Juergen Freund / Jewelmer Pearlfarm, expert technician extracts nearly perfect culutred pearl from golden South Sea Pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima) oyster will then be reused, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Inuit technician cleaning a sunlight recorder at Igloolik Research Centre. Nunavut, Canada, 1990. Editorial use only.

Juergen Freund / Technician manually pollinating the palm oil flowers (Elaeis quineesis Jacq) at the Dami Oil Research Station which produces high productivity seed planting material. Selective breeding and genetic mo...

Albert Lleal / Techincian preparing butterfly for collection, the lab looks for new species and biodiversity in the rainforest, Entomology Lab of Doctor Vojtech Novotny, Kau Wildlife Management Area, Baitabag, Papua...

Flip Nicklin / Orca researcher Graehme Ellis, technician for Mike Bigg, watching from the shore, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada