Tim Laman / Photographer Tim Laman packs up gear at his camp site in the Foja Mountains, Papua, New Guinea 2007

Tim Laman / Photographer Tim Laman checking digital pictures on his laptop at his rain forest camp site in the mountains of Batanta Island, whilst Ornithologist Edwin Scholes and Samkris Tindige look on, Papua N...

Tim Laman / Camp life at Sombom Camp in the Saruwaged Range, Huon Peninsula. Photographer Tim Laman (front left) and ornithologist Ed Scholes (back left), and Papua New Guinean field assistants warm up at the fir...

Tim Laman / Ornithologist Ed Scholes at computer station in blind, operating remote controlled cameras to capture the Wahnes's Parotia, Papua New Guinea, 2011

Tim Laman / Early morning fog blankets Lake Habbema with the crest of the Jayawijaya Mountains in the background, New Guinea, Indonesia 2010

Tim Laman / Villagers from Syoubri Village in the Arfak Mountains around a camp fire at camp site at 2000 m, Indonesian New Guinea 2009

Tim Laman / Porters carry expedition gear to high camp in the Arfak Mountains of Indonesian New Guinea 2009

Tim Laman / Fort Tolukko, restored Portugese fort dating from 1512 overlooking Ternate harbour. Ternate is the ancient capitol of the spice trade, Maluku Islands, Indonesia 2008

Paul D Stewart / Woodblock illustration of Mandrake (Mandragora) from two pages of the Ortus (Hortus) sanitatis - translated from the Latin as 'Garden of Health' by Jacob Meydenbach, 1491. He describes plants and anim...

Solvin Zankl / 'Femeiche' the Court Tree at night, an ancient English oak (Quercus robur) used in the Middle ages as Vehmic or secret court where serious criminals were judged and executed. Erle, Germany, October 20...

John Waters / Clapper bridge made from slabs of granite crossing the River Dart at Dartmeet, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, UK. The bridge probably dates back to medieval times and it has been rebuilt several time...

Juan Manuel Borrero / Cloister of the Santes Creus Monastery, Tarragona Province, Spain, May

Juan Manuel Borrero / Cloister of the Santes Creus Monastery, Tarragona Province, Spain, May

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of old gateway tower in Aigues-Mortes marshes controlling salt sale and transport in the Middle Ages, Camargue, Southern France, May 2009

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Common cockchafer / Maybug (Melolontha melolontha), taking off from human finger in a garden, with house in the background, Wiltshire, England, UK, May . Property released. Did you know? In the Middle...

Inaki Relanzon / Town of Avila with walls from the middle-ages. Central Spain, March 2011.

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) inquisitive piglet, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK, March. Did you know? In the Middle Ages Wild boars were considered 'Beasts of Venery', a prestigious quarry only hunted...

Paul D Stewart / Portrait of Gaius Plinius Secundus, army commander, naturalist and author (23AD to 25 August 79AD). Copperplate engraving from Andre Thevet's 'Portraits et vies des hommes illustres' publ Guillaume Ch...

Paul D Stewart / Woodcut illustration of mythical creature with contemporary colouring from 'Icones Animalium' Publ. Christof Froschover, Zurich, 1560. Gesner illustrates a creature captured in the forest of Hanesberg...

Will Watson / Peterborough Cathedral with the Early English Gothic façade from 13th Century at dusk, Peterborough, Cambridgshire, England, UK, February 2023.