Anup Shah / African Lion (Panthera leo) juvenile reaching out with curiosity, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Great tit (Parus major) taking mealworm from person's hand, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Wales, UK, May.

Mark Carwardine / Amazonian manatee {Trichechus inunguis} calf being fed by hand, Endangered, Captive, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil

Paul D Stewart / 1881 portrait of Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 - 19 April 1882) English Naturalist and author of the Origin of Species. 1922 Hand coloured portrait aquatint of Darwin by G. Sidney Hunt after...

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of 'The Entomologist'. Rare copper print with original hand colouring, drawn by George Spratt, printed by George Madely, and sold individually as part of a series through Charles Tilt's F...

Paul D Stewart / Copperplate engraving of rays with contemporary hand colouring from 'Bilderbuch fur Kinder' by F.J. Bertuch, Weimar, 1795. This book set out to explain and illustrate a range of topics for children.

Paul D Stewart / Copperplate engraving of a Stag Beetle (Lucanus cervus), with hand colouring possibly by Donovan himself. While most plates were thinly coloured to tint the interstices of the lines of the engraving b...

Paul D Stewart / A rare British broadsheet illustration with contemporary hand colouring, drawn and engraved by John Emslie and published by James Reynolds in 1849. It shows reconstructions of extinct creatures in the...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) sub-adult male 'Kunga' aged 13 years looking at his hand, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. December 20...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) sub-adult female 'Mosoko' aged 8 years using her hand to scoop water from a river to drink, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Cen...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) juvenile released at sea near Robben Island, Table Bay, after hand rearing and rehabilitation at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SAN...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) released after hand rearing and rehabilitation at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) this Cape gannet is released at sea near...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) juvenile being transported by boat in a cardbord box. To be released after hand rearing and rehabilitation at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coast...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) juvenile being transported by boat in a cardbord box. To be released after hand rearing and rehabilitation at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coast...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) juvenile at hand rearing and rehabilitation facility at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) Cape Town, South Africa. Vulnerable...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Black footed penguin (Spheniscus demsersus) chick hatching inside a small incubator at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) which collects abandoned eggs fro...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) being washed to remove the oil that coats it feathers. After it will be hand reared in rehabilitation at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal B...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / RSPB staff warden hand sawing pine tree to create open habitat in woodland, RSPB Abernethy Forest Reserve, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, September 2011. Model released.

Alex Mustard / A Caribbean reef squid (Sepioteuthis sepioidea) perches on the hand of a diver. North Wall, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, West Indies, Caribbean Sea, April 2008, no release available.

Christophe Courteau / Close up of man's hand harvesting Pyrethrum, which refers to several Old World plants of the Chrysanthemum genus which are cultivated as ornamentals for their showy flower heads. Pyrethrum is also the...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female baby 'Petra' aged 12 months. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. July 2010. Rehabilitated and released (...

Fiona Rogers / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female 'Tutut' resting her head on her hand. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. July 2010. Rehabilitated and r...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Farm manager, Chris Bailey, inspecting Wheat crop (Triticum aestivum) at RSPB's Hope Farm, Cambridgeshire, UK, May 2011, model released

Nick Turner / Hand picked heritage apples, Discovery, in a basket, Stroud Farmers Market, Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK, August 2011.

Petra Wegner / Australian Shepherd, red-tri, close up of paw touching womans hand. Model released

Petra Wegner / Australian Shepherd, red-tri, close up of paw touching womans hand. Model released

Petra Wegner / Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, tricolour, getting teeth brushed with oral cleaner, model released

Dan Burton / Child with a Praying Mantis (Mantodea) on hand. France, Europe, August. Model released.

Christophe Courteau / Eastern lowland gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri) hand and foot of young gorilla, Kahuzi Biega NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jeff Rotman / Irula Snake Tribe member holding vials of snake anti-venom for Viper, Krait and Cobra bites. Southern India.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Woman leaning against tree, feeding Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) in parkland, Regent's Park, London, UK, April 2011, Model released.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Man reaching out to hand feed Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) in parkland, Regent's Park, London.

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Young woman sitting on grass, hand feeding Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) in parkland, Regent's Park, London. Model released.

Juergen Freund / Newly harvested cultured Golden South Sea pearls of Oyster (Pinctada maxima) displayed in hand, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009

Matthew Maran / Hikers talking as they warm themselves by a campfire on a beach. The West Coast Trail, Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island, Canada, September 2010. Models released.

Juergen Freund / Pearl held in hand at Jewelmer Pearlfarm - golden South Sea Pearl from pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima) Palawan, Philippines, May 2009

John Waters / Hand-reared Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus) being trained to fly alongside a car at Weson airfield by Lloyd and Rose Buck for filming purposes. Somerset, UK, January 2011.

John Waters / Hand reared Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus) in flight. Birds imprinted and trained by Lloyd and Rose Buck for filming purposes. Somerset, UK, January 2011

John Waters / Hand reared Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) in flight against blue sky. Birds imprinted and trained by Lloyd and Rose Buck for filming purposes. Somerset, UK, January 2011

Mark Taylor / Cave hand paintings, dated to around 550 BC. Cueva de las Manos, Argentina, March 2010.

Fiona Rogers / Bornean Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) mature male 'Doyok's' hand holding a liana. Pondok Tanggui, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, June 2010. Rehabilitated an...

Fiona Rogers / Bornean Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female 'Siswi's' hand holding foot close-up. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, June 2010. Rehabilitated and...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) mature male 'Doyok's' hand holding a liana(Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii). Pondok Tanggui, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. June...

Florian Möllers / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) reaching up to take walnut from hand, Berlin, Germany, November. Model released

Pete Oxford / Small Ground Finch (Geospiza fuliginosa) being ringed for Avian pox research, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, endemic

Anup Shah / Savanna baboon, olive race (Papio cynocephalus anubis) head portrait of male, reaching out. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. August

Suzi Eszterhas / Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii) female grabbing the hand of her offspring, aged 1.5 years, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Critically Endangered

Petra Wegner / Guinea Pig (Cavia porcellus) black and white short coated, in wooden feeding rack, on garden lawn, being fed carrot. Model rleased

Juan Manuel Borrero / Upturned canoes (caballitos) owned by the Fishermen of Totora, on Pimentel beach at sunset. Chiclayo. Peru November 2009

Juan Manuel Borrero / Side-necked Terrapin (Podocnemis unifilis) hatchlings in the hand, and ready to be released. Pacaya Samiria National Reserve. Amazon Basin. Loreto. Peru

Steve Gettle / Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) on child's hand, Kensington Metropark, Michigan

Solvin Zankl / The community of Ostional on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, runs a project of sustainable use of eggs of the Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea). The eggs, a popular snack in Costa Rica,...

Mark Carwardine / Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) calf, hand reared, Endangered species, Mkhaya Game Reserve, Swaziland

Suzi Eszterhas / Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii) two and a half year old baby calling, Gunung Leuser National Park, north Sumatra, Indonesia

Tim Laman / A young boy (model released) aged 9, crossing a fallen tree bridge with a hand rope that spans the river, at the research station in Gunung Palung NP. Borneo. July 2007

Kristel Richard / A Shagya Arab stallion (Equus caballlus) is shown in hand in the courtyard of the Babolna Arabian Stud, Babolna, Komarom-Esztergom, Hungary.

Steven Kazlowski / Inupiaq / Inuit man hold his hand under the midnight sun in the Chukchi Sea, off shore from the arctic village of Barrow, Alaska, USA. April 2009

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

Edwin Giesbers / Tiny baby Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) attempting to walk and holding onto mother's hand. Endangered species. Captive; Apenheul zoo; the Netherlands.

Inaki Relanzon / Portrait of a young Buddhist girl nun wearing pink robes in Bago, Myanmar / Burma. August 2009

Mark Bowler / Albino White Mouse {Mus musculus} held in hand, Model released

Mark Bowler / Sustainable river fishing for Silver Arowana / Arahuana (Osteoglossum bicirrhosum) for the tropical fish trade - baby Arowana fish fry are harvested from the adult male (this species is a mouth broode...

Mark Bowler / Red howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus) howling, captive, digitally modified

Mark Taylor / Wiping the eye of a ginger Maine Coon kitten. Model released

Andy Rouse / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) hand of young on mother, Mahale NP, Tanzania

Piotr Naskrecki / Earthworms, Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Atewa Range, Ghana

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} adult female bathing in hot springs tapping the water surface with hand in play, water at 40 degrees, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Jouan & Rius / Hand of Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta), dry forest of Berenty reserve, South Madagascar

Jouan & Rius / Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema diadema) hand, tropical rainforest, Andasibe-Mantadia NP, Madagascar

Carol Walker / Cowboy running with rope lassoo in hand, Flitner Ranch, Shell, Wyoming, USA, model released

Albert Lleal / Microchip and needle used to inject sea turtles for marking and tracking data, Barcelona, Spain

Michael Durham / A three year old boy with a Pacific Tree Frog (Pseudacris regilla)

Patricio Robles Gil / Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) hatchling being released, Pacific Ocean, Oaxaca, Mexico

Martha Holmes / Southern elephant seal {Mirounga leonina} close-up of hand-like flipper scratching, Falkland Islands.

Jabruson / Mountain gorilla {Gorilla beringei} holding warden's hand, Dem Rep of Congo.

SIMON KING / Toki and Sambu - hand reared male Cheetahs after rehabilitation to the wild.

Pete Oxford / Strawberry Tree Frog (Hyla pantosticta) male on a bromeliad in the cloud forest, Carchi Province, northeastern Ecuador

Bob Barbour / Right hand drive 1937 Ford Woodie, owned by Michael and Ilona Hemperly, Haleiwa, Oahu, Hawaii

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / African Clawed Frog (Xenopus laevis), native to Africa

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) detail of underside of paw, China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, Wolong Nature Reserve, China

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Russell's Viper (Daboia russelii) being milked for venom, Madras India

Claus Meyer / Tiger-striped Leaf Frog (Phyllomedusa tomopterna) waving, Amazon rainforest, Brazil

Mark Moffett / Giant Weta (Deinacrida heteracantha) female held by researcher Mike Meades, this largest Weta species is found only on Little Barrier Island, New Zealand Weta in hand, New Zealand

Mark Moffett / Giant Weta (Deinacrida heteracantha) female being fed a carrot by researcher Mike Meades, Little Barrier Island, New Zealand

Tui De Roy / Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) pair perched on tree limb, originally hand raised by the research center, they are now living in the rainforest canopy, Tambopata-Candamo Reserve, Amazon Basin, Peru

ZSSD / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) calling while reclining, native to Africa

Tui De Roy / Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) pair making a living in rainforest canopy, originally hand-raised by research center, Tambopata-Candamo Reserved Zone, Amazon Basin, Peru

Mark Moffett / Tokay Gecko (Gecko gecko) close-up detail of the underside of its foot with natural adhesive properties

Jabruson / Mountain Gorilla hand holding plant {Gorilla gorilla beringei}, Virunga NP, DR of Congo

Anup Shah / Orphaned female chimpanzee (right) holds male's hand and smiles showing bottom teeth (Pan troglodytes) Sweetwater Sanctuary, Kenya, East Africa

John Downer / Thermograph of human hand

Pete Oxford / Pygmy marmoset in hand {Cebuella pygmaea} Amazonia, Ecuador

Colin Seddon / Hand feeding a young Whitethroat chick

Martha Holmes / Chimpanzee {Pan troglodytes} hand on bar of cage.

Jabruson / Goliath beetle on hand, Epulu Ituri reserve, DR Congo (formerly Zaire)

Klaus Echle / Garden dormice babies sleeping in nest {Eliomys quercinus} Germany. Hand raised