Gavin Hellier / Women in colourful Saris, beside the Taj Mahal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2011. Model released.

Gavin Hellier / Women in colourful Saris collecting water, across the Jumna (Yamuna) river from Taj Mahal, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2011, model released

Mark Carwardine / Shark fins drying in the sun, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

Andrew Parkinson / Hanuman / Northern Plains Grey Langur (Presbytis entellus) two youngsters chase each other up a sloping tree. Bandhavgarh National Park, India.

Andrew Parkinson / Hanuman / Northern Plains Grey Langur (Presbytis entellus) youngster in mid-air leaping from a sloping tree trunk to a nearby tree sapling. Bandhavgarh National Park, India. Non-ex.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Stevedore or dock worker smoking cigarette and carrying cargo on head to and from the boats, Sadarghat water front, Dhaka, Bangladesh June 2012. No release available.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Man and veiled woman taking a photograph of the River Ganges at sunset, Rajshahi. Bangladesh June 2012. No release available.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Men on a wooden boat who use smooth-coated otters (Lutra perspicillata) for traditional fishing practices, the Sundarbans National Park, the largest mangrove swamp in the world. Bangladesh. UNESCO Wo...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Last light on peaks of Everest (8848m) and Nuptse (7879m), Sagarmatha National Park (World Heritage UNESCO). Khumbu / Everest Region, Nepal, Himalaya, October 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Sunset on Everest (8848m), Sagarmatha National Park (World Heritage UNESCO). Khumbu / Everest Region, Nepal, Himalaya, October 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Sunset on Everest (8848m), Sagarmatha National Park (World Heritage UNESCO). Khumbu / Everest Region, Nepal, Himalaya, October 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Tajun Pokhari Lake (4.600 m) with mountains behind, Sagarmatha National Park (World Heritage UNESCO). Khumbu / Everest Region, Nepal, Himalaya, October 2011.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Buddhist monks drinking tea during ceremony in Namche Bazar, Sagarmatha National Park (World Heritage UNESCO). Khumbu / Everest Region, Nepal, Himalaya, October 2011. No release available.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Buddhist Monk hands holding prayer beads in Samdo village (3.690 m). Manaslu Conservation Area, Himalayas, Nepal, October 2009. No release available.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Boy with basket for carrying, in the Budhi Gandaki river valley. Manaslu Conservation Area, Himalayas, Nepal, October 2009. No release available.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Little girl in the Budhi Gandaki river valley. Manaslu Conservation Area, Himalayas, Nepal, October 2009. No release available.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Trekkers infront of Kampungge Himal, Annapurna Conservation Area, Himalayas, Nepal, October 2009. No release available.

Mary McDonald / Northern Plains grey Langur (Semnopithecus entellus) baby holding onto mother, Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India

Loic Poidevin / Common peafowl (Pavo cristatus) silhouetted at dawn, with House crow, Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India, March

Bernard Castelein / Woman of Riang tribe. Tripura, India, March 2012.No release available.

Bernard Castelein / Malayan Giant Squirrel (Ratufa bicolor) with twig. Panbari Forest, Assam, India.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / The last light of day illuminating the summit of Mount Everest, Sagarmatha National Park, Khumbu, Himalayas, Nepal, October 2011.

Sandesh Kadur / Wild Gaur (Bos gaurus) with birds on skin, feeding on insects, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Common peafowl (Pavo cristatus) perched on trees at dawn, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / An elderly Toda woman sits inside her hut preparing a meal of raagi on a traditional wood-burning stove. Todas are strict vegetarians and their diet consists largely of plant and milk products. Wester...

Sandesh Kadur / Large scaled pit viper (Trimeresurus macrolepis) head profile, water droplet below, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / People worshipping gods at Talacauvery, the sacred birthplace of the River Cauvery, Western Ghats, Southern India. No release available.

Sandesh Kadur / Shola grassland plant, Western Ghats, Southern India

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Red panda (Ailurus fulgens), cub in breeding den, captive

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Red panda (Ailurus fulgens), climbing down tree, Darjeeling, India, captive

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Red panda (Ailurus fulgens) habitat, Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, Sikkim, India

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Red panda (Ailurus fulgens), two young cubs, captive

Dr. Axel Gebauer / Red panda (Ailurus fulgens), pair resting in tree during monsoon season, Gangtok, Sikkim, India, captive

Edwin Giesbers / Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) close up of skin and tail, captive

Bernard Castelein / Southern plains grey langur ( Semnopithecus entellus / Presbytis entellus) close up face profile, Sawai Modhopur, Rajasthan, India

Bernard Castelein / Southern plains grey langur (Semnopithecus entellus / Presbytis entellus) tiny juvenile, Jodhpur, Rajasthan India

Bernard Castelein / Rock doves (Columba livia), sitting in front of typical wall paintings of Shekhawathi region, Shekhawathi, Rajasthan, India

Bernard Castelein / Rock dove (Columba livia), sitting in front of typical wall paintings of Shekhawathi region, Shekhawathi, Rajasthan, India

Bernard Castelein / Village life, woman covering her face, in doorway to village home, with peacock art on walls, Sawai Modhopu, Rajasthan, India

Bernard Castelein / Khur / Asiatic wild ass (Equus hemionus) with foal, walking at sunset, Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India

Bernard Castelein / Khur / Asiatic wild ass (Equus hemionus) with foal, Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India

Uri Golman / Asiatic lionesses and cubs (Panthera leo persica) drinking from pool, Gir Forest NP, Gujarat, India. Water is scarce in the Gir, so Forest staff keep a network of drinking pools topped up for the wild...

Uri Golman / Asiatic lion cub (Panthera leo persica) looking up into tree, possibly at a bird, Gir Forest NP, Gujarat, India

Uri Golman / Asiatic lioness (Panthera leo persica) licking another lioness from the pride, Gir Forest NP, Gujarat, India

Uri Golman / Asiatic lioness with two cubs (Panthera leo persica), Gir Forest NP, Gujarat, India

Mary McDonald / Indian Peafowl / Blue Peafowl / Peacock (Pavo cristatus) male with large display fan tail. Pench National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Mary McDonald / Domesticated Indian Elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) baby sheltering under its mother, in chains. Pench National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Mary McDonald / Hanuman Langur / Northern Plains Grey Langur (Semnopithecus entellus) baby playing with a stick by its mother. Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Mary McDonald / Hanuman Langur / Northern Plains Grey Langur (Semnopithecus entellus) baby playing with a stick by its mother. Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Mary McDonald / Hanuman Langur / Northern Plains Grey Langur (Semnopithecus entellus) mother with baby in tree. Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Mary McDonald / Dhole / Asiatic Wild Dog (Cuon alpinus). Satpura National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Mary McDonald / Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus murghi) male. Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India

Mary McDonald / Hanuman Langur / Northern Plains Grey Langur (Semnopithecus entellus) in leafless tree top. Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Michael W. Richards / Baby Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) bath time with mother, Pench National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Bert Willaert / Trivandrum / Golden Frog (Hylarana aurantiaca) looking upwards. Western Ghats, India.

Bert Willaert / Male Humayun's Wrinkled Frog (Nyctibatrachus humayuni) calling next to egg clutches on leaves. Western Ghats, India.

Bert Willaert / Banded Ground Gecko (Geckoella deccanensis) portrait. Western Ghats, India, July.

Michael W. Richards / Domesticated Indian elephants (Elephas maximus) being walked to forest at sunset, Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India

Michael W. Richards / Domesticated Indian elephants (Elephas maximus) being walked to forest at end of the working day, Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India

Michael W. Richards / Domesticated Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) low angle view of having howdah fitted to take people into Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India

Michael W. Richards / Wide angle view of baby Indian elephant, domesticated (Elephas maximus indicus), just a few days old standing below mothe'rs legs, Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India

Martin Dohrn / Wide panoramic night thermal camera shot of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) and a herd of Spotted / Chital / Axis deer (Axis axis) in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka

Martin Dohrn / Starlight camera image in moonlight of Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa) feeding on carcass of Spotted deer stag (Axis axis) watched by Asian water buffalo (Bubalas bubalas) while the leopard (Panthera...

Vivek Menon / Agricultural crops trampled by Indian elephant (Elephas maximus), India.

Sandesh Kadur / King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) cannibalism, male swallowing female on forest floor, Agumbe, Karnatka, India

Sandesh Kadur / King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) hatching from egg, captive, Agumbe, Karnatka, India

Sandesh Kadur / Young King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) hatchling climbing branch with cup fungus, captive, Agumbe, Karnatka, India

Sandesh Kadur / King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) male and female courtship, Agumbe, Karnatka, India, captive

Sandesh Kadur / King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) with hood raised, captive, Agumbe, Karnatka, India

Sandesh Kadur / Greater adjutant storks (Leptoptilos dubius) at a landfill dite near the city of Guwahati, Assam, India, Critically Endangered

Sandesh Kadur / Termites (Isoptera) flying upwards towards a street lamp, India

Sandesh Kadur / Indian / Asian one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) approaching, Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India

Jeff Rotman / Snake charmer with scorpions climbing over his hands and face, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, December 2007, Model released

Jeff Rotman / Irula Snake Tribe member holding vials of snake anti-venom for Viper, Krait and Cobra bites. Southern India.

Daniel Heuclin / Indian cobra (Naja naja naja) studio shot, captive, from India and East Pakistan

Bernard Castelein / Asiatic Elephant (Elephas maximus) walking with its trunk in its mouth. Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India, February.

Bernard Castelein / Hog Deer (Cervus / Axis / Hyelaphus porcinus) crossing a stream. Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India, February.

Bernard Castelein / Hoolock Gibbon (Hylobates hoolock) male hanging from a branch. Assam, India, February.

Axel Gomille / Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) mother with cub riding on her back. Karnataka, India, April.

Axel Gomille / Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) female with large cubs (on right) trying to fight off rogue male. Karnataka, India, March.

Axel Gomille / Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) mother and cubs with one riding on her back. Karnataka, India, March.

Axel Gomille / Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) climbing on tree. Karnataka, India, March.

Axel Gomille / Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) cub playing with with mother's paw. Karnataka, India, March.

Axel Gomille / Portrait of a young adult male Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) standing on hind legs by a rock. Karnataka, India, March.

Axel Gomille / Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) mother with cub riding on her back. Karnataka, India, April. Did you know? The sloth bear is the only bear that carries its young on its back.

Axel Gomille / Portrait of a young adult male Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus). Karnataka, India, March.

Sandesh Kadur / Golden Langur (Trachypithecus / Presbytis geei) perching in a tree seen through dense foliage. Endangered. Assam, India, September.

Sandesh Kadur / Edwards Atlas Moth (Attacus edwardsii) defensive display. Bhutan, June.

Axel Gomille / Bonnet Macaque (Macaca radiata) mother with infant. Karnataka, India.

Axel Gomille / Portrait of an Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis). Kaziranga National Park, India.

Axel Gomille / Indian / Asian / Spectacled Cobra (Naja naja) raising its hood in a threat display. Karnataka, India.

Kristel Richard / Close-up of the eye of a tobiano Kathiawari stallion, Gujarat, India.

Kristel Richard / Silhouette of two traditionally dressed Indian riders, mounted on Kathiawari mares, backlit at sunset, in Gujarat, India, January 2011, Model released

Kristel Richard / Young police riders training on horses at sunrise, Bhavnagar Police Station, Gujarat, India, January 2011

Kristel Richard / Domestic horse, portrait of Kathiawari colt, Bhavnagar Police Station, Gujarat, India, January 2011

Kristel Richard / Domestic horse, Kathiawari mare and colt with policeman, Bhavnagar Police Station, Gujarat, India, January 2011