Roland Seitre / Roberto Bolanos, snake keeper, handling a captive Taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus) used for extracting venom for study and to make anti-venom. Australian Reptile Park, Gosford, New South Wales.

Roland Seitre / Roberto Bolanos, snake keeper, handling a captive Taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus) used for extracting venom for study and to make anti-venom. Australian Reptile Park, Gosford, New South Wales.

Roland Seitre / Roberto Bolanos, snake keeper, handling a captive Taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus) used for extracting venom for study and to make anti-venom. Australian Reptile Park, Gosford, New South Wales.

Roland Seitre / Roberto Bolanos, snake keeper, with a captive Taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus) used for extracting venom for study and to make anti-venom. Australian Reptile Park, Gosford, New South Wales.

Roland Seitre / Captive Taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus) used for extracting venom for study and to make anti-venom. Australian Reptile Park, Gosford, New South Wales.

Roland Seitre / Roberto Bolanos, snake keeper, with a captive Taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus) used for extracting venom for study and to make anti-venom. Australian Reptile Park, Gosford, New South Wales.

Roland Seitre / Conservation officer administers anti-parasite treatment to Panamanian golden frog / Golden arrow poison frog (Atelopus zeteki) at the El Valle Amphibian Conservation Center, Panama, Central America,...

Roland Seitre / Conservation officer administers anti-parasite treatment to Panamanian golden frog / Golden arrow poison frog (Atelopus zeteki) at the El Valle Amphibian Conservation Center, Panama, Central America,...

Roland Seitre / Conservation officer administers anti-parasite treatment to Panamanian golden frog / Golden arrow poison frog (Atelopus zeteki) at the El Valle Amphibian Conservation Center, Panama, Central America,...

Rick Tomlinson / "Flying Tigers 10" during Antigua Race Week 2008. Day 2, halfway round the Island Race, Dickenson Bay to Falmouth anti clockwise.

Rick Tomlinson / Onboard "Sojana" with Peter Harrison at the helm during Antigua Race Week 2008. Day 2, halfway round the Island Race, Dickenson Bay to Falmouth anti clockwise.

Rick Tomlinson / Onboard "Sojana" as she comes into the offset bouy during Antigua Race Week 2008. Day 2, halfway round the Island Race, Dickenson Bay to Falmouth anti clockwise.

Rick Tomlinson / Racing lll Storm R/P44 "Peter Peak" 7676 during Antigua Race Week 2008. Day 2, halfway round the Island Race, Dickenson Bay to Falmouth anti clockwise.

Rick Tomlinson / Anthony Richards' "Minne the Moocher" Ker 11.3 during Antigua Race Week 2008. Day 2, halfway round the Island Race, Dickenson Bay to Falmouth anti clockwise.

Rick Tomlinson / Fixing the spinnaker onboard ICAP "Leopard 3". Antigua Race Week 2008, day 1, halfway round the Island Race, Falmouth to Dickenson Bay anti clockwise.

Rick Tomlinson / Boom damage on "Sojana" after the collision with "Lolita" during Antigua Race Week 2008. Day 2, halfway round the Island Race, Dickenson Bay to Falmouth anti clockwise.

Rick Tomlinson / Getting the kite below deck onboard ICAP "Leopard 3" during Antigua Race Week 2008, day 1, halfway round the Island Race, Falmouth to Dickenson Bay anti clockwise.

Rick Tomlinson / ICAP "Leopard 3" dwarfing another yacht during Antigua Race Week 2008. Day 2, halfway round the Island Race, Dickenson Bay to Falmouth anti clockwise

Rick Tomlinson / "Sonadio lll" Archambault 40 during Antigua Race Week 2008. Day 2, halfway round the Island Race, Dickenson Bay to Falmouth anti clockwise.

Rick Tomlinson / Onboard ICAP "Leopard 3", Richard Faulkner trims the jib upwind during Antigua Race Week 2008, day 1, halfway round the Island Race, Falmouth to Dickenson Bay anti clockwise.

Rick Tomlinson / Onboard "Sojana" with Peter Harrison at the helm during Antigua Race Week 2008. Day 2, halfway round the Island Race, Dickenson Bay to Falmouth anti clockwise.

Rick Tomlinson / "Sonadio lll" Archambault 40 during Antigua Race Week 2008. Day 2, halfway round the Island Race, Dickenson Bay to Falmouth anti clockwise.

Rick Tomlinson / Getting the kite below deck onboard ICAP "Leopard 3" during Antigua Race Week 2008, day 1, halfway round the Island Race, Falmouth to Dickenson Bay anti clockwise.

Rick Tomlinson / "Sonadio lll" Archambault 40 during Antigua Race Week 2008. Day 2, halfway round the Island Race, Dickenson Bay to Falmouth anti clockwise.

Rick Tomlinson / ICAP "Leopard 3" boat captain, Chris Sherlock, during Antigua Race Week 2008. Day 1, halfway round the Island Race, Falmouth to Dickenson Bay anti clockwise.

Rick Tomlinson / Peter Harrison at the helm of "Sojana" during Antigua Race Week 2008. Day 2, halfway round the Island Race, Dickenson Bay to Falmouth anti clockwise.

Rick Tomlinson / ICAP "Leopard 3", helmed by owner Mike Slade with Gordon Maguire doing tactics, during Antigua Race Week 2008. Day 1, halfway round the Island Race, Falmouth to Dickenson Bay anti clockwise.

Rick Tomlinson / "Oystercatcher XXVI" during Antigua Race Week 2008. Day 2, halfway round the Island Race, Dickenson Bay to Falmouth anti clockwise.

Rick Tomlinson / "Region Guadeloupe" during Antigua Race Week 2008. Day 2, halfway round the Island Race, Dickenson Bay to Falmouth anti-clockwise.

Rick Tomlinson / ICAP "Leopard 3" dwarfs the smaller yachts during Antigua Race Week 2008. Day 2, halfway round the Island Race, Dickenson Bay to Falmouth anti clockwise.

Richard Du Toit / White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) with horns removed as anti-poaching measure, Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa

Rick Tomlinson / "Crepes Whaou!", Antigua Race Week 2008. Day 2, halfway round the Island Race, Dickenson Bay to Falmouth anti clockwise.

Rick Tomlinson / "Region Guadeloupe" during Antigua Race Week 2008. Day 2, halfway round the Island Race, Dickenson Bay to Falmouth anti clockwise.

Rick Tomlinson / Club Swan 42 "Long Echo" during Antigua Race Week 2008. Day 1, halfway round the Island Race, Falmouth to Dickenson Bay anti clockwise.

Rick Tomlinson / Clive R Llewellyn's Grand Soleil 50 "Mad lV" during Antigua Race Week 2008. Day 2, halfway round the Island Race, Dickenson Bay to Falmouth anti clockwise.

Simon Colmer / Leaves of (Tetradenia riparia) a medicinal plant popular in East Africa. said to cure stomach ache, skin diseases and malaria. Anti-bacterial and anti-fungal.

Simon Colmer / Flowers and leaves of (Spilanthes mauritiana) a medicinal plant with a high anti-fungal potency

Simon Colmer / Trunk of the Neem tree (Azadirachta indica) member of the mahogany family, Meliaceae. Used in India for medicinal purposes: anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, ant-viral, contraceptive, sedative

Simon Colmer / Steudner's Dragon tree (Dracaena steudneri) Medicinal plant used as an anti-bacterial, anti-viral and combats high blood pressure

Richard Du Toit / Two White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) both dehorned as anti poaching measure, Gauteng, South Africa, April

Jeff Rotman / Scientist holding a poisonous Pacific blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena maculosa) in his hand. The octopus can emmit a fatal neurotoxin through it's saliva when provoked, and there is no known anti-v...

Jeff Rotman / Milking a tiny but deadly Saw scaled viper (Echis carinatu) for anti-venom, Taramani, Tamil Nadu, India

Jeff Rotman / Milking a tiny but deadly Saw scaled viper (Echis carinatu) for anti-venom, Taramani, Tamil Nadu, India

JEFF FOOTT / Men in the Anti-poaching patrol protecting the Indian / Asian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in Chitwan NP, Nepal, 2003

Jeff Rotman / Sequence 3/3 Three metre Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) caught in anti-shark net, being hoisted into boat by three men, Durban Beach, South Africa.

Jeff Rotman / Drug sniffing dog, trained by Pakistan's Anti-Narcotics Force, searches inside a truck. Dogs are used frequently to search cars and luggage at the airport. Rawlpindi, Pakistan.

Suzi Eszterhas / Mara Conservancy Rangers (Anti-poaching unit) removing snares from bushes, Masai Mara Conservancy, Kenya, August 2006

Suzi Eszterhas / Mara Conservancy Rangers (Anti-poaching unit) removing snares from bushes, Masai Mara Conservancy, Kenya, August 2006

Suzi Eszterhas / Poacher apprehended by Mara Conservancy anti-poaching patrol rangers, caught with wildebeest and impala meat, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, August 2006

Suzi Eszterhas / Anti-poaching patrol removing live snare from bushes, Masai Mara Conservancy, Kenya, August 2006

Suzi Eszterhas / Poachers apprehended by Mara Conservancy anti-poaching patrol rangers, Caught with wildebeest and impala meat, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, August 2006

Suzi Eszterhas / Mara Conservancy Rangers on anti-poaching patrol, Masai Mara Conservancy, Kenya, August 2006

Suzi Eszterhas / Poachers apprehended by anti-poaching team during night ambush, poachers found with wildebeest and thomson's gazelle meat, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, August 2007

Suzi Eszterhas / Poachers apprehended by anti-poaching team during night ambush, poachers found with wildebeest and thomson's gazelle meat, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, August 2007

Suzi Eszterhas / Poachers apprehended by anti-poaching team during night ambush, poachers found with wildebeest and thomson's gazelle meat, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, August 2007

Suzi Eszterhas / Poachers apprehended by anti-poaching team during night ambush, poachers found with wildebeest and thomson's gazelle meat, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, August 2007

Angelo Gandolfi / Old village in the Anti-Atlas Mountains, Tafraoute region, Morocco. March 2007.

Angelo Gandolfi / Strata in the hills of the Anti-Atlas, Tafraoute region, Morocco. March 2007.

Stephen Dalton / Mixed woodland showing both sides of anti-deer netting. The green far side has been protected for 3 years, while ground flora and fauna is extremely sparse in the unprotected region in the foreground....

Doc White / Japanese Anti Ship Mine, Marshall Islands, Micronesia.

Stephen Belcher / Rhino protection unit officer holding wire snare that poachers use to trap rhinos, Way Kambas National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia

Kevin Schafer / Rosy Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) leaves and flowers used for anti-cancer medicine, Madagascar

Gary K. Smith / Beekeeper applying anti varroa mite gel in brood chamber of Honey bee hive {Apis mellifora} Norfolk, UK, September

Jeff Rotman / Close-up of 3 meter Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) caught in anti-shark net hanging before dissection. Natal Sharks Board, Umhlanga, South Africa Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Three meter Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) caught in anti-shark net being prepared for dissection. Natal Sharks Board, Umhlanga, South Africa

Jeff Rotman / Frozen sharks caught in anti-shark net await dissection. Natal Sharks Board, Umhlanga, South Africa

Jeff Rotman / Three meter Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) caught in anti-shark net awaits dissection and jaw extraction. Natal Sharks Board, Umhlanga, South Africa

Jeff Rotman / Three meter Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) caught in anti-shark net awaits dissection and jaw extraction. Natal Sharks Board, Umhlanga, South Africa Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Close-up of 3-meter Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) caught in anti-shark net off Durban Beach. Natal Sharks Board, Umhlanga, South Africa.

Jeff Rotman / Diver with anti-shark POD examines Dusky Shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) caught in anti-shark net. Durban Beach, Natal Sharks Board, Umhlanga, South Africa Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Diver examines 3-meter Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) caught in anti-shark net off Durban Beach. Natal Sharks Board, Umhlamga, South Africa Model released.

Luciano Candisani / Anti-whaling sign, Carcass Island, Falkland Islands

MYN / Niall Benvie / Hairy St John's wort {Hypericum hirsutum} Scotland, UK, June meetyourneighbours.net project

Jabruson / People working on vehicle for translocation of rescued Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) from Tsavo NP to Nakuru NP as part of anti-poaching project, Kenya

Jabruson / Rescued Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) translocation from Tsavo NP to Nakuru NP as part of anti-poaching project, Kenya

James Aldred / Members of the Wildlife Conservation Society anti-poaching patrol team with confiscated African forest elephant tusks, Dzanga-Sanga Bai, Bayanga, Central African Republic, 2003

James Aldred / Members of the Wildlife Conservation Society anti-poaching patrol team relaxing with their AK47 and rifle guns beside them, Dzanga-Sanga Bai, Bayanga, Central African Republic, 2003

Jabruson / Destruction of bamboo snare by Park ranger, protecting Mountain gorillas {Gorilla beringei} Virunga NP, Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire)

Jabruson / Camel anti-poaching unit on patrol, Meru NP, Kenya

Mark Payne-Gill / Game wardens on elephant, Anti rhino and tiger poaching patrol, Kaziranga NP, Assam.

Michael Durham / Mountain Goat (Oreamnos americanus) adult and kid licking anti-freeze that has leaked from tourist vehicles, the liquid tastes sweet but is poisonous, Glacier National Park, Montana

Gerry Ellis / Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) protection, payment in exchange for snares has helped reduced poaching around Karisoke Research Center, Rwanda

Gerry Ellis / Dik Dik (Madoqua sp) being rescued from poacher's snare by anti-poaching patrol team members in the border areas of Tsavo

Gerry Ellis / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) confiscated ivory, evidence and property section, US Fish and Wildlife Service forensic lab

Flip Nicklin / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) mother and cub lap up anti-freeze leaking from tundra buggy, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

Jim Brandenburg / Truck with anti-wolf bumper sticker, Virginia

Jeff Rotman / Juvenile Smooth hammerhead shark caught in anti-shark net {Sphryna zygaena} Natal S Africa

Jeff Rotman / Tiger shark pulled aboard boat from anti-shark net {Galeocerdo cuvieri} Durban, S Africa Model released.

Pete Oxford / Anti whaling sign outside house. Port Stanley, East Falkland Islands

Jeff Rotman / Diver inspects Sand tiger shark caught in anti-shark net {Carccharias taurus} Durban, South Africa Model released.

Onne van der Wal / Small cruising yacht dried out on the piles for antifouling at low-tide.

Onne van der Wal / Pressure washing the slimy bottom of cruising yacht, "Solitaire".

Stephen Belcher / Rhino protection unit personnel patrolling in Way Kambas National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia

Stephen Belcher / Rhino protection unit personnel patrolling in Way Kambas National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia

Stephen Belcher / Rhino protection unit personnel patrolling in Way Kambas National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia

Stephen Belcher / Rhino protection unit personnel patrolling in Way Kambas National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia