Rob Tilley / Pink Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium acaule), South Natick, MA, USA

Juergen Freund / Close up detail of Venus sea fan {Gorgonia flabellum} Caribbean

Bengt Lundberg / Yellow lady's slipper orchid {Cypripedium calceolus} Sweden

Bengt Lundberg / Yellow lady's slipper orchid {Cypripedium calceolus} Sweden

Bengt Lundberg / Yellow lady's slipper orchid {Cypripedium calceolus} Sweden

Tim Shepherd / Venus slipper orchid {Paphiopedilum villosum} Thailand

Tim Shepherd / Venus slipper orchid {Paphiopedilum villosum} Thailan

Tim Shepherd / Venus slipper orchid {Paphiopedilum villosum} Thailand

Nature Production / Venus, the first star of evening, Hokkaido, Japan

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Venus's girdle, marine plankton species (Cestum veneris)

Geoff Simpson / Yellow lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus) UK

ZSSD / Venus Fly Trap (Dionaea muscipula) carnivorous plant, native to South America

Tom Vezo / Pink Lady's Slipper {Cypripedium acaule} Adirondack, New York, USA

Thomas Lazar / Pink lady's slipper orchid (Cypridium acaule) Michigan, USA

Solvin Zankl / Venus comb seed (Scandix pecten veneris), Europe. The venus comb has two different types of seed: the outermost seeds are carried on a central shaft, which points vertically upwards as the seeds ripen...

Solvin Zankl / Venus comb seed head (Scandix pecten veneris) Europe

Solvin Zankl / Venus comb seed (Scandix pecten veneris), Europe. The venus comb has two different types of seed: the outermost seeds are carried on a central shaft, which points vertically upwards as the seeds ripen...

Kim Taylor / Venus flower basket sponge {Euplectella aspergillum} skeleton.

Kim Taylor / Venus flower basket sponge {Euplectella aspergillum} skeleton

Kim Taylor / New moon with planet Venus. UK.

Steven David Miller / Great egret courtship display {Ardea alba} Venus rookery, Florida, USA.

Steven David Miller / Great egret courtship display {Ardea alba} Venus rookerym, Florida, USA.

Neil Lucas / Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) with ant. Botanical Gardens, North Carolina, USA

Claus Meyer / Venus Fly Trap (Dionaea muscipula) with captured spider, southern Brazil

Thoswan Devakul / Slipper orchid flower {Paphiopedilum sukhakulii} Phu Luang WS, Thailand.

Thoswan Devakul / Slipper orchid {Paphiopedilum sukhakulii} Phu Luang WS, Thailand.

Jason Venus / Barbary apes on wall overlooking Gibraltar harbour

Jason Venus / Desert monitor lizard, Sahara desert

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Venus's girdle comb jelly (Cestum veneris) Mediterranean plankton

Thomas Lazar / Pink lady's slipper orchid (Cypridium acaule) Michigan, USA

Thomas Lazar / Pink lady's slipper orchid (Cypridium acaule) Michigan, USA

Niall Benvie / Yellow lady's slipper orchid {Cypripedium calceolus} Kemeri NP, Latvia

Jason Venus / Bedouins at oasis with dromedary camels, northern Sahara, Morocco

Jason Venus / Bedouins at oasis with dromedary camels, Sahara, Morocco

Jason Venus / Bedouin with camels at oasis. Sahara desert, Morocco.

Jason Venus / Desert monitor (Varanus griseus) Sahara desert

Jason Venus / Western diamondback rattlesnake in road, lit by car headlights. The road lies in the path of the snakes migratory route across the Sonoran Desert, Arizona USA. Many become casualties when crossing.

Jason Venus / Desert monitor (Varanus griseus) Sahara desert

Tim Shepherd / Yellow ladies slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus). Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe

Jason Venus / Geoffrey Bell prepares remote control filming helicopter on location for BBC series Incredible Journeys.

DAVID TIPLING / Yellow lady's slipper orchid, Kuusamo, Finland, Europe.

Brian Lightfoot / Venus Flytrap {Dionaea muscipula}

Asgeir Helgestad / Yellow lady slipper orchids {Cypripedium calceolus} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Yellow lady slipper orchids {Cypripedium calceolus} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Yellow lady slipper orchids {Cypripedium calceolus} Norway

Asgeir Helgestad / Yellow ladies slipper orchid flowering in woodland {Cypripedium calceolus} Norway

Steven David Miller / Great egret courtship display {Ardea alba} Florida, USA Venus rookery

Angelo Giampiccolo / Fortess of the ancient town of Erice (Eryce, Eryx), in the northwest corner Sicily, Italy. ^^^The town has two castles: Pepoli and Venus, dating from Saracen times and Norman times respectively. There...

Roberto Rinaldi / 'Pool of Venus' natural pool or 'Piscina di Venere / Bangno dei vergini', Vulcano island, Aeolian islands, Italy.

Tom Vezo / Pink Lady's slipper orchid {Cypripedium acaule} bud opening into flower, New York, USA

Tom Vezo / Pink Lady's slipper orchid {Cypripedium acaule} New York, USA