Michael D. Kern / Common iguana (Iguana iguana) albino, captive, from Central and South America

Michael D. Kern / Rhinoceros iguana (Cyclura cornuta) captive, from Hispaniola, Caribbean, Vulnerable species

Michael D. Kern / South American rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus cumanensis) captive, from Venezuela and Colombia

Michael D. Kern / Sri Lankan Bamboo Pitviper (Trimeresurus trigonocephalus) captive, from Sri Lanka

Michael D. Kern / Waxy monkey tree frog (Phyllomedusa sauvagii) captive, from Central and South America

Michael D. Kern / Maroon eye / Moon frog (Leptopelis uluguruensis) captive, from East Africa

Michael D. Kern / Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) coloured blue, walking along branch, captive, from Madagascar

Michael D. Kern / Panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) striped red, green and brown, on branch, captive, from Madagascar

Michael D. Kern / Indian rose / Wandering violin mantis (Gongylus gongylodes) portrait, captive, from S Indian and Sri Lanka

Michael D. Kern / Black headed cat eye snake (Boiga nigriceps) captive, from SE Asia

Michael D. Kern / Green bottle blue Tarantula, (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens) captive from Venezuela

Michael D. Kern / Yellow Headed Day Gecko (Phelsuma klemmeri) between leaves captive from Madagascar

Michael D. Kern / Madagascar Ground Gecko / Big headed gecko(Paroedura Pictus) captive, from Madagascar

Michael D. Kern / Mossy leaf-tailed gecko, (Uroplatus sikorae) captive from Madgascar

Michael D. Kern / Leaf tailed gekco (Uroplatus fimbriatus) captive from Madagascar

Michael D. Kern / Leaf tailed gekco (Uroplatus fimbriatus) captive from Madagascar

Michael D. Kern / Albino Common Iguana (Iguana iguana) captive pair from Tom Crutchfield's collection, from Caribbean and South and Central America

Michael D. Kern / Bamboo pitviper, (Viridovipera stejnegeri) captive from Asia

Michael D. Kern / Venezuelan Sun Tiger Tarantula / Devil tree spider (Psalmopoeus irminia), captive from Venezuela

Michael D. Kern / Ivory Ornamental Tarantulas (Poecilotheria subfusca) from Sri Lanka

Michael D. Kern / Columbian Giant Redleg Tarantula, (Megaphobema robustum) ventral view, captive from South America

Michael D. Kern / Costa Rican Redleg Tarantula (Megaphobema mesomelas), captive from South America

Michael D. Kern / Python (Morelia amethistina) captive from Australasia

Michael Quinton / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) walking in snow, Alaska

Rick Tomlinson / "Team Russia" bowman Michael Joubert during in-port race training in Alicante, Spain, for the 10th Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009. For EDITORIAL USE only.

Michael W. Richards / Baby Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) bath time with mother, Pench National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Michael W. Richards / Domesticated Indian elephants (Elephas maximus) being walked to forest at sunset, Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India

Michael W. Richards / Domesticated Indian elephants (Elephas maximus) being walked to forest at end of the working day, Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India

Michael W. Richards / Domesticated Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) low angle view of having howdah fitted to take people into Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India

Michael W. Richards / Wide angle view of baby Indian elephant, domesticated (Elephas maximus indicus), just a few days old standing below mothe'rs legs, Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India

Michael & Patricia Fogden / White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) hummingbird male feeding on nectar of Fairy Duster (Calliandra sp) flower in cloud forest, Tandayapa Valley, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Michael Hutchinson / Rainbow in spray of Seljalandsfoss waterfall, Iceland

Alex Mustard / A split level digital composite showing a Basking shark (Ceterhinus maximus) feeding on plankton around St Michael's Mount, Cornwall, UK. June

Michael D. Kern / Rainbow millipede (Aulacobolus rubropunctatus) captive

Michael D. Kern / Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) captive, from USA

Michael D. Kern / Powder blue dart frog (Dendrobates tinctoruis) pair, captive, from Central America

Michael D. Kern / Orchid mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) camouflaged on orchid flower, captive, from SE Asia

Michael D. Kern / Striped western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) captive, from USA

Michael D. Kern / Zoo Atlanta / Lemur leaf frog (Hylomantis lemur) captive, Critically endangered, from Central America

Michael D. Kern / Zoo Atlanta / Lemur leaf frog (Hylomantis lemur) mating pair, captive, Critically endangered, from Central America

Michael D. Kern / Zoo Atlanta / White-spotted leaf frog (Cochranella albomaculata) captive, from Central America. Please credit Michael Kern / Zoo Atlanta.

Ross Hoddinott / St Michael's Mount, early morning light, Marazion, West Cornwall, England, UK. March 2010.

Ross Hoddinott / St Michael's Mount by moonlight, Marazion, West Cornwall, England, UK. March 2010.

Michael Quinton / Crab Spider (Diaea dorsata) camouflaged on yellow flower, Alaska

Michael Durham / Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora) near Circle Creek along coast, Oregon

Michael Durham / Pallid Bat (Antrozous pallidus) flying at night, Washington

Michael Durham / Pallid Bat (Antrozous pallidus) flying at night, Washington

Michael Durham / Eastern Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus rafinesquii) flying at night, Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas

Michael Durham / Diving Beetle (Cybister fimbriolatus) jumping into water, photographed with a high-speed camera, central Texas

Michael Durham / Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta), also known as RIFA, worker portrait, highly invasive introduced species, Texas

Michael Pitts / Bull Elephant seal (Mirounga sp) portrait with penguin walking along beach, St Andrews Bay, South Georgia

Michael Pitts / Southern giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus) head covered in blood feeding on carcass of an Elephant seal pup, with a penguin colony in the distance, St Andrews Bay, South Georgia

Ross Hoddinott / St Michael's Mount at dawn, Marazion, Cornwall, UK. September 2009.

Ross Hoddinott / St Michael's Mount in early morning light, Marazion, Cornwall, UK. June 09.

Michael Pitts / Malayan pangolin / Scaly anteater {Manis javanica} in tree, Komodo Island, Indonesia

Michael Hutchinson / Abstract apartment and office buildings, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Michael Hutchinson / Llama (Lama glama), Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina

Michael Hutchinson / Feral pigeon / rock dove (Columba livia) perched on top of Empire State Building with view of Manhattan below, New York City, USA

Michael Hutchinson / Cerro Fitz Roy with clouds behind, seen across reed-filled lake, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina February 2009

Michael Hutchinson / Waterfalls, Iguacu (Iguazu) National Park, Brazil

Michael Hutchinson / Cururu / Roccoco toad (Bufo paracnemis), largest amphibian in Argentina, Esteros del Ibera, Argentina, November

Michael Hutchinson / Edge of the Perito Moreno Glacier, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina February 2009

Michael Hutchinson / Feral pigeon / rock dove (Columba livia) perched on top of Empire State Building with view of Manhattan below, New York City, USA

Michael Hutchinson / Perito Moreno Glacier, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina February 2009

Michael Hutchinson / Groundsel {Senecio sp} growing out of brick wall covered in colourful graffiti, Bristol, UK

Michael Hutchinson / Perito Moreno Glacier, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina February 2009

Michael Pitts / Wreck of tugboat ''Blue Plunder'', Nassau, Bahamas. One year after sinking. July 2008.

Michael Pitts / Wreck of tugboat ''Blue Plunder'' at night off Nassau, Bahamas. January 2008.

Michael Pitts / Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) at night on wreck of the "'Ray of Hope'', Bahamas. July 2008.

Michael Pitts / Hydroids growing on hull of tugboat ''Blue Plunder'' wreck, Nassau, Bahamas. July 2008.

Michael Pitts / Kittiwake {Rissa tridactyla} flying over arctic ice cap

Michael Pitts / Southern elephant seal {Mirounga leonina} juvenile swimming underwater, Sealion island, Falkland Islands

Michael Pitts / Southern elephant seal {Mirounga leonina} defense behaviour, Sealion island, Falkland Islands

Michael Pitts / Basking shark {Cetorhinus maximus} feeding with mouth wide open, off Cornwall, UK

Ross Hoddinott / St Michael's Mount at sunrise, from Marazion beach, Cornwall, UK. November 2008. *NOT AVAILABLE FOR UK 2016 RETAIL CALENDARS

Ross Hoddinott / St Michael's Mount at sunrise, from Marazion beach, Cornwall, UK. November 2008.

Michael Pitts / Lighthouse at dusk in the Gulf of Gujarat, North West India

Michael Pitts / Common Iguana {Iguana iguana} clinging to floating tree branch, Eastern Seaboard of Panama

Michael Pitts / Looking up at Three toed / Pale throated sloth {Bradypus tridactylus} swimming across mangrove channel, South America

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green-spotted Swallowtail (Graphium tynderaeus) butterfly, Tangkoko Batuangus Reserve, Indonesia

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Black-faced Impala (Aepyceros melampus petersi) male, females, and young drinking at waterhole, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Michael D. Kern / Red Tailed Boa {Boa constrictor constrictor} captive, from South America

Michael D. Kern / Mojave Sidewinder rattlesnake with tongue flickering and rattle raised {Crotalus cerastes cerastes} captive from California, USA

Michael D. Kern / Vietnamese Mossy Frog {Theloderma corticale} captive, from Vietnam

Michael D. Kern / Vietnamese Mossy Frog {Theloderma corticale} captive, from Vietnam

Michael D. Kern / Dyeing Poison Dart Frog {Dendrobates tinctorius} captive, from Surinam, South America

Michael D. Kern / Beauty Snake / Cave racer {Elaphe taeniura grabowskyi} captive, native to Sumatra and the provinces of East Malaysia and Kalimantan on the island of Borneo.

Michael D. Kern / Pixie Frog {Pyxicephalus edulis} captive, from Africa

Michael D. Kern / Close-up of eyes of Common iguana {Iguana iguana} composite. NOT FOR SALE TO TECHNOLOGYor FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRIES.

Michael Pitts / Aerial view of Seventy Islands, Palau, Micronesia

Michael Pitts / Spotted moray eels {Gymnothorax moringua} amongst soft coral

Michael Hutchinson / Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) in deciduous woodland clearing with bluebells and stand of beech trees in background, North Somerset, UK

Michael Hutchinson / Common primrose (Primula vulgaris) flowers Bristol, UK

Michael Hutchinson / Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta); white form next to normal blue form, North Somerset, UK

Michael Hutchinson / Mute swans (Cygnus olor) backlit next to floating litter in river Avon, Bristol, UK

Michael Hutchinson / Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) carpeting floor of deciduous woodland with fern in foreground, North Somerset, UK