Ingo Arndt / Epauletted bat head portrait {Epomops buettikoferi} Komeo NP, Ivory Coast

Ingo Arndt / Epauletted bat roosting {Epomops buettikoferi} Komeo NP, Ivory Coast

Ingo Arndt / Tiny Dwarf chameleon on finger for scale {Brookesia therezieni} Madagascar

Ingo Arndt / Trees covered with snow, Brocken, Harz NP, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Trees covered with snow Sunrise sequence, Brocken, Harz NP, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Parson's chameleon male head portrait {Chamaeleo parsonii} Madagascar

Ingo Arndt / Orphan one-week-old Hedgehog baby {Erinaceus europaeus} Germany

Ingo Arndt / Ornate box turtle retracted into shell {Terrapene ornata} USA

Ingo Arndt / Sumatran orang utan feeding on termites {Pongo pygmaeus abelii} Sumatra, Indonesia

Ingo Arndt / Red eyed tree frog portrait {Agalychnis callidryas} Central America

Ingo Arndt / Magellanic penguin in nest hole {Spheniscus magellani} Patagonia, Chile, South America

Ingo Arndt / Blue footed booby with chick and egg at ground nest {Sula nebouxii} Seymour Is, Galapagos

Ingo Arndt / Hamadryas baboons grooming one another {Papio hamadryas} Africa

Ingo Arndt / Natterjack toads, mating pair with strings of toad spawn {Bufo calamita} Germany

Ingo Arndt / Gelada baboon troop on rock {Theropithecus gelada} Simien Mt NP, Ethiopia

Petra Wegner / Alaskan Malamute portrait of blue coated adult.

Michael Pitts / Giant clam mantle {Tridacna gigas} and siphon, Palau, Micronesia

Larry Michael / Autumn tree leaves abstract. Michigan USA

Andrew Parkinson / Flightless dung beetle {Circellium bacchus) female rolling buffalo dung to lay egg in S Africa

Andrew Parkinson / Flightless dung beetle {Circellium bacchus} female rolling buffalo dung ball to lay egg in , Addo Elephant park, South Africa

Dave Watts / Red backed shrike male {Lanius collurio} at its larder with butterfly + lizard impaled on shrub. Pyrenees, France

John Downer / Bedbug {Cimex lectularius} on human flesh

Geoff Scott-Simpson / Common carder bumble bee {Bombus pascuorum} feeds on flower Derbyshire, UK

David Kjaer / Juvenile European cuckoo {Cuculus canorus} fed by Reed warbler {Acrocephalus scirpaceus}. Bucks, UK. Cuckoos lay their eggs in the nests of reed warblers and when they hatch, the warbler mother will a...

John Downer / Aerial view of 'Swidden' agriculture, clearing in rainforest. Papua New Guinea 1992

Michael Pitts / Shoal of Sardines from the air {Sardina pilchardus} off Natal, South Africa

Nick Gordon / Aerial view of Amazonia, Brazil - Upper Rio Negro at Equator.

Dave Watts / Isard (Pyrenean chamois) {Rupicapra rupicapra pyrenaica} Pyrenees, Spain

Pete Oxford / Tree frog (Hyla lindae) Western Ecuador, South America

Dietmar Nill / Hedgehog about to feed on snail {Erinaceus europaeus} Germany

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Polar bear {Ursus maritimus} at seal kill Svalbard, Norway

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Green turtle returning to sea {Chelonis mydas} Ras al Junayz, Oman

John Cancalosi / Verreaux's eagle / Black eagle {Aquila verreauxii} feeding South Africa

Bengt Lundberg / Pygmy owl peers out of nest hole in tree {Glaucidium passerinum} Sweden

Bjorn Forsberg / Northern goshawk perched in snow {Accipiter gentilis} Sweden

Pete Cairns / Golden eagle drying wings after rain {Aquila chrysaetos} Highlands, Scotland, UK

John Downer / Tawny eagle {Aquila rapax} feeding on Zebra carcass, Zimbabwe

Dave Watts / White bellied sea eagle with chick at nest {Haliaeetus leucogaster} Australia

Mike Read / Common buzzard {Buteo buteo} and Raven {Corvus corax} share rabbit carcass. Wales, UK

Jose Ruiz / Booted eagle at nest with chick (Aquila pennata) Spain Pine woods, Murcia.

Mary McDonald / Bannertail kangaroo rat eating. (Dipodomys spectabilis) Arizona USA Full pouches

Pete Oxford / Leaf Frogs Yasuni NP, Ecuador (Agalychnis craspedopus) South-America

Mike Read / Andean cock of the rock female sitting on nest {Rupicola peruvianus} Tandayapa, Ecuador, South America

Pete Oxford / Man holding Piranha to showing sharp teeth & jaws {Serrasalmidae family} Ecuador South America, Amazon

Mike Read / Swallow tailed gull in flight {Creagrus furcatus} Galapagos

E.A. KUTTAPAN / Bengal tigress leading young cubs {Panthera tigris tigris} Bandhavgarh NP, Madhya Pradesh, India

Michael Pitts / Komodo dragon on beach, Komodo Is (Varanus komodoensis) Indonesia

Andrew Parkinson / Cape ground squirrels interacting {Xerus inauris} Kgalagadi TFP, South Africa

Hermann Brehm / Electric eel {Electrophorus electricus} Llanos del Orinoco, Venezuela

Elio Della Ferrera / Veiled fungus {Phallus sp} and {Michelia sp} fruit on leaf litter in tropical wet evergreen forest, Sri Lanka

Pete Oxford / Giant pandas eating bamboo {Ailuropoda melanoleuca} Sichuan province, China

Pete Cairns / Domestic hen free range {Gallus gallus domesticus} Scotland, UK

Roberto Bubas / Killer whales {Orcinus orca} hunting sealions {Otaria flavescens} along coast of Valdez, Argentina, South America

Roberto Bubas / Killer whales {Orcinus orca} hunting sealions {Otaria flavescens} along coast of Valdez, Argentina, South America

Mike Read / Barn owl female with three chicks in nest in tree {Tyto alba} UK

LYNN M. STONE / Piglets sleeping {Sus scrofa domestica} USA Not available for ringtone/wallpaper use.

Michael Pitts / Grey reef shark {Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos} Nassau, Bahamas, Caribbean

David Kjaer / Fallow deer stag {Dama dama} with Jackdaw {Corvus monedula} perched on its back, England, UK

David Kjaer / Pygmy marmoset {Cebuella pygmaea} occurrs South America

Pete Cairns / European brown bear {Ursus arctos} Finland

Pete Cairns / River flowing around rock, Scotland, UK

Larry Michael / Lady fern fronds {Athyrium filix femina} Wisconsin, USA, North America

Jose B. Ruiz / River Ara, Bujareulo, Pyrenees NP, Heusca, Spain

Colin Seddon / Whooper swan portrait {Cygnus cygnus} Scotland, UK

Staffan Widstrand / Brownthroated / Three-toed sloth carrying young up tree {Bradypus variegatus} Rio Negro, Brazil, South America

David Pike / Polar bear with very small cubs {Ursus maritimus} Canada

Constantinos Petrinos / Ribbon eel in male blue phase {Rhinomuraena quaesita} Sulawesi, Indonesia - species is hermaphrodite changing sex from male to female; juveniles are black, male is blue underneath , and final female p...

Constantinos Petrinos / Veined / Marginated octopus {Octopus marginatus} holds crisp bag against back for protection. Lembeh, Sulawesi, Indonesia

Carine Schrurs / Coral reef scenic with Barrel sponges {Xestospongia testudinaria}, Crinoids {Crinoidea}, Anthias fish Batangas, Philippines. Indo-Pacific

Andrew Parkinson / Cape buffalo male {Syncerus caffer caffer} Addo Elephant NP, South Africa

Geoff Simpson / Two young European rabbits {Oryctolagus cuniculus} in grass, Derbyshire, UK

Pete Oxford / Passon fruit flower and fruit forming {Passiflora sp} Madre de Dios, Peru

Barry Mansell / Common vampire bat portrait {Desmodus rotundus} Sonora, Mexico, Central America

Constantinos Petrinos / Giant clam {Tridacna gigas} biggest bivalve species in world, Sulawesi Indonesia. Hermaphrodite producing both eggs and sperm

Constantinos Petrinos / Banded sea krait {Laticauda colubrina} Sulawesi Indonesia prized for skin in Philippines - leather snakeskin industry

Constantinos Petrinos / Mushroom coral detail {Fungia fungites} Sulawesi Indonesia

LYNN M. STONE / Golden retriever in water, USA, North America

Colin Seddon / Harvet mouse {Micromys minutus} being released onto Buttercup Somerset, UK

Duncan Mcewan / Scrap metal dump in old slate quarry, Isle of Luing, Argyll, Scotland, UK

Geoff Simpson / Black labrador sitting {Canis familiaris} Cheshire, UK

Geoff Simpson / Bewick swan on water {Cygnus columbianus bewickii} Washington WWT, Co Durham, UK

Geoff Simpson / Sycamore leaves breaking from bud {Acer pseudoplatanus} UK

Geoff Simpson / Dutchman's pipe{Hypopitys monotropa} Peak District NP, Derbyshire, UK - saprophytic plant lacking in chlorophyll

Geoff Simpson / Jacob's ladder {Polymonium caeruleum} UK Lathkill Dale NNR, Derbyshire dales

Geoff Simpson / Eyebright flower {Euphrasia nemorosa} Derbyshire, UK

Geoff Simpson / European larch cone with new leaf growth {Larix decidua} Derbyshire, Peak District NP, UK

Geoff Simpson / Crosswort {Cruciata laevipes} Derbyshire Peak District NP, uk

Geoff Simpson / Jacob's ladder flower {Polymonium caeruleum} Lathkill Dale NNR, Derbyshire dales UK

Rod Williams / Golden lion tamarin {Leontopithecus rosalia} from Brazil, critically endangered species

Pete Oxford / Whale headed stork / Shoebill head portrait {Balaeniceps rex} Occurs Central Africa

David Kjaer / Juvenile European cuckoo {Cuculus canorus} begging for food from 'parent' Reed warbler {Acrocephalus scirpaceus} UK

Pete Oxford / Nature Picture Library photographer Pete Oxford at -40 C Darkhad depression, Mongolia - icicles forming on eyelashes and hair 2002

Marguerite Smits Van Oyen / Two Meerkats standing on guard {Suricata suricatta} Tswalu Kalahari R, South Africa - suricates

David Cottridge / Lapwing {Vanellus vanellus} Kent, UK

David Noton / Dawn at Avebury stone circle Wiltshire, UK

Andrew Parkinson / Cape ground squirrel, rear view {Xerus inauris} Nossob campsite, Kgalagadi TFP, South Africa