Stefan Christmann / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) male examining dead chick on ice. Atka Bay, Antarctica. August.

Steven David Miller / Red-collared lorikeet (Trichoglossus rubritorquis) pair examining hole in Eucalyptus as a potential nesting hollow. Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia.

Clay Bolt / Entomologist examining a large female Megachile bee during the hunt to rediscover Wallace's giant bee (Megachile pluto) on the island of Ternate, North Moluccas, Indonesia. January 2019

Inaki Relanzon / Keeper examining African elephant calf's (Loxodonta africana) trunk, David Sheldrick African Elephant Orphanage. Nairobi National Park, Nairobi, Kenya.

Roland Seitre / Program director Dr Astrid Vargas examining Iberian / Spanish Lynx (Lynx pardina) at the Donana breeding station. Andalusia, Spain, June 2007.

Jouan & Rius / Shadow of woman examining sheet with insects attracted to light, rainforest, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia. Model released *NB Not available for book cover use in France until September 2015.

Florian Möllers / Raccoon (Procyon lotor) standing on a bench examining the window of a holiday home, Lake Myggelsee, Berlin, Germany, November. Property released

Tim Laman / Ornithologist Brett Benz prepares a Huon Macgregor's Gardener Bowerbird (Amblyornis macgregoriae) museum specimen. At the Araurong field camp in the Sarawaget Range Indonesia, Dec 2006

Tim Laman / Two young children (brother and sister, model released) examining the bark of a Tristania tree, Borneo. July 2007

Juergen Freund / Fred Gurgel organizing his algae / seaweed specimens, as part of the Coral Reef census, Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia, April 2008

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} 7-month-old monkey bathing in hot springs, examining its hands, water at 40 degrees, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Mark Moffett / Researcher Brian Ferrell examines new beetle species, Pacaya-Samiria National Reservation, Peru