Mark Carwardine / Desert black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis bicornis) Addo Elephant National Park; Eastern Cape; South Africa, Critically endangered species

Mark Carwardine / Desert black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis bicornis) Addo Elephant National Park; Eastern Cape; South Africa, Critically endangered species

Mark Carwardine / Close up of horn of Desert black rhinoceros horn(Diceros bicornis bicornis) Addo Elephant National Park; Eastern Cape; South Africa, Critically endangered species

Pete Oxford / Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) slung from Super Huey Bell helicopter for transport to new reserve, Great Fish River Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Pete Oxford / Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) slung from Super Huey Bell helicopter for transport to new reserve, Great Fish River Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Pete Oxford / Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) lowered to ground from helicopter, Great Fish River Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Pete Oxford / Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) sedated for transportation with veterinarian Gavin Shaw removing horn tip, Great Fish River Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Pete Oxford / Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) being microchipped before transport to new reserve, Great Fish River Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Pete Oxford / Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) slung from Super Huey Bell helicopter for transport to new reserve, Great Fish River Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Pete Oxford / Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) slung from Super Huey Bell helicopter for transport to new reserve, Great Fish River Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Pete Oxford / Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) being loaded into crate for relocation to new reserve, Great Fish River Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Cape Mountain Cockroach (Aptera fusca), Tsitsikamma, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Crab (Potamonautes sp) in defensive posture, Silaka Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Mantid (Pyrgomantis sp) female guarding her eggs, Silaka Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Transkei Katydid (Transkeidectes multidentis), Silaka Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid (Paracilacris sp), newly discovered species, Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid (Conocephalus sp), newly discovered species, Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Cicada (Stagira sp), Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Transkei Katydid (Transkeidectes multidentis), Silaka Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Moth trio feeding on minerals, Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Moth feeding on minerals, Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Moth pair feeding on minerals, Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Net-winged Beetle (Lycidae) pair mating, Silaka Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid (Tettigoniidae), newly discovered species, Silaka Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Acacia Katydid (Terpnistria zebrata), Silaka Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Acacia Katydid (Terpnistria zebrata), Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid (Eurycorypha sp), Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Bladder Grasshopper (Bullacris sp) leaf mimic, Silaka Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Weta (Henicus sp), Silaka Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Millipede (Sphaerotherium sp) rolled up in defensive posture, Silaka Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Leaf Beetle (Chrysomelidae), Silaka Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Gaudy Grasshopper (Zonocerus elegans), Silaka Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Wingless Grasshopper (Lentula sp), Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid (Conocephalus maculatus), Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Transkei Katydid (Transkeidectes multidentis), Silaka Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Dregi's Katydid (Pomatonota dregii) displaying, Silaka Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Castleton's Katydid (Austrodontura castletoni), Silaka Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Antlion (Palpares sp) on twig, Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Wingless Grasshopper (Lentula sp), Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Grasshopper (Heteracris sp), Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid (Tylopsis rubrescens), Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid (Tylopsis rubrescens), Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Shield-back Katydid (Thoracistus viridifer), Fort Fordyce Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Castleton's Katydid (Austrodontura castletoni), Silaka Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Monkey Grasshopper (Thericleidae), Silaka Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Mantid (Harpagomantis tricolor) feeding on prey, Silaka Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Mantid (Hemiempusa capensis) feeding on prey, Silaka Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Monkey Grasshopper (Thericleidae), Silaka Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Mantid (Harpagomantis tricolor), Silaka Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Mantid (Hemiempusa capensis), Silaka Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Gaudy Grasshopper (Taphronota sp) grasshopper, Silaka Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Wingless Grasshopper (Eremidium sp) pair mating, Silaka Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Cape Short-winged Katydid (Austrodontura capensis), Eastern Cape, South Africa

Piotr Naskrecki / Dregi's Katydid (Pomatonota dregii), Silaka Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Ann & Steve Toon / African lion (Panthera leo) lioness dragging warthog kill, Kwandwe private reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa, January

Ann & Steve Toon / African lion (Panthera leo) lioness with cubs feeding on warthog kill, Kwandwe private reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa, January

Ann & Steve Toon / Male African lion (Panthera leo) yawning, showing canine teeth, Addo National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, January

Ann & Steve Toon / African lions (Panthera leo) male and female watching buffalo, Addo National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, January

Ann & Steve Toon / Male African lions (Panthera leo) playfighting, Addo National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, January

Ann & Steve Toon / Male African lion (Panthera leo) Addo National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, January

Ann & Steve Toon / Warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) suckling young, Addo national park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, January

Ann & Steve Toon / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) bull urine testing female, Addo national park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, January

Ann & Steve Toon / Baby African elephant (Loxodonta africana) playing with trunk, Addo Elephant National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, January

Ann & Steve Toon / Tranquilised White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) receiving surgery on injured flank, Kwandwe private game reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa, January 2011

Richard Du Toit / Spring wildflowers, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Pete Oxford / Pacific Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizi) on beach, Cape Douglas, Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Tony Phelps / Eastern Cape Dwarf Chameleon (Bradypodion ventrale) moving through vegetation, Addo Elephant NP, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Eastern Cape Dwarf Chameleon (Bradypodion ventrale) Addo Elephant NP, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Addo flightless dung beetles (Circellium bacchus) in elephant dung, Addo Elephant NP, Eastern Cape, South Africa, November

Tony Phelps / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) spraying itself at waterhole, with rest of herd walking away in the background, Addo Elephant NP, eastern Cape, South Africa, November

Tony Phelps / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) herd socialising \ playing, Addo Elephant NP, Eastern Cape, South Africa, November

Tony Phelps / Cape Mallow (Pelargonium cucullatum) in flower, Hermanus, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Black wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou) male in grassland, Eastern Cape, South Africa, June

Richard Du Toit / Red hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus) male on skyline, Eastern Cape, South Africa, June

Tony Phelps / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) family group at waterhole. Addo National park, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) family group, running toward waterhole. Addo National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) Addo National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Young bull African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) in grassland, Addo National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Cape Weaver (Ploceus capensis) perching on vegetation, Addo National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / African Rock Python (Python natalensis) juvenile hatchling, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / African rock python (Python natalensis) portrait, Alicedale, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / African rock python (Python natalensis) with tongue out, Alicedale, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Hugh Pearson / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) head profile, Bird Island, off the coast of the Eastern Cape, South Africa, January

Hugh Pearson / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) sky pointing, close-up of neck and underside of beak, Bird Island, off the coast of the Eastern Cape, South Africa, January

Hugh Pearson / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) sky pointing in colony, Bird Island, off the coast of the Eastern Cape, South Africa, January

Hugh Pearson / BBC camera crew filming Cape gannet (Morus capensis) colony using a Jimmy Jib, Bird Island, off the coast of the Eastern Cape, South Africa, January 2008

Hugh Pearson / BBC camera crew filming Cape gannet (Morus capensis) colony using a Jimmy Jib, Bird Island, off the coast of the Eastern Cape, South Africa, January 2008

Hugh Pearson / BBC Producer, Hugh Pearson, recording the sound of Cape gannets (Morus capensis) Bird Island, off the coast of the Eastern Cape, South Africa, January 2008

Hugh Pearson / Cape gannets (Morus capensis) part of the largest colony in the world, Bird Island, off the coast of the Eastern Cape, South Africa, January

Hugh Pearson / Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) portrait showing binocular vision and sharp beak, Bird Island, off the coast of the Eastern Cape, South Africa, January

Hugh Pearson / Cape gannets (Morus capensis) part of the largest colony in the world, Bird Island, off the coast of the Eastern Cape, South Africa, January

Hugh Pearson / Cape gannets (Morus capensis) panting in the heat, Bird Island, off the coast of the Eastern Cape, South Africa, January

Richard Du Toit / Black Wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou) male, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Acacia (Acacia sp) spines on branch, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Tony Phelps / Boomslang (Dispholidus typus) adult male, from nr Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Piotr Naskrecki / Cape Mountain Cockroach (Aptera fusca) female on lichen, Tsitsikamma, Eastern Cape, South Africa