Pete Oxford / Shoal of Yellowtail Grunts (Anisotremus interruptus) Floreana Island, Galapagos, Equador, Pacific ocean

Pete Oxford / Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) in flight with storm clouds, Punto Cevallos, Española (Hood) Island, Galapagos islands, Equador, South America

Tui De Roy / Volcan Alcedo giant tortoises (Chelonoidis nigra vandenburghi) juvenile inspecting carrapace of dead female, Alcedo Volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Mike Wilkes / Black and white owl (Strix nigrolineata) perched on branch looking for moths, Mindo, Equador

Pete Oxford / Blue-chin Parrotfish (Scarus ghobban) Wolf Island in the northern archepelago, Galapagos Islands, Equador, South America

Pete Oxford / Shoal of Yellowtail Grunts (Anisotremus interruptus) Floreana Island, Galapagos, Equador, Pacific ocean

Pete Oxford / Guineafowl Puffer (Arothron meleagris) Wolf Island in the northern archepelago, Galapagos Islands, Equador, South America

Pete Oxford / Bicolor Parrotfish (Scarus rubroviolaceus) Wolf Island in the northern archepelago, Galapagos Islands, Equador, South America

Pete Oxford / Swallow-tailed gull (Larus / Creagrus furcatus) on rock, at sunset. Punto Cevallos, Española (Hood) Island, Galapagos islands, Equador, South America

Pete Oxford / Nazca booby (Sula dactylatra granti) standing on rock, Punto Cevallos, Española (Hood) Island, Galapagos islands, Equador, South America

Pete Oxford / Swallow-tailed gull (Larus / Creagrus furcatus) flying over Pacific ocean, Punto Cevallos, Española (Hood) Island, Galapagos islands, Equador, South America

Pete Oxford / Head portrait of Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) Punto Cevallos, Española (Hood) Island, Galapagos islands, Equador, South America

Pete Oxford / Silhouette of Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) Punto Cevallos, Española (Hood) Island, Galapagos islands, Equador, South America

Pete Oxford / Researchers measuring the bill of a Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) Punto Cevallos, Española (Hood) Island, Galapagos islands, Equador, South America May 2008

Pete Oxford / Close up of Waved albatross feet (Phoebastria irrorata) incubating egg, Punto Cevallos, Española (Hood) Island, Galapagos islands, Equador, South America

Pete Oxford / Scientists attaching satellite tracking device to a Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) Punto Cevallos, Española (Hood) Island, Galapagos islands, Equador, South America May 2008

Pete Oxford / Researchers measuring and collecting data from a Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) Punto Cevallos, Española (Hood) Island, Galapagos islands, Equador, South America May 2008

Pete Oxford / Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) incubating egg on beach, Punto Cevallos, Española (Hood) Island, Galapagos islands, Equador, South America

Pete Oxford / Swallow-tailed gull (Larus / Creagrus furcatus) flying over Pacific ocean, Punto Cevallos, Española (Hood) Island, Galapagos islands, Equador, South America

Pete Oxford / Close up of Nazca booby (Sula dactylatra granti) eye, tucked behind wing, Punto Cevallos, Española (Hood) Island, Galapagos islands, Equador, South America

Pete Oxford / Head portrait of Swallow-tailed gull (Larus / Creagrus furcatus) calling, Punto Cevallos, Española (Hood) Island, Galapagos islands, Equador, South America

Pete Oxford / Swallow-tailed gull (Larus / Creagrus furcatus) calling on nest, Punto Cevallos, Española (Hood) Island, Galapagos islands, Equador, South America

MORLEY READ / Puya hamata (Puya species}, a large terrestrial fire-resistant bromeliad, in the Ecuadorian Andes

Pete Oxford / Land Iguana {Conolophus subcristatus} South Plaza Is. Galapagos

John Cancalosi / Columbite (Niobite), the main ore of niobium and used widely in industry; also a source of tantalum. Sample from Jacu claim, Equador, Borborema, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.