Pascal Kobeh / Female Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) with its calf in open water, Reunion Island. Indian Ocean.

Alex Hyde / Grytviken was the largest whaling station on South Georgia. It was made made famous by Shackleton's reunion with civilization on South Georgia after losing his ship, the Endurance, to Antarctic pa...

Alex Hyde / Grytviken was the largest whaling station on South Georgia. It was made made famous by Shackleton's reunion with civilization on South Georgia after losing his ship, the Endurance, to Antarctic pa...

Alex Hyde / Grytviken was the largest whaling station on South Georgia. It was made made famous by Shackleton's reunion with civilization on South Georgia after losing his ship, the Endurance, to Antarctic pa...

Alex Hyde / Grytviken was the largest whaling station on South Georgia. It was made made famous by Shackleton's reunion with civilization on South Georgia after losing his ship, the Endurance, to Antarctic pa...

Jean E. Roche / Rock painting of figure, sometimes known as the 'Great God of Sefar' Tassili n'Ajjer UNESCO World Heritage Site, Algeria. December 1979.

Jean E. Roche / View of Piton de la Fournaise and Piton des Neiges from Roche Ecrite, Reunion National Park, Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island UNESCO World Heritage Site. Reunion Island.

Julian Hume / Illustration of the extinct Reunion giant tortoise (Cylindraspis indica) Extinct c.1800. Endemic to Reunion Island, Mascarenes

Julian Hume / Reunion sheldgoose (Alopochen kervazoi) Extinct c.1700. Endemic to Reunion Island, Mascarenes.

Julian Hume / Reunion lizard-owl (Mascarenotus grucheti) Extinct c.1700. Endemic to Reunion Island, Mascarenes

Julian Hume / Illustration of Reunion crested starling (Fregilupus varius) Extinct c.1840. Endemic to Reunion Island, Mascarenes

Julian Hume / Illustration of Reunion parakeet (Psittacula eques) Extinct c.1732. Endemic to Reunion Island, Mascarenes.