Sam Hobson / Blood samples collected by scientists working with urban goshawks (Accipiter gentilis). Berlin, Germany, May 2014. Nominated in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.

Jabruson / Hammer Headed bats (Hypsignathus monstrosus) in gloved hand - live mist net catch for blood sampling in search of the unknown reservoir host for Ebola virus. Ebola outbreaks in Mbomo in 2003 killed 12...

Doug Gimesy / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) blood taken from an anaesthetised platypus captured in field. It will be put into a test tube for later analysis. Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia. May 2018.

Doug Gimesy / Blood is drawn from the bill of an anaesthetised platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) it will be put into a test tube for later analysis. Snowy River, Dalgety, NSW, Australia. September 2017. Model re...

Francisco Marquez / Researcher collecting a blood sample from a Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) juvenile's leg during the ringing process, Fuente de Piedra lagoon, Malaga, Spain. August.

David Perpinan / Field workers collecting blood from Blue-fronted amazon parrot (Amazona aestiva) chicks, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

Ashley Cooper / Medecins sans Frontieres clinic in Makhanga testing local people, many of whom now have malaria. A result of the January 2015 floods, the drying up flood waters provided an ideal breeding grounds for...

Doug Perrine / Volunteers restraining a recently weaned male Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) while Marine Mammal Center veterinarian Michelle Barbiers takes a blood sample prior to tagging. Keokea Bea...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Vet from The Royal Zoological Society Scotland / RZSS taking a blood sample from a sedated Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris grampia) male. Inside RZSS mobile vet unit, Strathsprey, Cairngorms Nation...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Veterinarian from The Royal Zoological Society Scotland / RZSS with blood sample from Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris grampia). To be used for genetic testing. Inside RZSS mobile vet unit, Strathsp...

Paul D Stewart / Horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) specimens with tubes of Limulus amebocyte lysate, harvested from the Horseshoe crabs blood, which is used for detection of bacterial contamination in medical applic...

Suzi Eszterhas / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) three week old orphaned pup getting blood test, Alaska SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska