David Fleetham / Bags full of dried Seahorse (Hippocampus) for sale at a medicine shop in Guangzhou, China. Seahorses are dried for use as aphrodisiacs in Chinese medicine.

David Fleetham / Jars full of dried Seahorse (Hippocampus) for sale at medicine shop in Guangzhou, China. Seahorses are dried for use as aphrodisiacs in Chinese medicine.

David Fleetham / Street stall on overpass selling Tiger (Panthera tigris) paws and other animal products for use in traditional Chinese medicine. Guangzhou, South Western China.

Chris Gomersall / Anti-inflammatory (NSAID) drug Diclofenac used in veterinary medicine, shown here with some of its aliases, has been identified as the cause of the catastrophic decline in the population of wild vultu...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination kit including two-part vaccine components, syringes and hard-case for use in the field. Showing label on vial. Cheshire / Shropshire border, UK, Se...

Tom Marshall / Badger (Meles meles) bovine tuberculosis vaccination kit including two-part vaccine components, syringes and hard-case for use in the field. Cheshire / Shropshire border, UK, September 2012.

Neil Aldridge / A Defra Field Worker records the removal of vaccine for use on European Badgers (Meles meles) as part of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) vaccination trials in Gloucestershire, UK June 2011.

Neil Aldridge / Defra Field Workers prepare vaccine for use on European Badgers (Meles meles) as part of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) vaccination trials in Gloucestershire, UK June 2011. Part of winning portfolio for Do...

Jabruson / Orchids established on the tree trunk of a 'Mokole' tree, with 'Binju' vines in tree, Ba'Aka tribes make concoction from the tree's bark which is consumed for stomach problems. The young roots are ch...

Jabruson / 'Mbanda' tree trunk with bark patterns (Erthrophleum suaveolens) lots of rainforest species eat the seeds and leaves, but local tribes make a cold water infusion from the inner bark and use as a 'proo...

Jabruson / 'Mbanda' tree trunk with bark patterns (Erthrophleum suaveolens) lots of rainforest species eat the seeds and leaves, but local tribes make a cold water infusion from the inner bark and use as a 'proo...

Jabruson / 'Nguluma' tree trunk structure (Duboscia macrocarpa) lots of rainforest species eat teh leaves, fruit and seeds of this species and local people use water from boiled fruit as a cure for colds, Bai Ho...

Jabruson / 'Nguluma' tree trunk structure (Duboscia macrocarpa) lots of rainforest species eat teh leaves, fruit and seeds of this species and local people use water from boiled fruit as a cure for colds, Bai Ho...

Jabruson / 'Nguluma' tree trunk structure (Duboscia macrocarpa) lots of rainforest species eat teh leaves, fruit and seeds of this species and local people use water from boiled fruit as a cure for colds, Bai Ho...

Jabruson / Ripe 'Popoko' fruit on the forest floor, Sterculia (Sterculia sp) eaten by a lot of forest animals and water from the boiled bark is used as a cold remedy by local tribes people, Bai Hokou, Dzanga-Ndo...

Jabruson / 'Ndembe' leaf close-up (Rothmannia welwitschi or macrocarpa) local people crush young leaves in hands and the juice squeezed on to baby and rubbed in for 'malade ti makako' (monkey disease). This affe...

John Cancalosi / Shampoo Ginger (Zingiber zerumbet), a native of Asia but naturalized in Costa Rica and other Central American localities for medicinal use.

John Cancalosi / Shampoo Ginger (Zingiber zerumbet), a native of Asia but naturalized in Costa Rica and other Central American localities for medicinal use.

John Cancalosi / Shampoo Ginger (Zingiber zerumbet), a native of Asia but naturalized in Costa Rica and other Central American localities for medicinal use.

Jeff Rotman / Scientists use technology to bleed Horseshoe Crabs (Limulus polyphemus) to extract blue, copper based blood, lysate, used in testing purity levels in various medicines. Woods Hole Oceanographic Instit...

Simon Colmer / Calabash / Kamandal fruit (Crescentia cujete) Fruit crop grown for use as a container - used to carry water and other liquids. Also medicinal plant naturalised in India, New Delhi, India, November

Pete Oxford / White-fronted capuchin monkey (Cebus albifrons) rubbing the skin of an onion (stolen from local people) into its skin, making use of the onion's antifungal and repellent properties. Puerto Misahualli,...

Pete Oxford / White-fronted capuchin monkey (Cebus albifrons) rubbing the skin of an onion (stolen from local people) into its skin, making use of the onion's antifungal and repellent properties. Puerto Misahualli,...

Pete Oxford / White-fronted capuchin monkey (Cebus albifrons) rubbing the skin of an onion (stolen from local people) into its skin, making use of the onion's antifungal and repellent properties. Puerto Misahualli,...

Pete Oxford / White-fronted capuchin monkey (Cebus albifrons) rubbing the skin of an onion (stolen from local people) into its skin, making use of the onion's antifungal and repellent properties. Puerto Misahualli,...

Ingo Arndt / Rosy Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) pair in bloom, plants are harvested for medicinal use, Madagascar

Ingo Arndt / Rosy Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) in bloom, plants are harvested for medicinal use, Madagascar

David Tipling / Dried Seahorses for sale for medical use (Hippocampus) China

Pete Oxford / Tockay gecko in glass jar (medicinal use) {Gekko gecko} Yunnan province, China

Jane Burton / Domestic cat (Felis catus) 10-week, Silver tabby male kitten, being given antibiotic eye drops. Editorial use only.

Doug Perrine / Shark cartilage tablets for medicinal use.

Gerry Ellis / Pacific Yew (Taxus brevifolia) tree bark that is harvested for medicinal use, North America

Gerry Ellis / Rosy Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) in bloom, plants are harvested for medicinal use, Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Dried pill bugs / Woodlice for medicinal use, Yunnan, China

Pete Oxford / Dried snakes for medicinal use, Yunnan, China

Juergen Freund / Seahorses for sale for medicinal use (Hippocampus) Sabah. Borneo

Jeff Rotman / Shark fins drying before shipment from South Africa to Hong Kong for use in soup and for medicine

Pete Oxford / Various animal parts on sale for medicinal use Yunnan, China

Neil Lucas / Rattlesnake meat drying for medicinal use. Mexico, Central America

Nick Upton / Quechua mother and daughter preparing Palm weevil larvae (Rhynchophorus palmarum) before cooking them as food and to use in medicine, Amazonia, Ecuador.

Pete Oxford / Dried scorpions for sale for medicinal use Yunnan China

Pete Oxford / Tokay geckos {Tokay tokay} bottled for medicinal use Yunnan, China

Pete Oxford / Tokay geckos {Tokay tokay} dried for medicinal use Yunnan China

Pete Oxford / Dried snakes for medicinal use Yunnan China