Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...

Roland Seitre / Wildlife biologist Valery Kopsco, with a young Black-footed Ferrets (Mustela nigripes), part of a reintroduction project at Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge, Montana, March 2002.

Roland Seitre / Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes) seen in its burrow. The species is endangered on account of prey depletion and vulnerability to foreign infection. Declared extinct in the wild in 1987, a succes...

Roland Seitre / Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes). The species is endangered on account of prey depletion and vulnerability to foreign infection. Declared extinct in the wild in 1987, a successful breeding progr...

Loic Poidevin / Truck / van crossing Karoum salt lake in the Danakil depression, northern Ethiopia, February 2002

Juergen Freund / Schooling Silverside fish (Antherinidae) split level with karst limestone walls, West Papuan fisherman in boat, North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2002.

Juergen Freund / Schooling Silverside fish (Antherinidae) split level with karst limestone walls, fan coral and featherstar, North Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, February 2002.

Eric Baccega / View of Yali village of Uldam, with thatched huts, West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia., August 2002

Eric Baccega / View of Yali village of Serkasi, with thatched huts, West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia, August 2002

Eric Baccega / Portrait of Yali hunter in traditional dress, with nose adornment made of wild pig's bones, and rooster feather head-dress. West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia, August 2002

Eric Baccega / Portrait of a Dani woman with painted face, Baliem valley, West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia, August 2002

Eric Baccega / Head portrait of Dani man with head-dress and nose adornment made of bone, Baliem valley, West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia, August 2002

Eric Baccega / Portrait of Lani hunters with painted faces, head-dressed, nose adornment and penis case / gourd, Baliem valley, West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia, August 2002

Eric Baccega / Head portrait of Dani man, with head-dress and nose adornment made of bone, Baliem valley, West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia, August 2002

Sue Flood / Two divers in shark cage, waiting for Great white shark, off shark-diving boat, Guadalupe, Mexico, September 2002

James Aldred / Charlotte Uhlenbroek climbing in the canopy of a giant Mengaris tree {Koompassia excelsa} Danum valley, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia, 2002. BBC NHU 'Jungles'

Doug Perrine / Kemp's ridley turtle {Lepidochelys kempii} hatchlings head for the sea after release from protected nests, Rancho Nuevo, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico 2002

Doug Perrine / Corral of nests of Kemp's ridley turtle {Lepidochelys kempii} each nest is fenced and covered to protect from predators and flies, Rancho Nuevo, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico 2002

Anup Shah / Chimpanzee in trees, 'Patti', Gombe NP, Tanzania 2002 {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii}

Anup Shah / Aerial view of African elephants walking towards water, Serengeti NP. Tanzania 2002

Anup Shah / Young Chimpanzee chewing vine, 'Tom', Gombe NP, Tanzania 2002

Anup Shah / Alpha male Chimpanzee 'Frodo', 26-years-old, feeding on leaves {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii} Kasekela community, Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002. Chimps have learnt that certain leaves can be used to tre...

Niall Benvie / Golden Eagle 4th year male portrait captive (Aquila chrysaetos) Scotland 2002

Mark Payne-Gill / Sandhill cranes landing in field Platte river Nebraska USA {Grus canadensis} . march

Pete Oxford / Giant Titicaca frog {Telmatobius culeus} and researcher Esther Perez, Lake Titicaca. Boliivia / Peru. Totora reed boat in background. 2002

Richard Du Toit / African elephant bull being relocated from Kruger NP to Mozambiqe {Loxodonta africana} 2002

Anup Shah / Female Chimpanzee 'Fanni' 20-years-old, resting with sons Fundi, 17-months-old, and Fudge, 5-years-old {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii} Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002

Anup Shah / Chimpanzees gather round alpha male 'Frodo' in tree feeding on dead Bushbuck fawn {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii} Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002

Anup Shah / Female Chimpanzee 'Gremlin' 31-years-old, carrying twin daughters Golden and Glitter, 3-years-3-monhts-old, jockey riding {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii} Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002

Anup Shah / Young male Chimpanzee 'Gold' 3-years-3-months-old, watches mother 'Gremlin' use stick as tool to catch termites {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii} Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002

Anup Shah / Chimpanzees mutual grooming {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii} Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002

Anup Shah / Male Chimpanzee 'Paxo' 24-years-old, {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii} Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002

Anup Shah / Young Chimpanzee hanging upside down in tree {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii} Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002

Anup Shah / Chimpanzees gather round alpha male 'Frodo' in tree with dead Bushbuck fawn {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii} Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002

Anup Shah / Chimpanzees mutual grooming {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii} Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002

Anup Shah / Female Chimpanzee 'Fanni' with offspring 'Fundi' (male, 17-months-old) and Fudge (male, 4-years-10-months-old) {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii}, Kasekela community, Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002

Anup Shah / Alpha male 'Frodo' displays 'keep away' message to begging chimps wanting share of Bushbuck fawn prey {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii}, Kasekela community, Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002

Anup Shah / Male Chimpanzee 'Sheldon' knuckle walking carrying dead Red colobus monkey in jaws {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii}, 19-years-old, high ranking male of Kasekela community, Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002

Anup Shah / Male Chimpanzee resting on rock 'Pax' {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii}, 25-years-old, lowest ranking male of Kasekela community, Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002

Anup Shah / Alpha male Chimpanzee 'Frodo', 26-years-old {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii} Kasekela community, Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002

Anup Shah / Adult Chimpanzee sitting while feeding and 'thinking' {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii} Kasekela community, Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002

Anup Shah / Ousted alpha male Chimpanzee 'Freud' feeding on mangoes, {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii} Kasekela community, Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002

Anup Shah / Female Chimpanzee 'Patti' (39-years-old) carries jockey-riding offspring 'Tarzan' on her back {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii}, Kasekela community, Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002

Anup Shah / Female Chimpanzee twins 'Golden' and 'Glitta' use stem as a tool to remove termites from a termite mound {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii} Kasekela community, Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002

Anup Shah / Young female Chimpanzee 'Golden' has learnt from her mother how to use a stem as a tool to remove termites from a termite mound {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii} Kasekela community, Gombe NP, Tanzania...

Anup Shah / Female juvenile Chimpanzee 'Golden' has learnt from her mother how to use a stem as a tool to remove termites from a termite mound {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii} Kasekela community, Gombe NP, Tanza...

Anup Shah / Female Chimpanzee 'Gremlin' demonstrates to offspring how to use a stem as a tool to remove termites from a termite mound {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii} Kasekela community, Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002

Anup Shah / Chimpanzee mother 'Gremlin' carries female twins 'Golden' (in front) and 'Glitta' (behind) {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii} Kasekela community, Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002

Anup Shah / Female Chimpanzee 'Gremlin' carries female twins 'Golden' and 'Glitta' {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii} Kasekela community, Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002

Anup Shah / Female Chimpanzee 'Fifi' (44-years-old) rests with her ninth baby 'Furaha' (one-week-old) {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii} Kasekela community, Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002

Anup Shah / Female Chimpanzee 'Flirt' (daughter of Fifi) 2-years-7-months-old playing in tree {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii} Kasekela community, Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002

Anup Shah / Male Chimpanzee 'Faustino' 12-years-old {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii} Kasekela community, Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002

Anup Shah / Fundi plays beside his resting mother 'Fanni' {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii}, Kasekela community, Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002

Anup Shah / Two-year-old male 'Fundi' holds on to mother 'Fanni' who is calling in answer to group call {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii}, Kasekela community, Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002 *Not available for calendar...

Neil Lucas / Sir David Attenborough riding Indian elephant during filming of 'Life of Mammals' for BBC tv, Thailand, 2002

Neil Lucas / Sir David Attenborough next to Blue whale skeleton during filming for 'Life of Mammals', 2002. Santa Barbara, USA

Pete Oxford / Nature Picture Library photographer Pete Oxford at -40 C Darkhad depression, Mongolia - icicles forming on eyelashes and hair 2002

Jorma Luhta / Aurora borealis bow prior to storm. Northern Finland, winter 2002

Jorma Luhta / Aurora borealis bow indicating approaching borealis storm. Northern Finland, winter 2002

Jorma Luhta / Aurora borealis storm colours in night sky, northern Finland, February 2002, winter

Jorma Luhta / Aurora borealis colours in night sky over lake, northern Finland (nr Arctic circle), October 2002. Auroras also occur in the southern hemisphere where they are know as Aurora australis.

Jorma Luhta / Aurora borealis colours in night sky over lake, northern Finland, October 2002

Jorma Luhta / Aurora borealis lights in night sky and full moon. Northern Finland, January, winter 2002

Jorma Luhta / Aurora borealis colours, moon and Jupiter in night sky, northern Finland, winter 2002

Jorma Luhta / Aurora borealis bow in moonlit night sky, northern Finland, January, winter 2002

Marguerite Smits Van Oyen / Film-maker Simon King with family of Meerkats {Suricata suricatta} Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa. 2002. aka Suricate

Jeff Rotman / Threadfin Butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga) diver observing fish caught in Bedouin gill net, Egypt, Red Sea. Model released. October 2002. Model released.

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) grazing at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century...

Roland Seitre / Huge flock of domestic cattle (Bos indicus) kept by Peuhl pastoralists, they create problems of overgrazing and desertification of the region, Ranero, Ferlo, Senegal, 2002.

Roland Seitre / Huge flock of domestic goats kept by Peuhl pastoralists, they create problems of overgrazing and desertification of the region, Ranero, Ferlo, Senegal, 2002

Roland Seitre / Fence allowing grazing-land to recover - to the left is over-grazed land, to the right is recovering land. Scimitar Oryx rehabilitation program, Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal, 2002.

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) with foal at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th centur...

Roland Seitre / Young Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) resting at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th ce...

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) with their handlers at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 2...

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) and their handler at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20t...

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...

Roland Seitre / Scimitar Oryx (Oryx dammah) at the breeding program at Reserve du Ferlo Nord, near Ranero in Senegal. Captive. Previously common, over-hunting and habitat destruction through the 20th century has left...

Roland Seitre / Wildlife biologist Randy Matchett and assistant setting up a circular probe to monitor the movement of Black-footed Ferrets, as part of a reintroduction program. Montana, March 2002.

Roland Seitre / Young Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes) being fed with a pipette, part of a reintroduction project at Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge, Montana, March 2002.

Roland Seitre / Young Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes) , part of a reintroduction project at Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge, Montana, March 2002.

Roland Seitre / Close-up of a huddle of young Black-footed Ferrets (Mustela nigripes), part of a reintroduction project at Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge, Montana, March 2002.

Roland Seitre / Two young Black-footed Ferrets (Mustela nigripes) being held by a researcher, part of a reintroduction project at Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge, Montana, March 2002.

Roland Seitre / Wildlife biologist Valery Kopsco, assessing females and cub Black-footed Ferrets (Mustela nigripes), part of a reintroduction project at Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge, Montana, March 2002.

Roland Seitre / Wildlife biologist Valery Kopsco, assessing females and cub Black-footed Ferrets (Mustela nigripes), part of a reintroduction project at Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge, Montana, March 2002.

Roland Seitre / Wildlife Biologist Randy Matchett at Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge, overlooking Black-footed Ferret project for reintroduction in Montana. March 2002.

Roland Seitre / Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes). The species is endangered on account of prey depletion and vulnerability to foreign infection. Declared extinct in the wild in 1987, a successful breeding progr...

Roland Seitre / Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes). The species is endangered on account of prey depletion and vulnerability to foreign infection. Declared extinct in the wild in 1987, a successful breeding progr...