Rob Tilley / Acoma Pueblo, Sky City Mesa, the oldest continuously inhabited village in North America, dating back to the ancient native american Pueblo people, New Mexico, USA, February 2009

Rob Tilley / Enchanted Mesa, sandstone butte that was home to the native american Acoma tribe people, Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico, USA, February 2009

Scott Leslie / Native American burial mound from the Maritime Archaic, Labrador, Canada

Philippe Clement / Basswood / American linden / Lime-tree (Tilia americana) leaf in autumn colours, native to eastern North America

Philippe Clement / Paper / American white / Canoe birch (Betula papyrifera) leaf in autumn colour, native to northern North America

Philippe Clement / American Sweetgum / Redgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) leaf in autumn colours, native to North America

Philippe Clement / Paper / American white / Canoe birch (Betula papyrifera) leaves in autumn colours showing colour change, native to northern North America

Philippe Clement / American Sweetgum / Redgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) leaf, native to North America

Philippe Clement / Paper / American white / Canoe birch (Betula papyrifera) leaf in autumn colour, native to northern North America

Philippe Clement / American Sweetgum / Redgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) leaves in autumn colours, native to North America

Philippe Clement / Basswood / American linden / Lime-tree (Tilia americana) leaves in autumn colours, native to eastern North America

Philippe Clement / American sycamore / American plane / Occidental plane / Buttonwood (Platanus occidentalis) leaf in autumn colours, native to North America

ZSSD / Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) parent feeding chick, native to Africa and Europe

John Cancalosi / Native american Hopi girl from the Hopi Reservation, Arizona, USA, dressed in costume for "social dance", model released

John Cancalosi / Native american Hopi boy from the Hopi Reservation, Arizona, USA, dressed in costume for "social dance", model released

John Cancalosi / Native american Hopi girl from the Hopi Reservation, Arizona, USA, dressed in costume for "social dance", model released

John Cancalosi / Native american Hopi girl from the Hopi Reservation, Arizona, USA, dressed in costume for "social dance", model released

Kevin Schafer / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) feet, native to Brazil

Michael Quinton / Pine Marten (Martes martes), native to Europe

Konrad Wothe / South American Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciureus) portrait, native to South America

Shattil & Rozinski / Native american wearing traditional costume with wolf skin, riding Appaloosa horse, Colorado, USA. Model released

Shattil & Rozinski / Native american wearing traditional costume with wolf skin, riding Appaloosa horse, Colorado, USA. Model released

David Kjaer / American Mink (Mustela vison) Captive, Native North American UK population from escapes and releases from Mink Farms, UK

David Kjaer / American Mink (Mustela vison) Captive, Native North American UK population from escapes and releases from Mink Farms, UK

Albert Lleal / Ornate Horned Frog (Ceratophrys ornata) skin, native to Argentina

Albert Lleal / Ornate Horned Frog (Ceratophrys ornata) eye, native to Argentina

Luciano Candisani / Brazil Nut (Bertholletia excelsa) harvest collected by young Native Amazonian boy, Cajari River Ecological Reserve, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Acai Palm (Euterpe sp) fruit being transported in boat by Native Amazonian, Cajari River Ecological Reserve, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Amazonian Manatee (Trichechus inunguis) hunting equipment, illegal activity still practiced for sustenance, Rio Negro, Amazon, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Amazonian Manatee (Trichechus inunguis) hunter, an illegal activity still practiced for sustenance, Rio Negro, Amazon, Brazil

Mark Moffett / Embera Choco Indian making a blowgun for hunting with poisoned darts, Colombia

Mark Moffett / Embera Choco Indian making a blowgun for hunting with poisoned darts, Colombia

Mark Moffett / Embera Choco Indians capture highly toxic Golder Poison Frog (Phyllobates terribilis) with which to poison darts for hunting, Colombia

ZSSD / Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) porrait, native to South America, Asia and Africa

ZSSD / Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) parent interacting with chick, native to the Caribbean

ZSSD / American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) portrait, native to southern United States

Niall Benvie / Native American rock carvings in Zion National Park, Utah, USA 2006

Niall Benvie / Native American rock carvings in Zion National Park, Utah, USA 2006

Tim Fitzharris / Hovenweep Castle at Little Ruin Canyon on sandstone cliff, Hovenweep National Monument, Utah

Tim Fitzharris / Hovenweep Castle at Little Ruin Canyon on sandstone cliff, Hovenweep National Monument, Utah

Tim Fitzharris / Hovenweep Castle at Little Ruin Canyon, Hovenweep National Monument, Utah

Flip Nicklin / Inuits testing ice strength, Arctic Bay, Baffin Island, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Inuit hunters crossing ice break, Admirality Inlet, Arctic Bay, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida) at breathing hole being photographed by Andrew Taqutu and son, Arctic

Flip Nicklin / Inuit guide and film crew ferrying supplies and snowmobiles on icefloe, Arctic

Flip Nicklin / Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) meat hauled by Inuits, Baffin Island, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) meat and Inuit hunters, Baffin Island, Canada

Tim Fitzharris / Church Rock, eroded volcanic plug 300 feet tall on Navajo reservation, Monument Valley, Arizona

ZSSD / Common Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) adult in tree, native to North America

David Welling / Native American petroglyphs on rocks, Kern County, California, USA

Larry Michael / Native American man in traditional dress during pow wow, Wisconsin, USA

Larry Michael / Native American person in traditional dress during Pow-wow, Wisconsin, USA

Larry Michael / Native American Sioux man in traditional dress during Pow-wow, Wisconsin, USA

John Cancalosi / Native American child dressed in traditional "Manta" outfit, carrying corn, New Mexico, USA

Larry Michael / Native American Indian dancer in traditional dress, Sioux, Wisconsin, USA

John Cancalosi / Native American child portrait on horseback, Taos Pueblo, Taos, New Mexico, USA

John Cancalosi / Native American girl in traditional clothing with kitten, Taos Pueblo, Taos, New Mexico, USA

John Cancalosi / Native American girl taking out bread from traditional oven Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, USA 1990

John Cancalosi / Native American girl holding Pixon nuts, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, USA 1990

John Cancalosi / Native American child helping adult sort corn crop, Taos Pueblo, Taos, New Mexico, USA

John Cancalosi / Native American girls on ladder beside traditional home, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, USA 1990

John Cancalosi / Native American child collecting corn crop, Taos Pueblo, Taos, New Mexico, USA

John Cancalosi / Native American children harvesting vegetables, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, USA

Larry Michael / Traditional style costume of Native American, Wisconsin, USA

Larry Michael / Traditional beaded costume of Native American with Bald eagle design, Wisconsin, USA

John Cancalosi / Native American child riding horse, with dog, Tads Pueblo, New Mexico, USA

Larry Michael / Elaborate head dress of Native American, Wisconsin, USA

Larry Michael / North American Indian, in native Sioux dress for pow wow, Wisconsin, USA

John Cancalosi / Native American children harvesting vegetables, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, USA

John Cancalosi / Native American child baking bread in clay oven, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, USA

Staffan Widstrand / Native American Sioux Indian in traditional costume Fort Quappelle, Saskatchewan,

Michio Hoshino / Pacific Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) harvested by Inuits, Alaska

ZSSD / Wood Bison (Bison bison athabascae) portrait, native to North America

ZSSD / American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) portrait, native to North America

Pete Oxford / Cofan Indian who first observed Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) nest and whose land the nest is on, Cuyabeno Reserve, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador

ZSSD / Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) with head tucked in wing, native to Columbia, Galapagos Islands, Caribbean and Venezuela

ZSSD / American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) male, native to North America

ZSSD / Ornate Horned Frog (Ceratophrys ornata) portrait, native to Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Cranwell's Horned Frog (Ceratophrys cranwelli) buried in soil, native to South America

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Female Cat (Felis catus) with nursing kittens, in box owned by Inuit family, Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada

Pete Oxford / Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) on shoulder of Machiguenga Indian, Lower Urubamba River, Amazon, Peru

Gerry Ellis / Rainforest slash and burn destruction, south Amazon Basin, Brazil

Jim Brandenburg / Inuit direction marker, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Cranwell's Horned Frog (Ceratophrys cranwelli) buried in soil, native to South America

Tim Fitzharris / Church Rock, eroded volcanic plug reaching 300 feet, Navajo Reservation, Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Arizona

Jim Brandenburg / Inuit direction marker, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

Mark Moffett / Embera Choco people use a distinctive kind of blowgun and secretion from Golden Poison Dart Frog (Phyllobates terribilis) to poison on their darts for hunting, Colombia

Mark Moffett / Golden Poison Dart Frog (Phyllobates terribilis) used by Embera Choco Indians to poison their darts for hunting, Colombia

Flip Nicklin / Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) being flensed by Inuits in background while others load muktuk, the skin and outermost layer of skin, onto sleds, Barrow, Alaska

Flip Nicklin / Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) being flensed by Inuits in the background with muktuk, the skin and outermost layer of skin, displayed on snow, Barrow, Alaska

Flip Nicklin / Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) being flensed by Inuits, Barrow, Alaska

Flip Nicklin / Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) captured by Inuits who gather around before it is flensed, Barrow, Alaska

Mark Moffett / Embera Choco Indian tasting curare from the sap of a tree, curare is used to poison the tips for hunting arrows, Colombia

Mark Moffett / Embera Choco Indian collecting curare from the sap of a tree which is used to poison the tips for hunting arrows, Colombia

Tui De Roy / Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) meat for sale at modern Inuit market, Nuuk, Greenland

Tui De Roy / Collagua Indian woman in traditional dress herding livestock home for the night, dry season, Colca Canyon, Peru