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...

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 / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) drying after a swim in the pool. Its feathers are still coated in oil and once the bird is strong enough it will be washed. Southern African Foundation for the Conservatio...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) drying in a heated pen (a heat lamp illuminates the pen with a red light) after its first wash, which removed some of the oil that coated its feathers. Some oil remains on...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) being rinsed after a wash with soap to remove the oil that coated its feathers at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB). Vulnerab...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape Gannet (Morus capensis) being washed to remove the oil that coats its feathers at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB). Vulnerable species. Third place...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) coated in oil swimming in pool at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB). Vulnerable species. Third place in Mankind and Nature p...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) coated in oil swimming in pool at Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB). Vulnerable species. Third place in Mankind and Nature portf...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) coated in oil swimming in pool at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB). Cape Town, South Africa. Vulnerable species. Third place...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) swimming just below surface, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / A ranger looks for Chimpanzees in Semliki National Park's forest, Uganda, East Africa. No release available.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Mountain gorilla portrait (Gorilla gorilla), Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda, East Africa

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Looking down on sea grass, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Great frigate birds (Fregata minor) sitting in tree, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Tribal elder and chief of his village, Orma village, pastoralist tribe living in Tana River delta, Kenya, East Africa 2010. No release available.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Whale headed stork (Balaeniceps rex), Lake Albert, Uganda, East Africa

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Rothschild's giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi), Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda, East Africa. Murchison Falls National Park hosts the only remaining naturally occurring population of...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) swimming in shallow crystal clear water, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) fins at frenzied surface, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) group swimming in shallow turquoise sea, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus), Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

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 / Aldabra giant tortoise (Geochelone gigantea) on beach at dusk, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) pair mating near surface, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei) resting on back yawning, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda, East Africa

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) approaching Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) in shallow water, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reefs sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) dorsal fins visible at sea surface at dusk, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Black footed penguin (Spheniscus demersus) about to be released at sea near Robben Island in Table Bay, after rehabilitation at Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCC...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) in shallow water gathering very close to shore, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) swimming in shallow crystal clear water, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

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...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas) peering at its reflection in safari vehicle mirror, Kidepo National Park, Uganda, East Africa

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / A young Orma man herds cattle, Tana River Delta, Kenya, East Africa 2011. No release available.

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) split level view of group hunting at dusk, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Striated green heron (Butorides striatus) jumping to catch dragonfly prey, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) swimming in shallows at sunset, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Owen Newman / Soda crust on Lake Natron, Tanzania, coloured red by alkali cyanobacteria, breeding site of endangered Lesser Flamingo

Owen Newman / Old nesting colony of Lesser Flamingo {Phoeniconaias minor} Lake Natron, Tanzania. Lesser flamingoes are threatened in East Africa and Lake Natron (their only breeding site) is now under threat from i...

Owen Newman / Rock art / cave paintings, people, Namibia.

Owen Newman / Leopard {Panthera pardus} with 10-month cub & Impala kill in tree at night, Zambia, Southern Luangwa NP.

Owen Newman / Female Red kangaroo backlit at sunset {Macropus rufus} Sturt NP New South Wales Australia

Owen Newman / Female red kangaroo backlit in evening sun {Macropus rufus} Sturt NP NSW Australia

Owen Newman / Male Red kangaroos fighting {Macropus rufus} Sturt NP, New South Wales Australia

Owen Newman / Male Leopard resting in tree {Panthera pardus} S Luangwa NP Zambia

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Looking across waterways and mangrove forests of the Tana River Delta, Kenya, East Africa

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Black footed penguin (Spheniscus demersus) syringes filled with rehydration liquid given to penguins in rehabilitation at Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) Ca...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Mangroves (Sonneratia alba), indigenous to East Africa, Tana River Delta, Kenya, East Africa

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Tana River delta is remote and heavy rain showers make the black cotton soil tracks impassable for cyclist, Kenya, East Africa

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) mating underwater, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Doum palm (Hyphaene compressa) growing in Tana River delta, Kenya, East Africa

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Looking across dunes to the Indian Ocean, along the Tana River Delta, Kenya, East Africa

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / View from Mulikani Bandas, near Kipini, Lower Tana river delta, Kenya, East Africa

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Doum palm trees (Hyphaene compressa) Tana River Delta, Kenya, East Africa

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / An orma woman milks a cow, part of pastoralist tribe living in Tana River delta, Kenya, East Africa 2010

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) surfacing, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Potato grouper (Epinephelus tukula), Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) in grasslands of Kidepo National Park, Uganda, East Africa

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) female digging nest on beach in which she will lay her eggs, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) in feeding frenzy very close to shore, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Mountain gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) juvenile swinging from branch, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda, East Africa

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Black footed penguins (Spheniscus demersus) tagged and in rehabilitation at Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) Cape Town, South Africa

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Leaf litter from Mangrove forest, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Clapperton's Francolin (Francolinus clappertoni), Kidepo National Park, Uganda, East Africa

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos), Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Daughter-in-law of village chief, Orma village, pastoralist tribe living in Tana River delta, Kenya, East Africa 2010

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) mating at surface, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Whale headed stork (Balaeniceps rex) taking off, Lake Albert, Uganda, East Africa

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Black footed penguin (Spheniscus demersus) being treated with a dust that kills insects, part of rehabilitation at Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) Cape Town...

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) tip just visible above sea surface, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus) swimming in shallow crystal clear water, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) pair mating at surface, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Orma village, pastoralist tribe children next to cattle, living in Tana River delta, Kenya, East Africa

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Mangrove forests line the edges of the lagoon and line the channels leading in to the lagoon, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) approaching Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) in shallow water, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus), Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Black footed penguin (Spheniscus demersus) close up of oil coated feathers, in rehabilitation at Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) Cape Town, South Africa

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) covered in oil, in rehabilitation at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) Cape Town, South Africa

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) swimming in shallow crystal clear water, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Looking up at mangrove forest from underwater, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / At low tide sand and mud is exposed in the tidal waterways with Mangrove forests lining the waterways, Tana River delta, Kenya, East Africa 2010

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) covered in oil, in rehabilitation at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) Cape Town, South Africa

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Black footed penguins (Spheniscus demersus) in a pen, part of rehabilitation at Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB), Cape Town, South Africa 2011

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Dimorphic egret (Egretta dimorpha) standing in surf, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Fisherman on Lake Moa, Tana River Delta, Kenya, East Africa 2010

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Orma village, pastoralist tribe woman keeping fire going as smoke keeps flies and mosquitoes away from livestock, Tana River delta, Kenya, East Africa 2010

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 / Black footed penguin (Spheniscus demersus) being hand fed rehydration liquid at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) Cape Town, South Africa 2011

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) mating at surface, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Looking down the Tana River Delta, Kenya, East Africa 2010

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Champignon coral limestone formation on beach, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Oceans

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) female returning to sea after laying eggs on beach, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) profile of dorsal fin, Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles, Indian Ocean