Sam Hobson / Blood samples collected by scientists working with urban goshawks (Accipiter gentilis). Berlin, Germany, May 2014. Nominated in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Submerged weeds in the River Test, near Longstock, Hampshire, England, UK, May.

Jabruson / Hammer Headed bats (Hypsignathus monstrosus) in gloved hand - live mist net catch for blood sampling in search of the unknown reservoir host for Ebola virus. Ebola outbreaks in Mbomo in 2003 killed 12...

Anup Shah / Two Cape / African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) males fighting as a test of strength, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) five year old male calves play push and pull games to test strength and establish dominance, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Doug Gimesy / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) blood taken from an anaesthetised platypus captured in field. It will be put into a test tube for later analysis. Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia. May 2018.

Doug Gimesy / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) urine sample placed in a test tube from a platypus caught in the field. Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia. May 2018.

Doug Gimesy / Blood is drawn from the bill of an anaesthetised platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) it will be put into a test tube for later analysis. Snowy River, Dalgety, NSW, Australia. September 2017. Model re...

Doug Gimesy / Researcher taking samples from river to test for Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) DNA. Cardinia Creek, Beaconsfield, June, 2017. Model release supplied.

Doug Gimesy / Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) urine sample are placed into a test tube from a platypus caught in the field, for later analysis. Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia. May 2018.

Alex Mustard / Pair of pygmy lemon gobies (Lubricogobius exiguus) make their home in an old heart urchin (Maretia sp.) test. Dauin, Dauin Marine Protected Area, Dumaguete, Negros, Philippines. Bohol Sea, tropical we...