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00005913
AARDVARK
Orycteropus afer
hind quarters protruding from nest,
foraging for termites South Africa

00005901
SEA URCHINS
Parechinus angulosus
Tsitsikamma National Park,
Cape Province, South Africa

00005900
RAINBOW TROUT
Oncorhynchus mykiss
hatching on trout farm
Trasvaal, South Africa

00005890
WILDEBEEST herd migrating
Connochaetes taurinus
Kalahari, Botswana

00005876
AFRICAN WILD or CAPE HUNTING DOG
Lycaon pictus
group at kill, Kruger National Park, South Africa

00005865
CRESTED GUINEAFOWL
Guttera pucherani
Kruger Natl Park, South Africa

00005847
CARACAL LYNX
Felis caracal
Karoo Natl Park, South Africa

00005813
STORM & ROUGH SEA
on rocky coastline
Hvaler, Norway

00005805
SUNSET OVER LAKE
with silhouetted rocks & reeds
Norway

00005788
NORTHERN CARDINAL two males
Cardinalis cardinalis
on Birch with snow on branches
Wisconsin, USA Winter

00005783
POLAR BEAR resting on snow
Ursus maritimus
Hudson Bay, Canada

00005724
YELLOW-NECKED MOUSE
Apodemus flavicollis
on apples

00005697
FALLOW DEER
Dama dama
two female, in woodland

00005682
CAT & HOUSE MOUSE
Cat intently watching mouse
on carpet by furniture

00005680
BRACKEN
Pteridium aquilinum
young frond, just emerged

00005675
CHAFFINCH
Fringilla coelebs
on bare tree, singing

00005670
JAY
Garrulus glandarius
at nest with young

00005665
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER
Muscicapa striata
perched on post in garden

00005618
BEECH TREE with contorted trunks
Fagus sylvatica
Loder Valley Reserve, Wakehurst Place,
West Sussex, southern England

00005617
COMMON FROG in water
Rana temporaria

00005601
INDIAN FRUIT BAT
Pteropus giganteus

00005597
SAWFLY larvae on Poplar leaf

00005596
EUROPEAN MOLE
Talpa europea
emerging from molehill

00005532
GREY SQUIRREL
Sciurus carolinensis
eating chestnut

00005526
MEADOW GRASSHOPPER
Chorthippus parallelus
jumping

00005475
BROWN FLYCATCHER on branch
Muscicapa latirostris
Hebei Province, China

00005472
HUMPBACK WHALE with young
Megaptera novaeangliae
diving

00005467
LITTLE AUK
Plautus alle
on water in winter

00005435
RED-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
Rissa brevirostris
on rock ledge. Pribilof Islands, Alaska, USA

00005383
GREY JAY on conifer
Perisoreus canadensis
Yellowstone NP, Wyoming, USA.
Winter.

00005374
FISHOOK BARREL CACTUS
Ferocactus wislizenii
spines, close detail. Saguaro
National Monument, Arizona, USA

00005316
LEAST CHIPMUNK eating berry
Eutamias minimus
Montana, USA

00005304
NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEAR
Ursus americanus
young on dead tree
Montana, USA

00005299
BOBCAT or RED LYNX
Felis rufus
resting in tree
Illinois, USA

00005289
MANDARIN DUCK
Aix galericulata
male on water

00005276
EASTERN GREY KANGAROO
Macropus giganteus
scavenging from rubbish bin
Victoria, Australia

00005238
AFRICAN LION male, charging
Panthera leo
Chobe National Park, Botswana

00005212
TIGER FISH struggles with hook
Hydrocynus vittatus
Okavango, Botswana

00005172
WOODCOCK
Scolopax rusticola
camouflaged on nest

00005166
STELLER'S EIDER DUCK
Polysticta stelleri
large flock in flight Norway

00005162
KING EIDER DUCK
Somateria spectabilis
group "rush-swimming"

00005146
ELK or MOOSE in spring
Alces alces
Troms, Norway.

00005127
GIANT TREE FROG
Litoria infrafrenata

00005121
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
Rissa tridactyla
feeding young in nest. Latrabjarg Reserve, Iceland

00005119
ICELAND DOG

00005118
ICELAND PONY
two grazing in low sunshine
Iceland

00005101
WHITE-CAPPED DIPPER
Cinclus leucocephalus
Rio Otun, Colombia

00005052
AFRICAN ELEPHANT group
Loxodonta africana
at waterhole. Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa

00005045
LEOPARD resting
Panthera pardus
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, RSA

00004945
AFRICAN DARTER
Anhinga rufa
with tilapia prey
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00004935
BURCHELL'S or PLAINS ZEBRA group
Equus burchelli
Satara, Kruger National Park,
South Africa

00004915
KING PROTEA
Protea cynaroides
Helderberg, Cape Province, RSA

00004913
SOUTHERN or DOUBLE-WATTLED
CASSOWARY
Casuarius casuarius
New Guinea

00004882
CARMINE BEE-EATER
Merops nubicoides
Okavango, Botswana

00004834
SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
Papilio machaon
on foliage, wings open.
Norfolk, East Anglia, UK

00004829
NYALA male drinking
Tragelaphus angasi
Mkuze Game Reserve, South Africa

00004745
GRIZZLED TREE KANGAROO
Dendrolagus inustus
Papua New Guinea & Irian Jaya

00004705
TAWNY OWL Strix aluco
on brick wall, near to lit doorway
of house at night

00004674
RHESUS MACAQUES
Macaca mulatta
one grooming another
India

00004668
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE
Rissa tridactyla
bathing. June. Norway

00004663
WHITE-TAILED SEA EAGLE
Haliaeetus albicilla
Norway

00004646
GREYLAG GOOSE
Anser anser
family in park April. London, England

00004638
PIED FLYCATCHER
Ficedula hypoleuca
female at nest box
June. Wales

00004622
GOLDEN-CHEEKED GIBBON
Hylobates gabbrielle
Native to Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia

00004611
BROWN HYENA
Hyaena brunnea
Namibia

00004597
BLACK-FACED IMPALA
Aepyceros melampus petersi
females drinking at waterhole
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00004594
AFRICAN WILD or CAPE HUNTING DOG
Lycaon pictus

00004591
LEOPARD two asleep in den
Panthera pardus
two months old

00004583
LEOPARD
Panthera pardus
on lookout from termite mound

00004578
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
mud-bathing

00004566
HELMETED GUINEAFOWL
Numida meleagris
two at water

00004564
SPRINGBOK drinking
Antidorcas marsupialis
Etosha National Park, Namibia.

00004560
BLACK-BACKED JACKAL
Canis mesomelas
drinking at waterhole

00004542
EMU
Dromaius novaehollandiae
head & neck
Australia

00004534
ASIATIC LION male
Panthera leo persica
Western Plains Zoo, Australia

00004512
RED KANGAROO
Macropus rufus
bounding Australia

00007857
SPINY LEAF CHAMELEON
Brookesia decaryi
Mount d'Ambre National Park, northern Madagascar.

00007852
MADAGASCAR REED FROG
Heteriaxalus madagascariensis
Ivoloina Forestry Station, Madagascar

00007838
SURICATE or MEERKAT on lookout
Suricata suricatta
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa.

00007837
MEYER'S PARROT
Poicephalus meyeri
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00007833
SURICATES or MEERKATS basking
Suricata suricatta
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa

00007823
AFRICAN STRIPED WEASEL
Poecilogale albinucha
eating rodent.
Kwazulu Natal, South Africa.

00007755
SLIPPER ANIMALCULE
Paramoecium caudatum
showing cilia.

00007742
MOUNTAIN GORILLA silverback
Gorilla beringei beringei
Critically endangered.

00007740
VIVIPAROUS LIZARD
Lacerta vivipara
on railway track

00007725
AFRICAN LIONS fighting over kill
Panthera leo
Etosha National Park, Namibia.

00007680
SOUTHERN HAIRY-NOSED WOMBAT
Lasiorhinus latifrons
in burrow, Australia

00007668
MOUNTAIN GORILLA silverback
Gorilla beringei beringei
Parc National des Volcans, Rwanda. Endangered.

00007654
RETICULATED PYTHON eating goat
Python reticulatus
Indo-Malaysian region.

00007622
BORNEAN ORANGUTAN
Pongo pygmaeus
Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

00007592
STOAT
Mustela erminea

00007582
BEECH MARTEN
Martes foina
on car engine. Germany

00007569
BLUE-CROWNED HANGING PARROT
Loriculus galgulus
Also known as 'Malay Lorikeet'

00007528
BORNEAN ORANGUTAN hand
Pongo pygmaeus
Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo, Indonesia. Endangered.

00007488
ROWAN or MOUNTAIN ASH
Sorbus aucuparia
Scotland

00007454
PINE MARTEN
Martes martes
on grass

00007453
BADGER emerging from sett
Meles meles

00007452
SALMON FARM,
feeding the fish Loch Ainort, Isle of Skye, Scotland

00007451
SALMON FARM
Loch Sunart, Argyll, Scotland

00007446
ROBIN
Erithacus rubecula
singing on bare branch

00007441
JEWEL ANEMONE
Corynactis viridis
Lundy Island, south west England.

00007430
NORWEGIAN TOPKNOT
Phrynorhombus norvegicus
Kristiansund, Stromsholmen, Norway

00007426
GREAT BARRACUDA
Sphyraena barracuda
Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands

00007412
POLLACK
Pollachius pollachius
Cornwall, England.

00007386
GABOON VIPER
Bitis gabonica
female. Superbly camouflaged.
Highly venomous. West Africa

00007382
STRIPED CIVET
Fossa fossana
Ramanofana National Park, Madagascar.
Known locally as Fanaloka

00007274
STRIPED SKUNK
Mephitis mephitis
with tail raised in defensive posture.

00007265
RED-EYED TREE FROG calling
Litoria chloris

00007219
BALD EAGLE in flight
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
to young in nest. Alaska, USA.

00007211
SUMATRAN ORANGUTAN male
Pongo abelii (previously Pongo pygmaeus abelii)
San Diego Zoo, California, USA

00007202
AMERICAN BADGER in snow
Taxidea taxus
USA

00007169
BLACKCAP BASSLET
Gramma melacara
Chinchorro Atoll, Mexico

00007154
SCAD large shoal over reef
Fished commercially
Bonaire, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean

00007153
SCAD shoal
Carangoides sp.
Bonaire. Fished commercially. Move
over reef in densely packed shoals

00007148
BLACKSADDLED PUFFERFISH
Canthigaster valentini
with Copepod
Komodo Island, Indonesia

00007128
DIVER IN UNDERWATER CAVE
off Yucatan Peninsula, Gulf of Mexico

00007099
HARD CORAL
Porites sp.
Indonesia

00007077
BLUE TANG juvenile
Acanthurus coeruleus
Dominica, Caribbean Sea

00007013
COMMON or GREEN IGUANA
Iguana iguana
being hand fed broccoli

00007011
EASTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla beringei graueri
Silverback. DRC.

00007010
EASTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla beringei graueri
Silverback, yawning. DRC.

00007004
EASTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla beringei graueri
Adult male silverback feeding in cyprus swamp, DRC.

00006989
STREAM IN RAINFOREST
Costa Rica, Central America

00006981
PAINTED-BELLY MONKEY FROG
Phyllomedusa sauvagii
on Bromeliad. Native to Argentina

00006969
PHANTASMAL POISON FROG
Epipedobates tricolor
on red Passion Flower
Ecuador, South America

00006952
GIANT DAY GECKO
Phelsuma sundbergi
Madagascar

00006951
DOUBLE-CRESTED BASILISK LIZARD
Basiliscus plumifrons
Central America

00006913
ROUGH-SCALED BUSH VIPER
Atheris squamiger
on moss.
Found in west central Africa

00006892
ASIAN ONE-HORNED RHINOCEROS
Rhinoceros unicornis
in long grass. Chitwan, Nepal

00006886
KOMODO DRAGON
Varanus komodoensis
dominance display, Indonesia

00006870
SKULL OF RATTLESNAKE
Crotalus sp.
Example of front-fanged species

00006856
HERMANN'S TORTOISE
Testudo hermanni
Southern Europe

00006854
ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE
Macroclemys temminickii
tongue lure, detail. USA

00006842
RADIOLARIA (planktonic)
Unicells with endoskeleton of silicon,
absorbed from sea. Member of Rhizopoda
with symbiotic algal cells in cytoplasm

00006819
KING COBRA
Ophiophagus hanna
India
World's longest venomous snake

00006793
GRASS SNAKE close-up of scales
Natrix natrix
England

00006665
MONITOR LIZARD
Varanus sp.
& hooded vultures
Necrosyrtes monachus

00006658
BONOBO or PYGMY CHIMPANZEE
Pan paniscus
Endangered

00006657
BONOBO or PYGMY CHIMPANZEE
Pan paniscus
standing upright.
Twycross Zoo, Leicestershire, England

00006646
WESTERN GREY KANGAROO
Macropus fuliginosus
face detail. Yanchep National Park, Western Australia

00006611
RED-LEGGED PADEMELON
Thylogale stigmatica
with young. Lake Eatcham, Atherton, Queensland, north eastern Australia

00006610
MAREEBA ROCK WALLABY
Petrogale mareeba
with young near Mareeba, Queensland, Australia

00006599
PACIFIC GIANT SALAMANDER
Dicamptodon ensatus
Species of ancient forests
North West USA

00006598
BREEDING PENS
Fish farming in fjord, Norway.

00006588
PANGOLIN or SCALY ANTEATER
Manis javanica
on branch Sumatra, Indonesia

00006561
RETICULATED PYTHON
Python reticulatus
Indonesia

00006558
SANDFISH
Scincus scincus
Western Sahara, northern Africa

00006549
BANDED SEA SNAKE swimming
Laticauda colubrina
in shallow water. Indo-Pacific.

00006542
RED SPITTING COBRA
Naja pallida
protecting eggs. East Africa

00006535
BARRED LEAF FROG
Phyllomedusa tomopterna
French Guiana, South America

00006532
CAECILIAN eating earthworm prey
Caecilia tentaculata.
Guyana Food chain:Earthworm>Caecil-
ian>Giant Toad. See also DHE5034

00006509
SNAPPING TURTLE
Chelydra serpentina
eating young duck prey
Native to eastern & central USA

00006493
GREEN LIZARD
Lacerta viridis
head detail

00006483
FISHERMEN in canoe with catch
Fish species not known.
Fergusson's Island, Papua New Guinea.

00006478
PARSON'S CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo parsonii
gaping as means of threat
Will bite if threat is ineffective.

00006457
GIANT GREEN TREE FROG
Litoria infrafrenata
Papua New Guinea

00006445
TEGU LIZARD head detail
Tupinambis nigropunctatus
South America

00006427
GOLIATH FROG head detail
Conraua goliath
Riomuni, South Cameroon

00006397
ORIENTAL WHIPSNAKE
Ahaetulla prasina
head detail

00006386
NILE MONITOR LIZARD
Varanus niloticus
eating African Sand Snake
Psammophis sibilans

00006367
WHITE-LIPPED PIT VIPER
Trimeresurus albolabris
South eastern Asia

00006342
CORAL SNAKE
Micrurus frontalis brasiliensis
Southern Brazil, South America

00006335
WHITE-BEARDED GNU on migration
Connochaetes taurinus albojubatus
& PLAINS ZEBRA Equus burchelli
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

00006265
BLACKSPOT TUSKFISH
Choerodon schoenleinii
attended by Cleaner Wrasse, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland Australia.

00006259
YELLOWTAIL ANGELFISH
Chaetodontoplus personifer
North west Australian waters

00006258
BLUE PULLERS in staghorn coral
Chromis caerulus
Heron Island,Queensland, Australia

00006252
INDIAN SNAKE CHARMER
charming three cobras
New Delhi, Northern India

00006247
COMMON FROG young in waterlily
Rana temporaria
Essex, England.

00006243
ASIAN OTTER group
Aonyx cinerea
Otter Trust, Norfolk, England.

00006242
EUROPEAN WOLVERINE
Gulo gulo gulo
on lookout in snow, Ranua, Finland

00006239
HORSESHOE CRAB large group
Limulus polyphemus
spawning on shore at high tide
Delaware Bay, New Jersey, N.E. USA

00006224
EMPEROR SCORPION
Pandinus imperator
under ultraviolet light. World's largest species of scorpion

00006220
KESTREL
Falco tinnunculus
in flight

00006179
VERREAUX'S SIFAKA 'dancing'
Propithecus verreauxi
Madagascar

00006161
EUROPEAN WILD BOAR foraging
Sus scrofa
New Forest, Hampshire, southern England

00006150
BADGERS
Meles meles
bringing fresh bedding into sett, UK.

00006148
HEDGEHOG
Erinaceus europaeus
with plastic can-holder caught on spines.
Surrey, England

00006131
ORANGUTAN show
Pongo pygmaeus
Pata Zoo, Bangkok, Thailand.

00006069
JACK RUSSELL TERRIER female with young

00006010
ORANGUTAN
Pongo pygmaeus
mother and young

00006002
BURCHELL'S ZEBRA yawning
Equus burchelli
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00005973
WHITE RHINOCEROS
Ceratotherium simum
two with Pied Crow (Corvus albus)
Hluhluwe Game Reserve, RSA

00005963
AZURE-WINGED MAGPIES
Cyanopica cyana
on carcass
Spain

00005957
SPANISH IBEX
Capra pyrenaica victoriae
male

00005952
BLEACHED CORAL
Acropora sp.
Bunaken Marine Reserve, Sulawesi, Indonesia

00005929
CRIMSON FINCH
Neochmia phaeton
in puddle during wet season
Kimberley region, Western Australia

00005899
SANDHOPPERS feeding on kelp at night. Cape Point, South Africa

00005884
SAMANGO MONKEY in dune forest
Cercopithecus mitis albogularis
Cape Vidal, Natal, South Africa
Race of Blue monkey

00005880
GOLDEN or COMMON JACKAL
Canis aureus
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

00005873
GIRAFFES at sunset
Giraffe camelopardalis
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

00005812
PUFFIN two on rock
Fratercula arctica
Norway

00005809
CANADA GOOSE
Branta canadensis
shaking water off plumage

00005798
WAPITI (called Elk in USA)
Cervus canadensis
three in snowstorm Jasper National
Park, Alberta, Canada

00005797
HUMPBACK WHALE tail-slapping
Megaptera novaeangliae
Alaska, USA. Tail fluke markings are
genetically unique to each whale

00005794
LENTICULAR CLOUD FRONT
(Indicative of windy conditions to come)

00005766
TABBY CAT
chasing mouse
across patch of snow in meadow

00005755
BROWN RAT
Rattus norvegicus
emerging from pile of logs

00005735
DUNNOCK or HEDGE SPARROW
Prunella modularis
feeding young in nest

00005704
BLYTH'S TRAGOPAN
Tragopan blythi
foraging on grass

00005701
MONARCH BUTTERFLY
Danaus plexippus

00005653
JACKDAW on branch
Corvus monedula
walking towards nest hole

00005648
ROBIN
Erithacus rubecula
singing from branch of tree

00005638
AFRICAN GREY PARROT
Psittacus erithacus
in flight

00005604
PIPISTRELLE BAT
Pipistrellus pipistrellus
flying in roof space

00005587
BRITISH BLUE CAT
kitten leaping in play

00005568
BROAD-BODIED CHASER DRAGONFLY
Libellula depressa
newly emerged No.3 of 3.
Also called Broad-Bodied Darter

00005533
HOUSE MOUSE
Mus musculus
three juveniles on sacking

00005506
SWALLOW drinking in flight
Hirundo rustica
West Sussex, England

00005494
HAWFINCH male
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
on nest containing three young, UK

00005487
SISKIN male
Carduelis spinus
on feeder in snow in winter

00005451
PARROT CROSSBILL
Loxia pytyopsittacus
male at water, to drink

00005436
ANTARCTIC FUR SEAL male calling
Arctocephalus gazella
Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, South Atlantic

00005420
FRAGRANT WHITE WATER-LILY
Nymphaea odorata
in flower Michigan, USA

00005368
GREAT GREY OWL on branch
Strix nebulosa
Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, USA
Winter

00005351
NEW ZEALAND FUR SEAL
Arctocephalus forsteri
amongst kelp
New Zealand

00005349
WESTERN GREBE on water
Aechomorphus occidentalis
Bear River Wildlife Refuge, Utah, USA

00005345
MUSK OXEN on hilltop
Ovibos moschatus
in evening light. Greenland.

00005334
SHARP-TAILED GROUSE
Tympanuchus phasianellus
male displaying on lek
Montana, USA

00005309
NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL
Mirounga angustirostris
male on beach
Californian coast, USA

00005295
BONGO browsing
Tragelaphus euryceros
Kenya
Endangered species

00005287
SNOW GOOSE
Anser caerulescens
North America

00005264
ANHINGA
Anhinga anhinga
female at nest with young
Florida, USA

00005251
BUFF-BREASTED PARADISE KING-
FISHER Tanysiptera sylvia
(Nests in termite mounds) Australia

00005247
BORDER COLLIE DOG
young sitting on lawn in garden

00005206
GREATER KUDU leaping road
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Africa

00005144
NORWAY LEMMING
Lemmus lemmus
on lookout from knoll

00005116
BUTCHERING WHALE at whaling station
Last stages of stripping flesh
Iceland

00005098
CAPPED LANGUR or LEAF MONKEY
Trachypithecus pileatus
Eastern Bhutan, eastern Himalayas

00005090
RUFOUS-HEADED GROUND-ROLLER
Atelornis crossleyi
on forest floor
Marojejy National Park, Madagascar

00005088
MADAGASCAR PARADISE FLYCATCHER
Terpsiphone mutata
on nest in fork of tree
Masoala National Park, Madagascar

00005073
GREATER FLAMINGO in shallows
Phoenicopterus ruber
silhouetted at sunset, Namibia

00005051
AFRICAN ELEPHANT calf & adults
Loxodonta africana
at waterhole.
Addo Elephant N.P., South Africa

00005038
CAPE FUR SEAL two young sleeping
Arctocephalus pusillus
Breeding colony at Cape Cross, Skeleton Coast, Namibia

00005027
CAPE or SILVERBACKED FOX
Vulpes chama
mother & young at breeding den
Kalahari Gemsbok NP, South Africa

00005020
CAPE PANGOLIN or SCALY ANTEATER
Manis temminckii
curling into ball, Kalahari Gemsbok NP, South Africa.

00005014
GIRAFFES silhouetted at dusk
Giraffa camelopardalis
Kapama Game Reserve, South Africa

00005010
AFRICAN LIONESS cleaning foot
Panthera leo
Kalahari Gemsbok N.P., South Africa

00005007
AFRICAN WILD or CAPE HUNTING DOG
Lycaon pictus
Kapama Game Reserve, South Africa

00004978
GREY RHEBOK
Pelea capreolus
Karoo NP, South Africa

00004977
WILDEBEEST or BRINDLED GNU
Connochaetes taurinus
group walking on arid ground
Kalahari

00004947
GEMSBOK males fighting
Oryx gazella
Kalahari

00004884
BLACK HERON on branch
Egretta ardesiaca
Okavango, Botswana

00004862
LAMMERGEIER
Gypaetus barbatus
Drakensberg, South Africa

00004858
FULVOUS WHISTLING DUCK
Dendrocygna bicolor
on water
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

00004853
LAMMERGEIER in flight
Gypaetus barbatus
Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa

00004820
CINNAMON TEAL
Anas cyanoptera
on water

00004790
OCELOT
Felis pardalis
Brazil, South America. Endangered species.

00004777
KAPOK
Ceiba pentandra
fruit opening, ready to disperse seed, Timor, Indonesia

00004773
BLACK-BREASTED MANNIKIN
Lonchura teerinki
Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia
Endemic to Indonesia

00004772
WHITE-BELLIED BUSHCHAT male
Saxicola gutturalis
Timor, Indonesia.
Endemic to Indonesia.

00004770
GREAT HORNBILL at nest hole
Buceros bicornis
female. Southern Thailand

00004765
ASIAN PARADISE-FLYCATCHER
Terpsiphone paradisi
on branch
Singapore

00004743
PURPLE HERON
Ardea purpurea
in flight. Singapore

00004741
WOODPIGEON
Columba palumbus
on Daisy-strewn grass

00004729
CARIBOU grazing near Mt McKinley
Rangifer tarandus
Denali National Park, Alaska

00004718
SMALL TREE FINCH
Camarhynchus parvulus
Galapagos Islands, Pacific

00004683
RED DEER
Cervus elaphus
male roaring during rut,
Leicestershire, England

00004667
HAMADRYAS or SACRED BABOON
Papio hamadryas
female on rock (in captivity)

00004662
TEMMINCK'S STINT
Calidris temminckii
Norway

00004644
SISKIN female
Carduelis spinus
on branch
Scotland. February

00004632
CATTLE EGRET
Bubulcus ibis
standing at water's edge

00004616
PYGMY HIPPOPOTAMUS
Choeropsis liberiensis
in yawning threat display

00004598
STARLING
catching insects disturbed by Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus, Africa.

00004581
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
young playing in water

00004562
RED LECHWE herd running
Kobus leche
in water Okavango Delta, Botswana

00004553
CHEETAH
Acinonyx jubatus
running, lateral view

00004543
EMU
Dromaius novaehollandiae
head & neck detail

00004531
EASTERN GREY KANGAROO browsing
Macropus giganteus
Eastern Australia

00004511
RED KANGAROO
Macropus rufus
bounding Australia

00004506
BURCHELL'S or PLAINS ZEBRA
Equus burchelli
group during migration
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00004497
SAVANNA with tree & storm clouds
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00004465
AFRICAN ELEPHANT male drinking
Loxodonta africana
with Cape Turtle Doves Streptopelia capicola. Savuti, Chobe NP, Botswana

00004453
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS
Loxodonta africana
chasing Lion from waterhole Chobe National Park, Botswana, southern Africa

00004412
KEUKENHOF GARDENS
Tulip beds
The Netherlands

00007610
CROWNED LEMUR on Tsingy
Eulemur coronatus
(eroded limestone pinnacles)
Ankarana Reserve, Madgascar

00007541
GREAT WHITE SHARK
Carcharodon carcharias
taking bait on line, eye rolling back &
gums raised for protection

00007536
ARAPAIMA, PAICHE or PIRARUCU
Arapaima gigas
Amazon Rainforest. World's largest freshwater fish. Hunted for food. Endangered.

00007532
BORNEAN ORANGUTAN with baby
Pongo pygmaeus
Tanjung Puting NP, Borneo, Indonesia.

00007531
BORNEAN ORANGUTAN
Pongo pygmaeus
baby feeding from mother's mouth, Tanjung Puting NP, Borneo.

00007516
PIKE EATING FISH
Esox lucius

00007508
SIBERIAN STURGEON
Acipenser baeri

00007499
PIKE
Esox lucius

00007448
VIVIPAROUS LIZARD
Lacerta vivipara
young emerging from amniotic sac

00007436
FROMIA STARFISH
Fromia monilis
Mahe, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

00007404
JEWEL ANEMONE group
Corynactis viridis
Cornwall, south western England

00007402
COLORADO RIVER TOAD
Bufo alvarius
Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA

00007377
BLACK TUFTED-EAR MARMOSET
Callithrix penicillata
group, Serra do Cipo National Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

00007341
BATFISH
Ogcocephalus sp.
known as "Walking Fish"

00007331
SPECTACLED CAIMAN
Caiman crocodilus
Llanos, Venezuela, South America

00007288
AMERICAN MINK two young
Mustela vison
at nest in hollow log.
Rocky Mountains, USA. Spring.

00007283
LAR or WHITE-HANDED GIBBON
Hylobates lar

00007278
AMERICAN MINK
Mustela vison
with Muskrat prey Canada

00007256
SHINGLEBACK SKINK
Trachydosaurus rugosus
also known as Tiliqua rugosa / rugosus
Albany, Western Australia

00007247
SAVANNA HAWK
Heterospizias meridionalis or Buteogallus meridionalis
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, southern Brazil

00007233
TOURISTS & GIANT PANDA young
at breeding centre,
Wolong Reserve, central China
Giant Panda is Ailuropoda melanoleuca

00007225
GIANT PANDA eating bamboo
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Wolong Reserve, China.

00007205
COMMON WOMBAT
Vombatus ursinus
Australia

00007197
EASTERN HOGNOSE SNAKE
Heterodon platyrhinos
mouth note fangs
Michigan, USA

00007191
WHITE-LIPPED PECCARY
Tayassu pecari
Brazil, South America

00007156
GREY REEF SHARK
Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
Tuamoto Island, French Polynesia,
South Pacific

00007134
BLUE TRIGGERFISH juvenile
Pseudobalistes fuscus
on reef. Indonesia

00007129
BROTULID CAVE FISH
Lucifuga sp.
Blind cave-dweller. Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

00007106
DEMOISELLE shoal
Chromis dispilus
New Zealand

00007096
MANTA RAY
Manta birostris
Indonesia

00007088
LIZARDFISH
Synodus sp.
Indonesia

00007066
MANY SPOTTED SWEETLIPS
Plectorhinchus chaetodoniodes
near Acropora coral
Malaysia

00007050
MUSHROOM CORAL
Fungia sp.
Vanuatu, South Pacific

00007028
SWARTHY PARROTFISH eye detail
Scarus niger
Red Sea

00007000
ROACH
Rutilus rutilus
on stony bed

00006984
BLUNTHEAD TREE SNAKE
Imantodes cenchoa
extended from branch
Found from Mexico to Paraguay

00006980
RED-EYED TREE FROG on dead branch
Agalychnis callidryas
Costa Rica, Central America

00006970
GOLD-DUST DAY GECKO
Phelsuma laticauda
northern Madagascar

00006943
GREEN TREE PYTHON
Morelia viridis
coiled on branch

00006933
RETICULATED POISON FROG
Dendrobates reticulatus
Peru, South America
also known as Redback poison frog

00006917
COLLARED LIZARD on rock
Crotaphytus collaris
Found in south western USA
& northern Mexico

00006883
ESTUARINE or SALTWATER CROCODILE
Crocodylus porosus
Mary River, Queensland, Australia

00006852
ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE
Macroclemys temmincki
gaping, lateral view
USA

00006840
BRITTLE-STAR OPHIOPLUTEUS
LARVAE One having just completed
metamorphosis,bottom right, has lost
characteristic spicules present on larvae

00006831
RUSSELL'S VIPER
Vipera russelli
being milked for venom

00006824
NATTERJACK TOAD
Bufo calamita
pair in amplexus, in water

00006644
THE REMARKABLE ROCKS
Flinders Chase National Park
Kangaroo Island, South Australia

00006639
LACE MONITOR LIZARD
Varanus varius
climbing tree.
Blackdown Tableland National Park,

00006609
ALLIED ROCK-WALLABY on rocky slope
Petrogale assimilis
Bowling Green Bay National Park, Queensland, north eastern Australia.

00006585
WAGLER'S PALM VIPER
Tropidolaemus wagleri
Sumatra, Indonesia

00006576
BIOLUMINESCENT CORALS
Gonipora sp. Lobophyllia sp. &
Trachyphyllia sp. in aquarium under UV light.
New Caledonia

00006571
MOORISH or COMMON WALL GECKO
Tarentola mauritanica

00006567
COPPERHEAD SNAKE
Agkistrodon contortrix
camouflaged amongst autumn leaves. Eastern USA

00006555
COLORADO DESERT FRINGE-TOED LIZARD
Uma notata
half buried in sand.

00006550
PALAWAN BEARDED PIG
Sus barbatus anoenobarbos
Palawan. IUCN Red List, lower risk.

00006438
KINGSNAKE eating sidewinder
Lampropeltis getulus
New Mexico, USA
Sidewinder is Crotalus cerastes

00006407
ORNATE HORNED FROG
Ceratophrys ornata
Southern South America

00006384
MacMAHON'S SAND VIPER
Eristicophis macmahoni
burying itself in sand. Pakistan

00006366
WHITE-LIPPED PIT VIPER
Trimeresurus albolabris
South East Asia

00006343
SONORAN MOUNTAIN KINGSNAKE
Lampropeltis pyromelana
eating Collared Lizard prey,
Arizona,South Western USA

00006248
TURQUOISE SEA & sky
Midway Island, Pacific Ocean.

00006204
LARGE-SPOTTED GENET
Genetta tigrina
head detail

00006203
FLYING SQUIRREL
Glaucomys sabrinus
gliding

00006175
CHIMPANZEE baby climbing tree
Pan troglodytes
Chimfunshi Sanctuary, Zambia.

00006145
GIANT PANDA
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
eating Umbrella Bamboo
Wolong Reserve, China

00006061
DALMATIAN DOG
Three puppies lying together

00006053
BULLDOG
standing on grass, panting

00006050
LABRADOR RETRIEVER
puppies

00006040
COTON DE TULEAR DOG
sitting on grass

00005988
AFRICAN ELEPHANT young
Loxodonta africana
Addo National Park, South Africa

00005965
COMMON CRANE
Grus grus
group feeding in wintering grounds
Spain

00005955
WIGEON male
Anas penelope
on water, stretching wings

00005942
BRAVO PLATFORM COMPLEX & DRILLING RIG at sunset Rough Field, British North Sea

00005940
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS
Loxodonta africana
male behind, female front
Chobe National Park, Botswana

00005937
WOLF SPIDER Lycosa sp.
head detail showing eyes
& mouthparts

00005924
MEDICINE MAN COLLECTS NERE or African Locust Bean TREE BARK
Parkia biglobosa
Tree is of great medicinal importance

00005867
COMMON PEAFOWL
Pavo cristatus
male displaying to female

00005860
HARLEQUIN BUG on leaf
Kruger National Park, South Africa

00005853
AFRICAN BUFFALO herd on savanna
Syncerus caffer
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00005852
WHITE-BEARDED WILDEBEEST
Connochaetes taurinus mearnsi
group at waterhole, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00005827
COMMON PEAFOWL
Pavo cristatus
male displaying

00005803
MIST OVER LAKE & FOREST
Norway

00005789
WILD TURKEY
Meleagris gallopavo
two males displaying
Montana, USA

00005780
ARCTIC LANDSCAPE
at sunset with stunted spruces
on snow-covered taiga
Canada

00005777
GREVY'S ZEBRA with foal
Equus grevyi
Samburu National Park, Kenya

00005772
N.AMERICAN GREY or TIMBER WOLF
Canis lupus
North America

00005769
APPENZELLER DOG
Nine-week-old, cross bred sitting on grass

00005767
DOMESTIC GOOSE
on grassy slope, with four young

00005757
JAMES'S or PUNA FLAMINGO
Phoenicoparvus jamesi
foraging in water

00005739
FALLING BEECH LEAVES IN AUTUMN
Fagus sylvatica

00005716
AFRICAN WILD or CAPE HUNTING DOG
Lycaon pictus
resting

00005690
RED-BILLED HORNBILL
Tockus erythrorhynchus
on branch of Acacia

00005664
DORMOUSE leaping
Muscardinus avellanarius
using tail as balance

00005609
RAINDROP & RIPPLES
Ripples formed after entry of
raindrop into puddle surface

00005600
WHITE-EARED PHEASANT
Crossoptilon crossoptilon
Species of Himalayas
Endangered species

00005578
HONEYBEE workers
Apis mellifera
on brood comb

00005573
HARVEST MOUSE
Micromys minutus
two on ears of Wheat

00005571
GREEN LACEWING
Chrysopa sp.
in flight (Multiflash image)
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00005546
MUTE SWAN on water
Cygnus olor
with three young (one on back)

00005543
HOUSE MOUSE
Mus musculus
at entrance to stable

00005541
SWALLOW in flight
Hirundo rustica
leaving stable

00005537
CHAFFINCH
Fringilla coelebs
on branch

00005525
ITHOMID BUTTERFLY
Dircenna sp.
In flight

00005499
BENGAL TIGER female named Mohini
Panthera tigris tigris
Bandhavgarh National Park,
Madhya Pradesh, India

00005440
HUMPBACK WHALE
Megaptera novaeangliae
Cierva Cove, Antarctic Peninsula

00005438
KELP GOOSE female
Chloephaga hybrida
on grass with three young West Point Island, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic

00005434
FALLEN MAPLE LEAF Autumn
Cuyahoga Valley National
Recreation Area, Ohio, USA

00005431
BLUEBERRY covered with dew
Vaccinium sp.
Fruit on plant. Tahquaemenon Falls
State Park, Michigan, USA

00005429
BLUE JAY Spring
Cyanocitta cristata
on branch of bare tree
Chippewa County, Michigan, northern USA

00005409
MACARONI PENGUIN
Eudyptes chrysolophus
Hercules Bay, South Georgia

00005404
SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL young,
Mirounga leonina
face detail. South Georgia,
South Atlantic

00005400
OAK FERN & CANADA WHITE VIOLET
Gymnocarpium dryopteris &
Viola canadensis
Michigan, USA

00005394
FALLEN MAPLE LEAVES
& others, in autumn colours
Michigan, north eastern USA

00005385
DESERT COTTONTAIL RABBIT
Sylvilagus auduboni
squatting in lying snow
South Dakota, USA

00005379
DRAGONFLY covered in dew
Michigan, USA
Summer

00005366
WHITETAIL DEER doe
Odocoileus virginianus
Michigan, USA. Endangered.

00005355
GREY WHALE female & young
Eschrichtius gibbosus
watched by tourists in boat San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico.

00005332
GREAT EGRET
Casmerodius albus
male displaying to female
Florida, USA

00005321
INCA DOVE on branch
Scardafella inca
Arizona, USA

00005320
HOARY MARMOT
Marmota caligata
gathering grass for winter, Montana, USA.

00005319
N.AMERICAN GREY or TIMBER WOLF
Canis lupus
young sitting amongst wild flowers
Montana, USA

00005303
NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEAR
Ursus americanus
young amongst Dandelions
Montana, USA

00005288
BARNACLE GOOSE
Branta leucopsis
on water

00005272
DALL'S SHEEP RAM
Ovis dalli
Alaska, USA

00005265
ANHINGA
Anhinga anhinga
male head & neck, breeding plumage
Florida, USA

00005252
LADY MUSGRAVE ISLAND coral cay
on platform reef in Capricorn Bunker
Group NP, Queensland. nb Blue-Green
algae. Fairfax Island visible in distance

00005243
BROW ANTLERED or ELD'S DEER
Cervus eldi
male, female & young
India

00005236
CHILEAN FLAMINGOS taking off
Phoenicopterus chilensis
Patagonia, Argentina

00005201
COMMON CRANE flock in flight
Grus grus
circling during migration

00005195
BEARDED SEAL on ice
Erignathus barbatus
Spitsbergen (Svalbard)

00005189
BLACK GROUSE two males
Tetrao tetrix
quarrelling at lek
Norway

00005188
TUFTED DUCK
Aythya fuligula
pair on grass
Norway

00005175
NORTHERN HAWK OWL on treetop
Surnia ulula
Autumn in montane forest Norway

00005124
SLENDER-HORNED GAZELLE
Gazella leptoceros
Endangered. Deserts of Egypt and Algeria

00005117
WHALING STATION Iceland.

00005096
BHARAL group running on snow
Pseudois nayaur
Ladakh, northern India

00005077
DOUBLE-TOOTHED BARBET
Lybius bidentatus
head detail
native to Central Africa

00005074
CAPE GRYSBOK
Raphicerus melanotis
Endemic to the Cape fynbos area, South Africa

00005043
YELLOW MONGOOSE
Cynictis penicillata
mother & young
Kalahari Gemsbok N.P., South Africa

00005040
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
two young playing in water, Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa

00005029
BLACK-BACKED JACKAL
Canis mesomelas
scavenging springbok killed by cheetah
Kalahari Gemsbok NP, South Africa

00005026
CHEETAH young
Acinonyx jubatus
Kalahari Gemsbok NP, South Africa

00005025
CHEETAH hunting
Acinonyx jubatus
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park
South Africa

00005001
CHAT FLYCATCHER on tip of tree
Bradornis infuscatus
Kalahari, southern Africa

00004991
WILDEBEEST or BRINDLED GNU
Connochaetes taurinus
Kalahari, southern Africa

00004985
BAT-EARED FOX & young
Otocyon megalotis
Kalahari

00004983
BAT-EARED FOX young
Otocyon megalotis
Kalahari

00004928
BLUE-CROWNED PIGEON & young
Goura cristata
Native to New Guinea

00004926
BLUE CRANE
Anthropoides paradisea
Natal, South Africa
Endangered species

00004918
LITTLE GREBE & young
Tachybaptus ruficollis
Cape, South Africa

00004914
KING PROTEA
Protea cynaroide
Helderberg, West Cape, South Africa

00004887
GREATER FLAMINGO group
Phoenicopterus ruber
Western Cape, South Africa

00004870
WHITEFACED DUCK
Dendrocygna viduata
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Also called Whitefaced Whistling Duck

00004860
AFRICAN PYGMY GOOSE
Nettapus auritus
male
Natal, South Africa

00004846
LION & LIONESS
Panthera leo
Kruger National Park, South Africa.

00004831
WHITE RHINOCEROS
Ceratotherium simum
with very long horn
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

00004819
GERANIUM flower with dew drops

00004812
TAM SERKU peak
showing above mist
Himalayas, Nepal

00004775
GREATER BIRD OF PARADISE male
Paradisaea apoda
Bali Bird Park, Indonesia
Endemic to Indonesia

00004774
TWELVE-WIRED BIRD OF PARADISE
Seleucidis melenoleuca
Bali Birdpark, Indonesia
Endemic to Indonesia

00004768
GREAT HORNBILL male
Buceros bicornis
feeding female in nest hole
Khao Yai, Thailand

00004737
BLUE & YELLOW MACAWS in flight
Ara ararauna
Tambopata Nature Reserve, Peru

00004736
MOUNTAIN GOAT & young
Oreamnos americanus
Banff NP, Rocky Mountains, Canada.

00004731
DALL'S SHEEP
Ovis dalli
ewe & lamb
Denali National Park, Alaska, USA

00004719
SMALL GROUND FINCH
Geospiza fuliginosa
Galapagos Islands, Pacific

00004717
ROUGH-TOOTHED DOLPHIN
Steno bredanensis
The Azores, North Atlantic

00004713
MONGOLIAN GERBIL or JIRD on sand
Meriones unguiculatus
Mongolia

00004694
GREATER ANI on branch.
Crotophaga major
Venezuela. January

00004678
GREENFINCH on Holly
Carduelis chloris
November. Midlands, England

00004660
COMMON ROSEFINCH January
Carpodacus erythrinus
male on branch
Norway

00004649
SISKIN male
Carduelis spinus
on branch
Scotland. April

00004647
PHEASANT male calling
Phasianus colchicus
April. London, England

00004642
STOCK DOVE
Columba oenas
bathing in stream

00004635
MAGPIE on rock
Pica pica

00004619
MUDSKIPPER
Periopthalmus sp.
in mangrove swamp

00004614
GREAT HORNBILL head detail
Buceros bicornis
Native to Asia

00004601
BURCHELL'S or PLAINS ZEBRA
Equus burchelli
two running in waterhole
Etosha National Park, Namibia

00004593
AFRICAN WILD or CAPE HUNTING DOG
Lycaon pictus

00004589
GIRAFFES
Giraffa camelopardalis

00004584
CHEETAH snarling
Acinonyx jubatus

00004524
AFRICAN ELEPHANT
Loxodonta africana
browsing on small branches

00004515
PINCUSHION PROTEAS in flower
Leucospermum cordifolium
Fynbos, Cape Province, South Africa.

00004485
BLACK RHINOCEROS
Diceros bicornis
in tall grass

00004457
BLACK-BACKED JACKAL three young
Canis mesomelas
huddled together for warmth
Okavango Delta, Botswana

00004428
BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY
Sula nebouxii
on nest with young
Galapagos Islands, Pacific Ocean

00004420
OCELOT snarling
Felis pardalis
Endangered species.

00004405
GALAPAGOS FUR SEAL
Arctocephalus galapagoensis
Galapagos Islands, Pacific.
Endangered species

00004404
WILDEBEEST or BRINDLED GNU
Connochaetes taurinus
running
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00004335
WILDEBEEST herd at sunset
Connochaetes taurinus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00004323
ASIAN ELEPHANTS domestic
Elephas maximus
in training Government Elephant
Conservation Centre, Thailand

00004314
SARUS CRANE group of three
Grus antigone
Bharatpur NP, Uttar Pradesh
India

00004312
ASIAN ELEPHANT domestic, bathing
Elephas maximus
Kanha National Park, India

00004306
LEOPARD resting in tree
Panthera pardus
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

00004303
PROBOSCIS MONKEY
Nasalis larvatus
Bronx Zoo, New York, USA

00004295
CAPE FUR SEAL colony
Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus
Namibia

00004263
INDIAN GAZELLE browsing
Gazella bennetti

00004227
BRENT GOOSE two on grass
Branta bernicla
Hampshire, southern England

00004219
MAGPIE
Pica pica
in flight

00007596
MOUNTAIN GORILLA silverback
Gorilla beringei beringei
Parc National des Volcans, Rwanda. Endangered.

00007567
ARAPAIMA, PAICHE or PIRARUCU
Arapaima gigas
Amazon Rainforest. Endangered. Hunted for food. World's largest freshwater fish.

00007512
PERCH
Perca fluviatilis
with spawn

00007494
KING CARP or MIRROR CARP
Carassius carassius

00007470
BADGER cub
Meles meles
in woodland

00007462
COMMON TOAD
bufo bufo

00007460
COMMON FROG in pond
Rana temporaria
on leaves of aquatic plant

00007447
FISHING BOAT & gulls in flight
off Saint Abbs Head, Berwickshire,
south eastern Scotland

00007444
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra
sprainting to mark territory, Scotland.

00007438
LYRETAIL ANTHIAS or GOLDIE shoal
Pseudanthias squamipinnis
& soft coral, Dendronephthya sp.
Red Sea coast of Egypt

00007366
SEA URCHIN "DESERT"
Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands

00007363
PADDLEFISH
Polyodon spathula
Paddle senses electric fields. Found in
rivers & streams of south eastern USA.

00007362
GENTOO PENGUIN
Pygoscelis papua
scratching
Falkland Islands, South Atlantic

00007328
MUSK OX on shingle shore
Ovibos moschatus
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA.

00007312
RED-EYED TREE FROG
Agalychnis callidryas
on branch in captivity

00007304
SAMBAVA TOMATO FROG
Dyscophus antongili
in captivity
Native to eastern Madagascar

00007303
EUROPEAN TREE FROG on leaf
Hyla arborea
Southern Europe & western Asia

00007269
LACE MONITOR LIZARD
Varanus varius
on trunk of Eucalyptus

00007246
SPECTACLED CAIMAN
Caiman crocodilus yacare
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, southern Brazil

00007234
LESSER PANDA or RED PANDA
Ailurus fulgens
on branch, Wolong Reserve, Sichuan
Province,west central China

00007228
GIANT PANDA playing
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Wolong Reserve, Szechwan Province,
central China

00007221
WILD BOAR and young
Sus scrofa cristatus
on marsh, Ranthambhore National Park,
Rajasthan, north western India

00007215
BALD EAGLE
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
in flight over water. Alaska, USA.

00007185
SPECTACLED CAIMAN
Caiman crocodilus
Brazil, South America

00007179
RED-HANDED TAMARIN
Saguinus midas
French Guiana, South America

00007151
BAITFISH jumping
Rinca Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

00007143
CORAL REEF and Cardinalfish shoal
Rhabdamia cypselura
Komodo Island, Indonesia

00007102
SPINY SEA URCHIN
Diadema sp.
New Zealand

00007085
RIBBON EEL male
Rhinomuraena quaesita
head detail. Indonesia

00007049
SHARKNOSE GOBY
Gobiosoma evelynae
Bahamas, North Atlantic

00007048
FAIRY BASSLET or ROYAL GRAMMA
Gramma loreto
Bahamas, North Atlantic

00007045
LONGFIN SPADEFISH
Platax teira
Malaysia

00007018
SALMON LADDER
on Inagh River Ennistimon,
County Clare, western Eire

00007009
EASTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla beringei graueri
Silverback, yawning. DRC.

00007008
EASTERN LOWLAND GORILLA
Gorilla beringei graueri
Silverback resting. Democratic Republic of Congo.

00006966
NORTHERN NEOTROPICAL RATTLESNAKE
Crotalus durissus culminatus
coiled, tongue extended.
Southern Mexico

00006961
FER-DE-LANCE
Bothrops atrox
rare colour variant
Costa Rica

00006947
ARIZONA MOUNTAIN KINGSNAKE
Lampropeltis pyromelana pyromelana
Found in southern USA & northern Mexico

00006941
MADGASCAR FOREST CHAMELEON
Chamaeleo campani
on bare branch
Madagascar

00006895
GIANT FOREST HOG
Hylochoerus meinertzhageni
Aberdare National Park, Kenya

00006882
ESTUARINE or SALTWATER CROCODILE with prey
Crocodylus porosus
Mary River, Queensland, Australia.

00006873
SAVANNAH MONITOR
Varanus exanthematicus
Native to Africa

00006834
INDIAN COBRA ventral view
Naja naja
with hood extended. India

00006826
OCELLATED LIZARD head detail
Lacerta lepida
La Crau, Languedoc, Southern France

00006806
GREEN ANACONDA in water
Eunectes murinus
Maraca Island, Roraima, Brazil.

00006803
PARAGUAY CAIMAN LIZARD head detail
Dracaena paraguayensis
nearly submerged, Pantanal,Mato
Grosso do Sul, Brazil, South America

00006802
WHITE-EARED OPOSSUM
Didelphis albiventris
in fork of tree. Castro, Parana, southern Brazil

00006782
GIANT FOREST FLOOR FLATWORM
catching snail prey
Venezuela, South America

00006772
GOLDFISH
Carassius auratus

00006653
GREAT CRESTED or WARTY NEWT
Triturus cristatus
view submerged

00006647
COMMON WALLAROO or EURO
Macropus robustus
among tussocks, South Australia

00006600
SANTA FE LAND IGUANA eating cactus
Conolophus pallidus
Galapagos Islands, Pacific Ocean, on equator.
Vulnerable.

00006586
SLOW LORIS
Nycticebus coucang
eating tree lizard prey
Sumatra, Indonesia.

00006568
RAINBOW BOA
Epicrates cenchria cenchria
close-up of head. South America

00006560
COMMON SAND VIPER
Cerastes vipera
Sahara Desert, northern Africa

00006537
BLUNTHEAD TREE SNAKE
Imantodes cenchoa
French Guiana, South America

00006485
PAPUAN PYTHON
Apodaura papuana or Liasis papuanus

00006471
COMMON CUSCUS eating fruit
Phalanger orientalis
Papua New Guinea

00006467
NEW GUINEA FRESHWATER
CROCODILE
Crocodylus novaeguineae
New Guinea

00006461
EMERALD TREE SKINK
Lamprolepis smaragdina
Papua New Guinea

00006421
WEST AFRICAN GABOON VIPER in stream
Bitis gabonica rhinoceros
South-east Cameroon

00006405
DEMERARA FALLS TREE FROG
Hyla granosa
clinging to thin branch
Guyana, South America

00006393
CHINESE COBRA young
Naja atra
newly emerged from egg
China

00006380
GREEN NIGHT ADDER
Causus resimus
Cameroon, western Africa

00006358
SAND VIPER
Vipera ammodytes
giving birth to live young

00006348
ASIA MINOR DWARF SNAKE
Eirenis modestus
Eating insect.
West Asia.

00006344
GILA MONSTER
Heloderma suspectum
eating young rodents
Southern USA & N.W.Mexico

00006261
SCORPIONFISH face
showing superb camouflage
Australia

00006216
TOCO TOUCAN
Ramphastos toco
on branch

00006188
EUROPEAN OTTER
Lutra lutra
Otter Trust, Norfolk, England.

00006180
BLACK RHINOCEROS
Diceros bicornis
Mkhaya, Swaziland

00006174
CHIMPANZEE young
Pan troglodytes
Chimfunshi Sanctuary, Zambia

00006166
ORANGUTAN young in tree
Pongo pygmaeus
Tanjung Puting National Park,
Kalimantan, Borneo.

00006143
GIANT PANDAS eating bamboo
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Wolong Reserve, China

00006066
LONG-HAIRED CHIHUAHUA

00006051
YELLOW LABRADOR RETRIEVER young
running

00006013
DIAMOND FIRETAIL
Emblema guttata
holding nesting material, Australia.
Also known as Stagonopleura guttata

00005998
CAPE FUR SEAL
Arctocephalus pusillus
scratching nose with flipper
Cape Cross, Namibia

00005986
AFRICAN ELEPHANT calf browsing
Loxodonta africana
Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa

00005975
AFRICAN BUFFALO wallowing
Syncerus caffer
Kruger Natl Park, South Africa

00005961
LITTLE EGRET on nest with eggs
Egretta garzetta
Ebro Delta, Cantabria, Spain

00005951
GOLDEN or MASKED BUTTERFLYFISH
Chaetodon semilarvatus
pair
Red Sea, southern Egypt

00005893
GREEN MAMBA
Dendroaspis angusticeps
young emerging from egg

00005892
MOZAMBIQUE SPITTING COBRA
Naja mossambica
spitting venom which can cause
blindness

00005862
AFRICAN FISH EAGLE on beach
Haliaetus vocifer
with dune forest in background
Lake St Lucia, Natal, South Africa

00005857
SOUTHERN BLACK-BACKED GULL
Larus dominicanus
in flight, dropping mussel onto rocks to crack it open. South Africa

00005843
BUSHMEN HUNTERS
with bows & arrows

00005828
GREY CROWNED CRANES displaying
Balearica regulorum
Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe

00005762
GOAT female chewing peg basket

00005745
WHITE-LINED TANAGER
Tachyphonus rufus
Tobago, West Indies

00005712
RED ROSE
Rosa sp.
petal whorl, close detail

00005691
MARSH FROG
Rana redibunda
leaping over another in water

00005671
MALLARD nest with eggs
Anas platyrhynchos
in woodland Spring

00005632
COMMON FROG
Rana temporaria
froglets on lily-pad

00005621
SWALLOW
Hirundo rustica
feeding young

00005584
MOUSE-EARED BAT
Myotis myotis

00005579
SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY
Papilio machaon
emerging from pupa Note spiracles

00005572
DESERT LOCUST
Schistocerca gregaria
eating leaf

00005569
HARVEST MOUSE
Micromys minutus

00005555
BLUE TIT
Parus caeruleus
perched on branch with blossom

00005510
KINGFISHER in flight to nest
Alcedo atthis
carrying fish prey in beak

00005460
HIPPOPOTAMUS
Hippopotamus amphibius
with Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

00005459
VELVET or WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
Melanitta fusca
two males on water

00005448
RED-EYE DAMSELFLY larva
Erythromma najas
(last instar) Collected Great Ouse,
Fen Drayton, East Anglia UK

00005444
BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS
Diomedea melanophris
in flight
Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands.

00005424
PRONGHORN group
Antilocapra americana
females & young
Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA

00005393
DEW DROPS on blade of grass
Michigan, USA

00005389
KING PENGUIN head detail
Aptenodytes patagonicus
Salisbury Plain, South Georgia

00005362
SNOWSHOE HARE in winter cover
Lepus americanus
Northern Michigan, USA

00005357
WEDDELL SEAL young
Leptonychotes weddelli
McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

00005335
SAGE GROUSE male at lek
Centrocercus urophasianus
in courtship display
Montana, USA

00005325
NORTH AMERICAN GREY or TIMBER WOLF
Canis lupus
giving birth in den, Montana, north western USA

00005311
RED WOLF male, face detail
Canis rufus
North America Endangered species

00005286
BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG
Cynomys ludovicianus
at burrow entrance. Montana, USA .

00005282
PUMA or COUGAR young
Felis concolor
Montana, USA

00005260
MINKE WHALE blowing at hole in ice
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

00005223
RED LECHWE group
Kobus leche
jumping across channel in floodplain. Okavango Delta, Botswana.

00005208
WHITE LION male
Panthera leo
Timbuvati Private Nature Reserve (next to Kruger NP), S.Africa. Only place where white lions occur in the wild.

00005191
POLAR BEAR
Ursus maritimus
precariously placed on ice floe
Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic

00005186
LITTLE AUK flock in flight
Alle alle (formerly Plautus alle)
Eastern Greenland

00005180
VERVET MONKEY baby suckling
Cercopithecus aethiops
Zimbabwe

00005163
STELLER'S EIDERS
Polysticta stelleri
two males on water
Norway

00005158
PIED FLYCATCHER
Ficedula hypoleuca
female on nest

00005153
CHAFFINCH
Fringilla coelebs
male on branch
Spring

00005143
RED-THROATED DIVER or LOON
Gavia stellata
on water. Norway

00005113
POLLUTION BY COPPER
King River, Tasmania, Australia

00005091
MAURITIUS PINK PIGEON
Columba mayeri
on branch Pigeon Wood, Mount Cocotte,
Mauritius. Endangered species

00005011
WILDEBEEST or BRINDLED GNU
Connochaetes taurinus female
with young following Kalahari Gems-
bok National Park, South Africa