Suzi Eszterhas / Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla), orphaned baby in arms of research assistant. Taipei Zoo, Taipei, Taiwan. 2015. Captive. Model released.

Suzi Eszterhas / Pygmy Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus) biologist, Rebecca Cliffe, taking hair samples, Isla Escudo de Veraguas, Panama

Sam Hobson / Scientists handling Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) nestling, part of an urban goshawk colour ringing study. Berlin, Germany. May. Nominated in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.

Eric Baccega / Scientists from the French Wildlife Department (ONCFS) placing traps to capture the common hamster (Cricetus cricetus) in a wheat field, Alsace, France, April 2013 Model released.

Solvin Zankl / Research scientist Dr. Anne von Philipsborn sorting a laboratory culture of Common fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) at the Vienna Drosophila RNAi Center, Institute for Molecular Pathology, Austri...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / RSPB scientist studying aquatic invertebrate adundance as part of Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra) research, Forsinard Flows RSPB reserve, Flow Country, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, UK, June 2011....

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / RSPB scientist studying aquatic invertebrate adundance as part of Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra) research, Forsinard Flows RSPB reserve, Flow Country, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, UK, June 2011....

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / RSPB scientist studying aquatic invertebrate adundance as part of Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra) research, Forsinard Flows RSPB reserve, Flow Country, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, UK, June 2011....

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / RSPB scientist studying aquatic invertebrate adundance as part of Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra) research, Forsinard Flows RSPB reserve, Flow Country, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, UK, June 2011....

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / RSPB scientist studying aquatic invertebrate adundance as part of Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra) research, Forsinard Flows RSPB reserve, Flow Country, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, UK, June 2011....

Juergen Freund / Researchers Guido and Katja Westhoff work in a mobile lab in the bush. To handle the deadly Common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) Guido puts the head and upper portion of the snake in a plastic...

Juergen Freund / Researchers Guido and Katja Westhoff catching a highly venomous Common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) found 10 minutes into their group's evening road collection. The death adder ranks 9th out...

Juergen Freund / Researchers Guido and Katja Westhoff with Little filesnake (Acrochordus granulatus) caught by spotlighting when the snake surfaces to take a breath. Although true sea snakes are venomous, this aquatic...

Jeff Rotman / Close up of diving scientist reviving a Bigeye / Iago shark (Iago omanensis) Red Sea, Model released Model released.

Mark Moffett / Meg Lowman strides across a canopy raft to collect insect samples with her net as Bruce Rinker inspects the previous catch, Cameroon

Mark Moffett / Forty meter rainforest canopy research crane used by researchers at Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) at Parquet Metropolitan, Panama

Flip Nicklin / Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) and researchers, Sea of Cortez, Mexico

Doug Gimesy / Platypus researchers retrieving a platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) from a Fyke net that was set up to capture them as part of a Melbourne Water study to monitor the local population. Worri Yallock...

Doug Gimesy / Two researchers examine and take measurements from a young female platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Dalgety, NSW, Australia. September, 2017.Model released.

Doug Gimesy / Two researchers in the middle of the Snowy River to collect a platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) from the gill net they had set hours before. Snowy River, Dalgety, NSW, Australia. September 2017. Mod...

Doug Gimesy / Volunteer researcher examining a transponder prior to surgical placement into Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) to track movements. University of New South Wales Platypus Conservation Initiative. Sn...

Eric Baccega / Wildlife biologists from The Aspinall Foundation feeding Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) male silverback aged 37 years. Rescued as an orphan and released into wild in 2013. Reintrodu...

Francisco Marquez / Volunteer weighing a Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) juvenile during the ringing process, Fuente de Piedra lagoon, Malaga, Spain. August.

Francisco Marquez / Volunteer carrying a Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) juvenile to be ringed while others are in the enclosure, Fuente de Piedra lagoon, Malaga, Spain. August.

Doug Gimesy / Platypus researcher returning a platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) back into the creek where it had been captured just 30 minutes earlier. Woori Yallock Creek, Monbulk, Victoria, Australia. May, 2018...

Suzi Eszterhas / Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla), orphaned baby licking research assistant. Taipei Zoo, Taipei, Taiwan. 2015. Captive. Model released.

Suzi Eszterhas / Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla), orphaned baby curled up in arms of research assistant. Taipei Zoo, Taipei, Taiwan. 2015. Captive.

Suzi Eszterhas / Research assistant caring for twelve day old orphaned baby Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla). Taipei Zoo, Taipei, Taiwan. 2014. Captive. Model released.

Suzi Eszterhas / Research assistant holding twelve day old orphaned baby Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla). Taipei Zoo, Taipei, Taiwan. 2014. Captive. Model released.

Suzi Eszterhas / Research assistant holding twelve day old orphaned baby Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla). Taipei Zoo, Taipei, Taiwan. 2014. Captive. Model released.

Suzi Eszterhas / Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) baby, twelve day old orphan with research assistant in background. Taipei Zoo, Taipei, Taiwan. 2014. Captive.

Jaymi Heimbuch / Santa Catalina Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis catalinae) biologists, Julie King and Rebekah Rudy, examining fox during vaccination and health check up, Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, Californ...

Jaymi Heimbuch / Santa Catalina Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis catalinae) biologist, Julie King, vaccinating fox against canine distemper virus, Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California

Jaymi Heimbuch / Santa Catalina Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis catalinae) biologist, Julie King, doing blood work, Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California

Jaymi Heimbuch / Santa Catalina Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis catalinae) biologists, Julie King and Rebekah Rudy, examining fox during vaccination and health check up, Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, Californ...

Jaymi Heimbuch / Santa Catalina Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis catalinae) biologist, Julie King, near live trapped fox during vaccination and health check up, Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California

Jaymi Heimbuch / Santa Catalina Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis catalinae) biologist, Julie King, examining fox during vaccination and health check up, Santa Catalina Island, Channel Islands, California

Karine Aigner / Biologist Clara Cooper-Mullin (left) and her colleague Olivia DaRugna. Clara is holding a Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus), as part of her study into the migration behaviour of birds that use the isl...

Nick Upton / Researcher radio tracking radio collared Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans). Mature mixed forest, Muraka Forest Reseve, near Lisaku, Estonia. April 2018. Model released.

Jaymi Heimbuch / Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) biologists using drone to locate nests, Newport, Oregon

Jaymi Heimbuch / Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) biologists using drone to locate nests, Newport, Oregon

Eric Baccega / Scientists from the ONCFS (National Office for Hunting and Wildlife) releasing Black-bellied hamsters (Cricetus cricetus) in a wheat field. Geispolsheim, Alsace, France, June 2018.

Eric Baccega / Scientists from the French Wildlife Department (ONCFS) with cages of Common hamsters (Cricetus cricetus) in a wheat field for release, Geispolsheim, Alsace, France, June 2018

Nick Garbutt / Vet from Project Oncafari testing pad of specially designed Jaguar (Panthera onca palustris) snare trap. Caiman Lodge, southern Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. September 2017.

Nick Garbutt / Veterinarian from Project Oncafari taking measurements of Jaguar (Panthera onca palustris) female trapped following the death of a Cow. Caiman Lodge, southern Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Sep...

Karine Aigner / Biologist blowing on the breast of a Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus) in order to separate feathers to see how much fat the bird has gained. Fat gain is important for migratory birds as they use a lo...

Karine Aigner / Biologist about to harness Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus) with nano-transmitter. Block island, Rhode Island, USA.

Karine Aigner / Woman releasing a Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus) from a mist net. Block island, Rhode Island, USA.

Karine Aigner / Biologist harnessing a Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus) with nano-transmitter. Block island, Rhode Island, USA.

Karine Aigner / Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus) wearing a barely visible nano-transmitter. Block island, Rhode Island, USA.

Karine Aigner / Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) held in hand before release - wearing a barely visible nano-transmitter. Block island, Rhode Island, USA.

Karine Aigner / Research study assistant helping release a Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus) from a mist net. The Thrush might be a possible cohort individual for a study on fat gain and antioxidants in diet before m...

Karine Aigner / Biologist taking blood samples from Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus) for scientific study looking at antioxidant capacity in blood and oxidative damage caused during migration. Block island, Rhode I...

Karine Aigner / Research study assistant helping release a Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus) from a mist net. The Thrush might be a possible cohort individual for a study on fat gain and antioxidants in diet before m...

Karine Aigner / Volunteer, helping release a Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus) from a mist net. The Thrush might be a possible cohort individual for a study on fat gain and antioxidants in diet before migration. Bloc...

Karine Aigner / Biologist feeding Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus) a mixture of elderberry powder. This powder is full of an antioxidant called anthocyanin. The anthocynanin is thought to help birds recover from and...

Jen Guyton / Young Mozambican scientist Diolinda Mundoza admires a juvenile bateleur eagle (Terathopius ecaudatus) that she just captured at a goat carcass in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique. These and other b...

Jaymi Heimbuch / Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris) named Chester, a scent detection dog with Conservation Canines, found scat, which is now being recorded by field technician Rachel Katz, northeast Washington

Jaymi Heimbuch / Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris) named Dio, a scent detection dog with Conservation Canines, trains on scent detection with handler Colette Yee, northeast Washington

Jaymi Heimbuch / Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris) named Jack, a scent detection dog with Conservation Canines, playing with field technician Colette Yee, northeast Washington

Jaymi Heimbuch / Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris) named Jack, a scent detection dog with Conservation Canines, found raptor foot, which is now being collected by field technician Colette Yee, northeast Washington

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) biologist, Karine Tokatlian, holding chick during banding, Eden Landing Ecological Reserve, Union City, Bay Area, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) biologist, Karine Tokatlian, collecting oystershells to spread in salt pond, which snowy plovers can use for camouflage, Eden Landing Ecological Reserve, Union City,...

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) biologists, Karine Tokatlian and Ben Pearl, collecting oystershells to spread in salt pond, which snowy plovers can use for camouflage, Eden Landing Ecological Reserv...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Two scientists counting fish as part of the Eddleston Wate Project, where sections of river are being re-naturalised to improve biodiversity and reduce flooding. Peebles, Tweeddale, Scotland, UK, June...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Hands of woman writing on clipboard. Recording fish counts as part of the Eddleston Water Project, where sections of river are being re-naturalised to improve biodiversity and reduce flooding. Peebles...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Research crew on yacht operated by By The Ocean We Unite Foundation, a Dutch charity exploring microplastics in the North Sea, Inverness, Scotland, UK, June 2017

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Conservationists from the Royal Zoological Society Scotland / RZSS checking live trap with Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris grampia) inside. Genetic testing and semen sampling to be undertaken, Stra...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Field researcher from The Royal Zoological Society Scotland / RZSS transferring a live trapped Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris grampia) into a carry cage. Genetic testing and semen sampling to be u...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Conservationists from The Royal Zoological Society Scotland / RZSS checking the weight of a Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris grampia) inside live trap, Strathsprey, Cairngorms National Park, Scotlan...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Conservationists and veterinarian from The Royal Zoological Society Scotland / RZSS taking measurements of a Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris grampia). Inside RZSS mobile vet unit, Strathsprey, Cair...

Suzi Eszterhas / Brown-throated Three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus) being examined by Rebecca Cliff, Sloth Biologist, prior to putting on a sloth backpack radio collar before release, Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary, Cost...

Suzi Eszterhas / Brown-throated Three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus) being examined by Rebecca Cliff, Sloth Biologist, prior to putting on a sloth backpack radio collar before release, Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary, Cost...

Suzi Eszterhas / Brown-throated Three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus) being examined by Rebecca Cliff, Sloth Biologist, prior to putting on a sloth backpack radio collar before release, Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary, Cost...

Suzi Eszterhas / Brown-throated Three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus) being examined by Rebecca Cliff, Sloth Biologist, prior to putting on a sloth backpack radio collar before release, Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary, Cost...

Suzi Eszterhas / Brown-throated Three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus) wearing a sloth backpack radio transmitter being carried by Rebecca Cliff, Sloth Biologist, to a release site, Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary, Costa Ric...

Suzi Eszterhas / Brown-throated Three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus) wearing a sloth backpack radio transmitter travelling by boat with Rebecca Cliff, Sloth Biologist, to a release site, Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary, Co...

Suzi Eszterhas / Brown-throated Three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus) wearing a sloth backpack radio transmitter travelling by boat with Rebecca Cliff, Sloth Biologist, to a release site, Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary, Co...

Suzi Eszterhas / Rebecca Cliffe, Sloth Biologist, using transmitter to find tagged Brown-throated three-toed sloths and Hoffmann's two-toed sloths in forest canopy, Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary, Costa Rica. November 2014...

Suzi Eszterhas / Rebecca Cliffe, Sloth Biologist, using transmitter to find tagged Brown-throated three-toed sloths and Hoffmann's two-toed sloths in forest canopy, Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary, Costa Rica. November 2014...

Jaymi Heimbuch / Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris) named Scooby, a scent detection dog with Conservation Canines, found a carnivore scat that field technician Jennifer Hartman logs into data entry, northeast Washington

Jaymi Heimbuch / Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris) named Scooby, a scent detection dog with Conservation Canines, is harnessed by field technician Jennifer Hartman, northeast Washington

Jaymi Heimbuch / Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris) named Hiccup, a scent detection dog with Conservation Canines, searching for mustelid scat, Adirondack Mountains, New York

Jaymi Heimbuch / Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris) named Hiccup, a scent detection dog with Conservation Canines, searching for mustelid scat, Adirondack Mountains, New York

Jaymi Heimbuch / Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris) named Hiccup, a scent detection dog with Conservation Canines, searching for mustelid scat, Adirondack Mountains, New York

Jaymi Heimbuch / Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris) named Skye, a scent detection dog with Conservation Canines, relaxing with field technician Suzie Marlow, Adirondack Mountains, New York

Jaymi Heimbuch / Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris) named Skye, a scent detection dog with Conservation Canines, searching for moose scat, Adirondack Mountains, New York

Jaymi Heimbuch / Conservation Canines field technician, Julianne Ubigau, teaching second grade students about their work, Washington

Jaymi Heimbuch / Conservation Canines field technician, Julianne Ubigau, teaching second grade students about their work, Washington

Jaymi Heimbuch / Conservation Canines field technician, Julianne Ubigau, teaching second grade students about their work, Washington

Jaymi Heimbuch / Conservation Canines field technician, Julianne Ubigau, teaching second grade students about their work, Washington

Jaymi Heimbuch / Conservation Canines field technician, Julianne Ubigau, teaching second grade students about their work, Washington

Jaymi Heimbuch / Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris) named Scooby, a scent detection dog with Conservation Canines, at night with field technician Jennifer Hartman, northeast Washington

Jaymi Heimbuch / Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris) named Jack, a scent detection dog with Conservation Canines, being trained by field technician Suzie Marlow, northeast Washington

Jaymi Heimbuch / Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris) named Scooby, a scent detection dog with Conservation Canines, offering paw to field technician Jennifer Hartman, northeast Washington

Jaymi Heimbuch / Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris) named Sampson, a scent detection dog with Conservation Canines, and field technician Julianne Ubigau, northeast Washington