Christoph Becker / Brown bear cub climbing tree (Urus arctos) Bayerischer Wald, Germany. captive

Christoph Becker / Wild boar piglet {Sus scrofa} Germany - captive

Christoph Becker / Wild boar piglets playing (Sus scrofa) Germany

Christoph Becker / Matterhorn mountain with sun on upper slopes. Switzerland

Christoph Becker / Blossom on Apple tree {Malus sp} Germany

Christoph Becker / Mistletoe {Viscum album} Germany

Christoph Becker / Bee hovers at yellow bellflower (Campanula speciosa speciosa/ Campanula thyrsoidea), Switzerland

Christoph Becker / Male wild boar in woodland pond (Sus scrofa) Schleswig-Holstein

Christoph Becker / Brown bear {Ursus arctos} Bayerischer Wald NP Germany - captive

Christoph Becker / Stemless gentian in flower (Gentiana clusii) SWITZERLAND

Christoph Becker / Male wild boar in woodland pond (Sus scrofa) Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Christoph Becker / Giraffe crossing the road, Etosha NP, Namibia {Giraffa camelopardalis}

Christoph Becker / View across sea to Vestvagoy Island in clouds, Lofot Islands, Norway, Europe

Christoph Becker / Female Brown bear with cub {Ursus arctos}Bayerischer Wald, Germany

Christoph Becker / Chimpanzee {Pan troglodytes} Berlin Zoo, captive

Christoph Becker / Przewalski horse {Equus ferus przewalski} captive

Christoph Becker / Meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis) standing on rock, Norway

Christoph Becker / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) nesting in chimney, Brandenberg, Germany

Christoph Becker / Polar bear {Ursus maritimus} resting in water, Berlin Zoo, captive

Christoph Becker / Chimpanzee {Pan troglodytes} calling, Berlin Zoo, captive

Christoph Becker / Afro-australian fur seal {Arctocephalus pusillus} relaxing on rocks, Namibia.

Christoph Becker / Leopard {Panthera pardus} Okonjima, Namibia

Christoph Becker / Red deer {Cervus elaphus} female portrait, Captive, Germany

Christoph Becker / African elephant family group {Loxodonta africana} Etosha NP, Namibia, Southern Africa

Christoph Becker / Female Wild boar with piglets (Sus scrofa) foraging for food on forest floor, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Christoph Becker / Mandarin drake (Aix galericulata)

Christoph Becker / Sunset on Berlin river in winter, Germany

Christoph Becker / Lake in Ruppiner Schweiz, Bradenberg, Germany

Christoph Becker / View to Vestvagoy Island in clouds, Lofot Islands, Norway, Europe

Christoph Becker / Overlooking woodland with rocky outcrops, near Gohrisch village, Saxonia, Germany

Christoph Becker / Summer arctic vegetation near Ny Alesund, Svalbard, Norway

Christoph Becker / Sun hitting the peak and upper slopes of Matterhorn mountain, Switzerland

Christoph Becker / Tourist boat arrives in Hornsund Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway

Christoph Becker / Mountains stream running through Bavarian Forest NP, Germany

Christoph Becker / Hornsund coastal area landscape, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway

Christoph Becker / Birch trees in spring in Biosphere reserve, Schofheide, Bradenberg, Germany

Christoph Becker / Tree growing on cliff face, Saxony, Germany

Christoph Becker / Chalk cliffs along coast of Rugen Island, Germany

Christoph Becker / Hoffman's Hut resort, Carinthia, European Alps, Hohe Tauern NP, Austria 1996

Christoph Becker / Melting ice on lake at Grimselpab, Switzerland

Christoph Becker / Oryx crossing Namib desert, Namibia

Christoph Becker / Sand dunes, Sossesvlei, Namib desert, Namibia

Christoph Becker / Grey Wolf, Bavarian Forest NP (Canis Lupus) Germany - captive

Christoph Becker / Grey Wolf, Bavarian Forest NP (Canis Lupus) Germany captive

Christoph Becker / Hanging pot in Apple tree {Malus sylvestris} for insects to nest in. Germany Malus sylvestris

Christoph Becker / Glacier, Switzerland, Wallis / Rhone

Christoph Becker / Glacier crevasses, Switzerland Wallis / Rhone

Christoph Becker / Glacier crevasses, Switzerland Wallis / Rhone

Christoph Becker / 'Morteratsch' glacier, Switzerland, Engadine

Christoph Becker / Lake near St Moritz, in morning light. Switzerland.

Christoph Becker / Eagle Owl, captive {Bubo bubo} Germany

Christoph Becker / Fern in grassland Bayerischer Wald NP, Germany

Christoph Becker / Fallow deer does grazing {Dama dama}

Christoph Becker / Bavarian Forest NP, Germany. Mountain stream in the autumn.

Christoph Becker / Bavarian Forest NP, Germany. Mountain stream in the autumn.

Christoph Becker / Tawny Owl, Germany

Christoph Becker / Eurasian pygmy owl on branch. Germany. Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany

Christoph Becker / Pasque flower in flower, Sweden

Christoph Becker / Nutcracker in conifer tree, Switzerland.

Christoph Becker / Poppies, cornflowers & daisies in field. Bradenburg, Germany

Christoph Becker / White stork on roof top, Germany

Christoph Becker / White storks about to mate on nest. Germany

Christoph Becker / Sheep on the beach, Vesterlen Is, Bleiksova, Norway. Bird island in background

Christoph Becker / Alpine meadow in flower Switzerland.

Christoph Becker / Rock climbers on cliff face, Saxony, Germany

Christoph Becker / Chalk cliffs, Rugen Island, Germany

Christoph Becker / Apple tree (Malus sylvestris) in blossom. Germany

Christoph Becker / Apple tree (Malus sylvestris) in blossom. Germany

Christoph Becker / Horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) leaves in spring, Germany

Christoph Becker / Glacier in the Hornsund area, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway

Christoph Becker / Glacier in the Hornsund area, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway

Christoph Becker / Glacier in the Hornsund area, Svalbard, Spitsbergen. Norway

Christoph Becker / Whale bones on beach of Edgeoya Island in summer, Svalbard. Norway

Christoph Becker / Icefjord area near Longyearbyen at night, Svalbard. Norway

Christoph Becker / Atlantic Walrus on arctic drift ice, Svalbard, Spitsbergen. Norway

Christoph Becker / Arctic drift ice near Edgeoya Island, Svalbard, Spitsbergen. Norway

Christoph Becker / Hornsund area, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway

Christoph Becker / European Brown bear portrait, Berlin zoo.

Christoph Becker / Green winged orchid (Anacamptis morio). Sweden, Europe

Christoph Becker / Grey wolf (Canis lupus). Bavarian Forest NP, Germany, Europe

Christoph Becker / River Oder at sunrise, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe.

Christoph Becker / Elbsandsteingebirge, Saxony, Germany, Europe.

Christoph Becker / Lake Tornow frozen, Brandburg, Germany, Europe.

Christoph Becker / River Brandenburg, near Lubenau, Spreewald, Germany, Europe.

Christoph Becker / Hiking in the Val dal Botsch, Engadine NP, Switzerland, Europe

Christoph Becker / View of Siberhorn in the Swiss Alps. Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, Europe

Christoph Becker / Alpine rose (Rhododendron ferrugineum) and alpine flowers. Engadine, Switzerland, Europe

Christoph Becker / Piz Bernina and Biancograt, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Europe

Christoph Becker / Piz Bernina and Biancograt, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Europe

Christoph Becker / Piz Bernina and Biancograt, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Europe

Christoph Becker / Mountain houseleek flowering in rock crevice. (S.montanum) Swiss Engadine

Christoph Becker / Mountain houseleek flowering in rock crevice. (S.montanum) Swiss Engadine

Christoph Becker / River running through woodland in Autumn. Spreewald, GERMANY

Christoph Becker / Bavarian Forest NP, Germany. Primeval Forest.

Christoph Becker / Bavarian Forest NP, Germany. Primeval Forest.

Christoph Becker / Alpine pasture in Austria.