Paul D Stewart / Illustration of Edward Lear's first fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox). Plate 14 from Volume 1 Trans Zool Soc London, 1835, 'Notice of a Mammiferous Animal from Madagascar, constituting a New Form among the Viverridous Carnivora' with contemporary hand colouring as issued. The plate illustrates the first scientific description and naming of the Fossa in the Transactions of the Zoological Society of London (communicated to ZSL by E.T. Bennet 9 April 1833). This plate was engraved by Zeitler from a painting by Edward Lear (1812-1888) who went on to be more famous for his 'literary nonsense' poems. He was however a talented painter employed early in has career by the Zoological Society. Bennet notes that the animal is rather cat like, though not a feline. The animal was sent to him by Mr. Telfair who remarked 'it is the most savage creature of its size I ever met with'.

Ashley Cooper / Weather station at Base Orcadas, an Argentine scientific station in Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, February 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Campbell Stokes Sunshine Recorder, which measures hours of sunlight at Base Orcadas, an Argentine scientific station in Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctic Peninsula.

Ashley Cooper / Base Orcadas, an Argentine scientific station in Antarctica, Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctic Peninsula.

Ashley Cooper / Red algae in snow at Base Orcadas, an Argentine scientific station, Antarctica. Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctic Peninsula.

Ashley Cooper / Base Orcadas an Argentine scientific station in Antarctica, and the oldest of the stations in Antarctica still in operation. Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctic Peninsula.