Karl Ammann / Bonobo {Pan paniscus} two interacting on the ground. Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Kinshasa, DR of Congo, 2007

Karl Ammann / Juvenile Bonobos {Pan paniscus} Face to face mock mating by young bonobo. Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Kinshasa, DR of Congo, 2007

Karl Ammann / Bonobo {Pan paniscus} sponge drinking, squeezing lake weed and dripping out water into mouth. Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Kinshasa, DR of Congo, 2007

Karl Ammann / Juvenile Bonobo {Pan paniscus} 'laughing' face. Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Kinshasa, DR of Congo, 2007

Karl Ammann / Adult Bonobos {Pan paniscus} mating. Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Kinshasa, DR of Congo, 2007

Karl Ammann / Juvenile Bonobos {Pan paniscus} grooming. Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Kinshasa, DR of Congo, 2007

Karl Ammann / Female Bonobo {Pan paniscus} in resting position, lying on back. Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Kinshasa, DR of Congo, 2007

Karl Ammann / Bonobo {Pan paniscus} lying down in water to cool off. Chimps are shy of water but Bonobos are not. Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Kinshasa, DR of Congo, 2007

Karl Ammann / Bonobo {Pan paniscus} female adult feeding. Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Kinshasa, DR of Congo, 2007

Karl Ammann / Juvenile Bonobo {Pan paniscus} head portrait. Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Kinshasa, DR of Congo, 2007

Karl Ammann / Juvenile Bonobo {Pan paniscus} sitting in tree watching photographer. Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Kinshasa, DR of Congo, 2007

Karl Ammann / Bonobo {Pan paniscus} lying on back in resting position with play face expression. Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Kinshasa, DR of Congo, 2007

Karl Ammann / Two Bonobo {Pan paniscus} orphans looking up and sitting in close proximity for comfort. Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Kinshasa, DR of Congo, 2007

Karl Ammann / Two Bonobos {Pan paniscus} vocalizing. Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Kinshasa, DR of Congo, 2007

Karl Ammann / Photographer Karl Ammann interacting with Bonobo {Pan paniscus} through fence. Bonobo showing trust by extending hands for 'finger biting'. Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Kinshasa, DR of Congo, 2007

Karl Ammann / Juvenile Bonobo {Pan paniscus} with foot raised on mound. Lola Ya Bonobo Sanctuary, Kinshasa, DR of Congo, 2007

Jabruson / Giant groundsel {Senecio johnstonii} growing near Lac Vert at 4220m, Mountains of the Moon, Virunga NP, DR of Congo

Jabruson / Giant groundsel {Senecio johnstonii} growing near Lac Vert at 4220m, Mountains of the Moon, Virunga NP, DR of Congo

Jabruson / Giant groundsel {Senecio johnstonii} growing near Lac Vert at 4220m, Mountains of the Moon, Virunga NP, DR of Congo

Jabruson / Bruce Davidson, photographer and film-maker, in Virunga NP, DR Congo

Juergen Freund / Dr Billy Sinclair, Senior Lecturer at Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, observing nautilus swimming amidst red whip coral. Queensland, Australia.

Juergen Freund / Dr Billy Sinclair checking a large 2-cone plankton net behind research vessel (researchers from Central Queensland University, Rockhampton). Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Dr Billy Sinclair checking a large 2-cone plankton net behind research vessel (researchers from Central Queensland University, Rockhampton). Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Dr Billy Sinclair checking a large 2-cone plankton net behind research vessel (researchers from Central Queensland University, Rockhampton). Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Dr Billy Sinclair and team checking a large 2-cone plankton net which has been dragged behind research vessel (researchers from Central Queensland University, Rockhampton). Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Dr Billy Sinclair checking a large 2-cone plankton net behind research vessel (researchers from Central Queensland University, Rockhampton). Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Dr Billy Sinclair engraves tracking number on a nautilus onboard the research vessel Undersea Explorer. Queensland, Australia

Juergen Freund / Dr Billy Sinclair deploying his light trap to attract plankton aboard a research vessel (researchers from Central Queensland University, Rockhampton). Queensland, Australia

Luciano Candisani / Lemon Shark (Negaprion acutidens) young being released by biologist of Dr. Gruber research team, Rocas Atoll, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Lemon Shark (Negaprion acutidens) young being released by biologist of Dr. Gruber's research team, Rocas Atoll, Brazil

Jabruson / African elephant ivory carved figures made by Chinese trained carvers, offered for sale near Virunga NP, DR Congo

Jabruson / Protective thorns on Kapok tree trunk {Ceiba pentandra} Odzala NP, DR Congo

Suzi Eszterhas / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) ambassador Chewbacca and Dr. Laurie Marker, Cheetah Conservation Fund, Otijwarongo, Namibia

Suzi Eszterhas / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) ambassador Chewbacca and Dr. Laurie Marker during an education program with Namibian school children, Cheetah Conservation Fund, Otijwarongo, Namibia

Sarah Byatt / Dr Ian Douglas-Hamilton fitting GPS satellite tracking collar to bull African elephant (Loxodonta africana) East Africa

Mark Moffett / Entomologist Dr. E. O. Wilson enjoying rainforest canopy view from 45 meter research tower, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Mark Moffett / Entomologist Dr. E. O. Wilson searches for rainforest canopy ants with research assistant John Tobin in 45 meter tower, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Mark Moffett / Pulitzer prize winning entomologist Dr. E. O. Wilson examines epiphyte for insects, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Mark Moffett / Entomologist Terry Erwin fogs rainforest canopy with biodegradable pesticide, insects fall onto plastic sheets for collection and study, Pacaya-Samiria National Reservation, Peru

Richard Du Toit / State vet, Dr Beniges, treating African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) injured by snare, Mala Mala GR, South Africa

Jabruson / Giant elephant shrew {Rhynchocyon cirnei stuhlmanni} Epulu, Ituri Reserve, DR Congo

Jabruson / Giant elephant shrew {Rhynchocyon cirnei stuhlmanni} Epulu, Ituri Reserve, DR Congo

Richard Du Toit / State vet, Dr Beniges, removes snare from injured African wild dog {Lycaon pictus} Mala Mala GR, South Africa

Jabruson / African palm civet in tree {Nandinia binotata} Epulu Ituri reserve, DR Congo

Owen Newman / Dr Philip Sander and Ju / Hoan bushmen, replacing leopard tracking collar, Bushmanland, Namibia. 1996

Jabruson / Hartlaub's duck in mangoire {Pteronetta hartlaubii}, Lokoue Bai, Odzala NP, NW DR Congo

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Tree spirit! Entomologist Dr George Beccaloni communing with ancient Beech pollard tree, Epping, UK

Jabruson / Two forest elephants at mineral lick {Loxodonta africana} Obandas Bai / forest clearing, DR Congo

Jabruson / Mountain gorilla male (Gorilla g. beringei), detail of hand. Virunga NP, DR Congo (formerly Zaire), Central Africa

Karen Bass / Bonobo adult male, Wamba, DR Congo (Pan paniscus)

Staffan Widstrand / Mountain gorilla in rainforest {Gorilla beringei} Virunga NP. DR Congo

Staffan Widstrand / Mountain gorilla picking at teeth {Gorilla beringei} Virunga NP, DR Congo

Jabruson / Western lowland gorilla silverback, Odzala NP, DR Congo, Maya Maya Nord Bai

Staffan Widstrand / Woman watching Mountain Gorilla {Gorilla g beringei} Virunga NP. DR Congo

Staffan Widstrand / Mountain gorilla in rainforest {Gorilla beringei} Virunga NP. DR Congo

Jabruson / Dead Mountain gorilla silverback 'Rugabo' shot by poachers, Virunga NP. DR Congo

Jabruson / Mountain gorilla juvenile resting at midday {Gorilla g beringei} Virunga NP. DR Congo

Jabruson / Hippopotamus fighting, Virunga NP, Rutchuru river, DR Congo.

Jabruson / Uganda Kob males sparring at lek {Kobus kob thomasi} Virunga NP. DR of Congo.

IAN REDMOND / Dr Jane Goodall with her son 'Grub' and Dr Christophe Boesch, 1989

Staffan Widstrand / Silverback Gorilla 'Rugabo' {Gorilla gorilla beringei} Virunga NP. DR Congo

Staffan Widstrand / Gorilla juvenile portrait {Gorilla gorilla beringei} Virunga NP. DR Congo

Jabruson / Early morning scenic with mist Kahuzi Biega NP. DR of the Congo

Jabruson / Warden with Nile crocodile jaw bitten off by Hippo, Garamba NP, DR Congo

Jabruson / Banana tree (Musaceae) plantation outside Virunga NP. DR of Congo. Aerial

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Dr. Nalini Nadkarni preparing to climb tree, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Dr Nalini Nadkarni looking at epiphytes in Fig tree, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Mark Moffett / Photographer Dr Mark Moffett in rainforest tree, Monteverde, Costa Rica photo by John Longino

Flip Nicklin / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) researchers Dr. Malcolm Ramsey and Sean Farley, measure a tranquilized bear, Resolute, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) researchers Dr. Malcolm Ramsey and Sean Farley, measure a tranquilized bear, Resolute, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) researchers Dr. Malcolm Ramsey and Sean Farley, weighing a tranquilized bear, Resolute, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Biopsy dart in fin of Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) to collect samples of fat and skin for genetic tests, southeast Alaska

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) researcher Dr James Darling holds tip of biopsy dart used to collect genetic data on whales, southeast Alaska

Flip Nicklin / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) researcher Dr. Malcolm Ramsay extracts tooth of adult to determine its age, Resolute, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) pair with researcher Bruce Mate on boat attempting to attach satellite tag, Santa Barbara, California

Norbert Wu / Research scientist Dr. Leighton Taylor in a dive hole, U.S. base at McMurdo Station, Antarctica

Norbert Wu / Research scientist Dr. Dale Stokes readies a dive hut after a blizzard, U.S. base at McMurdo Station, Antarctica

Mark Moffett / Tarantula (Theraposidae) shown to Stanford professor and arachnophobia expert, C Barr Taylor, by Dr Gunnar Gotestam while a pet scanner records his fear response, Norway

Flip Nicklin / Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) researcher Jim Darling pets friendly individual, Peninsula Valdez, Argentina

Flip Nicklin / Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) researchers Jim Darling and Roger Payne photographing flipper, Peninsula Valdez, Argentina

Flip Nicklin / Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) researchers Lea Gerber and Dr James Darling shoot biopsy darts at whales with dart bouncing off whale unnoticed, carrying a sample of fat and skin in the tip, A...

Norbert Wu / Dr. Bill Baker collects invertebrates, looking for chemical defense compounds, Antarctica

Eric Baccega / Dr Maksimov at the Bolshoy Kotu laboratory, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia

Eric Baccega / Dr Maksimov at the Bolshoy Kotu laboratory, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia

Dr Vadim Sidorovich / Wet European mink {Mustela lutreola} near river, Belarus

Jabruson / Destruction of building by flow of lava, Goma town, DR Congo. Nyiragongo volcano 2000

Dr Vadim Sidorovich / Raccoon dog at river edge {Nyctereutes procyonoides} Belarus, Russia

Jabruson / Okapi male in forest enclosure {Okapia johnstoni} Ituri RR, Epulu, DR Congo

Jabruson / Juvenile Potto, Epulu Ituri Reserve, DR Congo (ex Zaire)

BBC / Dr. Jack Cohen, evolutionary biologist (Natural History of an Alien)

Jabruson / Illegal trade in hardwood timber extracted from Virunga NP, DR Congo

Jabruson / Destruction of building by lava flow in Goma town, DR Congo. Nyiragongo volcano erruption 2000

Jabruson / Destruction of vehicles by lava flow in Goma town, DR Congo. Nyiragongo volcano erruption 2000

Jabruson / Destruction of buildings by lava flow in Goma town, DR Congo. Nyiragongo volcano erruption. 2000

Jabruson / Illegal trade in hardwood timber extracted from Virunga NP, DR Congo

Jabruson / Juvenile Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes). Ituri forest, DR Congo (formerly Zaire), Central Africa