Solvin Zankl / Bat expert Dirk Karoske and his team take a captured bat from the net with a dragnet. Stralsund, Germany, June 2009

Nick Upton / Iberian slug (Arion vulgaris) an invasive species in northern Europe, crossing forest path after rain, near Stralsund, Mecklenberg, Germany

Dietmar Nill / Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) adult swimming, German Oceanographic Museum, Stralsund, Germany, captive