Miles Barton / Dubai harbour and city with skyscrapers under construction, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 2010

Miles Barton / Panamanian Golden Frog (Atelopus ziteki) Panama, Featured in BBC NHU series 'Life in Cold Blood'. Species now extinct in the wild

Miles Barton / Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus ziteki) reacting to the image of a frog on a video monitor. Experiment carried out to reveal the purpose of the frog's waving behaviour - to attract mates and deter ri...

Miles Barton / Border terrier (Canis familiaris) puppy with a girl in a hammock. Model released

Miles Barton / Green ringtailed possum {Pseudocheirus archeri} Queensland Australia

Miles Barton / Sir David Attenborough holding Shingleback skink (Trachydosaurus rugosus / Tiliqua rugosa) on location for BBC series 'Life of Birds', Australia. 1997

Miles Barton / Japanese Macaque {Macaca fuscata} washing sweet potato in water. Koshima Island, Japan

Miles Barton / Japanese macaque carrying young in snow {Macaca fuscata} Japan

Miles Barton / Gelada baboons, harem male with female + young {Theropithecus gelada}, Simien Mtns, Ethiopia,

Miles Barton / Rainbow lorikeet in tree. Australia

Miles Barton / Portrait of 'Tokiwa', the first macaque to get into the hot spring, Japan. Photographed while filming for A Monkey for All Seasons.

Miles Barton / Close up of sleeping Japanese macaque being groomed, Japan

Miles Barton / Domestic dog, Border terrier, female

Miles Barton / Wet forest from Mt Managana Rd, Bruny National Park, Tasmania, Australia, April 2010

Miles Barton / Mount Wellington (Wellington Park), near Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. 1270 metres above sea level, April 2010

Miles Barton / Mount Wellington (Wellington Park), near Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. 1270 metres above sea level, April 2010

Miles Barton / Mount Wellington (Wellington Park), near Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. 1270 metres above sea level, April 2010

Miles Barton / Bird hide and lagoons of Ras Al Khor bird reserve, with Dubai skyline in the background, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 2010

Miles Barton / Lagoons of Ras Al Khor bird reserve, with Greater flamingos (Phoenocopterus ruber) in the foreground and Dubai skyline in the background, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 2010

Miles Barton / Desert hyacinth (Cistanche tubulosa) parasitic plant with underground tuber, flowering in desert, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Boiled stem traditionally used to cure diarrhoea. Believed to be aphrodis...

Miles Barton / Desert hyacinth (Cistanche tubulosa) parasitic plant with underground tuber, flowering in desert, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Boiled stem traditionally used to cure diarrhoea. Believed to be aphrodis...

Miles Barton / Desert hyacinth (Cistanche tubulosa) parasitic plant with underground tuber, flowering in desert, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Boiled stem traditionally used to cure diarrhoea. Believed to be aphrodis...

Miles Barton / Burg Al Arab hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 2010

Miles Barton / Traditional freight-carrying dhows loading up along Dubai creek, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 2010

Miles Barton / Traditional freight-carrying dhows loading up along Dubai creek, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 2010

Miles Barton / Dubai harbour and city with skyscrapers under construction, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 2010

Miles Barton / Sir David Attenborough with Argus monitor (Varanus panoptes rubidus) standing on its hind legs when approached, Western Australia. November 2006, on location filming for BBC NHU series 'Life in Cold B...

Miles Barton / Sir David Attenborough observing Galapagos Giant tortoises (Geochelone nigra) mating in the shade of a tree, midday, Alcedo Crater, Isabela Is, Galapagos, May 2006, on location for filming for BBC NHU...

Miles Barton / Sir David Attenborough observing a male Oustalet's chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti) the largest chameleon in the world, Montagne D'Ambre, Madagascar, on location for filming of BBC NHU series 'Life in C...

Miles Barton / Wall lizard (Podarcis lilfordi) on Dead Horse Arum (Helicodiceros / Dracunculus muscivorus) flower, Aire Islet, Menorca, April The arum attracts insects by producing a carrion-like smell and luring t...

Miles Barton / Dead Horse Arum (Helicodiceros / Dracunculus muscivorus) flower, Aire Islet, Menorca / Minorca, April

Miles Barton / Habitat of Panamanian Golden Frog now extinct in the wild. Frog needs clear, fast flowing mountain streams for tadpoles to grow up in. Development and road building destroys or silts up the streams, C...

Miles Barton / Filming Panamanian Golden Frog (Atelopus ziteki)reacting to the model of a waving frog. Experiment carried out to reveal the purpose of the frog's waving behaviour – to attract mates and deter rivals....

Miles Barton / Panamanian Golden Frog (Atelopus ziteki) reacting to the model of a waving frog. Experiment carried out to reveal the purpose of the frog's waving behaviour – to attract mates and deter rivals. Featur...

Miles Barton / Californian mouse {Peromyscus californicus} male huddling over five day babies, captive

Miles Barton / David Attenborough observing an Argus monitor lizard (Varanus panoptes rubidus) Western Australia, November 2006, on location for BBC NHU series 'Life in Cold Blood' This species of monitor rears up...

Miles Barton / David Attenborough observing an Argus monitor lizard (Varanus panoptes rubidus) Western Australia, November 2006, on location for BBC NHU series 'Life in Cold Blood' This species of monitor rears up...

Miles Barton / David Attenborough observing a Oustalet's chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti), Northern Madagascar, January 2007, on location for BBC NHU series 'Life in Cold Blood'

Miles Barton / Arabian babbler {Turdoides squamiceps} sentinel bird on lookout for predators, Israel

Miles Barton / Arabian babblers (Turdoides squamiceps) huddled together, one preening, Israel

Miles Barton / Mixed flock of Great knot {Calidris tenuirostris}, Grey tailed tattler (Tringa brevipes) and Oriental plover (Charadrius veredus) Broome, Western Australia

Miles Barton / Mixed flock of Great knot {Calidris tenuirostris} and Grey tailed tattler (Tringa brevipes) Broome, Western Australia

Miles Barton / Common reeds {Phragmites australis} West Hay reedbeds, Somerset Levels, UK

Miles Barton / Common reeds {Phragmites australis} West Hay reedbeds, Somerset Levels, UK

Miles Barton / Mother Border terrier (colour Grizzle) with 5 week puppy playing with wood, UK

Miles Barton / Dalmation algroides (Algyroides nigropunctatus) Female. Corfu, Greece

Miles Barton / Male Balkan green lizard {Lacerta trilineata} Corfu

Miles Barton / Dalmation algroides (Algyroides nigropunctatus) Male, Corfu, Greece

Miles Barton / Border terrier (Canis familiaris) mother and puppy chewing a piece of wood, with two other puppies nearby

Miles Barton / Border terrier (Canis familiaris) puppy

Miles Barton / Border terrier (Canis familiaris) mother with three puppies suckling, outdoors

Miles Barton / Three Border terrier (Canis familiaris) puppies suckling

Miles Barton / Four Border terrier (Canis familiaris) puppies suckling their mother

Miles Barton / Lake Eyre Dragon (Ctenophorus maculosus) Alice Springs National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. Captive.

Miles Barton / Inland Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps) adult on barbed wire fence at farm in Hawker, Flinders Ranges, South Australia

Miles Barton / Pygmy blue tongued skink (Tiliqua adelaidensis) feeding on mealworm on fishing line, a technique used by scientists and conservationists to catch them, and being filmed with straightscope lens. Burra,...

Miles Barton / Stumptail chameleon (Brookesia brygoii) on finger, Madagascar

Miles Barton / Pygmy blue tongued skink (Tiliqua adelaidensis) feeding on mealworm on fishing line, a technique uded by scientists and conservationists to catch them. Burra, South Australia

Miles Barton / Shingleback / Sleepy lizard (Trachydosaurus / Tiliqua rugosus) pair, Burra, South Australia

Miles Barton / Mexican / Guatemalan beaded lizards (Heloderma horridum charlesbogerti) males wrestling. Captive

Miles Barton / Shingleback / Sleepy lizard (Trachydosaurus / Tiliqua rugosus) adult gape display to deter predator, Burra, South Australia

Miles Barton / Shingleback / Sleepy lizard (Trachydosaurus / Tiliqua rugosus) baby on hand. Captive, South Australia

Miles Barton / Sir David Attenborough sitting with group of Giant Tortoises (Geochelone elephantopus) Galapagos. Filmed for BBC television series "Life in Cold Blood", May 2006

Miles Barton / Windmill and bore hole at Bundy Bore sheep station, South Australia

Miles Barton / Shingleback / Sleepy lizard (Trachydosaurus / Tiliqua rugosus) asleep on rock, Hawker, Flinders Ranges, South Australia

Miles Barton / Panther chameleon (Furcifer / Chamaeleo pardalis) displaying, Montagne D'Ambre, Madagascar

Miles Barton / Shingleback / Sleepy lizard (Trachydosaurus / Tiliqua rugosus) asleep on rock, Hawker, Flinders Ranges, South Australia

Miles Barton / Pygmy blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua adelaidensis) on sand, Australia. It was thought for a time to be extinct, and is still threatened

Miles Barton / Sleepy lizard (Trachydosaurus / Tiliqua rugosus) pair, Burra, South Australia

Miles Barton / Armadillo girdled lizard (Cordylus cataphractus) coiled up in defensive posture in person's hand. Elands Bay, South Africa

Miles Barton / Shingleback / Sleepy lizard (Trachydosaurus / Tiliqua rugosus) pair, Burra, South Australia

Miles Barton / Mexican / Guatemalan beaded lizards (Heloderma horridum charlesbogerti) males wrestling. Captive

Miles Barton / Madagascan day gecko (Phelsuma madagascariensis) on tree trunk lapping honey dew from a sap sucking planthopper insect (invisible). Kirindy Dry Forest, Madagascar.

Miles Barton / Snub nosed / Labord's Chameleon (Furcifer / Chamaelso labordi) on branch, Kirindy Dry Forest, Madagascar

Miles Barton / Sir David Attenborough with side blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana) on rock, Santa Nella, California, USA. For BBC television series "Life in Cold Blood", April 2006

Miles Barton / Oustalet's Chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti), Montagne D'Ambre, Madagascar

Miles Barton / Life in Cold Blood BBC television series crew filming Sir David Attenborough with side blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana) Santa Nella, California, USA, April 2006

Miles Barton / Short horned / Elephant eared chameleon (Calumma brevicornis) on branch, Montagne D'Ambre, Madagascar

Miles Barton / Miles Barton (director) and cameraman filming Rainbow lorikeets on location for BBC television programme 'Life of Birds', 1997

Miles Barton / Two Rainbow lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus) preening. Australia

Miles Barton / Captive Bottle nosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) interacting with human. marine aquarium, captive, USA, FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Miles Barton / Lesuer's water dragon {Physignathus leseurii} pair (male right) Canberra, Australia

Miles Barton / Arabian babblers (Turdoides squamiceps) mobbing a snake (Cerastes cerastes)

Miles Barton / Filming Japanese cranes (Grus japonensis) Japan for BBC Life of Birds

Miles Barton / Male superb fairy wren courting (Malurus cyaneus) Australia

Miles Barton / Arabian babbler, Israel (Turdoides squamiceps)

Miles Barton / Oasis Sea World dolphinaria, Laem Sing, Thailand , 1991

Miles Barton / Irrawaddy river dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) Oasis Sea World, Bangkok, Thailand, 1991

Miles Barton / Irrawaddy river dolphin performing for food (Orcaella brevirostris) captive, Oasis Sea World, Bangkok, 1991

Miles Barton / Black tip reef shark in shallow water (Carcharhinus melanopterus) Aldabra, Seychelles

Miles Barton / Forest fire raging through tropical rainforest, Kakadu NP, Northern Territory, Australia

Miles Barton / David Attenborough in desert of Israel, on location for Life of Birds 1996

Miles Barton / Aldabran giant tortoise (Geochelone gigantea) stretching to feed on leaves on high branch, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean. Taken on location for "Natural World: Seychelles"

Miles Barton / Asian Openbill Stork (Anastomus oscitans) in flight carrying nest material, Thailand

Miles Barton / Aldabra giant tortoise {Geochelone gigantea} browsing, Aldabra, Seychelles

Miles Barton / David Attenborough with Rainbow lorikeets (Trichoglossus haemotadus} on location for BBC Life of Birds