Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Tarr Steps, medieval clapper bridge crossing the River Barle, Exmoor National Park, Somerset, UK. May 2012

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Phragmites reeds (Phragmites australis) at dawn in late autumn sun, Woodwalton Fen, Cambridgeshire, UK, October. Did you know? Woodwalton Fen is an example of ancient fen, most of which disappeared...

Ann & Steve Toon / Baby African elephants (Loxodonta africana) of various ages playing together, Addo national park, Eastern Cape, South Africa, January. Did you know? Elephants can tell the difference between different...

Jerry Monkman / Three young girls (ages 3, 5, 9) in a rowing boat at Oliver Lodge, Lake Winnipesauke, Meredith, New Hampshire, USA. Model Released. July 2008

Jerry Monkman / Two children (ages 4 and 6) walking across a wooden suspension bridge, Lincoln's Woods Trail, White Mountains National Forest, New Hampshire, USA. Model Released. October 2007

Andy Rouse / Asian elephant (Elaphus maximus) two calves of different ages walking side by side, Minneria NP, Sri Lanka

Juan Manuel Borrero / Cloister of the Santes Creus Monastery, Tarragona Province, Spain, May

Juan Manuel Borrero / Cloister of the Santes Creus Monastery, Tarragona Province, Spain, May

Anup Shah / African lion (Panthera leo) cubs of varying ages playing on a fallen tree, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, September

Nick Upton / Dense gathering of Common periwinkles (Littorina liitorea) of all ages in a rockpool lined with Coralweed (Corallina officinalis) and Irish moss (Chondrus crispus), North Berwick, East Lothian, July

Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of old gateway tower in Aigues-Mortes marshes controlling salt sale and transport in the Middle Ages, Camargue, Southern France, May 2009

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Common cockchafer / Maybug (Melolontha melolontha), taking off from human finger in a garden, with house in the background, Wiltshire, England, UK, May . Property released. Did you know? In the Middle...

Inaki Relanzon / Town of Avila with walls from the middle-ages. Central Spain, March 2011.

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) inquisitive piglet, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK, March. Did you know? In the Middle Ages Wild boars were considered 'Beasts of Venery', a prestigious quarry only hunted...

Steven Kazlowski / Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus) bulls of various ages resting together on sandspit, along the coast of Svalbard, Atlantic coast.

Jerry Monkman / A young sister and brother (ages 2 and 4) on their way to play on the beach at the Cape Cod National Seashore in Truro, Massachusetts, USA

Jane Burton / Lakeland Terrier x Border Collie pup, 6 months old, with her younger siblings, 6 weeks old

Michael Durham / Rainforest interior - this humid jungle is one of the world's oldest rainforest. It has survived untouched by the ice ages for 130 million years, Endau-Rompin National Park, Malaysia

Michael Durham / Rainforest interior, Endau-Rompin National Park, Malaysia. This humid jungle is one of the world's oldest rainforest. It has survived, untouched by the ice ages, for 130 million years

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Common Pillbug (Armadillidium vulgare) group of four various ages, worldwide distribution

Rod Williams / Mandrill {Mandrillus sphinx} female with young of different ages, captive, from Central Africa

Jean-Pierre Zwaenepoel / Southern plains grey / Hanuman langur {Semnopithecus dussumieri} two mothers with young of different ages, Thar desert, Rajasthan, India

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Treehoppers, adult and several ages of young plus ant guards, dry forest, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Paul D Stewart / First edition of Erasmus Darwin's 'Zoonomia', Part 1 'The Laws of Organic Life' with section revealing his remarkably prescient 'world without end' text on evolution. Erasmus Darwin was Charles Darwin...

Paul D Stewart / Portrait of Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) from a picture by Wright of Derby, reproduced with later hand colouring by his grandson, Charles Darwin in 'Life of Erasmus Darwin' 1879 (Ernst Krause co-author)...

Paul D Stewart / Portrait of Gaius Plinius Secundus, army commander, naturalist and author (23AD to 25 August 79AD). Copperplate engraving from Andre Thevet's 'Portraits et vies des hommes illustres' publ Guillaume Ch...

Paul D Stewart / Woodcut illustration of Wolverine (Gulo gulo) or Glutton, squeezing between trees to defecate before resuming feeding. From Conrad Gesner's 'Icones Animalium' published by Christof Froschover, Zurich,...

Paul D Stewart / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) portrait detail from a woodcut with old colouring. Conrad Gesner 'Icones Animalium' publ. Christof Froschover, Zurich, 1560. Gesner's artist catches the perceived intelligent a...

Paul D Stewart / Woodcut of Common electric ray (Torpedo torpedo) with old colouring. From Conrad Gesner's 'Icones Animalium' publ. Christof Froschover, Zurich, 1560. The torpedo or electric ray had been well know by...

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'...

Paul D Stewart / Woodcut illustration of mythical creature with contemporary colouring from 'Icones Animalium' Publ. Christof Froschover, Zurich, 1560. Gesner illustrates a creature captured in the forest of Hanesberg...

Paul D Stewart / Woodcut illustration of Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata) with colouring. From Gesner's 'Icones Animalium' publ. Christof Froschover, Zurich, 1560. Of Gesner's many woodcuts this is one of the more...

Paul D Stewart / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) portrait detail from a woodcut with old colouring. Conrad Gesner 'Icones Animalium' publ. Christof Froschover, Zurich, 1560. Gesner's artist catches the perceived intelligent a...

Paul D Stewart / Woodcut with old colouring of shark and shark tooth fossil from Gesner 'Icones Animalium' publ. Christof Froschover, Zurich, 1560 (also 1558 in Historiae Animalium, Liber IIII). This is the first West...

Paul D Stewart / Woodcut illustration of Flying fish (Exocoetus spp.) with old colouring and paper age toning and staining. From Gesner's 'Icones Animalium' publ. Christof Froschover, Zurich, 1560.

Paul D Stewart / Woodcut with old colouring of fish. Conrad Gesner 'Icones Animalium' publ. Christof Froschover, Zurich, 1560. In marked contrast to his exotica which were often fancifully drawn Gesner's woodcuts of f...

Paul D Stewart / Woodcut illustration with old colouring of Barbary Macaque monkey (Macaca sylvanus) identified as 'Ein Aff' (An ape). From Gesner's 'Icones Animalium' publ. Christof Froschover, Zurich, 1560. The divi...

Paul D Stewart / Woodcut illustration of whale attacking ship, with old colouring. From Gesner's 'Icones Animalium' published by Christof Froschover, Zurich, 1560.

Paul D Stewart / Woodcut illustration of sharks attacking a man, with a ray coming to help, with old colouring. From Gesner 'Icones Animalium' publ. Christof Froschover, Zurich, 1560. This scene is copied by Gesner fr...

Paul D Stewart / Woodcut illustration of Satyrus marinus - a sea monster or mermaid of partially human form, with old colouring. Gesner 'Icones Animalium' publ. Christof Froschover, Zurich, 1560. Gesner reproduced thi...