Ann & Steve Toon / Namaqua chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis), being scanned for microchip, part of conservation project, Namib Desert, Namibia, April

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

Doug Gimesy / Microchip is inserted into the neck of a platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) before being released back into the wild. Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia. May 2018.

Doug Gimesy / Platypus researchers retrieving a Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) from a Fyke net that was set up to capture them as part of a Melbourne Water study to monitor the local population. Once retrieved...

Doug Gimesy / Earthcare St Kilda penguin research volunteer holding Little penguin (Eudyptula minor) after retrieving it from burrow to check for microchip and determine sex and weight. St Kilda breakwater, Melbour...

Doug Gimesy / Researchers from Earthcare St Kilda preparing to microchip a moulting Little penguin (Eudyptula minor). Bill diameter will be measured to determine sex. St Kilda breakwater, Melbourne, Victoria, Austr...

Doug Gimesy / Researchers from Earthcare St Kilda scanning a moulting Little penguin (Eudyptula minor) for microchip. St Kilda breakwater, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. December 2016. Model released.

Doug Gimesy / Researchers from Earthcare St Kilda scanning a moulting Little penguin (Eudyptula minor) for microchip. Population monitoring has been taking place since the 1970s. St Kilda breakwater, Melbourne, Vic...

Doug Gimesy / Volunteer penguin researcher from Earthcare St Kilda, placing Little penguin (Eudyptula minor) juvenile on rocks from burrow before weighing and checking for microchip. St Kilda breakwater, Melbourne,...

Doug Gimesy / Earthcare St Kilda penguin research volunteers with Little penguin (Eudyptula minor) checking for microchip and determining sex and weight. St Kilda breakwater, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. January...

Doug Gimesy / Earthcare St Kilda penguin research volunteers with Little penguin (Eudyptula minor) checking for microchip and determining sex and weight. St Kilda breakwater, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. January...

Doug Gimesy / Earthcare St Kilda penguin research volunteers with Little penguin (Eudyptula minor) checking for microchip and determining sex and weight. St Kilda breakwater, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Novembe...