Elio Della Ferrera / Rouget's rail {Rougetius rougetii} on Everlasting flowers Ethiopian highlands, Ethiopia

Elio Della Ferrera / Liontail macaque, juvenile {Macaca silenus} Western Ghats Mts, Kerala, India - endangered endemic species

Elio Della Ferrera / Child sucks on Juncus stem to quench thirst. Dinsho village, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia

Elio Della Ferrera / Grassland and River in Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia

Elio Della Ferrera / Garba Guracha lake, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia

Elio Della Ferrera / Stoat {Mustela erminea} with white winter coat in snow. Stelvio National Park, Italy.

Elio Della Ferrera / Hagenia abyssinica in flower, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia endemic

Elio Della Ferrera / Chestnut naped francolin {Pternistis castaneicollis} Ethiopian highlands, Ethiopia

Elio Della Ferrera / Figs ripening on Fig tree {Ficus sp} Assam, North East India, Indian Subcontinent

Elio Della Ferrera / Egyptian vulture on ground {Neophron percnopterus} Simien NP, Ethiopia

Elio Della Ferrera / Montane purple faced langur {Presbytis senex monticola} dominant male. Sri Lanka. Endemic endangered species.

Elio Della Ferrera / Golden leaf monkey / langur {Presbytis geei} adult male + juvenile, Assam, India

Elio Della Ferrera / Rainforest interior with ferns and pond Sinharaja FR, Sri Lanka

Elio Della Ferrera / Southern plains grey / Hanuman langur {Semnopithecus dussumieri} sitting on arm of statue of Buddha. Sri Lanka

Elio Della Ferrera / Stoat / Ermine running across snow in winter, Alps, Eruope

Elio Della Ferrera / Simien jackal / Ethiopian wolf {Canis simensis} Bale Mopuntains NP, Ethiopia endemic species

Elio Della Ferrera / Tropical rainforest canopy, Western Ghats, Kerala, southern India

Elio Della Ferrera / Garba Guracha lake, Bale Mtns NP, Ethiopia, with endemic Giant lobelia plants {Lobelia rhynchopetalum}

Elio Della Ferrera / Atlas moth {Attacus atlas} on nurse plant Sri Lanka

Elio Della Ferrera / Toadstools growing on fallen leaves Uduwattakele FR, Sri Lanka

Elio Della Ferrera / Rainforest interior with climbing plant around tree trunk, Uduwattakele FRWS, Sri Lanka

Elio Della Ferrera / Veiled fungus {Phallus sp} and {Michelia sp} fruit on leaf litter in tropical wet evergreen forest, Sri Lanka

Elio Della Ferrera / Stoat / Ermine surveying surroundings , Alps, Europe

Elio Della Ferrera / Gelada baboon, Simien NP, Ethiopia

Chris Mattison / Aerial view of Cottam power station, near Retford, Nottinghamshire, owned by EDF Energy. This power station is coal-fired. October 2012.

Chris Mattison / Aerial view of Cottam power station, near Retford, Nottinghamshire, owned by EDF Energy. This power station is coal-fired. October 2012.

Elio Della Ferrera / Hump nosed lizard {Lyriocephalus scutatus} Sinharaja GR, Sri Lanka, endemic

Elio Della Ferrera / Augur buzzard {Buteo rufofuscus} courtship behaviour, female begging for food from male, Bale Mts NP, Ethiopia

Elio Della Ferrera / Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) grooming, Keoladeo National Park, India

Elio Della Ferrera / Blackbuck {Antilope cervicapra} two males, one with a broken horn, Thar desert, Rajasthan, India

Elio Della Ferrera / Flock of Crab plovers {Dromas ardeola} in flight, Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat, India

Elio Della Ferrera / Great pied hornbill {Buceros bicornis} pair in tree, Assam, North East India

Elio Della Ferrera / Walia ibex (Capra walie) on grassy hill, Simien National Park, Ethiopia, endangered species

Elio Della Ferrera / Mountain nyala {Tragelaphus buxtoni} male and female in courtship, Bale Mountains NP, Ethiopia, endemic, endangered

Elio Della Ferrera / {Physoplexis comosa} flowering on rock, Grigne mountains, Alps, Italy

Elio Della Ferrera / Dwarf willow plants {Salix herbacea} leaves and flowers, Tessa Regional Park, Alps, Italy

Elio Della Ferrera / {Viola dubyana} flowering, Grigne mountains, Alps, Italy

Elio Della Ferrera / Thyme leaf willow {Salix serpyllifolia} Puez-odle Regional Park, Alps, Italy

Elio Della Ferrera / Black berried honeysuckle {Lonicera nigra} berries, Alps, Italy

Elio Della Ferrera / Lichen {Hypogymnia physodes} growing on granite stone, Alps, Italy

Elio Della Ferrera / {Primula minima} flowers, Stelvio NP, Alps, Italy

Elio Della Ferrera / Fungus {Pholiota sp} in fir spruce woodlands, Adamello Park, Alps, Italy

Elio Della Ferrera / Lichen {Parmelia centrifuga} growing on stone, Alps, Italy

Elio Della Ferrera / Bearberry {Arctostaphylos uva ursi} white flowers, Stelvio NP, Alps, Italy

Elio Della Ferrera / {Euphorbia sp} plants growing in Simien NP, Ethiopia

Elio Della Ferrera / Purple saxifrage {Saxifraga oppositifolia} Adamello regional park, Alps, Italy

Elio Della Ferrera / Mountain avens {Dryas octopetala} Puez Odle regional park, Alps, Italy

Elio Della Ferrera / Geum {Geum reptans} flowers, Alps, Italy

Elio Della Ferrera / Butterfly on a Spring pasque flower {Pulsatilla vernalis} Stevio NP, Alps, Italy

Elio Della Ferrera / Umbellifer seedhead with ice, Orobie Alps Regional Park, Central Alps, Europe

Elio Della Ferrera / View over the Dolomiti plateau, Dolomiti mountains, Eastern Alps, Italy

Elio Della Ferrera / Forest habitat of Golden langur {Presbytis geei} Chakrosila Wildlife Sanctuary, Tripura, India

Elio Della Ferrera / Giant peacock moth {Saturnia pyri} Central Alps, Italy

Elio Della Ferrera / Lichen {Caloplaca biatorina} growing on stone wall, Alps, Italy

Elio Della Ferrera / Spotted heath orchid {Dactylorhiza maculata} Alps, Italy

Elio Della Ferrera / Long leaved helleborine {Cephalanthera longifolia} Alps, Italy

Elio Della Ferrera / Flowers and fruit of {Durio sp} Durian Flowers are food for Lion tailed macaque. W Ghats, India

Elio Della Ferrera / Pitcher plant {Nepenthes distillatoria} Sinharaja FR, Sri Lanka

Elio Della Ferrera / Dusky leaf monkeys (Trachypithecus obscurus), mother and baby in trees, southern Thailand.

Elio Della Ferrera / Morchella spp {Morchella spp}, Stelvio NP, central Alps.

Elio Della Ferrera / Earthstar fungi {Astraeus sp} Alps, Italy

Elio Della Ferrera / Veiled fungus {Phallus sp} Sri Lanka tropical wet evergreen forest

Elio Della Ferrera / Veiled fungus {Phallus sp} Sri Lanka tropical wet evergreen forest

Elio Della Ferrera / European wryneck (Jynx torquilla) Orobie Alps RP, Italy

Elio Della Ferrera / Immature Griffon vulture in flight (Gyps fulvus) Thar Desert, India

Elio Della Ferrera / Male Hamadryas Baboon (Papio hamadryas) yawning, Ethiopia 1992

Elio Della Ferrera / Dusky Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) after a rain shower, Thailand 1996

Elio Della Ferrera / Male Hamadryas Baboon (Papio hamadryas) chasing another male during a fight, Ethiopia 1992

Elio Della Ferrera / Female Dusky Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) attempting to take a yellow-furred newborn from its mother, Thailand 1996

Elio Della Ferrera / Two male Hamadryas Baboons (Papio hamadryas) walking, Ethiopia 1992

Elio Della Ferrera / Two Dusky Leaf Monkeys (Trachypithecus obscurus) on cliff, Thailand 1996

Elio Della Ferrera / Troop of Hamadryas Baboon (Papio hamadryas) crossing a stream, Ethiopia 1992 females carrying babies on back

Elio Della Ferrera / Male Hamadryas Baboon (Papio hamadryas) with his harem of females and their young, Ethiopia 1992

Elio Della Ferrera / Female Dusky Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) running, carrying baby hanging on upside down, Thailand 1996

Elio Della Ferrera / Four wet Dusky Leaf Monkeys (Trachypithecus obscurus) at the edge of forest after rain shower, Thailand 1996

Elio Della Ferrera / Male Hamadryas Baboon (Papio hamadryas) walking displaying penis, female following, Ethiopia 1992

Elio Della Ferrera / Juvenile Dusky Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) swinging on a branch, half of tail is missing, Thailand 1996

Elio Della Ferrera / Two juvenile Dusky Leaf Monkeys (Trachypithecus obscurus) leaping into the air whilst playing, Thailand 1996

Elio Della Ferrera / Female Dusky Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) attempting to take a new born baby from its mother, Thailand 1996

Elio Della Ferrera / Adult Dusky Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) running, Thailand 1996

Elio Della Ferrera / Yellow-furred baby Dusky Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) suckling, Thailand 1996

Elio Della Ferrera / Portrait of male Hamadryas Baboon (Papio hamadryas) looking over shoulder, Ethiopia 1992

Elio Della Ferrera / Male Dusky Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) on Strangler Fig portrait, Thailand 1996

Elio Della Ferrera / Portrait of mother Dusky Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) with yellow-furred baby, Thailand 1996

Elio Della Ferrera / Male Dusky Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) yawning, Thailand 1996

Elio Della Ferrera / Profile portrait of male Dusky Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus), Thailand 1996

Elio Della Ferrera / Juvenile Dusky Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) grooming his tail searching for fleas, Thailand 1996

Elio Della Ferrera / Yellow coloured baby Dusky Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) with an immature adult, Thailand 1996

Elio Della Ferrera / Immature Dusky Leaf Monkeys (Trachypithecus obscurus) playing, Thailand 1996

Elio Della Ferrera / Male Dusky Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) eating leaves, Thailand 1996

Elio Della Ferrera / Female Dusky Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) with her yellow furred baby standing on her head, Thailand 1996

Elio Della Ferrera / Portrait of juvenile Hamadryas Baboon (Papio hamadryas) sitting on a rock, Ethiopia 1992

Elio Della Ferrera / Male Hamadryas Baboon (Papio hamadryas) yawning with two young nearby, Ethiopia 1992

Elio Della Ferrera / Portrait of male Dusky Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus flavicauda) with penis exposed, Thailand 1996

Elio Della Ferrera / Dusky Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) resting in tree, Thailand 1996

Elio Della Ferrera / Dusky Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) fighting with some Crab eating / Long tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in tree canopy, an uncommon interaction, Thailand 1996