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00037560
CARRAGEEN or IRISH MOSS
Chondrus crispus
fronds exposed at low tide

00037559
BILBERRY
Vaccinium myrtillus
cluster of ripe fruits

00037558
BILBERRY growing on fallen pine
Vaccinium myrtillus

00037557
THE FORTINGALL YEW
Taxus baccata
Perthshire, Scotland.

00037556
COMMON ROCK-ROSE in flower
Heliathemum nummularium

00037555
SEA CAMPION
Silene maritima
in flower on rock

00037554
LIVERWORT
Pellia epiphylla

00037553
SMALL HEATH BUTTERFLY
Coenonympha pamphila
on red clover, wings closed.

00037552
SONG THRUSH at anvil
Turdus philomelos
feeding on garden snail
Berwickshire, Scotland, July

00037551
SPIRAL WRACK
Fucus spiralis
Isle of Skye, Scotland. August.

00037550
MEADOWSWEET in flower
Filipendula ulmaria
Stirlingshire, Scotland. July.

00037549
GREEN ANACONDA
Eunectes murinus
Los Llanos, Venezuela.

00037548
BAY-HEADED TANAGER
Tangara gyrola gyrola
Henri Pittier National Park, Venezuela.

00037547
BLACK CAIMAN
Melanosuchus niger
Iwokrama forest reserve, Guyana.

00037546
BLACK SKIMMERS
Rynchops niger
Los Llanos, Venezuela.

00037545
BLACK-COLLARED HAWK
Busarellus nigricollis
Los Llanos, Venezuela.

00037544
BLACK CAIMAN close-up
Melanosuchus niger
Iwokrama forest reserve, Guyana.

00037543
BLUE-GREY TANAGER feather
Thraupis episcopus
on forest floor.
Iwokrama forest reserve, Guyana.

00037542
GREATER FLAMINGO flock
Pheonicopterus ruber
Morrocoy National Park, Venezuela.

00037541
GREATER FLAMINGO flock
Pheonicopterus ruber
Morrocoy National Park, Venezuela.

00037540
GREATER FLAMINGOS
Pheonicopterus ruber
Morrocoy National Park, Venezuela.

00037539
GREATER FLAMINGOS taking off
Pheonicopterus ruber
Morrocoy National Park, Venezuela.

00037538
FOOTHILL SCREECH OWL
Otus roraimae roraimae
Henri Pittier National Park, Venezuela.

00037537
GREEN HONEYCREEPER female
Chlorophanes spiza subtropicallis
Henri Pittier National Park, Venezuela.

00037536
GREEN HONEYCREEPER male
Chlorophanes spiza subtropicallis
Henri Pittier National Park, Venezuela.

00037535
PRIMARY RAINFOREST
viewed from turtle mountain.
Iwokrama Forest reserve, Guyana.

00037534
RED HOWLER climbing tree
Aloutta seniculus
Henri Pittier National Park, Venezuela.

00037533
ROSEATE SPOONBILLS, SCARLET IBISES
and SNOWY EGRETS
Ajaia ajaja, eudocimus ruber & egretta thula
Los Llanos, Venezuela.

00037532
SCARLET IBIS in flight
Eudocimus ruber
Morrocoy National Park, Venezuela.

00037531
SCARLET IBIS group silhouetted
Eudocimus ruber
Morrocoy National Park, Venezuela.

00037530
JABIRU STORK
Jabiru mycteria
Los Llanos, Venezuela.

00037529
KING VULTURE
Sarcaramphus papa
Barinas, Venezuela.

00037528
LESSER KISKADEE
Pitangus lictor
Barinas, Venezuela

00037527
LOS LLANOS SUNSET
Los Llanos, Venezuela.

00037526
ORANGE-BELLIED EUPHONIA male
Euphonia xanthogaster
Henri Pittier National Park, Venezuela

00037525
RUSSET-BACKED OROPENDOLA in nest
Psarocolius angustifrons
Henri Pittier National Park, Venezuela.

00037524
OWL BUTTERFLY
Caligo sp.
Barinas, Venezuela

00037523
RED-BELLIED PIRANHA
Serrasalmus nattereri or Rooseveltiella nattereri
Discarded piranha being fed on by wasps and flies.
Los Llanos, Venezuela.

00037522
RUSSET-THROATED PUFFBIRD
Hypnelus ruficollis
Los Llanos, Venezuela.

00037521
RAINFOREST DESTRUCTION
Rainforest burnt and cut for cattle ranching.
Barinas, Venezuela.

00037520
RED HOWLER monkey climbing tree
Aloutta seniculus
Barinas, Venezuela.

00037519
RED HOWLER monkey
Aloutta seniculus
Henri Pittier NP, Venezuela.

00037518
RED HOWLER monkeys calling
Aloutta seniculus
Henri Pittier National Park, Venezuela.

00037517
RED-CROWNED WOODPECKER
Melanerpes rubricapillus rubricapillus
Henri Pittier National Park, Venezuela.

00037516
GREATER FLAMINGOS
Pheonicopterus ruber
Adult on left, juvenile on right.
Morrocoy National Park, Venezuela.

00037515
SMOOTH-BILLED ANI group
Crotophaga ani
Barinas, Venezuela.

00037514
SOUTH AMERICAN TERN
Sterna hirundinacea
with flamingos in background.
Morrocoy National Park, Venezuela.

00037513
SPECKLED TANAGER
Tangara guttata chrysophrys
Henri Pittier National Park, Venezuela.

00037512
ROSEATE SPOONBILL group
Ajaia Ajaja
Morrocoy National Park, Venezuela.

00037511
MAKUSHI AMERINDIANS butchering recently shot tapir
Tapirus terrestris
Kanuku mountains, Guyana.

00037510
THICK-BILLED EUPHONIA male
Euphonia laniirostris crassirostris
Barinas, Venezuela.

00037509
VIOLACEOUS JAY
Cyanocorax violaceus
Barinas, Venezuela.

00037508
WHISTLING HERON
Syrigma sibilatrix fostersmithi
Barinas, Venezuela.

00037507
WHITE HAWK
Leucopternis albicollis
Iwokrama forest reserve, Guyana

00037506
YELLOW-HEADED CARACARA
Milvago chimachima cordatus
Morrocoy National Park, Venezuela.

00037505
BREAM
Abramis brama

00037504
GOLDFISH
Carassius auratus
three in aquarium

00037503
BREAM
Abramis brama

00037502
CHERRY TREE
Prunus sp.
in bloom in field with Dandelions
Spring France

00037501
SPIRAL WRACK detail of frond tips
Fucus spiralis
showing receptacles(contain conceptac-
les producing male & female gametes)

00037500
BORNEAN ORANGUTAN
Pongo pygmaeus
mother with young on back, Camp
Leakey, Tanjung Puting NP, Borneo

00037499
SURICATE or MEERKAT young
Suricata suricatta
Addo Elephant NP, South Africa

00037498
RED-EYED TREE FROG on stem
Agalychnis callidryas
Central America

00037497
PHILIPPINE SAILFIN LIZARD
Hydrosaurus pustulatus

00037496
ZEEDONK
Zebra & Donkey hybrid

00037495
FORESTRY - harvesting broad-leaved
woodland. Aerial view.
Sussex, southern England

00037494
BORNEAN ORANGUTAN old male
Pongo pygmaeus

00037493
MOUFLON SHEEP
Ovis musimon
male

00037492
MILITARY ORCHID two in bloom
Orchis militaris

00037491
MOUNTAIN HARE or ARCTIC HARE
Lepus timidus
in winter coat, running

00037490
BUDGERIGARS
Melopsittacus undulatus
three perched on twig

00037489
BUDGERIGARS
Melopsittacus undulatus
four on perch with feeder

00037488
KINGFISHER
Alcedo atthis
male in flight from nest.

00037487
GOLDEN EAGLE
Aquila chrysaetos
Male feeding on fox carcass
Scotland

00037486
GOLDEN EAGLE
Aquila chrysaetos
Male eagle and fox carcase
Scotland

00037485
GOLDEN EAGLE
Aquila chrysaetos
Male in flight
Scotland

00037484
GOLDEN EAGLE Male
Aquila chrysaetos
Scotland

00037483
GOSHAWK male in flight
Accipiter Gentilis

00037482
TAWNY OWL
Strix aluco
Scotland

00037481
TAWNY OWL in flight
Strix aluco
Scotland

00037480
CHAMELEON head detail
Chamaeleo parsonii
Madagascar

00037479
LEAF-TAILED GECKO
Uroplatus phantasticus
showing camouflage. Madagascar

00037478
NOSY BE LEAF-TAILED GECKO
Uroplatus henkeli
camouflaged on trunk of tree
Madagascar.

00037477
MOUNT DULIT FROG
Rana hosei
in bird nest fern. Borneo

00037476
HORNED FROG
Megophrys nasuta
Borneo

00037475
HORNED FROG
Megophrys nasuta
head detail Borneo

00037474
BOA CONSTRICTOR
Constrictor constrictor
climbing tree (in captivity)

00037473
AMRICAN ALLIGATOR
Alligator mississipiensis
submerged. Everglades National Park,
Florida, south eastern USA

00037472
NILE CROCODILE hatching
Crocodylus niloticus
with aid of "egg tooth",
after gestation period of 90-100 days.

00037471
ORANGE-FOOTED SCRUB-FOWL
Megapodius reinwardti working on
nest mound. Rainforest species of
northern & eastern Australia

00037470
RAINBOW LORIKEET at nest hole
Trichoglossus haematodus
in tree. Australia

00037469
SHINGLE-BACK SKINK
Trachydosaurus rugosus
Australia Head & tail have similar
appearance to confuse predators

00037468
AFRICAN DWARF CROCODILE
Osteolaemus tetraspis
female guarding nest mound
Native to western & central Africa

00037467
GABOON VIPER
Bitis gabonica
Africa.

00037466
FRINGE-TOED SAND-DIVING LIZARD
Aporosaura anchietae
performing "thermal dance" to avoid over-
heating on sand Endemic to Namib Desert

00037465
NAMIB SANDDIVER avoiding overheating
Aporosaura anchietae
Lifts diagonally opposite feet off
hot sand. Endemic to Namib Desert.

00037464
PARSON'S CHAMELEON female
Chamaeleo parsonii
(females are usually less highly
coloured). Madagascar.

00037463
PARSON'S CHAMELEON eating mantid
Chamaeleo parsonii
Diet consists mainly of insects
Madagascar.

00037462
LEAF-TAILED GECKO head detail
Uroplatus henklei
using tongue to clean face.
Madagascar.

00037461
KNOBBILLED DUCK on water
Sarkidiornis melanotos
Africa

00037460
BAT-EARED FOX at twilight
Otocyon megalotis
Kalahari Desert, Africa. Nocturnal in
summer, diurnal in winter.

00037459
BUSTARD with zebra
Ardeotis kori
Africa's largest bustard
Amboseli National Park, Kenya

00037458
GREY CROWNED CRANE Large flock
Balearica regulorum
in typical wetland habitat.
Amboseli National Park, Kenya

00037457
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
Young calf with mother. Amboseli
National Park, Kenya.

00037456
AFRICAN ELEPHANT young calf
Loxodonta africana
in playful mood running & play charging.
Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

00037455
ROTHSCHILD GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi
Nine day old baby with mother.
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

00037454
ROTHSCHILD GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi
baby with mother.
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya.

00037453
ROTHSCHILD GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi
Nine day old baby. Lake Nakuru National
Park Kenya, East Africa.

00037452
ROTHSCHILD GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi
with stormy sky in background. Lake
Nakuru National Park, Kenya

00037451
ROTHSCHILD GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi
with stormy sky in background. Lake
Nakuru National Park, Kenya

00037450
ROTHSCHILD GIRAFFE
Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi
with stormy sky in background. Lake
Nakuru National Park, Kenya

00037449
ROTHSCHILD GIRAFFE tongue extended
Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi
with stormy sky in background. Lake
Nakuru National Park, Kenya

00037448
ROTHSCHILD GIRAFFE tongue extended
Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi
with stormy sky in background. Lake
Nakuru National Park, Kenya

00037447
ROTHSCHILD GIRAFFE tongue extended
Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi
with stormy sky in background. Lake
Nakuru National Park, Kenya

00037446
ROTHSCHILD GIRAFFE tongue extended
Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi
with stormy sky in background. Lake
Nakuru National Park, Kenya

00037445
MAASAI WOMAN MILKING COW
Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

00037444
MAASAI TAKING COWS BLOOD
to mix with milk during ceremonial rites.
An arrow is shot at close range to punture
the jugular vein. Blood is drawn into a gourd >>

00037443
GAME TRAIL leading to water
Amboseli National Park ,Kenya.

00037442
GIRAFFE MANOR with Giraffes outside
Nairobi, Kenya.
(Model released Property released)

00037441
GIRAFFE MANOR with Giraffes outside
Nairobi, Kenya.
(Model released Property released)

00037440
GIRAFFE MANOR with Giraffes outside
Nairobi, Kenya.
(Model released Property released)

00037439
VERVET MONKEY Mother carrying baby
Chlorocebus aethiops
Amboseli National Park. Kenya.

00037438
VERVET MONKEY
Chlorocebus aethiops
Amboseli National Park. Kenya.

00037437
NARROW-LEAVED HELLEBORINE
Cephalanthera longifolia
in flower.

00037436
TAWNY BUMBLEBEE sipping nectar
Bombus pascuorum
from Common Spotted Orchid

00037435
DUSKY COCKROACH
Ectobius lapponicus

00037434
MAZARINE BLUE BUTTERFLY male
Cyaniris semiargus

00037433
FLY ORCHID
Ophrys insectifera
in flower.

00037432
HAMPSHIRE PURSLANE
Ludwigia palustris
foliage detail
New Forest, Hampshire, England

00037431
LADY ORCHID
Orchis purpurea
inflorescence detail.

00037430
LADYBIRD on leaf
Thea 22-punctata

00037429
AMANDA'S BLUE BUTTERFLY male
Agrodiaetus amanda

00037428
MARSH STITCHWORT
Stellaria palustris
in flower

00037427
ESCHER'S BLUE BUTTERFLY
Agrodiaetus escheri
male

00037426
EYED LADYBIRD
Anatis ocellata
King's Forest, Suffolk, UK

00037425
MINING BEE female digging nest
Saropoda bimaculata
Holt Heath, Dorset, England

00037424
DEAD ELM TREES
Ulmus sp.
killed by Dutch Elm Disease.
Elm Bark Beetle is vector of disease.

00037423
SATIN BOWERBIRD November
Ptilorhynchus violaceus
female on rock Australia

00037422
BRIDLED TERN on rock
Sterna anaethetus
Australia. November.

00037421
SPARROWS at bird table
Passer domesticus
March Scilly Isles, off Cornwall,
south western England

00037420
BLACKBUCK
Antilope cervicapra
standing on grass (in captivity)

00037419
TROPICAL KINGBIRD on fence
Tyrannus melancholicus
January Venezuela, South America

00037418
TREE FELLING March.
Wyre Forest, Worcestershire, England.

00037417
BROWN-CHESTED MARTIN
Phaeoprogne tapera
perching on branch
Brazil.

00037416
BROWN-CHESTED MARTIN
Phaeoprogne tapera
perching on wire fence
Brazil.

00037415
FAN-TAILED WARBLER or ZITTING CISTICOLA
Cisticola juncidis
perching on barbed wire fence. Portugal.

00037414
FAN-TAILED WARBLER or ZITTING CISTICOLA
Cisticola juncidis
perching on barbed wire fence. Portugal.

00037413
GREAT BLACK HAWK
Buteogallus urubitinga
Brazil.

00037412
HERRING GULL on ice
Larus argentatus
France.

00037411
RUSTY-MARGINED FLYCATCHER
Myiozetetes cayanensis
perching on branch
Brazil.

00037410
SAFFRON FINCH male by water
Sicalis flaveola
Brazil.

00037409
SHINY COWBIRD male by water
Molothrus bonariensis
Brazil.

00037408
SKYLARK collecting food for young
Alauda arvensis
Bulgaria.

00037407
SNAIL KITE female perching on branch
Rostrhamus sociabilis
Brazil.

00037406
SNAIL KITE female perching on branch
Rostrhamus sociabilis
Brazil.

00037405
SNAIL KITE male on post with snail
Rostrhamus sociabilis
Brazil.

00037404
SNAIL KITE male on post with snail
Rostrhamus sociabilis
Brazil.

00037403
SOLITARY SANDPIPER in water
Tringa solitaria
Brazil.

00037402
TURKEY VULTURE on fence post
Cathartes aura
Brazil.

00037401
WHISTLING HERON in reeds
Syrigma sibilatrix
Brazil.

00037400
WHITE-NECKED HERON in water
Ardea cocoi
Brazil.

00037399
WHITE-NECKED HERON in water
Ardea cocoi
Brazil.

00037398
WHITE-WINGED SWALLOW on fence
Tachycineta albiventer
Brazil.

00037397
WHITE-WINGED SWALLOW on fence
Tachycineta albiventer
Brazil.

00037396
EUROPEAN SOUSLIK in grass
Citellus citellus
Brazil.

00037395
MOUNTAIN HARE in winter coat
Lepus timidus
Scotland.

00037394
MOUNTAIN HARE in winter coat
Lepus timidus
Scotland.

00037393
SIKA DEER in grass
Cervus nippon
Norfolk, England.

00037392
SIKA DEER male and female
Cervus nippon
Norfolk, England.

00037391
SIKA DEER male with females
Cervus nippon
Norfolk, England.

00037390
OIL DRUM LEAKING in field
Bulgaria.

00037389
HARVESTED CORK OAK BARK
Querus suber
Portugal.

00037388
RED-EARED TERRAPIN OR SLIDER
Trachemys scripta elegans
group on log.

00037387
RED-EARED TERRAPIN OR SLIDER
Trachemys scripta elegans
resting on log.

00037386
LITTLE OWL in tree hole
Athene noctua
Midlands, UK

00037385
SIKA DEER male
Cervus nippon
Kent, UK

00037384
SIKA DEER pair
Cervus nippon
Kent, UK

00037383
SIKA DEER female running
Cervus nippon
Kent, UK

00037382
WHOOPER SWAN
Cygnus cygnus
Japan

00037381
WHOOPER SWAN
Cygnus cygnus
Japan

00037380
WHOOPER SWAN
Cygnus cygnus
Japan

00037379
WHOOPER SWAN
Cygnus cygnus
Japan

00037378
WHOOPER SWAN pair
Cygnus cygnus
Japan

00037377
WHOOPER SWAN
Cygnus cygnus
Japan

00037376
WHOOPER SWAN group of 3
Cygnus cygnus
Japan

00037375
WHOOPER SWAN in flight
Cygnus cygnus
Japan

00037374
WHOOPER SWAN
Cygnus cygnus
Japan

00037373
WHOOPER SWAN large group
Cygnus cygnus
Japan

00037372
WHOOPER SWAN
Cygnus cygnus
Japan

00037371
WHOOPER SWAN group
Cygnus cygnus
Japan

00037370
WHOOPER SWANS
Cygnus cygnus
Japan

00037369
WHOOPER SWAN
Cygnus cygnus
Japan

00037368
WHOOPER SWAN
Cygnus cygnus
Japan

00037367
WHOOPER SWAN
Cygnus cygnus
Japan

00037366
WHOOPER SWAN
Cygnus cygnus
Japan

00037365
WHOOPER SWAN
Cygnus cygnus
Japan

00037364
WHOOPER SWAN
Cygnus cygnus
Japan

00037363
WHOOPER SWAN
Cygnus cygnus
Japan

00037362
WHOOPER SWAN
Cygnus cygnus
Japan

00037361
WHOOPER SWAN
Cygnus cygnus
Japan

00037360
WHOOPER SWAN
Cygnus cygnus
Japan

00037359
WHOOPER SWAN
Cygnus cygnus
Japan

00037358
FERAL BUDGERIGAR
Melopsittacus undulatus
on bird-table

00037357
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
raiding bird table at night

00037356
ORANGUTAN young
Pongo pygmaeus
hanging by arms from branch

00037355
EUROPEAN RED FOX Night
Vulpes vulpes on verge by roundabout

00037354
SQUIRRELFISH on coral reef
Holocentrus adscensionis

00037353
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE
Caretta caretta
swimming over reef

00037352
GREAT WHITE SHARK
Carcharodon carcharias

00037351
GREAT WHITE SHARK
Carcharodon carcharias

00037350
GREAT WHITE SHARK
Carcharodon carcharias
dorsal fin at the surface

00037349
GREAT WHITE SHARK
Carcharodon carcharias
dorsal fin at the surface

00037348
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE
Caretta caretta
resting on reef

00037347
SARGASSUM SEAWEED
Sargassum fluitans
Florida, USA

00037346
TIGER SHARK
Galeocerdo cuvier

00037345
TIGER SHARK
Galeocerdo cuvier

00037344
TIGER SHARK
Galeocerdo cuvier

00037343
TIGER SHARK & diver
Galeocerdo cuvier

00037342
TIGER SHARK & diver
Galeocerdo cuvier

00037341
TIGER SHARK & diver
Galeocerdo cuvier

00037340
ATLANTIC GUITARFISH
Rhinobatos lentiginosus

00037339
ATLANTIC GUITARFISH
Rhinobatos lentiginosus

00037338
SOUTH AFRICAN FUR SEAL pups
Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus
on rock

00037337
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE
Caretta caretta

00037336
GREAT WHITE SHARK
Carcharodon carcharias

00037335
SOUTH AFRICAN FUR SEAL pup
Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus
on rock

00037334
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE
Caretta caretta
resting on reef

00037333
SEAL DECOY
used to attract Great White Sharks
Great White shark is Carcharadon carcharias

00037332
GREEN FEATHER ALGA
Caulerpa sertularioides

00037331
STAREYE HERMIT CRAB
Dardanus venosus

00037330
GIANT ANEMONE
Condylactis gigantea

00037329
CUSHION SEA STARS
Oreaster reticulatus

00037328
HAWKSBILL TURTLE hatchling
Eretmochelys imbriocota

00037327
FLORIDA MANATEES
Trichechus manatus latirostris
seeking refuge in warm water discharge from FPL Power
Plant, Riviera Beach, Florida, USA

00037326
TROPICAL FISH COLLECTOR

00037325
TROPICAL FISH COLLECTOR

00037324
TROPICAL FISH COLLECTOR

00037323
FLORIDA MANATEES
Trichechus manatus latirostris
seeking refuge in warm water discharge from FPL Power Plant, Rivieria Beach, Florida, USA

00037322
BRAIN CORAL
Diplora strigosa
damaged during 2004 Hurrican season
Florida, USA

00037321
QUEEN ANGELFISH
Holacanthus ciliaris

00037320
LOGGERHEAD TURTLE
Caretta caretta
being prepared for release by Marinelife Center volunteers

00037319
RUNOFF IN OUTGOING TIDE
Palm Beach Inlet, Lake Worth Lagoon, Florida, USA

00037318
TIGER SHARK
Galeocerdo cuvier
charging at bait on surface
Atlantic Ocean, Bahamas, Caribbean

00037317
GREEN TURTLES mating
Chelonia mydas
Juno Beach, Florida, USA

00037316
GREEN TURTLES mating
Chelonia mydas
Juno Beach, Florida, USA

00037315
GREEN TURTLES mating
Chelonia mydas
Juno Beach, Florida, USA

00037314
GREEN TURTLES mating
Chelonia mydas
showing male's tail penetrating female
Juno Beach, Florida, USA

00037313
TOKAY GECKO feeding
Gekko gekko
India

00037312
INLAND GLACIER (aerial view)
near Cordova, Chugach National Forest,
south east Alaska,

00037311
GLACIER END MORAINE
Near Cordova, Alaska,
USA. Aerial view.

00037310
EASTERN GREY KANGAROO with joey
Macropus giganteus
returning to pouch. Eastern Australia

00037309
YELLOW-EYED PENGUIN
Megadyptes antipodes
South Island, New Zealand

00037308
CHESTNUT MUNIA flock in flight
Lonchura malacca
Singapore

00037307
BUTTERFLY LIZARD
Leiolepis belliana
Huai Kha Khaeng, Thailand

00037306
VOGELKOP GARDENER BOWERBIRD
Amblyornis inornatus
decorated bower
Irian Jaya, Indonesia

00037305
FLYING LIZARD displaying on tree trunk
Draco volans
showing dewlap Timor, Indonesia

00037304
CLOUDED MONITOR on tree trunk
Varanus bengalensis
Langkawi, Malaysia

00037303
GRAN SASSO ASTRONOMICAL
OBSERVATORY Abruzzo, Italy.

00037302
FERAL HORSES on Campo Imperatore
Plateau, Gran Sasso National Park,
Abruzzo, Italy.

00037301
GRAN SASSO NATIONAL PARK in winter
Campo Imperatore Plateau, Abruzzo, Italy.

00037300
ABRUZZO CHAMOIS
Rupicapra rupicapra ornata
Val di Rose, Abruzzo National Park,
Central Italy.

00037299
ABRUZZO CHAMOIS
Rupicapra rupicapra ornata
captured for DNA tests
Val di Rose, Abruzzo National Park, Italy.

00037298
MARSICAN BROWN BEAR
Ursus arctos marsicanus
being weighed for research purposes.
Abruzzo National Park, Central Italy.

00037297
MARSICAN BROWN BEAR
Ursus arctos marsicanus
sedated for research.
Abruzzo National Park, Central Italy.

00037296
AUTUMN FOLIAGE
La Cicerana Forest, Abruzzo National
Park, Central Italy.

00037295
RAINBOW over Ferroio Upland,
Scanno, Abruzzo National Park,
Central Italy.

00037294
WILDFLOWER MEADOW in bloom
Piano di Cascina, Western Abruzzo,
Central Italy.

00037293
SOUTHERN MAINARDE
Abruzzo National Park, Central Italy.

00037292
COPPO DI FERROIO
Abruzzo National Park, Central Italy.

00037291
BEECH FOREST
Sirente-Velino Regional Park, Abruzzo,
Central Italy.

00037290
EURASIAN BROWN BEAR
Ursus arctos arctos
in the taiga at Kainuu, Finland.

00037289
EURASIAN BROWN BEAR
Ursus arctos arctos
in the taiga at Kainuu, Finland.

00037288
EURASIAN BROWN BEAR
Ursus arctos arctos
in the taiga at Kainuu, Finland.

00037287
EURASIAN BROWN BEAR
Ursus arctos arctos
in the taiga at Kainuu, Finland.

00037286
EURASIAN BROWN BEAR
Ursus arctos arctos
in the taiga at Kainuu, Finland.

00037285
EURASIAN BROWN BEAR
Ursus arctos arctos
in the taiga at Kainuu, Finland.

00037284
EURASIAN BROWN BEAR
Ursus arctos arctos
in the taiga at Kainuu, Finland.

00037283
IIHEU MOLE REEF, PORTO MONIZ
Madeira Island, Portugal.

00037282
IIHEU MOLE REEF, PORTO MONIZ
Madeira Island, Portugal.

00037281
LAURISILVA FOREST
(a Unesco World Heritage Site
since 1999) Madeira Island, Portugal.

00037280
PRIDE OF MADEIRA in flower
Echium fastuosum or Echium candicans
Lombo de Mouro (1306m)
Madeira Island, Portugal.

00037279
PONTA DE SAO LOURENCO
Madeira Island, Portugal.

00037278
CAMPOTOSTO LAKE (1420m)
Abruzzo,Central Italy.

00037277
ABRUZZO PRAIRIE
Gran Sasso National Park, Abruzzo,
Central Italy.

00037276
ABRUZZO PRAIRIE
Gran Sasso National Park, Abruzzo,
Central Italy.

00037275
TIRINO RIVER in spring
Abruzzo, Central Italy.

00037274
MIST OVER TIRINO RIVER
Abruzzo, Central Italy. Winter

00037273
CORNO GRANDE PEAK (2192m)
Gran Sasso National Park, Abruzzo,
Central Italy.

00037272
SAN SALVATORE HILL in flower (350m)
Chieti, Abruzzo, Central Italy.

00037271
BEECH FOREST at dusk
Majella National Park, Abruzzo, Central Italy.

00037270
PRIDE OF MADEIRA in flower
Echium fastuosum or Echium candicans
Ribeiro Frio, Madeira Island, Portugal.

00037269
COASTLINE with waves
and volcanic rocks near Porto Moniz,
Madeira Island, Portugal.

00037268
AUTUMN LEAVES
Abruzzo National Park, Central Italy.

00037267
SPRING MEADOW in full bloom
Navelli Highland, Abruzzo, Central Italy.

00037266
EURASIAN BROWN BEARS
Ursus arctos arctos
in the taiga at Kainuu, Finland.

00037265
SIRENTE MOUNTAIN at dawn
Abruzzo, Central Italy.

00037264
CAMPO IMPERATORE PLATEAU at dusk
Abruzzo, Gran Sasso National Park, Central Italy.

00037263
CORNO GRANDE (2912m)
Abruzzo, Gran Sasso National Park, Central Italy.

00037262
PICO DA CRUZ (1100m)
Madeira Island, Portugal.

00037261
PLANTS ON FLOOR OF LAURISILVA
FOREST (a Unesco World Heritage Site
since 1999) Madeira Island, Portugal.

00037260
FRESHWATER GASTROTRICH
a ciliated flatworm

00037259
MAPLE lateral section of twig
showing axial dubs and abscision layer

00037258
HORSE CHESTNUT lateral section of base of petiole to show abscis
Aesculus hippocastanum

00037257
ANTHER close up

00037256
MARRAM GRASS transverse section of rolled leaf
Ammophila arenaria

00037255
DEVELOPING SEED of Shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)

00037254
GIANT POLYTENE CHROMOSOMES of a fruit fly
Drosphila immigrans
taken from salivary glands

00037253
HUMAN FLEAS male and female
Pulex irritans

00037252
ROOT TIP of LILY (Lilium sp.)
lateral section showing apical meristem and root cap

00037251
LIVER FLUKES in liver section

00037250
CYANOBACTERIA colony
Nostoc sp.

00037249
ASCOMYCETE FUNGUS
Peziza sp.
showing asci and ascosphores

00037248
PINE lateral section of male cone

00037247
TRANSVERSE SECTION OF A DICOT STEM showing different tissue layers (epidermis, collenchyma and parenchyma)

00037246
HOLLYHOCK RUST
Puccinia malvacearum

00037245
SPHAGNUM MOSS LEAF
microscopic view

00037244
ALGAE conjugation
Spirogyra sp.

00037243
TRICHINELLA or TRICHONELLA encysted in rat muscle.
A common parasite in pork. Can be transferred to humans.

00037242
WHELK RADULA close up

00037241
GREEN TOAD
Bufo viridis

00037240
BROAD-NOSED CAIMAN
Caiman latirostris

00037239
SPECTACLED CAIMAN head detail
Caiman crocodilus yacare

00037238
WHITE-BELLIED WORM LIZARD
Amphisbaena alba
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

00037237
COMMON or GREEN IGUANA
Iguana iguana

00037236
DWARF CAIMAN young, gaping,
Paleosuchus palpebrosus
head detail

00037235
BROAD-NOSED CAIMAN
Caiman latirostris
young, at water surface

00037234
BUFFON'S MACAW
Ara ambigua
perched in tree

00037233
BLACK ANT worker
Lasius niger

00037232
YEW
Taxus baccata
Hampshire, southern England

00037231
TWO-SPOT LADYBIRD
Adalia bipunctata
eating aphids Magn. x 2.1

00037230
LACKEY MOTH larva June
Malacosoma neustria
anterior detail, on foliage

00037229
MONKEY ORCHID
Orchis simia
flower detail

00037228
TWO-SPOT LADYBIRD on leaf
Adalia bipunctata

00037227
LONGHORN BEETLE on bark
Morimus funereus
Greece

00037226
POTATO CAPSID BUG on flower
Calocoris norvegicus

Mirid bug

00037225
RHODODENDRON LEAFHOPPER
Graphocephala fennahi
two on leaf
formerly Graphocephala coccinea

00037224
CREAM-STREAKED LADYBIRD
Harmonia 4-punctata
On leaf

00037223
CROSS or GARDEN SPIDERS
Araneus diadematus
spiderlings in tight cluster

00037222
LACKEY MOTH larvae
Malacosoma neustria
Magn. x 0.6.

Crowds

00037221
CAPSID BUG on flower
Calocoris sexguttatus
UK. September. Magn. x2.

Mirid bug

00037220
GREY HERON swallowing fish
Ardea cinerea

00037219
PANTHER CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo pardalis
Madagascar

00037218
GREY or FOAM NEST TREE FROG
Chiromantis xerampelina
on leaf Sabi Sabi Game Reserve,
South Africa

00037217
CAPE BUFFALO
Syncerus caffer
with Oxpecker, Kruger National Park,
South Africa

00037216
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00037215
AARDVARK
Orycteropus afer
Tuissen de Riviere, Free State, South Africa

00037214
AARDVARK
Orycteropus afer
Tuissen de Riviere, Free State, South Africa

00037213
AARDWOLF
Protoles cristatus
Kapama Game Reserve, South Africa

00037212
CARACAL killing Dassie
Felix caracal
Augrabies Falls National Park,
South Africa

00037211
CARACAL
Felix caracal
Augrabies Falls National Park, South Africa

00037210
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari, South Africa

00037209
CHIMPANZEE
Pan troglodytes
Chimfunshi, Zambia

00037208
AFRICAN WILDCAT
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari,
South Africa

00037207
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
Family group, Addo National Park, South Africa

00037206
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
Herd with babies, Addo National Park,
South Africa

00037205
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
Breeding herd, Addo National Park,
South Africa

00037204
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
Mother & baby, Addo National Park,
South Africa

00037203
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
Greeting, Addo National Park, South Africa

00037202
BAT-EARED FOX cubs greeting
Otocyon megalotis
Kgalgadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari,
South Africa

00037201
CAPE FOX cub
Vulpes chama
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari,
South Africa

00037200
CHIMPANZEE
Pan troglodytes
Chimfunshi, Zambia

00037199
BAT-EARED FOX Mother carrying pup
Otocyon megalotis
Kgalgadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari,
South Africa

00037198
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari,
South Africa

00037197
AARDWOLF
Protoles cristatus
Kapama Game Reserve, South Africa

00037196
AARDWOLF
Protoles cristatus
Kapama Game Reserve, South Africa

00037195
CHACMA BABOON young
Papio ursinus
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00037194
CHACMA BABOON
Papio ursinus
Feeding on Waterlily tubers,
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00037193
CHACMA BABOON
Papio ursinus
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00037192
LION roaring at sunset
Panthera leo
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park,
Kalahari, South Africa

00037191
BLESBOK
Damaliscus dorcus phillipsi
Midmar Game Reserve, South Africa

00037190
COMMON REEDBUCK
Redunca arundinum
Midmar Game Reserve, South Africa

00037189
KUDU
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00037188
CHIMPANZEE
Pan troglodytes
Chimfunshi, Zambia

00037187
YELLOW MONGOOSE
Cynictis penicillata
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari,
South Africa

00037186
GEMSBOK
Oryx gazella
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Kalahari,
South Africa

00037185
WABOOM
Protea Protea nitidia
Langeberg, Southern Cape, South Africa

00037184
SILVER TREE
Leucadendron argenteum
Kirstenbosch, Table Mountain, Cape Town,
South Africa

00037183
AGAPANTHUS
Agapanthus praecox
Mossel Bay, Southern Cape, South Africa

00037182
BLOOD LILY
Amnocharis coranica
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00037181
FEVER TREE
Acacia xanthophoea
Punda Maria, Kruger National Park,
South Africa

00037180
FLY FISHING for trout
Lifton Lake, Underberg, Kwa-ZuluNatal
South Africa

00037179
BROWN TROUT
Salmo trutta
in landing net, Drakensberg, South Africa

00037178
FLY FISHING catch Rainbow Trout
2kg Rainbow trout in landing net
Drakensberg, South Africa

00037177
RAINBOW TROUT rising to Mayfly
Drakensberg, South Africa

00037176
FLY FISHING for trout
Releasing a 2kg fish brown trout
Drakensberg, South Africa

00037175
TSARAFIDY MADAGASCAR or
PANDANUS TREE FROG on leaf
Mantidactylus pulcher
Marojejy National Park, Madagascar

00037174
GREEN RAIN FROG on dead leaf
Scaphiophryne pustulosa
Ankaratra Mtns, central Madagascar

00037173
PAINTED MANTELLA FROG
Mantella madagascariensis
on leaf in rainforest. Mantadia National
Park, eastern Madagascar.

00037172
PYGMY STUMP-TAILED CHAMELEON
Brookesia minima
on forest floor, Nosy Mangabe Reserve, Madagascar

00037171
MERREM'S MADAGASCAR SWIFT
Oplurus cyclurus
basking. Ankarafantsika, Madagascar

00037170
PEACOCK DAY GECKO head detail
Phelsuma quadriocellata
Ranomafana National Park,
Madagascar

00037169
MANGABE LEAF-TAILED GECKO
Uroplatus fimbriatus on branch
Marojejy National Park,
north eastern Madagascar

00037168
SPEAR-NOSED SNAKE male
Langaha madagascariensis
Mantadia National Park, Madagascar.

00037167
BLACKBUCK male
Antilope cervicapra
in ploughed field. Near Sawai Madhapur,
Rajasthan, India

00037166
PAINTED MANTELLA FROG
Mantella madagascariensis
on forest floor. Mantadia National Park,
eastern Madagascar.

00037165
PAINTED MANTELLA FROGS
Mantella madagascariensis
on forest floor. Mantadia National Park,
eastern Madagascar.

00037164
WHITE-LIPPED BRIGHT-EYED FROG
Boophis albilabris
Ranomafana National Park,
southeastern Madagascar.

00037163
CUVIER'S MADAGASCAR SWIFT
Oplurus cuvieri
basking Ampijoroa,
northwestern Madagascar.

00037162
GREY-TAILED RACER resting on branch
Gonyosoma oxycephala
Sukau, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.

Redtailed rat snake

00037161
WAGLER'S PALM VIPER juvenile
Tropidolaemus wagleri
resting in foliage. Sepilok Forest
Reserve, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.

Wagler's pit viper
Trimeresurus wagleri

00037160
BENGAL MONITOR basking
Varanus bengalensis
Kinabatangan River, Sukau,
Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia.

00037159
BONGON WHIPPING FROG
Polypedates otilophus
Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo,
Malaysia.

Filed-eared tree frog

00037158
COMMON WATER MONITOR
Varanus salvator
Kinabatangan River, Sabah,
Borneo, Malaysia.

00037157
BHARAL group of young males on rocks
Pseudois nayaur
Ladakh, northern India. May

00037156
BHARAL male group, on rocks
Pseudois nayaur
May Ladakh, northern India

00037155
DEMOISELLE CRANE
Anthropoides virgo or Grus virgo
Khichan, Rajasthan, India

00037154
MAKO SHARK
Isurus oxyrinchus
Northland, New Zealand

00037153
STINGRAY & diver
Dasyatis sp.
Beveridge Reef, South Pacific.

00037152
STINGRAY on coral reef
Dasyatis sp.
Beveridge Reef, South Pacific.

00037151
PANDANUS PALM
Pandanus tectonis
Ile Gambier, French Polynesia.

00037150
FAMILY looking into rock pool
Northland, North Island, New Zealand
(Image taken from inside rock pool)

00037149
KOMODO DRAGON
Varanus komodoensis
Largest lizard species, up to 3m long
Indonesia

00037148
ESTUARINE or SALTWATER CROCODILE
Crocodylus porosus
on land. Australia

00037147
AMANDA'S BLUE BUTTERFLY male
Agrodiaetus amanda
Norway

00037146
AURLAND FJORD Spring
Sogn & Fjordane County, Norway

00037145
BREAKERS & CLIFFS
Stadlandet, western Norway

00037144
NORWAY LEMMING in water
Lemmus lemmus

00037143
DOLPHIN GULL in flight
Larus scoresbii
Beagle Channel, Argentina

00037142
BILBERRY foliage
Vaccinium myrtillus
in early autumn colours

00037141
BOG BILBERRY fruit
Vaccinium uliginosum
Oppland County, Norway. September

00037140
BLACK BOG RUSH
Schoenus nigricans

00037139
PUMPKINSEED or SUNFISH
Lepomis gibbosus
male guarding its nest

00037138
SONG THRUSH
Turdus philomelos
at nest with young

00037137
MARBLED NEWT female leaving water
Triturus marmoratus
South western France

00037136
SOUTHERN SCREAMER
Chauna torquata
with young

00037135
CRESTED TERNS
Sterna bergii
colony on breeding grounds
Mud Island Natl Pk, Victoria, Australia

00037134
COMMON DEATH ADDER
Acanthophis antarcticus
Uses tip of tail to lure prey. Found in
S&E Australia. Highly venomous

00037133
BRUSH-TAILED PHASCOGALE
Phascogale tapoatafa
Australia

00037132
CALIFORNIAN NEWT
Taricha torosa
(A species of Salamander)
Ogden, Utah, mid-western USA

00037131
EASTERN COTTONMOUTH
Agkistrodon piscivorus
Ogden, Utah, mid-western USA
Also called Water Moccasin

00037130
CONVERGENT LADYBIRD
Hippodamia convergens
Ogden, Utah, USA

00037129
LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE feeding young
Lanius ludovicianus gambeli
in nest Garland, Utah, USA

00037128
UTAH BANDED GECKO on rock
Coleonyx variegatus utahensis
Ogden, Utah, mid-western USA

00037127
EASTERN NARROWMOUTH TOAD
Gastrophryne carolinensis
Ogden, Utah, mid-western USA

00037126
YELLOW-EYED PENGUIN
Megadyptes antipodes
South Island, New Zealand

00037125
KEA
Nestor notabilis
South Island, New Zealand

00037124
AMERICAN BISON male bellowing
Bison bison
next to female during rut.

00037123
SPOTTED HYENA
Crocuta crocuta
Kenya, eastern Africa

00037122
AMERICAN BROWN or GRIZZLY BEAR
Ursus arctos horribilis
young on lookout Alaska, USA

00037121
WOOD STORK
Mycteria americana
on branch
Big Cypress Preserve, Florida, USA.

00037120
WOOD STORK cooling
Mycteria americana
with wings spread & bill open
Big Cypress Preserve, Florida, USA.

00037119
COMMON WETA female
Hemidina thoracica
in defensive pose with rear legs raised.
Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand.

00037118
SOUTHERN BELL FROG back detail
Litoria raniformis
Mainly terrestial, active during the day &
night. Taranaki, North Island, NZ.

00037117
SOUTHERN BELL FROG head detail
Litoria raniformis
Mainly terrestial, active during the day &
night. Taranaki, North Island, NZ.

00037116
SOUTHERN BELL FROG in water
Litoria raniformis
Mainly terrestial, active during the day &
night. Taranaki, North Island, NZ.

00037115
BROWN TREE FROG or
WHISTLING FROG
Litoria ewingi
Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand.

00037114
DUVAUCEL'S GECKO (captive)
Hoplodactylus duvauceli
Largest NZ gecko. Found mostly on
offshore islands of North Island >>

00037113
GREEN TREE GECKO (captive)
Naultinus elegans elegans
Green colour phase. Live bearers.
Diurnal, likes filtered light in canopy.

00037112
GOLD-STRIPE or TARANAKI GECKO
Hoplodactylus chrysosireticus
Often found in flax. Distributed in
localized colonies, uncommon. Captive.

00037111
TUATARA (captive)
Sphenodon punctatus
Once widespread through NZ but now
restricted to about 30 offshore islands.

00037110
AUSTRALIAN HARRIER HAWK dead
Circus approximans
Often killed by traffic while feeding on
road-killed carrion. Taranaki, NZ.

00037109
SOUTHERN ROYAL ALBATROSS young
Diomedea epomophora
Enderby Island, Auckland Islands,
New Zealand, Sub-Antarctic.

00037108
NEW ZEALAND PIPIT
Anthus novaeseelandiae
Enderby Island, Auckland Islands,
New Zealand, Sub-Antarctic.

00037107
NEW ZEALAND PIGEON
Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
Locally threatened due to poaching.
Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand.

00037106
NEW ZEALAND FUR SEAL adult
Arctocephalus forsteri
Bull at sunset. Cape Palliser,
Wairarapa, North Island, New Zealand.

00037105
SPIDER ORCHID
Nematoceras macrantha
Hina hina cove, Southland, South Island,
New Zealand.

00037104
NEW ZEALAND ORCHID
Chilloglottis cornuta
growing on rainforest floor
Egmont National Park, North Island, NZ.

00037103
EASTER ORCHID
Earina autumnalis
Egmont National Park, Taranaki,
North Island, NZ.

00037102
BLACK TREE FERN or MAMAKU
Cyathea medularis
with epithytes and orchids
Lake Mangamhoe, North Island, NZ.

00037101
WHEKI or ROUGH TREE FERN
Dicksonia squarrosa
in rainforest
Egmont National Park, Taranaki, NZ.

00037100
PALM LEAF FERN or KIOKIO
Blechnum capense
and stream in rainforest
Egmont National Park, Taranaki, NZ.

00037099
PALM LEAF TERN or KIOKIO
Blechnum capense
patterns in rainforest
Egmont National Park, Taranaki, NZ.

00037098
NEW ZEALAND FUR SEAL
Arctocephalus forsteri
hauled out
Red Rocks, Wellington, North Island, NZ.

00037097
NEW ZEALAND FUR SEAL
Arctocephalus forsteri
pups suckling
Cape Palliser, Wairarapa, NZ.

00037096
NEW ZEALAND FUR SEAL
Arctocephalus forsteri
pups suckling
Cape Palliser, Wairarapa, NZ.

00037095
NEW ZEALAND FUR SEAL
Arctocephalus forsteri
malnourished bull due to La Nina weather patterns affected sea currents around NZ.

00037094
NEW ZEALAND SEA LION family group
Phocarctos hookeri
Enderby Island, Auckland Islands,
New Zealand, Sub-Antarctic.

00037093
ELEPHANT SEAL PUP
Mirounga leonina
Ranui Cove, Auckland Islands,
New Zealand, Sub-Antarctic.

00037092
BUMBLE BEE on dahlia
Bombus terrestris
North Island, New Zealand.

00037091
BUMBLE BEE pair mating
Bombus terrestris
Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand.

00037090
COMMERCIAL HONEYBEE HIVES
Apis mellifera
situated adjacent to native termperate
rainforest. Mt Taranaki, North Island, NZ.

00037089
NURSERY WEB SPIDER on cornflower
Dolomedes minor
Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand.

00037088
NURSERY WEB SPIDER guarding nest,
Dolomedes minor
usually female.
Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand.

00037087
JUMPING SPIDER
Salticidae, probably Helpis minitabunda
Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand.

00037086
DEAD WHITE-TAILED SPIDER
Lampona murina
being fed on by common white-footed
house ants (Technomyrmex albipes), NZ.

00037085
CICADA discarded nymphal husk
Family cicadidae, Kikihia sp.
Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand.

00037084
GREEN-SHELLED MUSSELS at low tide
Perna canaliculus
Ohawe beach, Taranaki, North Island,
New Zealand.

00037083
VENUS' or NEPTUNE'S NECKLACE
SEAWEED
Hormosira banksii
Cape Egmont, Taranaki, North Island, NZ.

00037082
TULIP TREE
Liriodendron tulipifera
Tupare Gardens, New Plymouth,
Taranaki, New Zealand.

00037081
SWEET PEA in flower
Lathyrus odoratus
Hamilton, Waikato, North Island,
New Zealand.

00037080
COMFREY growing wild on roadside
Symphytum officinale
Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand.

00037079
GORSE growing on farmland
Ulex europaeus
Gorse is now a noxious weed in NZ.
Covers many acres of farmland. >>

00037078
STREAM IN RAINFOREST
Egmont National Park, North Island,
New Zeland.

00037077
MOSS ENCRUSTED BOULDERS in
streambed in rainforest.
Egmont National Park, Taranaki,
North Island, New Zealand.

00037076
PALM-LEAF FERN or KIOKIO
Blechnum capense
in rainforest
Egmont National Park, Taranaki, NZ.

00037075
TREE FERN FROND unfurling
in rainforest.
Mount Egmont, Taranaki,
North Island, New Zealand.

00037074
NEW ZEALAND BEGONIA or
PARATANIWHA
Elatostema rugosum
Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand.

00037073
NATIVE TOETOE silhouette
Cortaderia fulvida
Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand.

00037072
CABBAGE TREE
Cordyline australis
Awakino, Taranaki, North Island,
New Zealand.

00037071
KAKA BEAK FLOWER
Clianthus puniceus
The kaka beak is a very rare NZ native
plant with only three plants known in >>

00037070
NEW ZEALAND FUCHSIA
Fuchsia perscandens
rare scrambling form of native
New Zealand.

00037069
CHILIEAN RHUBARB or GIANT
RHUBARB
Gunnera tinctoria or chilensis
dormant gunnera plants in winter >>

00037068
CHILIEAN RHUBARB or GIANT
RHUBARB
Gunnera tinctoria or chilensis
growing just above high tide level >>

00037067
CHILIEAN RHUBARB or GIANT
RHUBARB
Gunnera tinctoria or chilensis
growing just above high tide level >>

00037066
PAMPAS GRASS
Cortaderia selloana
a serious introduced weed in NZ.
Originally used as a garden and rural >>

00037065
NODDING GREENHOOD
Pterostylis nutans
Native of Australia, known from roughly
three sites in NZ. It is thought to have

00037064
PILGRIM GOOSE female drinking
New Plymouth, Taranaki, North Island,
New Zealand.

00037063
TALO or TARO and MANIOKE or
CASSAVA crop
Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu, Tonga,
South Pacific.

00037062
BURNING OFF GRASS before planting
pineapples. Tofoa, Nuku'alofa,
Tongatapu, Tonga, South Pacific.

00037061
KAPUNI GAS TREATMENT PLANT
discharging carbon dioxide (CO2)
emissions from chimneys.
Kapuni, Taranaki, North Island, NZ.

00037060
FLOOD DAMAGED PASTURE
River silt drying & cracking. Waitotara,
North Island, New Zealand.

00037059
FLOOD DEBRIS
Waitotara, North Island, New Zealand.

00037058
MARINE FOSSIL SHELLS in sandstone
Fossils probably laid down in Miocene
period of Tertiary Period. The Pinnacles,
Cape Palliser, Wairarapa, NZ.

00037057
MOUNT RUAPEHU ERUPTING
on June 19th 1996.
Tongariro National Park, North Island,
New Zealand.

00037056
MOUNT RUAPEHU ERUPTING
on June 19th 1996.
Tongariro National Park, North Island,
New Zealand.

00037055
BARLEY CROP blowing in the wind
Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand

00037054
KUNEKUNE PIG
This breed is natural to NZ and
probably originated from Asian strains
of pig. They have a short turned-up >>

00037053
WILD BOAR dead on vehicle.
Sus scrofa
Feral pigs are a major threat to
New Zealand's indigenous wildlife and

00037052
PERMACULTURE VEGETABLE
GARDEN
Hamilton, Waikato, North Island,
New Zealand.

00037051
COMPOST BIN in permaculture
vegetable garden.
Hamilton, Waikato, North Island,
New Zealand.

00037050
ORGANIC PUMPKINS freshly harvested.
New Plymouth, Taranaki, North Island,
New Zealand.

00037049
HEIRLOOM TOMATOES (un-named)
New Plymouth, Taranaki, North Island,
New Zealand.

00037048
KAPUNI GAS TREATMENT PLANT
discharging carbon dioxide (CO2)
emissions from chimneys.
Kapuni, Taranaki, North Island, NZ.

00037047
IRON DEPOSITS from ancient volcanic
activity has stained the rocks deep
crimson. Red Rocks scientific Reserve,
Wellington, North Island, New Zealand.

00037046
AUSTRALASIAN GANNET COLONY
Sula bassana serrator
Muriwai, North Island, New Zealand.

00037045
GREEN-SHELLED MUSSELS at low tide
Perna canaliculus
Ohawe beach, Taranaki, North Island,
New Zealand.

00037044
PINK-EDGED SULPHUR BUTTERFLY
Colias interior
roosting
Michigan, USA. Summer

00037043
HARRIS' CHECKERSPOT BUTTERFLY
Chlosyne harrissii
Chippewa County, Michigan, USA

00037042
ORANGE SULPHUR BUTTERFLY
Colias eurytheme with dew.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park,
Michigan, USA.

00037041
PEREGRINE FALCON
Falco peregrinus
three eggs in nest June Gora Wood,
Newry, County Down, south eastern >>

00037040
TOOTHWORT parisitising roots, March
Lathraea squamaria
of Hazel Derryleckagh Wood, Newry,
County Down, south eastern Ulster

00037039
HAIRY DRAGONFLY larva
Brachytron pratense
Collected from Montiaghs Bog,
Lough Neagh, Antrim, Ulster October

00037038
SOUTHERN WHITE ADMIRAL
Limenitis reducta
Jura, France, June

00037037
LOBSTER MOTH
Stauropus fagi
final instar larva. July.

00037036
MILITARY ORCHID flowers, close detail
Orchis militaris
Mount Charvin, Saint Sorlin d'Arves,
French Alps June

00037035
SPANISH MARSH FRITILLARY B'FLY
Eurodryas aurinia beckeri
with wings closed. Granada, Spain

00037034
BROKEN-BARRED CARPET
Electrophaes corylata
Brackagh Moss Nature Reserve,
Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland.

00037033

00037032
MAIDEN'S BLUSH
Cyclophora punctaria
Nutfield, Redhill, Surrey, England.

00037031

00037030
WAVED UMBER
Menophra abruptana
Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England.

00037029

00037028
EMERALD DRAGONFLY nymph
Lestes dryas
Ballinduff Turlough, S.E Galway, Ireland.
(scarce)

00037027
MIGRANT HAWKER larva
Aeshna mixta
Mortimer, Hampshire, England.

00037026
MIGRANT HAWKER larva
Aeshna mixta
Mortimer, Hampshire, England.

00037025
HAIRY DRAGONFLY male
Brachytron pratense
Brackagh Moss Nature Reserve,
Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland.

00037024
BROAD-BODIED CHASER female
Libellula depressa
Yateley, Hampshire, England.

00037023
FROSTED BRAMBLE LEAVES IN PINE
Tollymore Forest Park, Newcastle,
County Down, Northern Ireland.

00037022
FROSTED RINGS ON CUT TREE
TRUNK
Tollymore Forest Park, Newcastle,
County Down, Northern Ireland.

00037021
BRACKAGH MOSS NATURE RESERVE
Portadown, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland.

00037020
BRACKAGH MOSS NATURE RESERVE
Portadown, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland

00037019
NEOTINEA CONICA X NEOTINEA
USTULATA orchid hybrid in flower
St Louis, Bugarach, Southern France.

00037018
MONKEY ORCHID in flower
Orchis simia
La Maxanne, France.

00037017
MONKEY ORCHID in flower
Orchis simia
La Maxanne, France.

00037016
MILITARY ORCHID in flower
Orchis militaris
Bugarach, Southern France.

00037015
MILITARY ORCHID in flower
Orchis militaris
with caterpillar
Bugarach, Southern France.

00037014
FLY ORCHID in flower
Ophrys insectifera
Bugarach, Southern France.

00037013
FLY ORCHID in flower
Ophrys insectifera
Bugarach, Southern France.

00037012
BURNT ORCHID amongst other flowers
Orchis ustulata
Lanzac, Southern France.

00037011
NARROW-LEAVED HELLEBORINE
Cephalanthera longifolia
in flower
Sougraigne, Aude, Southern France.

00037010
ORCHID in flower
Neotinea conica
St Louis, Bugarach, Southern France.

00037009
ELDER FLOWER ORCHID
Dactylorhiza sambucina
near Axat, Aude, Southern France.

00037008
LADY ORCHID
Orchis purpurea
Bugarach, Southern France.

00037007
ORCHID in flower
Ophrys aymoninii
La Maxanne, France.

00037006
ORCHID in flower
Ophrys aymoninii
La Maxanne, France.

00037005
ORCHID in flower
Ophrys catalaunica
Near Coustouges, Southern France.

00037004
WOODCOCK ORCHID in flower
Ophrys scolopax
St Louis, Bugarach, Southern France.

00037003
WOODCOCK ORCHID in flower
Ophrys scolopax
St Louis, Bugarach, Southern France.

00037002
YELLOW BEE ORCHID in flower
Ophrys lutea
Near carcassonne, Southern France.

00037001
BASTARD BALM in flower
Melittis melissophyllum
Bugarach, Southern France.

00037000
COMMON MILKWORT in flower
Polygala vulgaris
Near Montferrer, Southern France.

00036999
GREATER STICHWORT in flower
Stellaria holostea
Montiaghs Moss Nature Reserve,
Aghalee, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

00036998
BLACKCAP pair at nest
Sylvia atricapilla

00036997
AVOCET at water's edge
Recurvirostra avosetta

00036996
SOLITARY SANDPIPER
Tringa solitaria
amongst reeds

00036995
EUROPEAN RED FOX
Vulpes vulpes
resting on greenhouse staging

00036994
SONG THRUSH
Turdus philomelos
at nest under eaves

00036993
BARN OWL PELLETS
showing rodent skulls
Barn owl is Tyto alba

00036992
KINGFISHER
Alcedo atthis
holding fish prey in beak

00036991
CROP SPRAYING Norfolk, England
Note hare to right of sprayer
wildlife in danger

00036990
MARINE IGUANA on rock
Amblyrhynchus cristatus
Galapagos Islands, Pacific Ocean

00036989
RED SETTER running on snow

00036988
SHARP-RIBBED SALAMANDER
Pleurodeles waltl
on land. Spain.

00036987
WOOD ANEMONES
Anemone nemorosa
covered with snow Spring

00036986
SMALL HEATH BUTTERFLY
Coenonympha pamphila
& LARGE SKIPPER BUTTERFLY
Ochlodes venatum, on horsetail.>>

00036985
DOWNLAND FLOWERS - Devil's Bit
Scabious and Lesser Knapweed
Succisa pratensis & Centaurea nigra.
South Downs, Sussex, England.

00036984
HAMPSHIRE PURSLANE
Ludwigia palustris
Hatchet Pond, New Forest,
Hampshire, England.

00036983
POND showing rushes & Marsh
Saint John's Wort (Hypericum elodes)
New Forest, Hampshire, UK

00036982
CHOCOLATE LABRADOR
11 week old puppy chewing bone

00036981
SHATTERFORD BOTTOM showing bog
and heathland beyond.
New Forest, Hampshire, UK

00036980
BLUEBELLS in woodland
Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Sussex, UK

00036979
GUINEA PIG receiving antibiotic eye drops
Cavia porcellus
for eye infection

00036978
GUINEA PIG two females
Cavia porcellus

00036977
POITOU DONKEYS two facing each other

00036976
HEATH SPOTTED ORCHID
Dactylorhiza maculata
showing heathland habitat
New Forest, Hampshire, UK

00036975
LESSER BUTTERFLY ORCHID
Platanthera bifolia
near road with passing car
New Forest, Hampshire, UK

00036974
LESSER BUTTERFLY ORCHID
Platanthera bifolia
New Forest, Hampshire, UK

00036973
COMMON CAT'S EAR
Hypochaeris radicata
New Forest, Hampshire, UK

00036972
WILD MIGNONETTE
Reseda lutea
Sussex Downs AONB, Sussex, UK

00036971
ORANGE HAWKWEED
Hieracium aurantiaca

00036970
MEADOW THISTLE in flower
Cirsium dissectum
New Forest, Hampshire, UK

00036969
RED STAR-THISTLE in flower
Centaurea calcitrapa
Sussex, UK

00036968
SAINFOIN flowers
Onobrychis viciifolia
Sussex Downs AONB, Sussex, UK

00036967
WILD GLADIOLUS
Gladiolus illyricus
New Forest, Hampshire, UK