Ingo Arndt / Fisheries Protection Vessel (Pharos) arrived at King Edward Point with King penguins on shoreline, South Georgia Heritage Trust Rat Eradication Project, South Georgia, February 2011

Alex Mustard / Nudibranch (Flabellina lineata) in aquarium, taken in the field in Gulen, Norway. North East Atlantic Ocean. Collected for scientific research.

Konrad Wothe / Starry night sky over the scientific research station in Panguana Reserve, Huanuca province, Amazon basin, Peru.

Tui De Roy / Haast Tokoeka (Apterix australis) with Phil Tisch and Tansy Bliss, Department of Conservation Kiwi Recovery team affixing radio trnasmitter. Haast Kiwi Sanctuary, Westland, South Island, New Zealand.

Juergen Freund / Junior ranger carries a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) to shore for the scientific research data gathering. Queensland, Australia, May 2011. Model released.

Kristel Richard / A herd of Retuerta mares trotting, Guadiamar scientific reserve, Donana National Park, Andalusia, Spain. This breed of horse was close to extinction in the 1990s with only 5 individuals left, but now...

Shibai Xiao / Scientist using white sheet and light trap to capture bugs and moth species for research, Guangxi Province, China, November 2008. No release available.

Kathryn Jeffs / Dr Robert (Bob) Pitman and Dr John Durban, scientific advisors, watching for Killer whales (Orcinus orca) on board the 'Golden Fleece', off Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, January 2009, Taken on loca...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Local school child cuts and collects growing tree saplings at Westhay to maintain wetland habitat, Westhay Nature Reserve (Somerset Wildlife Trust), Somerset Levels, Somerset, UK. June 2011. Did you k...

Jouan & Rius / Shadow of woman examining sheet with insects attracted to light, rainforest, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia. Model released *NB Not available for book cover use in France until September 2015.

Tim Laman / Ornithologist Brett Benz prepares a Huon Macgregor's Gardener Bowerbird (Amblyornis macgregoriae) museum specimen. At the Araurong field camp in the Sarawaget Range Indonesia, Dec 2006

Solvin Zankl / Woodlouse expert Christian Schmidt with a Woodlouse (Porcellio scaber) held in a pair of tweezers. Germany, June 2009