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

Doug Gimesy / Researchers reviewing the data from a river water sample to determine whether any traces of platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) DNA exist. Just a small trace means there are definitely platypus upstr...

Francisco Marquez / Researcher collecting a blood sample from a Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) juvenile's leg during the ringing process, Fuente de Piedra lagoon, Malaga, Spain. August.

Nick Hawkins / Larval American lobster (Homarus americanus) and various larval fish species obtained from a plankton sample in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada. June

Ashley Cooper / Scientist taking measurements as part of a study to measure the speed of the Russelll Glacier near Kangerlussuag Greenland, July 2008

Ashley Cooper / Scientist taking measurements as part of a study to measure the speed of the Russelll Glacier near Kangerlussuag Greenland, July 2008

Ashley Cooper / Scientist using GPS equipment measuring the speed of the Russelll Glacier near Kangerlussuag, Greenland, July 2008

Ashley Cooper / Scientist taking readings from the meltwater river at the snout of the Russell Glacier near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland. July 2008

Ashley Cooper / Scientist using dye tracing techniques as part of a study to measure the speed of the Russell Glacier near Kangerlussuag Greenland. July 2008

Ashley Cooper / Scientist taking measurements as part of a study to measure the speed of the Russell Glacier near Kangerlussuag, Greenland. July 2008

Ashley Cooper / Scientist using dye tracing techniques as part of a study to measure the speed of the Russell Glacier, near Kangerlussuag, Greenland. July 2008

Ashley Cooper / Scientist taking measurements as part of a study to measure the speed of the Russell Glacier near Kangerlussuag, Greenland. July 2008