Suzi Eszterhas / Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla), orphaned baby in arms of research assistant. Taipei Zoo, Taipei, Taiwan. 2015. Captive. Model released.

Ingo Arndt / Researcher Gerhard Dieckmann checking samples from sediment trap. ISPOL (ICE Station Polarstern) Expedition 2004/2005 from Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany. The Icebreaker Polarstern was...

Ingo Arndt / Researcher preparing "Bongo" net for sampling zooplankton on Expedition ship, Polarstern, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

Ingo Arndt / Researcher Hauke Flores watching for birds and seals from the top of Icebreaker Polarstern. ISPOL (ICE Station Polarstern) Expedition 2004/2005 from Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany. The...

Suzi Eszterhas / Pygmy Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus) biologist, Rebecca Cliffe, taking hair samples, Isla Escudo de Veraguas, Panama

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) biologist, Paul Houghtaling, using telemetry to track mother and cubs near houses, Santa Cruz Puma Project, Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, California

Doug Perrine / Researcher Guy Stevens photographs belly spot identification pattern of Reef manta ray (Manta alfredi formerly Manta birostris) feeding on plankton, Hanifaru Bay, Baa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, Oc...

Juergen Freund / Researchers Guido and Katja Westhoff work in a mobile lab in the bush. To handle the deadly Common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) Guido puts the head and upper portion of the snake in a plastic...

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff handling a curl snake (Suta suta) caught earlier in Corella Dam. Queensland, Australia, February 2008. Model released.

Juergen Freund / Researcher Guido Westhoff looking at a cross section of pit organ tissue from a Coastal carpet python (Morelia spilota mcdowelli) through an electron microscope with 20,000 x magnification. Pit organs...

Juergen Freund / Guido Westhoff spotlighting the water surface looking for sea snakes surfacing to take a breath. The snakes are being caught as part of a project to discover more about seasnake skin ultrastructure an...

Juergen Freund / Researchers Guido and Katja Westhoff with Little filesnake (Acrochordus granulatus) caught by spotlighting when the snake surfaces to take a breath. Although true sea snakes are venomous, this aquatic...