Bence Mate / Green / Double-crested basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) running across water surface, Santa Rita, Costa Rica. Did you know? This amazing lizard is colloquially known as the 'Jesus Christ lizard' for i...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) feeding on plankton in the surface waters around the island of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? The largest Basking sha...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) swimming amongst kelp, Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, UK, August. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? The 1914 Grey Seal Protection Act ensured this species su...

Valeriy Maleev / Long-eared jerboa (Euchoreutes naso) digging, South Gobi Desert, Mongolia. June. Did you know that the Long-eared jerboa is the mammal with the largest ears in proportion to its body size?

Eric Dragesco / Wild female Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) portrait, standing camouflaged on rocky mountainside, at an altitude of 2500m, Altai mountains, Mongolia. July . NB-This female probably has cubs: the fur aro...

David Tipling / Red-crowned Cranes (Grus japonensis) displaying at dawn Hokkaido, Japan, February. Did you know? Red crowned cranes mate for life.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / River Plym flowing fast through Dewerstone Wood, Shaugh Prior, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England, UK, October 2011. Did you know? The name Plym comes from the Old English term for plum tree.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Ice pattern, Merrivale, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England, UK, February. Did you know? Hot water freezes more quickly than cold, although it is not known why.

Richard Steel / 2020VISION / Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) perched on branch of a Rowan tree (Sorbus aucuparia), with berries, Clwyd, Wales, UK, November. Did you know? The Rowan tree's old Celtic name was 'fid na ndruad' which mean...

Richard Steel / 2020VISION / Male Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), perched on branch of flowering Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), Clwyd, Wales, UK, May. Did you know? Another common name for a Redstart is Firetail due to their...

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Male Ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) on beach, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June. Did you know? When Plovers sense danger a parent bird will pretend to have a broken wing to distract predators.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Two Scots pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) silhouetted at sunset, Glen Affric, Scotland, UK, October 2012. Did you know? The bark of a Scots pine tree can be up to 5 centimetres thick.