Nick Garbutt / Baby Spot-tail Sharks (Carcharhinus sorrah) on sale in fish souk (market) all caught in the Persian Gulf and many bound for markets in Asia. Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. April 2013

Nick Garbutt / The view at night from 'At the Top', 124th floor of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building at 829.8m at night. Dubai, United Arab Emirates. April 2013

Nick Garbutt / Greater Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) feeding in lake at sunrise at Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary (Ramsar site), with the Dubai skyline in the background and the first rays of the sun catching th...

Nick Garbutt / Male Arabian Leopard (Panthera pardus nimr) at the Arabian Wildlife Centre & captive-breeding project, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

Gavin Hellier / Elevated view along the Corniche, latticed houses and Mutrah Mosque, Mutrah, Muscat, Oman 2007

Gavin Hellier / Mutrah Corniche with latticed white buildings and Mosque with the mountains behind, Muscat, Oman 2007

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Jouanin's petrel (Bulweria fallax) in flight, Oman, September

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Sooty falcon (Falco concolor) in flight, Oman, August

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) male perched in Date Palm, Oman, March

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) sub-adult male 'Oman' sitting on a clump of vegetation in the river feeding. Camp Bulu, Lamandau Nature Reserve, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. July...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) sub-adult male 'Oman' sitting on a clump of vegetation in the river feeding - wide angle perspective. Camp Bulu, Lamandau Nature Reserve, Central Kalimantan,...

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Arabian oryx {Oryx leucoryx} in stony desert, Oman