Pete Oxford / Mosuo (or Moso) woman in traditional dress at the Horse Racing Festival or 'Heavenly Steed Festival' which takes place on the 5th and 6th days of the fifth lunar month. Zhongdian, Deqin Tibetan Autony...

Pete Oxford / Child in traditional dress making V sign at the Horse Racing Festival or 'Heavenly Steed Festival' which takes place on the 5th and 6th days of the fifth lunar month. Zhongdian, Deqin Tibetan Autonymo...

Pete Oxford / Mosuo (or Moso) woman in traditional dress at the Horse Racing Festival or 'Heavenly Steed Festival' which takes place on the 5th and 6th days of the fifth lunar month. Zhongdian, Deqin Tibetan Autony...

Pete Oxford / Horse galloping at the Horse Racing Festival or 'Heavenly Steed Festival' which takes place on the 5th and 6th days of the fifth lunar month. Zhongdian, Deqin Tibetan Autonymous Prefecture, Yunnan Pro...

Pete Oxford / Tibetan Mastif domestic dog {Canis familiaris} at the Horse Racing Festival or 'Heavenly Steed Festival' which takes place on the 5th and 6th days of the fifth lunar month. Zhongdian, Deqin Tibetan Au...

Pete Oxford / Horse {Equus caballus} at the Horse Racing Festival or 'Heavenly Steed Festival' which takes place on the 5th and 6th days of the fifth lunar month. Zhongdian, Deqin Tibetan Autonymous Prefecture, Yun...

Pete Oxford / Panning for gold. This mining is now illegal as it takes place in the protected forest of Daraina which is the habitat for the Golden-crowned / Tattersall's sifaka (Propithecus tattersalli) in North-e...

Pete Oxford / Woman panning for gold and showing a gold nugget. This mining is now illegal as it takes place in the protected forest of Daraina which is the habitat for the Golden-crowned / Tattersall's sifaka (Pro...

Pete Oxford / Panning for gold. This mining is now illegal as it takes place in the protected forest of Daraina which is the habitat for the Golden-crowned / Tattersall's sifaka (Propithecus tattersalli) in North-e...

Pete Oxford / Panning for gold and finding a gold nugget. This mining is now illegal as it takes place in the protected forest of Daraina which is the habitat for the Golden-crowned / Tattersall's sifaka (Propithec...

Nick Gordon / Aerial view of the meeting of waters from Rio Solimoes and Rio Negro (black waters on right), to form the mighty Amazon river, near Manaus, Brazil. Waters do not mix for several miles as the sediment...

Pete Cairns / Deer stalker takes aim in pine forest, Highlands, Scotland, UK. Model released.

DOC WHITE / Inuit hunter takes aim with harpoon; sealskin float is on back of boat, Canadian Arctic

Pete Oxford / Laying oil pipeline in rainforest to take oil to coast, Napo province, Ecuador.

Pete Oxford / Oil pipeline, rainforest, Napo province, Ecuador, takes oil to coast for export

Pete Oxford / Oil pipeline, rainforest, Napo province, Ecuador - takes oil to coast for export

Pete Oxford / Oil pipeline in rainforest, Napo province, Ecuador, takes oil to coast

Pete Oxford / Laying oil pipeline in rainforest to take oil to coast, Napo province, Ecuador.

Kim Taylor / Kingfisher takes off with three-spined stickleback. Digital composite, UK.

Kim Taylor / Sand wasp {Ammophila pubescens} takes caterpillar prey to burrow. UK.

Kim Taylor / Hunting / field digger wasp {Mellinus arvensis} female takes fly prey into burrow, UK.

PREMAPHOTOS / Bee killer wasp takes honeybee prey to nest. (Philanthus triangulum) Sequence. England.

PREMAPHOTOS / Paper wasp worker takes prey to nest. (Polister gallicus) France

PREMAPHOTOS / Solitary bee takes pollen to nest (Andrena nigroaenea) UK

Norbert Wu / Fire Coral (Millepora alcicornis) stings fiercely, takes many shapes- note stinging bristles, Caribbean

Norbert Wu / Fire Coral (Millepora alcicornis) stings fiercely, takes many shapes- note stinging bristles, Caribbean

Mark Moffett / Hercules Scarab Beetle (Dynastes hercules) takes off from arm of forester Louis Redaud, Guadaloupe

Mark Moffett / Cordyceps fungus takes over brain of an ant, then kills it, Peru

Paul D Stewart / Woodcut of mythical creature with early colouring from Conrad Gesner's 'Icones Animalium' 1557. Publ. Christof Froshover, Zurich. Gesner takes this image from Breidenbach's 'Journey to the Holy Land'...

Onne van der Wal / The crew on this 12m takes down the head sail while sailing downwind under spinnaker in the 2006 12 Metre North American Championships, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

Barry Bland / A player takes on her opponent at a women's water polo match, Olympic Games 2004, Athens, Greece. Editorial Use Only.

Onne van der Wal / Crew on this 12m yacht takes down the spinnaker during the 2006 12 Metre North American Championships, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

Onne van der Wal / The crew of the J90 "Jungle Drum" sitting aft on the windward rail as the boat takes off downwind under an asymmetric spinnaker.

Rick Tomlinson / J-Class "Velsheda" takes a wave broadside on at Antigua Classics, 2001.

Onne van der Wal / Men in full commemorative costume during La Bravade, an annual celebration that takes place in St Tropez, South of France. ^^^ The event is strictly for town's people and acknowledges a great historic...

Onne van der Wal / Ladies dressed in costume for La Bravade, an annual celebration that takes place in St Tropez, South of France. ^^^ The commemorative event is strictly for town's people and acknowledges a great histo...

Onne van der Wal / Men with guns surrounded by smoke during The Bravade, a historical annual celebration that takes place in Saint Tropez, South of France.

Onne van der Wal / Ladies dressed in costume for La Bravade, an annual celebration that takes place in St Tropez, South of France. ^^^ The commemorative event is strictly for town's people and acknowledges a great histo...

Mark Moffett / International Frog Day takes place twice a year, hundreds of Poison Dart Frog enthusiasts converge to buy and trade frogs because many species are becoming increasingly rare, export from tropical Amer...