Bert Willaert,Bert Willaert / Chile Four-eyed Frog (Pleurodema thaul) showing how it got its name - eye spots on the back of it's body, Chile, December,. Controlled conditions,

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / River Plym flowing fast through Dewerstone Wood, Shaugh Prior, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England, UK, October 2011. Did you know? The name Plym comes from the Old English term for plum tree.

Richard Steel / 2020VISION / Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) perched on branch of a Rowan tree (Sorbus aucuparia), with berries, Clwyd, Wales, UK, November. Did you know? The Rowan tree's old Celtic name was 'fid na ndruad' which mean...

Richard Steel / 2020VISION / Male Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), perched on branch of flowering Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), Clwyd, Wales, UK, May. Did you know? Another common name for a Redstart is Firetail due to their...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Small group of flowering Wild daffodils (Narcissus pseudonarcissus), with out of focus flowers in the background, Dunsdon Wood Devon Wildlife Trust Reserve, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England, UK,...

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Water-crowfoot (Ranunculus fluitans subsp. penicillatus) flowering underwater, Cumbria, England, UK, September. Did you know? The latin name for this genus 'Ranunculus' comes from the Latin for 'Litte...

Luke Massey / 2020VISION / Little owl (Athene noctua) perched on a post, Essex, England, UK, June. Did you know? The Latin name of the Little owl, Athene noctua, comes from the Greek goddess of wisdom Athena, whose symbol was a...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / River Exe, near Winsford, showing river correctly fenced to stop cattle from polluting the river, or eroding the river banks. Healthy example of river habitat. Exmoor National Park, Somerset, UK. May...

Paul D Stewart / Skull of Moa or Dinornis discovered by Mr. Walter Mantell on the North Island of New Zealand. Plate with later tinting, from Gideom Mantell's petrifactions and their teachings (1851) published by Henr...

Paul D Stewart / Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis) from the Rev. Francis Orpen Morris' 'A History of British Birds' by the printer Benjamin Fawcett circa 1853. Morris was instrumental in founding the Royal Society for th...

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...

David Tipling / 2020VISION / European hare (Lepus europaeus) running across game cover on edge of large arable field, Norfolk, England, UK, April. Did you know? Although the courtship behaviour of boxing has led to the name 'Mad...