Jabruson / Long-tailed Pangolin (Uromanis tetradactyla) unfurling itself from protective posture, Lokoue Bai. Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Mark Bowler,Mark Bowler / Siberian musk deer (Moschus moschiferus) male with tusks grooming, captive, Midlothian deer enclosure, UK, vulnerable species

Jack Dykinga / Ponderosa pines {Pinus ponderosa}, Promontory Butte on General George Crook Trail along the Mogollon Rim, Apache Sitgreaves National Forest, Arizona, USA

Jim Brandenburg / Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), General Sherman tree in Sequoia National Park, California

Pat Tuson / Green Party poster on bike ridden by activist, General Election 2015, Highbury, Islington North Constituency, London England Britain UK, May 2015.

David Noton / General Sherman Tree, the largest tree in the world, Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) Sequoia National Park, California, USA

Gerrit Vyn / Chinese bird photographers on the Rudong mudlfats in pursuit of critically endangered species Spoon-billed sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea) There is a general lack of knowledge about proper ethics around...

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of a Vampire bat (Vespertilio vampyrus) by Heath published 1800 in George Shaw 'General Zoology or Systematic Zoology', in which the Vampire bats feeding habits are described. However th...

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of Peeping frog - now commonly called Northern Leopard frog (Rana pipiens) plate by Hill. From George Shaw 'General Zoology or Systematic Natural History 1802.

Paul D Stewart / Illustration from John Gerard 'The Herball or General Historie of Plantes' 1597. This image shows the legend that geese were born from barnacles

Paul D Stewart / Portrait of George Shaw (175 - 1813) English zoologist most famous for his illustrated encyclopaedic zoology books such as 'General Zoology'(16 vol s 1809-1826) and with Nodder 'The Naturalist's Mis...

Juan Carlos Munoz / Old cars near Hackberry General Store, Hackberry, on Route 66, Arizona, USA, February 2015.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Leaf nosed bats (Phyllostomidae) roosting together in tree, Rua General Glicerio, Rio de Janiero City, Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Leaf nosed bats (Phyllostomidae) roosting together in tree, Rua General Glicerio, Rio de Janiero City, Brazil.

Mary McDonald / Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri) female standing on hind legs and feeding from a high branch, Samburu Game Reserve, Kenya. October.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Local doctor's sign, N'Djamena market, Chad, 2002-2003.

Pal Hermansen / Signed statement from the UN secretary general, after their visited to the Svalbard Seed Vault in 2009.

Edwin Giesbers / Close-up of the front paws of a European Lynx (Lynx lynx) showing the large gap between toes that allows it to move easily in heavy snow, captive, Norway, February.

John Cancalosi / Syenite from the Steffin Complex, Marathon County, Wisconsin, USA. Syenite is a coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock of the same general composition as granite but with the quartz either absent or pr...

Ann & Steve Toon / Elephant Population Management Program surgeon Dr Johan Marais, left, of the University of Pretoria's Faculty of Veterinary Science assisted by Dr Dean Hendrickson, director of Colorado State Universi...

Andrew Walmsley / General view of nesting cliff on Inner Farne island, Northumberland, with Razorbills (Alca torda) and European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis), June

Andrew Walmsley / General view of nesting cliff on Inner Farne island, Northumberland. European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) in the foreground, Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), Guillemots (Uria aalge) and Razorbills...

Andrew Walmsley / General view of nesting cliff on Inner Farne island, Northumberland. European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) in the foreground, Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), Guillemots (Uria aalge) and Razorbills...

Andrew Walmsley / General view of nesting cliff on Inner Farne island, Northumberland. European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) in the foreground, Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), Guillemots (Uria aalge) and Razorbills...

Mark Carwardine / General view towards Vietnamese border, Preah Monivong Bokor National Park, south-western Cambodia (formerly Kampuchea)

Philippe Clement / Monument to the Bretons of Free France / Cross of Pen-Hir, inaugurated by General Charles de Gaulle in 1960, Pointe de Pen-Hir, Brittany, France June 2009

Christian Ziegler / Sweat Bee (Halictidae) preserved in amber, this roughly 20-million-year old bee is carrying orchid pollen which helped scientists determine the general age of the orchid family as 100 million years ol...

Inaki Relanzon / General view of the two waterfalls, The sacred waterfalls of the King and the Queen (Chutes sacree) Andrigitra National Park, Central Madagascar, May 2010

Steven David Miller / Canal Rocks, Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park General Area: Southwest Western Australia October 2009

Pete Oxford / Spanish Lynx (Lynx pardinus) undergoing a thorough medical check-up after having shown signs of lethargy and general loss of condition, El Acebuche Breeding Center, Matalascanas, Donana National Park,...

Pete Oxford / Spanish Lynx (Lynx pardinus) undergoing a thorough medical check-up after having shown signs of lethargy and general loss of condition, El Acebuche Breeding Center, Matalascanas, Donana National Park,...

Thomas Lazar / Deep red trunks of mature Giant sequoia trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum) surrounded by smaller green pines, General Grant Grove, Kings Canyon National Park, California, USA

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Arabian oryx {Oryx leucoryx} His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, watching the release of Arabian Oryx with satellite transmitter into the wild, Abu Dha...

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Arabian oryx {Oryx leucoryx} His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, holding a calf before releasing it into the wild after captivity, Abu Dhabi

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Arabian oryx {Oryx leucoryx} His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, with a calf before releasing it into the wild after captivity, Abu Dhabi

Philippe Clement / General store along the historic Route 66 with vintage gas pumps and a plethora of classic signs and memorabilia. Hackberry, Arizona, USA 2007

Jane Burton / Vet checking general condition of 9-week Yellow Labrador puppy before primary vaccination

Dan Burton / Vet neutering dog {Canis familiaris} under general anaesthetic, Exeter, Devon, UK.

Dan Burton / Vet neutering cat under general anaesthetic, Exeter, Devon, UK

Dan Burton / Vet nurse shaves domestic cat before surgery. UK

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) assistant director Wei Rong Ping checks the general health of Gongzhu's one day old cub, China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature...

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) assistant director Wei Rong Ping returning Gongzhu's two-hour-old cub after checking his general health, China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda...

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) assistant director Wei Rong Ping returning Gongzhu's two-hour-old cub after checking his general health, China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda...

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) assistant director Wei Rong Ping returning Gongzhu's one day old cub after checking his general health, China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda,...

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) assistant director Wei Rong Ping returning Gongzhu's one day old cub after checking his general health, China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda,...

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) assistant director Wei Rong Ping returning Gongzhu's one day old cub after checking his general health, China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda,...

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) assistant director Wei Rong Ping soothing Gongzhu after removing her one day old cub to check his general health, China Conservation and Research Center for the Gi...

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) assistant director Wei Rong Ping removing Gongzhu's one day old cub to check his general health, China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong...

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) assistant director Wei Rong Ping removing Gongzhu's two-hour-old cub to check his general health, China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolon...

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) assistant director Wei Rong Ping checks the general health of Gongzhu's one day old cub, China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature...

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) assistant director Wei Rong Ping checks the general health of Gongzhu's one day old cub, China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature...

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) assistant director Wei Rong Ping checks the general health of Gongzhu's one day old cub, China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature...

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) assistant director Wei Rong Ping checks the general health of Gongzhu's one day old cub, China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature...

Jim Brandenburg / Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) called 'General Sherman' is the biggest tree in the world by volume, and is 838 meters high, Sequoia National Park, California

Paul D Stewart / Sir Joseph Banks, botanist and naturalist. (13th February 1743 - 19th June 1820). Engraving by C.E. Wagstaff with later colouring, after the painting of Banks as President of the Royal Society by Phil...

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of Madagascan Pipevine Swallowtail (Pharmacophagus antenor / Batthus philenor, Drury 1773). Strong late 18th Century illustration with contemporary colouring following its discovery. As a...

Paul D Stewart / 1720 illustration of 'small cape lizard' from southern Africa. Apparently a very devout lizard, it carried three crosses on its back. Henri Chatelain appears to have published the original in French i...

Paul D Stewart / The Illustrated London News, December 31st, 1853, page 600. 'The Extinct Animals Model-Room, at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham' by P.H. Delamotte. Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins made the first full size re...

Paul D Stewart / 1854 illustration of Crystal Palace at its Sydenham site, with Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins' dinosaur sculptures in the foreground. 11cm x 16.3 cm. Miniature colour print by the George Baxter patent pr...

Onne van der Wal / Chilean Tall Ship "Esmeralda" with the Statue of Liberty in the background, New York, USA. ^^^The ship hides a bloody past having been used as a prison and torture chamber by General Pinochet's milita...

Kristel Richard / (From left) Marechal Murat mounted on Lusitano horse and General Pelet and his aide de camp on PRE horse, reviewing troops. First Empire reenactment for the bicentenary anniversary of Napoleon Bona...

Kristel Richard / (From left) Marechal Murat mounted on Lusitano horse, Aide de camp to General Pelet on PRE horse, Major from the 18th Regiment of Dragons de la Ligne on PRE horse and General Pelet on PRE horse, revie...

Kristel Richard / Marechal Murat mounted on Lusitano horse, General Pelet on PRE horse and Major from the 18th Regiment of Dragons de la Ligne on PRE horse, reviewing troops. First Empire reenactment for the bicentenar...

David Pattyn / Intensivist and physician assistant in conversation about their patients on the Corona ICU department Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis, Den Bosch, Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands March 2020. EDITORIAL USE ONL...

David Pattyn / Doctor intraining to become a specialist is writing down the findings of a patient on a ventilator at the Corona ICU department Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis, Den Bosch, 's Hertogenbosch, The Netherlan...

David Pattyn / Intensivist doctor in a meeting with managers to monitor the response of the Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis to the Covid-19 pandemic. March 2020. EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

David Pattyn / Doctors in training in an empty corridor on the ICU. No visits are allowed at this time of the Corona pandenmic Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis, Den Bosch, The Netherlands April 2020. EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

David Pattyn / Doctors in training, intensivists and anesthesiologists transferring information about the condition of the patients on the ICU at the switch of their shifts Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis, Den Bosch, The N...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Qakutsiaq Kristiansen, an Inuit man, working in the Pilersuisoq general store in Qaanaaq. Avanersuaq, Northwest Greenland. 2019.

Rod Williams / Banded general soldier fly (Stratiomys potamida) feeding on Yarrow (Achillea millefolium). Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, Croydon, England, UK. July.

Rod Williams / Banded general soldier fly (Stratiomys potamida) feeding on Yarrow (Achillea millefolium). Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, Croydon, England, UK. July.

Edwin Giesbers / Professor Dr. An Martel, University of Ghent, taking a swab from a Fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) to check whether any DNA of the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is present. The Fire sa...

Edwin Giesbers / Professor Dr. An Martel, University of Ghent, taking a swab from a Fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) to check whether any DNA of the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is present. The Fire sa...

Nigel Cattlin / Housefly eggs (Muscidae) laid on rotting meat, household pest

Nigel Cattlin / Housefly eggs (Muscidae) laid on rotting meat