Ann & Steve Toon / Namaqua chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis), Namib Desert, Namibia, April

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of trilobuite (Paradoxides bohemicus), Plate 1. From 'Organization of the Trilobites' by Hermann Burmeister, appearing in the Ray Society translation of his work published in 1846. The Il...

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...

Kim Taylor / Brown Long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) drinking from a lily pond , Surrey, UK. Overall WINNER of the Audubon Society of Greater Denver Share the View competition 2011

Kim Taylor / Wood Ant (Formica rufa) workers on top of their nest synchronise ejection of formic acid droplets to maximise deterrent effect on potential predator, UK. Commended in the Audubon Society of Greater De...

Tim Laman / Aerial view of tourist lodges on Bora Bora Island, Society Islands, French Polynesia. July 2006

Tim Laman / Aerial view of Bora Bora Island, Society Islands, French Polynesia. July 2006

Tim Laman / Aerial view of Bora Bora Island, Society Islands, French Polynesia. July 2006

Wild Wonders of Europe / Unterthiner / Young Eleonora's falcon (Falco eleonorae) being ringed by researchers from the Hellenic Ornithological Society, Andros, Greece, September 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Unterthiner / Researchers from the Hellenic Ornithological Society collecting data from a colony of Eleonora's falcons (Falco eleonorae) Andros, Greece, September 2008

Anup Shah / Two-year-old male 'Fundi' holds on to mother 'Fanni' who is calling in answer to group call {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii}, Kasekela community, Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002 *Not available for calendar...

Suzi Eszterhas / Poisoned palm tree (Arecaceae) as part of a replanting project, converting palm plantations back to natural forest. Cordinated by the Sumatran Orangutan Society. Sei Betung Site, Gunung Leuser Nationa...