Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Cowslip flowers (Primula veris), Catcott SWT reserve, Somerset Levels, England, UK, April. Photographer quote: 'Finding a perfect group of cowslips takes time, as does washing all your clothes when yo...

Juergen Freund / Guido Westhoff spotlighting the water surface looking for sea snakes surfacing to take a breath. The snakes are being caught as part of a project to discover more about seasnake skin ultrastructure an...

Georgette Douwma / Spangled emperor (Lethrinus nebulosus) watching a Blue spotted ribbontail ray (Taeniura lymna) that is burrowing in the sandy bottom for prey. Egypt, Red Sea.

Fiona Rogers / Lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) baby aged 3-6 months. Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India. Mar 2013.

Anup Shah / Lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) young male approaching with curiosity. Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India.

Anup Shah / Lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus) licking resin sereted from a tree trunk. Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India.

Suzi Eszterhas / Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) looking downwards, Northern Costa Rica, Central America

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Zodiac boat with curious leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) Wilhelmina Bay, Gerlache Strait. Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.

Ernie Janes / Spring lambs watching male Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) UK, April

Roland Seitre / Barry Baker, herpatologist, identifying reptile skin of Texan boots at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, Oregon, USA, to discover whether they are made from animals that ar...

Roland Seitre / Richard Stroud carrying out a post mortem on an American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) to discover cause of death at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, Oregon, USA

Roland Seitre / Richard Stroud carrying out a post mortem on an American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) to discover cause of death at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, Oregon, USA

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff looking into a crate full of sea snakes caught during 3 hours spent spotlighting the river's surface at night. These snakes have been caught as part of a project to discover...

Juergen Freund / Researchers Guido and Katja Westhoff prepare a sea snake for skin sampling. Guido will take a positive print from the skin using a polymer, then use an electron microscope to discover whether sea snak...

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff uses an anesthesized Horned sea snake (Acalyptophis peronii) to discover whether sea snake tails have light receptors. A Faraday shield is used for shielding off noise. The e...

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff using an anesthesized Shaw's Sea Snake (Lapemis curtus) to discover whether sea snake tails have light receptors. A Faraday shield is used for shielding off noise. The electr...

Juergen Freund / Freshly caught sea snakes swimming inside a plastic crate. These snakes have been caught as part of a project to discover more about seasnake skin ultrastructure and sensory receptors. Queensland, Aus...

Juergen Freund / Water being poured onto freshly caught sea snakes stored in plastic crate. These snakes have been caught as part of a project to discover more about seasnake skin ultrastructure and sensory receptors....

Juergen Freund / Freshly caught Marbled sea snake (Aipysurus eydouxii) stored in orange ice box. This snake has been caught as part of a project to discover more about seasnake skin ultrastructure and sensory receptor...

Juergen Freund / Freshly caught sea snakes stored in orange ice box. These snakes have been caught as part of a project to discover more about seasnake skin ultrastructure and sensory receptors. Queensland, Australia,...

Juergen Freund / Freshly caught sea snake biting 5mm glove of researcher Guido Westhoff. This snake has been caught as part of a project to discover more about seasnake skin ultrastructure and sensory receptors. Queen...

Juergen Freund / Researcher Katja Westhoff scooping a sea snake out of the water. The snake is being caught as part of a project to discover more about seasnake skin ultrastructure and sensory receptors. Queensland, A...

Suzi Eszterhas / California Sealion {Zalophus californianus} Mother and pup resting, San Miguel Island, California, USA. Sitting upright with neck outstretched is a common and comfortable resting position for sea lio...

Paul D Stewart / 1837 portrait of Gideon Mantell (3 February 1790 - 10 November 1852). Engraved from a painting by Samuel Stepney, later hand colouring. Published in G. Mantell's 'Thoughts on a Pebble' 1849. Gideon Ma...

Edwin Giesbers / Raptor pellet in hand, researcher dissecting pellet to discover prey eaten by bird. Part of a 60 year long-term study led by Fred Koning to monitor raptors and their nests in a 3,400 hectare area of c...