
Bardsey Island, northern Wales.


00029690
SUFFOLK CROSS SHEEP (hybrid)
female with snowy coat


00029673
HORNET being held
Vespa crabro
to show abdomen & sting protruding


00029666
GOLDEN SILK SPIDER female
Nephila clavipes
being approched by small male F
lorida, USA Also called BANANA SPIDER


00029664
MANTIDFLY with iridescent eyes
Mantispidae
Costa Rica


00029622
OLEANDER MOTH
Syntomeida epilais
on saw palmetto leaf SW Florida, USA


00029619
WASP MOTH or CTENUCHID
(black) shown with actual wasp
to demonstrate effectiveness of
Batesian mimicry


00029615
SPITTLEBUG
Fam. Cercopidae
found in most of Central America


00029574
FALSE HORNED VIPER with tongue out
Pseudocerastes persicus
Venomous Native to Iran and Pakistan


00029573
SOUTHERN MARSH ORCHID
Dactylorhiza praetermissa majalis
in flower on dune slack
Sandwich Bay, Kent, England


00029547
MOUNT KILIMANJARO
View from coffee & banana plantations
below 1800m in destroyed rainforest
Tanzania, eastern Africa


00029506
FOREST COBRA (in captivity)
Naja melanoleuca
Species of central & southern Africa


00029497
LAYSAN ALBATROSS feeding chick
Diomedea immutabilis
Midway Atoll, north west Hawaii Island


00029492
DUSKY TITI MONKEY
Callicebus moloch brunneus
Peruvian sub-species, resting Upper
waters of Rio Madre de Dios, SE Peru


00029455
BROWN NODDY adult and chick
Anous stolidus
one of the first nests on the island since
cat eradication Ascension Island


00029446
ASCENSION LILY
Hippeastrum reginae
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean
Introduced from South America


00029444
GRASS
Sporobolus caespitosus
Green Mountian, Ascension Island,
Atlantic Ocean Endemic & almost extinct


00029375
BLACK-THROATED TROGON
Trogon rufus
male perched on branch
Monteverde Cloudforest, Costa Rica


00029331
MIDWINTER SUN 2nd June 1987
Multiple exposure showing sun's
progress across winter sky
Casey Station, Antarctica


00029292
COMMON SHREWS
Sorex araneus
eating ants' eggs


00029290
EUROPEAN WILD BOAR
Sus scrofa
sniffing for food
New Forest, Hampshire, UK


00029267
AFRICAN LION
Panthera leo
young male carrying remains of zebra kill
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00029249
WILDEBEEST on migration
Connochaetes taurinus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00029239
MASAI GIRAFFE on savanna at sunset
Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi
Masai Mara NR, Kenya


00029201
TAWNY EAGLE feeding on kill
Aquila rapax
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00029175
GREENFINCH
Carduelis chloris
gathering wool from barbed wire for nest material
Essex, England


00029173
SIKA DEER male sniffing the air during rut
Cervus nippon
Parkland, Kent


00029167
BAR-TAILED GODWIT
Limosa lapponica
in breeding plumage
Siberia, eastern Russia


00029143
SMEW in flight
Mergus albellus
Norfolk, East Anglia, UK


00029140
WEASEL
Mustela nivalis
with House Sparrow prey


00029138
POMARINE SKUA
Stercorarius pomarinus
on nest by water


00029118
HADZABE MAN collecting honeycomb
from tree Lake Eyasi area, Tanzania


00029018
CHACMA BABOON sitting
Papio ursinus
Cape Peninsular NP, South Africa


00029006
POLECAT
Mustela putorius
looking from beneath fallen tree UK


00028980
MERINO SHEEP
Otago, South Island, New Zealand


00028948
BARN OWL in flight to bell tower
Tyto alba



00028943
Culling of NORTHERN FUR SEALS
Callorhinus ursinus
St. Paul Island, Pribilofs, Alaska, USA


00028926
DINOSAUR REPLICA 45 feet tall
Edmontosaurus sp.
Herbivore with c. 2000 teeth Calgary
Zoo, Alberta, south western Canada


00028920
BLACK-NECKED SPITTING COBRA
Naja nigricollis nigricollis
spitting venom which can travel 2m &
cause blindness if not treated rapidly


00028918
ELAND ANTELOPE
Taurotragus oryx
Immobilised for translocation
Kruger National Park, South Africa


00028915
FOREST COBRA
Naja melanoleuca


00028908
OYSTERCATCHER
Haematopus ostralegus
opening mussel


00028907
GLOSSY IBIS group in flight
Plegadis falcinellus
Lesbos


00028905
MARSH HARRIER feeding
Circus aeruginosus


00028897
LESSER KESTREL female on roof
Falco naumanni


00028892
LESSER KESTRELS mating
Falco naumanni


00028885
GANNET in flight with seaweed
Sula bassana


00028867
FISHING BAT in flight over water
Noctilio leporinus


00028853
GECKO on bedroom wall


00028837
BIRCH FOREST
with foliage in autumn colours
Sirdal, Norway


00028826
NORTHERN PINTAIL on water
Anas acuta
pair (male on the left)


00028825
GALAPAGOS GIANT TORTOISE
Geochelone elephantopus
Long-necked race Hood Island,
Galapagos Islands, equatorial Pacific


00028808
NORTH AMERICAN GREY WOLF cubs
Canis lupus
Montana, North-western USA


00028802
FALLEN LEAVES
Autumn
Michigan, northern USA


00028748
SNIPE FLY
Rhagio scolopacea


00028732
EMPID FLY with prey,
Xanthempis digramma
another empid fly, captured on
a Jacob's Ladder flower


00028730
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON
Nycticorax nycticorax
on nest with young
Cape Province, South Africa


00028729
EGYPTIAN GOOSE pair (male right)
Alopochen aegyptiacus
Kruger National Park, South Africa


00028727
EBONY TREE
Diospyros mespiliformis
Kruger Nat'l Park, South Africa


00028719
MALAGASY NARROW-STRIPED MON-
GOOSE Local name is Boky Boky
Mungotictis decemlineata
Kirindy Forestry Station, W Madagascar


00028675
CARIBBEAN REEF OCTOPUS
Octopus briareus
showing suckers on tentacles
Atlantic Ocean, Florida, USA


00028644
TIGER SHARK and photographer
Galeocerdo cuvier
Atlantic Ocean, Bahamas, Caribbean


00028641
ATLANTIC DEER COWRIE
Cypraea cervus
Atlantic Ocean, Bahamas, Caribbean


00028635
STELLER or NORTHERN SEALIONS
Eumetopias jubatus
resting. Kayak Island, Alaska, USA.


00028622
SURICATE OR MEERKAT
Suricata suricatta
grooming & huddle together when sleeping
Kalahari Desert, Southern Africa


00028617
SWIFT TERN group in flight
Sterna bergii
resident of coastal areas


00028595
BUSHVELD LAND SNAIL close up of head
Achatina immaculata
Large land snail, can grow up to 200mm in length.
Eastern areas of Africa.


00028590
GERMAN SHEPHERD or ALSATIAN


00028517
PITVIPER close up of face
Trimersurus macrops
Indonesia


00028510
VISITORS ON RAINFOREST CANOPY WALKWAY
Sabah Province Malaysia


00028456
SPOONBILL in water
Platalea leucorodia


00028440
BLACKFACED or COMMON LANGURS
Presbytis entellus


00028362
MAYFLY larva
Ephemera sp.


00028334
URTICATING HAIRS ON HAIRY CATERPILLAR
Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru


00028332
RED UAKARI MONKEY leaping
Cacajao calvus ucayalii
Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru


00028286
HOATZIN chick
Opisthocomus hoazin
swimming underwater to escape predator. Amazon rainforest, Peru


00028255
CACTUS WREN at nest in Cholla
Campylorhyncus brunneicapillus
Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA


00028244
ORNATE GHOST PIPEFISH by crinoid
Solenostomus paradoxus
Kungkungan Bay, Lembeh Strait,
Sulawesi, Indonesia


00028230
STARLING perched on rock
Sturnus vulgaris
Saint Kilda, western Scotland


00028215
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
eating Earthworm prey


00028212
RAZORBILL
Alca torda
resting on rock


00028206
BLACK-THROATED DIVER
Gavia arctica
on water UK


00028201
GREENLAND WHITE-FRONTED GEESE
Anser albifrons flavirostra
four on the ground


00028192
MINKE WHALE at surface
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Minches, Hebrides, Scotland


00028158
PUFFIN with fish
Fratercula arctica
Iceland July


00028157
TUATARA head detail
Sphenodon punctatus
New Zealand


00028118
COAST MAN-ROOT in Horsetail June
Marah oreganus in Equisetum arvense
Redwoods National Park, California, USA


00028110
AFRICAN LIONESS resting, face detail
Panthera leo
Samburu National Reserve,
Kenya, eastern Africa


00028093
NORTH AMERICAN GREY
WOLF SKULL on grass
Canis lupus
Also called TIMBER WOLF



00028088
GREAT NORTHERN DIVER
Gavia immer
on nest, Spring
Also called Common Loon


00028080
EASTERN TIGER SNAKE
Notechis scutatus
Australia


00028078
SYDNEY FUNNEL WEB SPIDER
Atrax robustus
World's most venomous spider
Eastern New South Wales, SE Australia


00028057
RED-SPOTTED BLUETHROAT male
Luscinia svecica svecica
Finland


00028041
SUNSET over partly frozen river
Taivalkoski, Finland Winter


00028015
KILLDEER at edge of pond
Charadrius vociferus
Florida, south eastern USA


00028010
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA female
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
with stick San Diego Zoo, USA


00027995
BRAZILIAN PORCUPINE in tree,
Coendou prehensilis
showing prehensile tail


00027994
BRAZILIAN PORCUPINE in tree
Coendou prehensilis


00027933
RED KITE February
Milvus milvus
with wings outstretched
Pyrenees, Spain


00027916
COMMON CRANE chick
Grus grus
1 month old (captive bird)


00027913
GOLDEN or SYRIAN HAMSTER pair
Mesocricetus auratus
wild colour form Male (right) showing
'timorous' interest in female (left)


00027911
GOLDEN or SYRIAN HAMSTER pair
Mesocricetus auratus
wild colour form Male (right) sensing
receptiveness of female


00027909
GOLDEN or SYRIAN HAMSTER
Mesocricetus auratus
everting seeds from cheek pouch


00027905
RUFF in winter plumage,
Philomachus pugnax
standing in water, reflected


00027891
THORN BUG on branch
Guanacaste Region, Costa Rica.


00027875
TURNSTONE
Arenaria interpres
Brixham, Devon, England


00027867
STUMP of ENGLISH OAK
Quercus robur
showing knots
New Forest, Hampshire, England


00027841
EUROPEAN MARMOT group
Marmota marmota
two nuzzling


00027835
GREAT WILLOWHERB flower
Epilobium hirsutum
Mur River, Styria, Austria


00027834
DAISY flower bud
Bellis perennis
Styria, Austria


00027820
ASIAN or HIMALAYAN BLACK BEAR
Ursus thibetanus


00027808
SNOWY OWL with young in nest
Nyctea scandiaca
Taimyr, Arctic Russia


00027796
DEER or SHEEP TICK
Ixodes ricinus


00027787
GREEN TURTLE "Siamese twins"
Chelonia mydas
two years old, raised in hatchery
Quintana Roo, Mexico, Central America


00027742
WEST HIGHLAND TERRIER
with rose bunch


00027735
WHITE-TAILED SEA EAGLE
Haliaeetus albicilla
nestlings in June


00027734
COMMON CRANE trying out nest
Grus grus
made by swans the previous year
Kvarken, Gulf of Bothnia, Finland April


00027716
ABALONE shell
Haliotis sp.
showing multi-colouration


00027690
GREEN MAMBA
Dendroaspis angusticeps
with open mouth South East Africa


00027687
GREEN MAMBA with open mouth
Dendroaspis angusticeps
South East Africa


00027676
ASIAN BOX TURTLE at water's edge
Cuora amboinensis kamaroma
Thailand and peninsular Malaysia


00027669
RED-TAILED HAWK
Buteo jamaicensis
perched on rock, by Pine


00027652
ANDEAN FLAMINGO sheltering chick
Phoenicoparrus andinus
Captive bird


00030676
NOCTULE BAT on hummock
Nyctalus noctula


00030674
LESSER HORSESHOE BAT
Rhinolophus hipposideros
ringed bat in cave


00030665
LAR or WHITE-HANDED GIBBON
Hylobates lar
(in captivity)


00030632
TENEBRIONID BEETLE
walking on sand
Morocco


00030608
DADES GORGE and steep sided canyon.
This is a popular tourist destination renown for its spectacular scenery. Atlas mountains, Morocco.



00030600
SCIMITAR-HORNED or SAHARA ORYX
Oryx dammah
Reintroduced to Souss-Massa National Park, Morocco. Considered extinct in the wild.


00030599
SCIMITAR-HORNED or SAHARA ORYX
Oryx dammah
Reintroduced to Souss-Massa National Park, Morocco. Considered extinct in the wild.


00030581
WHITE STORKS
Ciconia ciconia
nesting on old fortifications of a Kasbah (old Islamic fort), Morocco.


00030552
COMMON MARMOSET close up of face
Callithrix jacchus



00030523
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT
Limosa limosa
in flight Poland


00030514
SMOOTH SNAKE
Coronella austriaca
Dorset, England July


00030512
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos major
on tree. Scotland


00030501
SNOW GOOSE
Anser caerulescens
large flock in flight at dawn, New Mexico


00030487
COLUMBIA GLACIER edge
Chugach Mountains, Alaska, USA


00030484
MANGROVE DESTRUCTION
for development Singapore


00030455
BLACK CAIMAN
Melanosuchus niger
young - approx. 1 year old


00030427
SURICATE or MEERKAT
Suricata suricatta
with scorpion prey Kalahari Gemsbok
National Park, South Africa


00030419
PUKU male
Kobus vardoni
South Luangwa National Park,
Zambia


00030405
PERITO MORENO GLACIER
edge of glacier, Glaciers National Park, Patagonia, Argentina


00030384
PRONGHORN ANTELOPE female
Antilocapra americana
with two young, one suckling
Montana, north western USA


00030376
MONARCH BUTTERFLY larvae
Danaus plexippus
eating Milkweed which contains poison
stored by larva which acts as defence


00030373
BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK
in morning light
South Dakota, USA Autumn


00030365
MOUNTAINS & SNOW Winter
Badlands National Park, South Dakota,
northern USA


00030363
LICHENS on rocks
Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula


00030340
NATTERER'S BAT
Myotis nattereri
protesting, face detail


00030331
WANDERING ALBATROSS pair
Diomedea exulans
displaying, head detail
South Georgia, Sub-Antarctic


00030328
SNOWY EGRET perched on sandcastle
Egretta thula
Sanibel Island, Florida, USA


00030324
SUSSEX WEALD from Ditchling Beacon
South Downs, Sussex, England
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty


00030321
DANDELION flower opening
Taraxacum officinale
Opening sequence B: No. 2/5
Total time taken: ca 1 hour


00030301
GOLDFISH Bronze form
Carassius auratus
feeding


00030285
NEW FOREST PONY and foal
New Forest NP, Hampshire, UK


00030270
SOUTHERN HAWKER DRAGONFLY
Aeshna cyanea in flight
Also called Southern Aeshna Dragonfly


00030205
HOUSE MOUSE on kitchen worktop
Mus musculus
looking from rice carton


00030165
PYRALID MICRO-MOTH
Pyrausta purpuralis
Pyralidae - Microlepidoptera



00030107
COYOTE running by water
Canis latrans
Minnesota, USA


00030097
BARREN GROUND CARIBOU male
Rangifer tarandus
by water, escaping insects. Alaska, USA


00030074
SALT ENCRUSTED TOP SOIL
Aral Sea, Munyak, Uzbekistan


00030071
BUSH LOCUST foraging
Phymateus leprosus
on Namib sand dune.


00030057
SEA MOUSE
Aphrodite aculeata
Oban, Strathclyde, Scotland


00030024
MARSH CROCODILE or MUGGER
Crocodylus palustris
nest with eggs India


00030019
HEDGEHOG with newborn young
Erinaceus europaeus


00030010
SEROTINE BAT
Eptesicus serotinus


00030008
MOUSE-EARED BAT
Myotis myotis
ear, close detail


00030006
ONAGER or WILD ASS
Equus hemionus onager
group with young


00030005
POLECAT in woodland
Mustela putorius
Europe


00029984
PEARL IN OYSTER
Half shell with pearl in situ


00029967
FALSE HORNED VIPER
Pseudocerastes persicus


00029957
BUMBLEBEES on Fireweed
Bombus sp. on Epilobium sp.
during heavy September frost
Alaska, USA
Shows ability of tundra insects to work close to freezing point



00029940
BLUE TIT on blossom
Parus caeruleus
Pyrenees, France


00029929
FALLOW DEER
Dama dama
suckling young


00029924
MOLE emerging from soil
Talpa europaea


00029914
ENGLISH or PEDUNCULATE OAK
Quercus robur
leaves


00029892
HORSE CHESTNUT new buds
Aesculus hippocastanum
Ashridge,Hertfordshire, UK March


00029871
EDELWEISS in flower
Leontopodium alpinum
Swiss National Park,
Canton of Graubunden, Switzerland


00029839
HYACINTH ROOT in the ground,
showing root hairs


00029833
HANDKERCHIEF TREE
Davidia involucrata
Christchurch Botanic Gardens,
South Island, New Zealand October


00029809
TOMATOES harvested on the vine
Lycopersicon esculentum


00029770
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
carrying moorhen prey
Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, France


00029743
WEDDELL SEAL on ice
Leptonychotes weddelli


00029737
AFRICAN LIONS group
Panthera leo
being harassed by elephants
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00029688
GRASS SNAKE resting among Primroses
Natrix natrix helvetica in Primula vulgaris.
Recently emerged from hibernation.
Late March, Norfolk, England


00029663
AMBUSH BUG confronting
Phymata fasciata
crab spider on flower
Misumenops celer Florida, USA


00029651
ROBBER-FLY
Fam. Asilidae
close-up of face Florida


00029627
CHINESE GIANT TIGER TARANTULA
Haplopelma costale
close-up of face and fangs
Ranges from S China to Thailand


00029614
WASP or 'YELLOW-JACKET'
Vespula maculifrons
sipping nectar from a passionflower
Florida, USA


00029613
ANHINGA male preening
Anhinga anhinga
Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge,
Sanibel, Florida, USA


00029544
COLLARED CORAL SNAKE
Leptomicrurus collaris


00029538
COMMON or NORTHERN
SHOVELER DUCK
Anas clypeata


00029524
BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG eating
Cynomys ludovicianus
Badlands NP, South Dakota, USA


00029522
KING PENGUIN injured after seal attack
Aptenodytes patagonica
Salisbury Plain, South Georgia,
sub-Antarctic


00029501
RAINFOREST scenic
Cordillera de Tilaran Monteverde,
Costa Rica


00029481
GREEN TURTLE nesting female
Chelonia mydas
returning to the sea Long Beach,
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean


00029468
GREEN TURTLE Hannay Beach
Chelonia mydas
with craters dug by nesting females
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean


00029451
FERAL DONKEYS
brought to the island in the 19th Century
for labour, they now roam free
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean


00029384
WHIMBREL regurgitating sand
Numenius phaeopus
that was ingested with food
Manuel Antonio Nat'l Park, Costa Rica


00029382
LAS MORENAS LAKES, paramo & east
coast, seen from summit of Mt Chirripo
Costa Rica, Central America


00029372
BICOLOURED HAWK feeding
Accipiter bicolor
on Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor)
Corcovado NP, Costa Rica


00029320
QUEEN OF SPAIN FRITILLARY
Argynnis lathonia
on foliage, wings closed


00029314
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
checking scent in its territory


00029310
HEDGEHOG yawning
Erinaceus europaeus
Hampshire, southern England


00029297
EUROPEAN OTTER female & young
Lutra lutra
Tamar Otter Trust, Cornwall, England.


00029281
WHITE RHINOCEROS wallowing
Ceratotherium simum
Mkhaya, Swaziland


00029262
AFRICAN LION young exploring
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00029255
AFRICAN LION male
Panthera leo
showing flehmen gesture
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00029235
WILDEBEEST with new born calf (10 minutes old)
Connochaetes taurinus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00029217
BLACK-BACKED JACKAL
Canis mesomelas
defending kill from vultures
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00029200
SECRETARY BIRD
Sagittarius serpentarius
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00029172
MALLARDS males fighting
Anas platyrhynchos
Lee Valley, Essex, England


00029137
TOADS MIGRATORY CROSSING
Road warning sign
Glouchestershire, England


00029136
BIRD'S NEST FUNGUS
Cyathus striatus
Found on wood debris Autumn & winter
Inedible Widespread but uncommon


00029131
HEDGEHOG three young
Erinaceus europaeus
in pine woodland
Ayrshire, south western Scotland


00029127
CHIMPANZEE in water
Pan troglodytes
Conkouati Lagoon, Congo,
western Africa


00029110
MOUNTAIN REEDBUCK
Redunca fulvorufula
pair on rocky hillside Shamwari Game
Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa


00029042
FERRUGINOUS DUCKS
Aythya nyroca
group of five on water Spain


00029034
MOORHEN NEST with eggs
Gallinula chloropus
Martin Mere WWT Reserve,
Lancashire, England


00029031
AFRICAN LION young lying
Panthera leo
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00029028
BLACKBACKED JACKAL young
Canis mesomelas
on carcass Etosha Natl Park, Namibia


00029005
TIMOTHY GRASS
Phleum pratense
close up of seed head


00028993
HOUSEFLY landing on ceiling
Muscus domesticus


00028983
MERINO SHEEP in pen
Otago, South Island, New Zealand


00028928
HADROSAUR REPLICA
Corythosaurus sp.
Calgary Zoo, Alberta,
south western Canada


00028894
TEAL female on water
Anas crecca
showing green speculum


00028889
EUROPEAN POCHARD
Aythya ferina
female on water


00028887
COOT
Fulica atra
(note lobed feet)


00028886
GANNETS three on rock
Sula bassana
Bass Rock, Firth of Forth, Scotland


00028884
LITTLE RINGED PLOVER juvenile
Charadrius dubius


00028873
SUNSET CORAL or YELLOW CORAL (Leptopsammia pruveti) Lundy Island, off SW England CNIDARIA: ANTHOZOA Corals


00028828
BLACKBACKED JACKALS &
SPOTTED HYENAS on zebra carcass
Savuti, Botswana. Note vulture in tree


00028812
WOODLAND CARIBOU
Rangifer tarandus
Caribou bulls in velvet
Alberta, Canada


00028807
SEA OTTER female nursing young
Enhydra lutris
lying on water, Monterey Bay,
California, western USA


00028793
HARVEST MOUSE
Micromys minutus
on ear of barley


00028789
MONTEZUMA OROPENDOLA in tree
Psarocolius montezuma
Costa Rica, Central America


00028784
BABIRUSA female & young
Babyrousa babyrussa
Sulawesi, Indonesia


00028782
SPECTRAL TARSIER
Tarsius spectrum
Tangkoko Dua Saudara National Park,
Sulawesi, Indonesia


00028766
PROTOZOA on crustacean
Spirochona or Helichona


00028756
BLOODY-NOSED BEETLE larva
Timarcha tenebricosa
New Forest, Hampshire, England


00028751
TWO-SPOT LADYBIRD on leaf, with eggs
Adalia bipunctata
July


00028749
ROBBER-FLY head detail
Machimus atricapilla
showing compound eyes Magn. x 6.0


00028726
RING-TAILED LEMUR in spiny forest
Lemur catta
Berenty Reserve, Madagascar
Species endemic to Madagascar


00028703
FLORIDA or SCRUB JAY
Aphelocoma coerulescens
New Mexico, USA December


00028658
POLKA DOT BATFISH juvenile
Ogcocephalus radiatus
Atlantic Ocean, Florida, USA


00028654
CARIBBEAN MANATEE
Trichechus manatus latirostris
Crystal River, Florida, USA


00028653
GREEN TURTLE head detail
Chelonia mydas
Atlantic Ocean, Florida, USA


00028628
DEAD TREES
Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft N.P., Namibia


00028614
ETHIOPIAN WOLF group
Canis simensis
Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia
Critically endangered



00028612
ETHIOPIAN WOLF
Canis simensis
Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia
Critically endangered





00028586
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE
Anser brachyrhynchus


00028559
MARSH HARRIER female by water
Circus aeruginosus
Oman November


00028557
SHOVELER DUCK female on water
Anas clypeata
France February


00028509
PADDY FIELDS growing rice
Sabah Province, Malaysia, Borneo


00028487
ZANZIBAR RED COLOBUS
Procolobus badius kirkii
eating charcoal from burnt tree stumps & branches to detoxify poisons in leafy diet. Zanzibar Island, Tanzania
Endemic, endangered


00028438
DUNES AT SOSSUSVLEI
Namib Desert, Namibia


00028423
LEOPARD leaping
Panthera pardus
Namibia


00028415
HERMIT CRAB
Anomura sp.
Distr. Indian to Pacific Ocean


00028404
LOGGING TRUCK
carrying rainforest trees.
Coast of Borneo, Sabah Province, Malaysia


00028400
LESSER SULPHUR-CRESTED COCKATOO
Cacatua sulphurea
Endangered species.
Indonesia.


00028386
INDIAN ELEPHANT
Elephus maximus
Endangered species


00028365
STINKING IRIS flower
Iris foetidissima
Berwickshire, Scotland June


00028360
FLOWERING CHERRY
Prunus sp.
in full blossom Spring


00028358
INVEREWE GARDENS - the Walled Garden. Created by O. Mackenzie by 1870 (prior to main woodlands). National Trust of Scotland. Wester Ross, Scotland.


00028328
BOA CONSTRICTOR
Boa constrictor
Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru


00028327
BOA CONSTRICTOR
Boa constrictor
Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru


00028323
OLD RUBBER TAPPING SCARS on wild rubber tree
Hevea sp.
(Yavari Valley was an important area during the rubber boom) Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru


00028298
NEWLY DISCOVERED TREEFROG SPECIES
Allophryne sp
Only the second species in the genus, and a new genus for Peru. Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru


00028287
AGUAJE PALM OR BURITI PALM fruits
Mauritia flexuosa
Fruits are important rainforest crop
Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru


00028260
KILLER WHALE or ORCA at surface
Orcinus orca
Bering Sea, off Kamchatka Peninsula,
eastern Russia


00028259
HIGHLAND LANDSCAPE
Aerial view, with villages
south of Tana, Madagascar


00028237
NORWAY MAPLE early spring
Acer platanoides
Sequence, no. 1/3


00028222
HEN HARRIER
Circus cyaneus
head detail


00028207
OYSTERCATCHER
Haematopus ostralegus
with chick


00028196
TEAL female feeding March
Anas crecca
on coastal mudflat
Northumberland, England


00028187
SONG THRUSH at anvil
Turdus philomelos
feeding on garden snail
Berwickshire, Scotland July


00028181
CINNABAR MOTH larvae on Ragwort
Tyria jacobaeae
July. Northumberland, England.



(formerly Callimorpha jacobaeae)


00028171
PURPLE SUNSTAR dead on shore
Solaster endeca
Berwickshire, Scotland September
(Occurs only on Atlantic coast)


00028154
TURF HOUSE
Glaumbaer, Iceland


00028151
BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK
Utah, USA


00028147
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
California pines & reflection
in small pond California, USA


00028146
ACADIA NATIONAL PARK in autumn
Cadillac Mountain (granite)
with huckleberry, in morning light
Maine, USA October


00028119
HEN OF THE WOODS FUNGUS
Polypilus frondosus
on oak tree USA


00028031
WOOD FROG
Rana sylvatica
Michigan, USA


00028009
SWAMP COTTONTAIL RABBIT
Sylvilagus aquaticus
Louisiana, South-eastern USA


00027945
COMMON CRANE walking in snow
Grus grus
Gallocanta Wildlife Refuge, Spain


00027942
LAMMERGEIER hatching sequence
Gypaetus barbatus
1 of 7 Captive breeding centre, Spain
February Endangered species


00027912
GOLDEN or SYRIAN HAMSTER pair
Mesocricetus auratus
wild colour form
Male (right) fending off female (left)


00027880
ICE ROUND ROCKS in river
Lake District National Park,
Cumbria, north western England


00027858
SANDERLING in winter plumage
Calidris alba
running along shoreline
Lincolnshire, England


00027852
YELLOW IRIS fruit & seeds
Iris pseudacorus
(Part of fruit wall removed)


00027848
FENNEL foliage detail
Foeniculum vulgare



00027845
HORSE looking out of stable
with two dogs resting in yard


00027839
ALPINE IBEX male
Capra ibex ibex


00027825
ICE SHAPES near river
Lafnitz River, Styria, Austria


00027774
LARGE WHITE PIG (free range)
standing suckling group of young
Thame, Oxfordshire, England


00027768
BROWN RATS feeding
Rattus norvegicus
on discarded food


00027767
OAK & FIELDS in spring
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England
Seasonal sequence: A 1/4


00027766
OAK & FIELDS in summer
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England
September Seasonal sequence: A 2/4.


00027762
EWE & TWIN LAMBS
Goosehill Farm, Buckinghamshire,
England April


00027755
LARGE WHITE PIGS sow & piglets in sty
Thame, Oxfordshire, England June


00027747
GARLIC bulbs in plait


00027740
GOLDEN RETRIEVER resting


00027682
INDO-CHINESE TIGER
Panthera tigris corbetti
amongst undergrowth


00027663
AMERICAN MARTEN
Martes americana
on branch of Cedar
Montana, north western USA


00027662
MISTLETOE
Viscum album
Ariege, south western France


00027658
GINKGO or MAIDENHAIR TREE
Ginkgo biloba
Foliage detail England Deciduous


00027647
BLUE TIT
Parus caeruleus
on conifer in snow


00027646
GREAT TIT and blossom
Parus major
Pyrenees, France


00027588
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE
Caretta caretta
at water surface


00027545
BLEACHED EARLESS LIZARD
Holbrookia maculata ruthveni
1 of 3 sequence showing it emerging
from sand White Sands NP, New Mexico


00027507
GOLDENEYE DUCKS mating
Bucephala clangula
Sussex, southern England


00027468
BLACK GROUSE
Tetrao tetrix
male displaying at lek
Northumberland, England.


00027451
BLACK GROUSE
Tetrao tetrix
displaying at lek Northumberland, UK


00027380
CHEETAH cub stretching
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya


00027370
CHEETAH on bonnet of safari vehicle
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya


00027368
CHEETAH on top of safari vehicle
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya


00027357
CHEETAH cub stretching
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya


00027353
CHEETAH male stalking prey
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya


00027346
CHEETAH cubs with thomson gazelle fawn
Acinonyx jubatus
caught by mother
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya


00027317
CHEETAH cub learning to stalk
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya


00027310
CHEETAH running
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya


00030559
GREEN ANACONDA
Eunectes murinus
carried by 2 men showing enormous size.
South America.


00030555
9-BANDED or LONG-NOSED ARMADILLO
Dasypus novemcinctus
pair foraging for food. South America.



00030534
CHAFFINCH female on branch
Fringilla coelebs
Midlands, England March


00030531
ASIAN WHITE-BACKED VULTURE
Gyps bengalensis
on ground India
AKA WHITE-RUMPED VULTURE


00030506
SNOW GOOSE in flight
Anser caerulescens
New Mexico, USA


00030499
HARE COURSING two greyhounds
in pursuit of brown hare, with line of
spectators, Norfolk February


00030486
COLUMBIA GLACIER at sunset
Chugach Mountains, Alaska, USA


00030460
BRAZILIAN TAPIR in water
Tapirus terrestris


00030439
PARASITIC FLY
Alophora hemiptera
anterior view showing labium
& compound eye


00030411
TRITON TRUMPET SHELL
Charonia tritonis
Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific Ocean


00030410
NANUKU ISLAND (Coral island)
Beqa, Fiji, South Pacific


00030395
WATTLED CRANE male displaying
Grus carunculata
to female Okavango, Botswana,
southern Africa Endangered species


00030297
GERBERA or AFRICAN DAISY
Gerbera jamesonii


00030288
WHEAT ripening heads
Triticum aestivum
Sussex, UK


00030267
BROWN RAT in sewer pipe
Rattus norvegicus


00030260
ORB WEB covered with dew drops
strung between Marsh Thistles Autumn
Secret Life of a Garden bookplate



00030228
ORANGE-TIP BUTTERFLY
Anthocharis cardamines
male, on flower, wings closed


00030186
DESERT LOCUST male
Schistocerca gregaria
solitary phase


00030178
COMMON WASPS
Vespa vulgaris
Feeding on chicken bone


00030140
YELLOW-TAIL MOTH
Euproctis similis


00030098
BARREN GROUND CARIBOU male
Rangifer tarandus
Porcupine herd. Alaska, USA & Yukon, Canada


00030072
COLLECTING SCORPION VENOM
for production of anti-serum
Institute for Medical Research, RSA


00030070
ASSASSIN BUG eating caterpillar
Fam. Reduviidae
Transvaal, South Africa


00030059
ELEGANT GRASSHOPPER
Zonocarus elegans


00030038
MOLES, caught and hung on fence
Talpa europaea
Upper Teesdale, County Durham, UK


00030033
STRAW-NECKED IBIS
Threskiornis spinicollis
walking on grass
Lily Lagoon, Kununurra, Australia


00029978
AVOCADO with fruits
Persea americana


00029936
KIMBERLEY REGION
Western Australia
Spinifex-covered range


00029901
YELLOW & RED TULIPS
Tulipa sp.
Low viewpoint
Breckland, Norfolk, UK April


00029890
PEBBLES ON SHORE
Cape Point Nature Reserve,
South Africa March


00029874
EUROPEAN RED FOX standing
Vulpes vulpes
in snow Canton of Zurich,
Switzerland December


00029841
ARMY ANTS on migration march
Eciton sp.
Costa Rica, Central America


00029830
TREE OF HEAVEN showing seed pods
Ailanthus altissima
Native to China


00029826
SILVER BIRCH sapling
Betula pendula
Exmoor National Park, Somerset,
England Spring


00029813
CRESTED PORCUPINE with young
Hystrix cristata
Europe & North Africa


00029796
SUNRISE above fog
Styria, Austria


00029795
CORAL SNAKE
Micrurus coralinus
Curitiba, Parana, Brazil


00029777
GREATER HORSESHOE BAT
Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
leaving cave. Central France


00029762
INDIAN WILD ASSES
Equus hemionus khur
females feeding India


00029746
NILE CROCODILES in river
Crocodylus niloticus
with Burchell's zebra herd behind Gru-
meti River, Serengeti Nat Pk, Tanzania


00029729
CHEETAH family
Acinonyx jubatus
Female with 9 month old cubs
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00029684
GRASS SNAKE contorted, feigning dead
Natrix natrix helvetica


00029667
BALLOON PLANT or DUCK PEA in flower
Sutherlandia frutescens
Used in the treatment of HIV/AIDS
symptoms West Coast Reserve >>


00029665
ASSASSIN BUG
displaying on flower of Lantana
Florida, south eastern USA


00029659
OWL BUTTERFLY caterpillar
Caligo sp.
covered with sharp spines
Rainforest, Costa Rica, South America


00029653
BARK or GRIZZLED MANTIS
Gonatista grisea
demonstrating amazing camouflage
Florida, USA


00029624
COLOMBIAN PURPLE BLOOM
TARANTULA Xenesthis immanis
found in moist forested areas of Colombia


00029618
WASP MOTH or CTENUCHID
(black) shown with actual wasp to
demonstrate effectiveness of
Batesian mimicry


00029586
CANAL ZONE TREE FROG
Hyla rufitela
ranges from Nicaragua &
Costa Rica south to Colombia


00029585
SUWANNEE RIVER
a view from the embankment
at 'Five Holes' in north Florida


00029571
BASKING SHARK at water surface
Cetorhinus maximus or Selache maxima
Irish Western coast


00029551
BROMELIADS on Frangipani tree
Grenada, West Indies
Frangipani is Plumeria rubr


00029518
COLLARED ANTEATER in tree fork
Tamandua tetradi
Pantanal, Mato Grosso,
southern Brazil, South America


00029505
THE BREAD KNIFE volcanic plug
& other remnants Warrumbungle
Natl Park, New South Wales, Australia


00029503
WOMA PYTHON on sand
Aspidites ramsayi
Arid regions, Australia
Large ground python


00029485
ROYAL PENGUIN
Eudyptes schlegeli
Macquarie Island, sub-Antarctic Australia
Endemic


00029472
GREEN TURTLE
Chelonia mydas
hatchling swimming out to sea
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean


00029469
GREEN TURTLE
Chelonia mydas
tracks returning to sea
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean


00029461
SOOTY TERN chick
Sterna fuscata
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean


00029453
WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD
Phaethon lepturus
nesting on the mainland for the first time
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean


00029452
WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD
Phaethon lepturus
nesting on the mainland for the first time
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean


00029413
RED SQUIRREL
Sciurus vulgaris


00029390
BADGER
Meles meles
foraging in beech woodland


00029317
BADGER eating fungi
Meles meles


00029293
PEREGRINE FALCON
Falco peregrinus
on stump of dead branch
Gloucestershire, West Midlands, UK


00029258
AFRICAN LIONESS carrying young
Panthera leo
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00029247
IMPALA herd at sunset
Aepyceros melampus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00029228
MASAI GIRAFFE feeding
Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi
Masai Mara NR, Kenya


00029227
MASAI GIRAFFE feeding
Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi
Masai Mara NR, Kenya


00029218
BLACK-BACKED JACKAL
Canis mesomelas
defending kill from vultures
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00029203
SPOTTED HYENA young outside den
Crocuta crocuta
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya



00029194
CETTI'S WARBLER
Cettia cetti
Island of Lesbos, Greece, May


00029190
RED SQUIRREL on branch of tree
Sciurus vulgaris
Freshfield Squirrel Reserve, Merseyside,
north western England March


00029165
GREAT KNOT
Calidris tenuirostris
Siberia


00029156
BLACK KORHAAN
Eupodotis afra
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00029130
CLEANER WRASSE
Labroides sp. on
Pomacanthus semicirculatus


00029111
MOUNTAIN REEDBUCK
Redunca fulvorufula
Shamwari Game Reserve,
Eastern Cape, South Africa


00029076
DESERT AND PLANE
Scenic flight
Namib Desert, Namibia, Southern Africa


00029066
HERMIT CRAB & ANEMONE
Eupagurus bernhardus &
Calliactis parasitica


00029053
HYDROID or SEA FIR growing on kelp
Obelia geniculata
North Sea, Todhead, Scotland
Kelp is Laminaria hyperborea


00029052
PURPLE BASE ANEMONE open
Heteractis magnifica
Indian ocaen, Ari Atoll, Maldives


00029050
DATE MUSSEL in Coral
Lithophaga sp. in Porites sp.
Gulf of Aqaba, Egypt


00029047
COMMON GOLDFISH
Carassius auratus
in polythene bag


00029040
AFRICAN LION cub, standing
Panthera leo
Kalahari Gemsbok Natl Park,
South Africa


00029029
SPOTTED HYENAS group feeding
Crocuta crocuta
on carcass Etosha Natl Park, Namibia


00029016
SWALLOWTAILED BEE-EATER perched
Merops hirundineus
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00029011
AFRICAN WHITEBACKED VULTURE
Gyps africanus
on ground
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00029004
TIMOTHY GRASS
Phleum pratense
close up of seed head


00028968
GREEN APHID or GREENFLY
on bramble leaf


00028935
NORTHERN FUR SEAL carcasses
laid out after cull, some skinned
Saint Paul Island, Pribilof Islands,
Alaska, USA >>


00028925
DINOSAUR REPLICA Herbivorous
Stegosaurus sp.
Up to 25 feet long Calgary Zoo,
Alberta, south western Canada


00028898
HONEY BUZZARD
Pernis apivorus
in flight


00028890
SHELDUCK standing in shallows
Tadorna tadorna


00028881
SEA ANEMONES (Edwardsia carnea) protected by crack in rock Eyemouth, Berwickshire, North Sea coast of south eastern Scotland CNIDARIA: ANTHOZOA


00028848
GREATER HORSESHOE BAT in flight
Rhinolophus ferrum-equinum
about to catch moth prey


00028840
REEF SQUID
Sepioteuthis lessoniana
Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific


00028822
GIANT GIPPSLAND EARTHWORM
Megascolides australis
Gippsland, Victoria, Australia World's
longest at up to 3m Rare & endangered


00028809
EL CAPITAN on winter morning
Yosemite National Park, California, USA.


00028803
MAPLE LEAVES (fallen)
in autumn colours
Luce County, Michigan, USA


00028797
BORAGE Borago officinalis
in flower in roadside verge
Rethymon, Island of Crete,
Mediterranean April


00028790
SUNBITTERNS on branch of tree
Eurypyga helias
Costa Rica, Central America


00028755
AMBER SNAIL on fern
Succinea hutris
Life size


00028699
CUT THROAT FINCH on rock
Amadina fasciata


00028694
WHITE CROWNED BLACK WHEATEAR
Oenanthe leucopyga


00028682
JAPANESE MACAQUE front paw,
Macaca fuscata
close-up Japan


00028674
CARIBBEAN REEF OCTOPUS
Octopus briareus
Atlantic Ocean, Florida, USA


00028669
LONGSNOUT SEAHORSE
Hippocampus reidi
Atlantic Ocean, Florida, USA


00028642
TIGER SHARK eating bait
Galeocerdo cuvier
Atlantic Ocean, Bahamas, Caribbean


00028634
MARBLED WHITE BUTTERFLY
Melanargia galathea
on inflorescence, wings closed
Meissen, Germany


00028589
GOLDEN RETRIEVER
running in water with dummy in mouth


00028585
RED-NECKED GREBE
Podiceps grisegna
Canada July


00028583
DUNLIN on grass May
Calidris alpina
North Uist, Scotland


00028515
WOMEN MAKING DUNGCAKE FUEL
(straw and cattle/buffalo dung)
which is dried in the sun
Rathambore National Park, Rajastan, India


00028511
RAINFOREST canopy
Borneo


00028489
ZANZIBAR RED COLOBUS
Procolobus badius kirkii
female with young. Zanzibar Island, Tanzania. Endemic. Endangered.


00028475
CRICKET
Species unknown
Dzanga-Ndoki National Park,
Central Africa


00028466
WILD FLOWER
Osteospermum oppositifolium
Family: Asteraceae
Namaqualand, South Africa


00028460
WORM in apple


00028447
BLACK-HEADED GULL on statue
Larus ridibundus


00028394
SAMBAR DEER
Cervus unicolor
With Rufous Tree-pie on its neck.
Ranthambore National Park, Rajastan, India.


00028387
INDIAN ELEPHANT Domestic,
Elephus maximus
with Mahouts Thai Elephant Conservation Centre,
Chang Mai, Northern Thailand



00028379
WHITE-HANDED GIBBON
Hylobates lar
walking upright along branch.


00028374
CUCKOO PINT or LORDS-AND-LADIES
Arum maculatum
Berwickshire, Scotland May


00028352
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
mother trying to help calf up steep bank
Addo Elephant National Park, RSA


00028310
QUEEN LEAF-CUTTER ANTS fried
Atta sp.
Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru


00028309
ELECTRIC EEL
Electrophorus electricus
Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru


00028305
IRRIDESCENT GREEN SCARAB
OR DUNG BEETLE
Scarabidae
Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru


00028303
CLELIA SNAKE constricting a rice rat
Clelia clelia
Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru


00028292
MARINE OR CANE TOAD
Bufo Marinus
Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru


00028283
HOATZIN chick
Opisthocomus hoazin
showing specially adapted claw. Amazon rainforest, Peru.


00028269
MOORHEN bathing
Gallinula chloropus


00028234
PRIMROSE in flower
Primula vulgaris


00028229
BLACK-THROATED DIVER or
ARCTIC LOON (moulting)
Gavia arctica
on water


00028198
BARNACLE GEESE group in flight
Branta leucopsis
Islay, Scotland


00028197
GREY PLOVER on coast
Pluvialis squatarola
Northumberland, England March


00028177
OAK SPANGLE GALL on oak leaf
(underside) caused by gall wasp
Neuroterus quercus baccarum
Northumberland, England August


00028161
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE at nest
Rissa tridactyla
with chicks. Arnarstapi, Iceland July


00028142
RED MOUNTAIN & Quaking Aspens
Populus tremuloides
Uncompahgre National Forest,
Colorado, USA Autumn


00028137
QUAKING ASPENS in autumn colours
Populus tremuloides.
& spruce, near Telluride Uncompahgre
National Forest, Colorado, USA


00028109
RETICULATED GIRAFFE head detail
Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata
Samburu National Reserve,
Kenya, eastern Africa


00028105
EASTERN CHANTING GOSHAWK
Melierax poliopterus
on branch Samburu National Reserve,
Kenya, eastern Africa


00028096
DOUM PALMS on savanna
Hyphaene coriacea
Samburu National Reserve,
Kenya, eastern Africa


00028075
VICUNA Endangered species
Vicugna vicugna
Aguada Blanca Reserve,
southern Peru, South America


00028065
GREAT GREY OWL in flight
Strix nebulosa
over snow Oulu, Finland


00028055
BLACK GROUSE/CAPERCAILLIE hybrid
Finland


00028045
EURASIAN BROWN BEARS
Ursus arctos arctos
female & two large cubs Finland


00027992
SNOW GEESE in flight, in V-formation
Anser caerulescens
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife
Reserve, New Mexico, USA


00027985
PUFFIN on rock shelf
Fratercula arctica
Iceland July


00027980
FIORDLAND CRESTED PENGUIN
Eudyptes pachyrhynchus
New Zealand


00027977
AUSTRALASIAN GANNET in flight
Sula serrator
with nesting material Cape Kidnappers,
North Island, New Zealand


00027960
CATTLE EGRET in breeding plumage
Bubulcus ibis
perched in tree July
Huesca, Spain


00027953
LITTLE EGRETS fishing
Egretta garzetta
Huesca, Spain September


00027950
WHITE STORK July
Ciconia ciconia
at water's edge with cattle egret
Lleida, Spain


00027888
DUSKY PYGMY RATTLESNAKE
Sistrurus miliarius barbouri
Found Florida and South Georgia, USA


00027833
GRASS-LEAVED RAMPION flower
Phyteuma hemisphaericum
Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria


00027772
NETHERLAND DWARF RABBIT
two-three weeks old, on log


00027764
OAK & FIELDS in winter
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England
December Seasonal sequence: A 4/4


00027743
WEST HIGHLAND TERRIER


00027726
DUCKWEED covering pond
Lemna minor
Canton of Zurich, Switzerland October


00027626
COMMON POPPY or FIELD POPPY
Papaver rhoeas
in flower


00027552
TEA PLANTATION
Camellia sinensis
Cameron Highlands, Malaysia


00027543
BLEACHED EARLESS LIZARD
Holbrookia maculata ruthveni
3 of 3 of a sequence showing it emerging
from sand White Sands NP, New Mexico


00027515
BREAKING WAVES & ROCKY SHORE
Volcanic rock of Island of Kaua'i,
Hawaii


00027513
BRISTLE-THIGHED CURLEW singing
Numenius tahitiensis
Midway Island, Pacific Ocean


00027510
LAYSAN ALBATROSS chick
Diomedea immutabilis
Midway Islands, Pacific Ocean


00027493
BROMELIAD on wire


00027478
SUNSET with silhouetted trees in water
(killled by drowning of roots)
Matusadona National Park, Zimbabwe


00027475
AFRICAN BUFFALO herd, aerial view
Syncerus caffer
running through shallows on Okavango
Delta, Botswana, southern Africa


00027438
OYSTERCATCHER perched on rock
Haematopus ostralegus
Netherlands.


00027390
CHEETAH male with rainbow
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya


00027382
CHEETAH family in thunderstorm
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya


00027371
CHEETAH cubs playing
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya


00027367
CHEETAH tourist with cub on safari vehicle
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya



00027328
CHEETAH female and cub in late evening light
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya


00027327
CHEETAH female and cub in late evening light
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya


00027293
BARN OWL in flight
Tyto alba
Wiltshire, UK


00027284
GECKO Gehyra oceana
front foot detail, seen on glass
South East Asia & Pacific


00027278
BLUE-RINGED OCTOPUS
Hapalochlaena maculosa
Bite can cause paralysis in human in
15 min owing to neurotoxin in saliva


00027272
ARABIAN ORYX pair at San Diego Zoo
Oryx leucoryx
Herd used as breeding pool for
return to the wild, California, USA


00027267
BRITISH LOP TAIL PIG
close-up of tail


00027242
CHEETAH cub in tree
Acinonyx jubatus
Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya


00027239
MONTEZUMA OROPENDOLA nests
Psarocolius montezuma
Tortuguero National Park,
Costa Rica, Central America


00027217
OCELOT walking
Felis pardalis
Costa Rica Captive animal


00027212
MAPLE & OAK WOODLAND IN AUTUMN
Abruzzo National Park Italy


00027202
LEAF-CUTTER ANTS silhouetted,
(Sp. unknown)
carrying leaves Braulio Carrillo Natl Pk,
Costa Rica, Central America


00027194
COMMON or GREEN IGUANA young,
Iguana iguana
head detail Corcovado National Park,
Costa Rica, Central America


00027188
OLIVE RIDLEY TURTLE laying eggs
Lepidochelys olivacea
Ostional, Costa Rica, Central America
Black vultures in the background


00027187
OLIVE RIDLEY TURTLE laying eggs
Lepidochelys olivacea
Ostional, Costa Rica, Central America
Black vultures in the background


00027166
LEOPARD resting in tree
Panthera pardus
Buffalo Springs National Reserve, Kenya, eastern Africa.




00027127
MUTE SWAN flock on water
Cygnus olor
Abbotsbury Swannery, Dorset, England


00027121
BLACKNECK SPITTING COBRA
Naja nigricollis
head & hood detail Africa


00027120
FLAX FIELD & Sweet Chestnut tree
Linum sp.
Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England


00027098
HANDA ISLAND northern cliffs
off Sutherland, Highland Region,
north western Scotland


00027097
LAMMERGEIER immature, holding hoof
Gypaetus barbatus
Alta Ribagorca, Lleida
Pyrenees, Spain December


00027093
SULAWESI CRESTED MACAQUES
or BLACK MACAQUES
Macaca nigra
Sulawesi, Indonesia.


00027085
CRACKED PAN
Namib Desert, Namibia


00027081
FROSTED STINGING NETTLE


00027061
SOUTHERN AESHNA or
HAWKER DRAGONFLY laying eggs
Aeshna cyanea


00029908
PHEASANT'S EYE flowers
Adonis annua
Bedfordshire, England
Rare arable weed


00029897
ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIELS
Three working liver & white,
posing in meadow
Chilterns, Buckinghamshire, UK


00029872
EUROPEAN RED FOX young at earth
Vulpes vulpes
May Canton of Zurich, Switzerland


00029861
MOUSE-EARED BATS hibernating
Myotis myotis
in cave Switzerland January


00029858
MALLARD diving for food
Anas platyrhynchos
Thurgau, Switzerland December
Sequence of pictures No. 1/3.


00029846
MOLEHILLS in garden lawn
Talpa europaea


00029845
RAT FLEA taking human blood
Xenopsylla cheopsis
Vector of bubonic plague


00029834
SILVER WATTLE showing flowers
Acacia dealbata


00029803
DILL foliage and inflorescence
Anethum graveolens


00029785
PAMPAS FOX or AZARA'S FOX
Dusicyon gymnocercus
resting
Valdes Peninsula, Argentina


00029779
GRIFFON VULTURE group on outcrop
Gyps fulvus
Pyrenees Mountains, Spain


00029760
BALER SHELL Great Barrier Reef
Australia Believed to feed on clams &
other molluscs Ploughs deep into sand
Shell used for baling


00029756
SMALL TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY
Aglais urticae
hibernating England


00029735
AFRICAN LIONESS
Panthera leo
female with playful cubs


00029727
LEOPARD cub
Panthera pardus
6 month old cub ('Beauty') resting in tree
Ngorbop Lugga, Masai Mara N.R, Kenya


00029698
GOLDEN or SYRIAN HAMSTER young
Mesocricetus auratus
Newborn with plastic teaspoon for scale


00029686
GREY SQUIRREL young from fallen drey
Sciurus carolinensis
About 14 days old with fleas
March Norfolk, UK


00029669
SANDERLING juvenile
Calidris alba
on beach at low tide Autumn


00029668
MARJORAM in flower
Origanum vulgare
Culinary herb


00029650
AMERICAN GROUND JUMPING SPIDER
Habronattus americanus
male. Northern California, USA


00029637
ANT-MIMIC JUMPING SPIDER
Tutelina sp.
eating an ant, a behaviour rarely
documented South Carolina, USA


00029633
GREEN LYNX SPIDER
Peucetia viridans
male signalling to female in
courtship display Florida, USA


00029628
GOOTY ORNAMENTAL TARANTULA
Poecilotheria metallica
juvenile From SW India


00029611
SPECTACULAR SPOTTED KATYDID
Vestria punctata
close-up of face
Lowland rainforests of Costa Rica


00029593
BANANA
close-up of flower


00029578
SPECKLED RACER
Drymobius margaritiferus
ranges from Texas to Colombia


00029556
HEDGEHOG eating slug prey
Erinaceus europaeus
September Brittany, NW France


00029531
AMERICAN MINK on ice
Mustela vison
North America


00029462
SOOTY TERN
Sterna fuscata
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean


00029459
SOOTY TERNS in flight
Sterna fuscata
Ascension Island, Atlantic Ocean


00029456
FAIRY TERNS
Gygis alba
three perched on a branch
Green Mountain, Ascension Island


00029441
FERN Endemic
Marattia purpurascens
Green Mountian, Ascension Island


00029420
PRAIRIE RATTLESNAKE
Crotalus viridis viridis
New Mexico, south western USA


00029409
MOUNTAIN HARE or ARCTIC HARE
Lepus timidus
in summer coat, sitting


00029393
EUROPEAN RED FOX sitting
Vulpes vulpes


00029379
QUETZAL
Pharomachrus mocinno
male eating an avocado fruit
Cloudforest, Monteverde, Costa Rica


00029376
BLACK-THROATED TROGON
Trogon rufus
male perched on branch
Monteverde Cloudforest, Costa Rica


00029366
COLLARED PECCARY feeding
Tayassu tajacu
on fallen fruit Braulio,
Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica


00029365
COLLARED PECCARY feeding
Tayassu tajacu
on fallen fruit Braulio,
Carrillo National Park, Costa Rica


00029363
WHITE-FACED MONKEY
Cebus capucinus
leaping through trees
Manuel Antonio NP Costa Rica


00029360
LEAF-CUTTER ANTS cutting leaf
Cahuita NP, Costa Rica


00029345
LIGHT-MANTLED SOOTY ALBATROSS
Phoebetria palpebrata
adult with young in nest, southern
oceans from New Zealand to Antarctic


00029340
SUGAR GLIDER family in nesthole
Petaurus breviceps
Australian eucalypt forests


00029322
LOWER YOSEMITE FALLS Winter
Sierra Nevada Mountains, Yosemite Natl
Pk, south eastern California, western USA
An example of a hanging valley


00029295
MOUNTAIN HARE
Lepus timidus
Intermediate phase, in heather
Cairngorms, Grampian, Scotland


00029287
BENGAL TIGER
Panthera tigris tigris
charging through water of lake


00029242
HIPPOPOTAMUS female and young
Hippopotamus amphibius
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00029231
SPOTTED HYENA mating
Crocuta crocuta
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya



00029209
SUNSET
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya


00029162
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra
swimming on its back
Otter Trust, Norfolk, East Anglia, UK


00029160
ARCTIC SKUA in flight
Stercorarius parasiticus
Handa Island, Scotland


00029142
DAWN CLOUDS
Bosque del Apache Nat'l Wildlife Reserve,
New Mexico,USA


00029107
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
male Central Africa


00029068
SWARM OF SANDFLIES


00029037
NORTHERN PINTAIL male on water
Anas acuta
in breeding plumage
Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK


00029022
SPRINGBOK young
Antidorcas marsupialis
Etosha National Park, Namibia


00028987
CRAB SPIDER female
Diaea dorsata
(Thomisidae)


00028974
MUSCID FLY feeding
Muscidae


00028904
MARSH HARRIER
Circus aeruginosus
perched on log


00028902
BONELLI'S EAGLE adult
Hieraaetus fasciatus


00028882
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE juvenile
Anser albifrons
UK


00028858
OAK LEAVES fallen in autumn


00028852
JUMPING SPIDER with fly prey
Plexippus paykulli
Mediterranean


00028844
HUMPBACK WHALE
Megaptera novaeangliae
at surface, ventral view from above
Moorea, French Polynesia, south Pacific


00028838
GIANT REEF CLAM siphon
Tridacna maxima
Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific


00028836
BLACK GROUSE female
Tetrao tetrix
Norway


00028816
WESTERN DIAMONDBACK
RATTLESNAKE rattle detail
Crotalus atrox
Ogden, Utah, USA


00028740
CELLAR or DADDY-LONG-LEGS SPIDER
Pholcus phalangioides
with prey. UK . September. Magn. x 1.0


00028687
LONGHORN COW
face detail, in meadow


00028686
JAPANESE MACAQUES grooming
Macaca fuscata
Japan


00028684
JAPANESE MACAQUES in hot spring
Macaca fuscata
Japan Winter


00028676
DIVER & WRECK
Florida, USA


00028650
GREAT HAMMERHEAD
Sphyrna mokarran
Atlantic Ocean, Bahamas, Caribbean


00028636
STELLER or NORTHERN SEALION
Eumetopias jubatus
Kayak Island, Alaska, USA


00028564
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER
Dendrocopos major
female at nest hole Wales


00028562
KENTISH PLOVER male
by water. Winter. Greece.
Charadrius alexandrinus


00028506
ASIAN TAPIR
Tapirus indicus
Vulnerable species
South East Asia


00028484
ZANZIBAR RED COLOBUS
Procolobus badius kirkii
in mutual grooming
Zanzibar Island, Tanzania.
Endemic, endangered


00028482
ZANZIBAR RED COLOBUS
Procolobus badius kirkii
leaping between trees
Zanzibar Island, Tanzania
Endemic, endangered


00028458
GREAT BUSTARD
Otis tarda


00028445
KENTISH PLOVER
Charadrius alexandrinus
pair on ground


00028439
BARASINGHA or SWAMP DEER
with DRONGO
Cervus duvaucelii & Dicrurus sp.
Kanha National Park, India


00028429
EGYPTIAN GOOSE
Alopochen aegyptiacus
on water with group of young


00028421
WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Project Protection des Gorilles, Gabon &
Congo Orphans reintroduced to the wild


00028406
RAINFOREST LOGGING
Borneo, Sabah Province, Malaysia


00028375
BORAGE in flower July
Borago officinalis
Berwickshire, Scotland


00028366
MARSH HELLEBORINE flowers
Epipactis palustris
Northumberland, England July


00028361
OAK TREE IN SPRING
Allier Region, France


00028359
BALKAN WALL LIZARD
Podarcis taurica
Southern form Island of
Zakynthos, Greece


00028357
PERIPATUS OR VELVET WORM
Oroperipatus wayrauchi
Amazon Rainforest, Peru


00028341
POLKADOT TREE FROG
Hyla punctata
Amazon rainforest, Peru


00028337
POISON DART FROG Newly Discovered
Epipedobates sp.
Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru


00028297
MEALY PARROT or MEALY AMAZON PARROT
Amazona farinosa
(CA)



00028296
RED UAKARI MONKEY
Cacajao calvus ucayalii
juvenile male


00028293
MARINE OR CANE TOAD
Bufo Marinus
Amazonian Rainforest, Yavari Valley, Loreto, Peru


00028285
HOATZIN chick
Opisthocomus hoazin
climbing out of water to escape predator. Amazon rainforest, Peru


00028262
BLACK GROUSE male
Tetrao tetrix


00028256
CALIFORNIA DESERT TORTOISE
Gopherus agassizii
near to Barstow, western Mojave
Desert, California, western USA


00028249
CALIFORNIA TOAD April
Bufo halophilus
on mossy bank near Geyserville,
northern California, western USA


00028241
SYCAMORE leaf in autumn
Acer pseudoplatanus


00028213
BLACK GROUSE male
Tetrao tetrix
on lying snow


00028211
OSPREY feeding chicks
Pandion haliaetus
Scotland


00028162
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE at nest
Rissa tridactyla
with chick Arnarstapi, Iceland July


00028117
PICTOGRAPHS
Newspaper Rock, Utah, USA


00028113
MAGENTA SANDSTONE
Utah, USA


00028104
VULTURINE GUINEAFOWL head detail
Acryllium vulturinum
Samburu National Reserve,
Kenya, eastern Africa


00028101
BLACK-FACED SANDGROUSE
Pterocles decoratus
Samburu National Reserve,
Kenya, eastern Africa


00028099
NILE CROCODILE sunbathing,
Crocodylus niloticus
head detail Samburu National Reserve,
Kenya, eastern Africa


00028084
ASIATIC LION two female
Panthera leo persica
Gir Forest, India Endangered Sp


00028050
BLACK-THROATED DIVER displaying
Gavia arctica
Finland


00028044
EUROPEAN RED FOX on snow,
Vulpes vulpes
head detail Finland
Controlled situation


00028032
AUTUMN FOREST COLOURS
October, Michigan, USA


00028030
WOOD FROG on leaflitter
Rana sylvatica
Michigan, northern USA


00028027
SUGAR MAPLE
Acer saccharum
foliage in autumn colours


00028017
PIKA amongst rocks at tree line
Ochotona sp.
Colorado, mid-western USA


00028003
CABBAGE TREE & Phormium
Cordyline australis
New Zealand


00027973
ORANGUTAN
Pongo pygmaeus
Indonesia


00027944
GREATER FLAMINGO flock
Phoenicopterus ruber
December.
Ebro Delta Natural Park, Spain.


00027902
HUMBOLDT'S PENGUIN
Spheniscus humboldti
(in captivity)


00027894
COMMON BROOMRAPE
Orobanche minor
group in flower


00027886
SEAWEED on rocky shore
Loch Torridon, Wester Ross,
north western Scotland


00027884
GOLDEN VALLEY
Late summer
Herefordshire,
West Midlands of England


00027874
WISTERIA on cottage wall
Wisteria sinensis
Devon, England


00027861
PYGMY OWL hunting
Glaucidium passerinum
having dropped onto rodent beneath the snow.
Kussamo, Finland


00027850
GLASS CATFISH
Kryptopterus bicirrhis


00027781
HOLLY bearing ripe berries
Ilex aquifolium
& with snow on foliage


00027777
SHEEP & TWO LAMBS
Goosehill Farm, Buckinghamshire,
southern England, April


00027733
DOTTEREL
Eudromias morinellus
Northern Norway


00027713
PSEUDOSCORPION
living in the dead wood of a fallen tree
Venezuela


00027698
HORNED VIPER
Cerastes cereastes
mouth open ready to strike Sahara


00027674
GUIANAN SAKI
Pithecia pithecia
chewing small branch in tree
NE South America


00027670
COMMON QUAILS Poland
Coturnix coturnix


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