Juergen Freund / Dr. Alex Cheesman researching changes in phloem flux to environmental variables in two tropical forest canopy tree species at the Daintree Rainforest Observatory, Queensland, Australia. February 2015....

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), Sachsische Schweiz / Saxon Switzerland National Park, Germany, May.

Sam Hobson / Dr. Norbert Kenntner weighing a goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) nestling during research for his urban goshawk colour ringing project. Berlin, Germany, June 2014. Nominated in the Melvita Nature Images A...

Sam Hobson / Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) nestlings inside treetop nest, handled by Dr. Norbert Kenntner. Part of an urban goshawk colour ringing study. Berlin, Germany, May 2014. Nominated in the Melvita...

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) abstract, Upper Lusatia Heath and Pond Landscape, Upper Lusatia UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Germany

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Bacteria - iron and manganese oxidizers and their complementary reducers, in the mud of an empty fish pond, Upper Lusatia Heath and Pond Landscape, Upper Lusatia UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Germany

Dr. Gertrud Neumann-Denzau / Urial (Ovis orientalis arkal) herd standing on rocks, Touran Protected Area, now part of Khar Turan National Park, Semnan Province, Iran

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of vivid colour lithograph for 'Dr. Schubert's Naturgeschichte - Geologie, Mineralreich, Palaontologie'. Published 1888 in Stuttgart by J.F. Shreiber, the palaeontology section by Dr. Fri...

Paul D Stewart / Landscape of the Triassic coastal environment with reconstructions of dinosaurs and marine reptiles, 'Dr. Schubert's Naturgeschichte - Geologie, Mineralreich, Palaontologie'. Published in Stuttgart 18...

Paul D Stewart / Photomontage of living gecko feet showing a variety of forms. Gecko feet employ very small subdivided filaments to bond with their substrates at the molecular level using Van Der Waals' forces. Every...

Paul D Stewart / 1853 illustration of Gorilla, contemporary coloured copperplate engraving from 'Das Buch der Welt' John Weik, Stuttgart. The lowland Gorilla was first accurately described outside Africa by the missio...

Roland Seitre / Program director Dr Astrid Vargas examining Iberian / Spanish Lynx (Lynx pardina) at the Donana breeding station. Andalusia, Spain, June 2007.

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Red panda (Ailurus fulgens), cub in breeding den, captive

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Red panda (Ailurus fulgens), climbing down tree, Darjeeling, India, captive

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Red panda (Ailurus fulgens) habitat, Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, Sikkim, India

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Red panda (Ailurus fulgens), two young cubs, captive

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Red panda (Ailurus fulgens), pair resting in tree during monsoon season, Gangtok, Sikkim, India, captive

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) Guwahati, Assam, India, captive

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Red panda (Ailurus fulgens), cub 4 days old in breeding den, captive

Solvin Zankl / Research scientist Dr. Anne von Philipsborn sorting a laboratory culture of Common fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) at the Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austri...

Kathryn Jeffs / Dr Robert (Bob) Pitman and Dr John Durban, scientific advisors, watching for Killer whales (Orcinus orca) on board the 'Golden Fleece', off Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, January 2009, Taken on loca...

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Mongolian / Siberian / Piebald toad (Bufo raddei) on lichen-covered rock, Koko Nor lake, Tso Ngonbo, Qinghai Hu, Qinghai Province, Tibet, China

Karl Ammann / Juvenile Bonobo {Pan paniscus} portrait. Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Kinshasa, DR of Congo, 2007

Karl Ammann / Bonobo {Pan paniscus} portrait, looking thoughtful. Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Kinshasa, DR of Congo, 2007

Karl Ammann / Male Bonobo {Pan paniscus} sitting, looking thoughtful. Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Kinshasa, DR of Congo, 2007

Jabruson / Evening mist, Kalonge, Mountains of the Moon DR Congo, Africa.

Jabruson / Mountain silverback gorilla skull Salaama Virunga NP. DR

Jabruson / Silverback Mountain gorilla displays to another male Virunga NP, DR Congo {Gorilla g beringei}

Jabruson / Gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica) eating mouse. Epulu Ituri, DR Congo (formerly Zaire), Central Africa

Flip Nicklin / Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) with researcher Bruce Mate on boat attempting to attach satellite tag, Santa Barbara, California

Flip Nicklin / Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) with researcher Bruce Mate on boat attempting to attach satellite tag, Santa Barbara, California

Flip Nicklin / Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) with researcher Bruce Mate attempting to attach satellite tag, Santa Barbara, California

Flip Nicklin / Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) researchers Roger Payne, right, Jim Darling, left, and Gustavo Alvarez Colombo, center, watching individual dive, Peninsula Valdez, Argentina

Flip Nicklin / Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) researcher Bruce Mate attempting to satellite tag whale, California

Mark Moffett / Entomologist Terry Erwin fogging tree with biodegradable pesticide to collect insect specimens, Pacaya-Samiria National Reservation, Peru

Jabruson / Bambuti pygmy boy with net made from plant fibres. Epulu Ituri Reserve, DR Congo (formerly Zaire)

Jabruson / Bambuti pygmy prepares bark cloth using elephant tusk hammer. Epulu Ituri reserve, DR Congo (formerly Zaire)

Jabruson / Bambuti pygmy face painting with charcoal and plant juices. Epulu Ituri reserve, DR Congo (formerly Zaire).

Jabruson / Male okapi in Epulu Ituri Rainforest Reserve, DR of Congo

Jabruson / Dead Black fronted duiker {Cephalophus nigrifrons} carried by poacher. Virunga NP DR of Congo

Jabruson / Bambuti pygmies felling forest tree. Epulu Ituri reserve, DR Congo (formerly Zaire).

Jabruson / African grey parrot nestlings for sale in market. Goma Town. {Psittacus erithacus} DR of Congo

Jabruson / Mountain gorilla silverback chewing plant stem (Gorilla gorilla beringei) Virunga NP, DR of Congo 'Rafiki'

Jabruson / Mountain Gorilla hand holding plant {Gorilla gorilla beringei}, Virunga NP, DR of Congo

Jabruson / Male Chimpanzee 'Opi' {Pan troglodytes} Tongo, Virunga NP, DR of Congo, Africa

Jabruson / Mountain gorilla head portrait, Virunga NP, DR Congo (formerly Zaire)

Jabruson / Hippopotamus portrait head on, Virunga NP, DR Congo, Rutshuru river

Jabruson / Male mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei) known as 'Rafiki'. DR of Congo, Central Africa

Jabruson / Okapi {Okapia johnstoni} feeding in forest Epulu Ituru Reserve, DR Congo

Jabruson / African palm civet. in tree. Epulu Ituri rainforest Reserve, DR Congo (formerly Zaire), Central Africa

Jabruson / African palm civet (Nandinia binotata). Ituri reserve, Epulu, DR Congo (formerly Zaire), Central Africa

Jabruson / Goliath beetle on hand, Epulu Ituri reserve, DR Congo (formerly Zaire)

Jabruson / Silverback mature male Mountain Gorilla, Virunga NP, DR Congo (formerly Zaire) resting midday siesta

Jabruson / Male Okapi, Epulu Ituri Rainforest Reserve, DR Congo (Zaire)

Jabruson / Mountain gorilla silverback male, known as Salaama, resting. Democratic Republic of Congo Virunga National Park

Jabruson / Mountain gorilla silverback male 'Salaama' enjoying mid-day siesta, Virunga NP, DR Congo (formerely Zaire)

Jabruson / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei) being filmed in the wild. DR Congo (formerly Zaire), Central Africa

Jabruson / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla g. beringei) being filmed in the wild. DR Congo (formerly Zaire) Central Africa

Jabruson / Mountain gorilla inspects film camera, DR Congo (formerly Zaire), Central Africa

Jabruson / Male Okapi, Epulu Ituri Rainforest Reserve, DR Congo (Zaire)

Jabruson / Okapi feeding, Epulu Ituri Rainforest Reserve, DR of Congo (formerly Zaire)

Jabruson / African buffalo with Yellow billed oxpecker. DR of Congo (formerly Zaire) Odzala NP

Doug Gimesy / A platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) has a radio transponder surgically implanted by Dr Gilad Bino whilst anaesthetised in a make-shift surgical theatre in a lounge. This transponder will allow resea...

Doug Gimesy / A platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) has a radio transponder surgically implanted by Dr Gilad Bino whilst anaesthetised in a make-shift surgical theatre in a lounge. This transponder will allow resea...

Doug Gimesy / Rescued male baby Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) bottle-fed by wildlife carer Dr Paul Smith. Black Rock, Victoria, Australia. Model released.

Doug Gimesy / Wildlife bat rescuers, Dr Paul Smith and Beverly Brown, treat a Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) in their home, whose wind had been torn after being caught in barbed-wire. Black Rock,...

Doug Gimesy / Wildlife bat rescuers, Dr Paul Smith and Beverly Brown, treat a Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) in their home that had been attacked by a dog after being caught in inappropriate fruit-...

Doug Gimesy / Wildlife bat rescuers, Dr Paul Smith and Beverly Brown, treat a Grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) in their home that had been attacked by a dog after being caught in inappropriate fruit-...

Shane Gross / Marine biologist Dr. Heather Masonjones tags a seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) to study a land locked alakaline lagoon's population. Through this method of injecting a non-toxic dye that can only b...

Shane Gross / Marine biologist Dr. Heather Masonjones tags a seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) to study a land locked alakaline lagoon's population. Through this method of injecting a non-toxic dye, that can only...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Glasgow University seabird researcher Dr Ruedi Nager documenting plastic in birds' nests, Shiant Isles, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. July, 2018.

Juergen Freund / Dr. Raymond Dempsey studying response to wet-dry seasonal transition in rainforest trees, in basket lifted by crane. Daintree rainforest observatory, Queensland, Australia. February 2015

Juergen Freund / Dr. Raymond Dempsey in crane studying response to wet-dry seasonal transition in rainforest trees, Daintree rainforest observatory, Queensland, Australia. February 2015

Juergen Freund / Dr. Raymond Dempsey studying response to wet-dry seasonal transition in rainforest trees, in basket lifted by crane. Daintree rainforest observatory, Queensland, Australia. February 2015

Juergen Freund / Dr. Raymond Dempsey studying response to wet-dry seasonal transition in rainforest trees, in basket lifted by crane. Daintree rainforest observatory, Queensland, Australia. February 2015

Juergen Freund / Dr. Raymond Dempsey studying response to wet-dry seasonal transition in rainforest trees, in basket lifted by crane. Daintree rainforest observatory, Queensland, Australia. February 2015

Juergen Freund / Dr. Raymond Dempsey studying response to wet-dry seasonal transition in rainforest trees, in basket lifted by crane. Daintree rainforest observatory, Queensland, Australia. February 2015

Juergen Freund / Dr. Alex Cheesman showing data from his research, Daintree rainforest observatory, Queensland, Australia. February 2015

Juergen Freund / Leader of the Drought Experiment Dr. Susan Laurance and Dr. Yoko Ishida downloading data from the trees carrying scientific instruments at the Daintree Rainforest Observatory, Queensland, Australia. D...

Juergen Freund / Dr. Yoko Ishida at the Daintree Drought Experiment downloads data from the trees carrying her scientific instruments. Daintree Rainforest Observatory, Queensland, Australia. September 2015

Juergen Freund / Dr. Yoko Ishida at the Daintree Drought Experiment downloads data from the trees carrying her scientific instruments. Daintree Rainforest Observatory, Queensland, Australia. September 2015

Juergen Freund / Dr. Yoko Ishida at the Daintree Drought Experiment downloads data from the trees carrying her scientific instruments. Daintree Rainforest Observatory, Queensland, Australia. September 2015

Juergen Freund / James Cook University's Susan Laurance checks data gathering equipment that measures how much moisture the trees take in. Dr. Susan Laurance leads the Daintree Drought Experiment in far north Quee...

Juergen Freund / Dr. Alex Cheesman researching changes in phloem flux to environmental variables in two tropical forest canopy tree species at the Daintree Rainforest Observatory, Queensland, Australia. February 2015

Juergen Freund / Dr. Alex Cheesman researching changes in phloem flux to environmental variables in two tropical forest canopy tree species at the Daintree Rainforest Observatory, Queensland, Australia. February 2015

Juergen Freund / Dr. Alex Cheesman examining leaf samples whilst studying phloem flux in Daintree Rainforest Observatory, Queensland, Australia February 2015

Juergen Freund / Dr. Alex Cheesman with supervisor Dr Lucas Cernusak, examining leaf samples whilst studying phloem flux in Daintree Rainforest Observatory, Queensland, Australia February 2015

Juergen Freund / Dr. Alex Cheesman examining leaf samples whilst studying phloem flux in Daintree Rainforest Observatory, Queensland, Australia February 2015

Juergen Freund / Dr. Alex Cheesman researching changes in phloem flux to environmental variables in two tropical forest canopy tree species at the Daintree Rainforest Observatory, Queensland, Australia. February 2015

Juergen Freund / Plant physiologist Dr. Lucan Cernusak studies and collects data from leaves collected from the Daintree Rainforest Observatory tree canopies. ueensland, Australia February 2015

Juergen Freund / Plant physiologist Dr. Lucan Cernusak studies and collects data from leaves collected from the Daintree Rainforest Observatory tree canopies, Queensland, Australia February 2015

Juergen Freund / The entrance to the Daintree Rainforest Observatory's highly studied forest with Dr. Alex Cheesman coming out after collecting data from the trees.Queensland, Australia. February 2015

Juergen Freund / The entrance to the Daintree Rainforest Observatory's highly studied forest with Dr. Alex Cheesman coming out after collecting data from the trees.Queensland, Australia. February 2015

Juergen Freund / Plant physiologist Dr. Lucan Cernusak studies and collects data from leaves collected from the Daintree Rainforest Observatory tree canopies. Queensland, Australia. February 2015

Juergen Freund / Dr. Alex Cheesman researching changes in phloem flux to environmental variables in two tropical forest canopy tree species at the Daintree Rainforest Observatory, Queensland, Australia. February 2015

Juergen Freund / Collected by Dr. Raymond Dempsey from the canopy of trees in the Daintree rainforest, leaf disks are frozen to be taken to the JCU lab for futher processing and analysis. Daintree Rainforest, Queensla...