Georgette Douwma / Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis) on beach, Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia, October

Neil Lucas / Dragons blood tree (Dracena cinnibaris) reflected, Socotra, Yemen, February 2007. Digitally created image

Neil Lucas / Sun shining through the branches of a Dragons blood tree (Dracena cinnibaris) in mountainous desert, Socotra, Yemen, February 2007

Neil Lucas / Dragons blood trees (Dracena cinnibaris) and Desert rose (Adenium obesum socotranum) in Momi Valley, Socotra Island, Yemen, February 2008

Michael Pitts / Komodo dragons, 2-day-old (V. komodoensis) Hatchlings climb trees to avoid being eaten by predators.

Mary McDonald / Cape cobra (Naja nivea) hood raised - captive NHU Programme Publicity Dragons Alive (Feb 04)

Michael Pitts / Komodo dragon hatchling, 4 days old. Komodo Island, Indonesia. The young climb trees to escape being eaten by adult dragons.

Benoit Stichelbaut / China Team competing at America's Cup (Louis Vuitton Act 13), Valencia, Spain. May 2007.

Rick Tomlinson / Dragon "Cavalier" sailing at Cowes Week, August 2009.

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Oruro Carnival, portrait of dancer wearing ornamental mask used in the performance traditional 'Diablada' dances. This is the biggest annual cultural event in Bolivia, with Morenada music and dancing...

Rod Williams / Eastern Water Dragons (Physignathus leseuri) Burleigh Heads, South Queensland, Australia, March

Neil Lucas / Two Dragons blood trees (Dracena cinnibaris) Momi Valley, Mountains, Socotra, Yemen, June 2007

Neil Lucas / Dragons blood tree (Dracena cinnibaris) in mountainous desert, Socotra, Yemen, February 2007

Neil Lucas / View of the sky looking through the branches of a Dragons blood tree (Dracena cinnibaris) in mountainous desert, Socotra, Yemen, February 2007

Neil Lucas / Dragons blood trees (Dracena cinnibaris) in mountainous desert, Socotra, Yemen, February 2007

Neil Lucas / Dragons blood tree (Dracena cinnibaris) in mountainous desert, Socotra, Yemen

Neil Lucas / Dragons blood tree (Dracena cinnibaris) silhouetted against night sky with stars, Socotra, Yemen, February 2007

Neil Lucas / Dragons blood tree (Dracena cinnibaris), Momi Valley, Mountains, Socotra, Yemen, June 2007

Neil Lucas / Dragons blood tree (Dracena cinnibaris), Momi Valley, Mountains, Socotra, Yemen, June 2007

Neil Lucas / Dragons blood tree (Dracena cinnibaris) in mountainous desert, Socotra, Yemen

Neil Lucas / Dragons blood tree (Dracena cinnibaris) in mountainous desert, Socotra, Yemen, February 2007. Did you know? Dragons blood trees are so called because of the red sap they produce.

Warwick Sloss / Weedy sea dragons (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) babies, with yolk sacs still visible, wild-caught but filmed in captive conditions under licence, from the coast around south Australia

Warwick Sloss / Weedy sea dragons (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) babies, with yolk sacs still visible, wild-caught but filmed in captive conditions under licence, from the coast around south Australia

Robert Valentic / Boyds forest dragon (Lophosaurus / Hypsilurus boydii) Queensland, Australia

Steven David Miller / Eastern Bearded Dragons {Pogona barbata} mating on rock, Australian Reptile Park, Gosford New South Wales, Australia

Adam White / Komodo Dragons {Varanus komodoensis} interacting, Komodo Island, Indonesia.

Dave Watts / Inland bearded dragon {Pogona vitticeps} Northern Territory, Australia

Paul D Stewart / Portrait of Athanasius Kircher, Jesuit scholar 1602-1680, coloured copper engraving of the author from Mundus Subterraneus (1664). Kircher worked and published across a remarkable range of fields, and...

Paul D Stewart / Woodcut with old colouring of shark and shark tooth fossil from Gesner 'Icones Animalium' publ. Christof Froschover, Zurich, 1560 (also 1558 in Historiae Animalium, Liber IIII). This is the first West...

Rick Tomlinson / Djuice Dragons battles towards Hobart on leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race, 2001-2002.

Rick Tomlinson / Star Class, "UKR820" with Yevgen Avksentiev and Mykola Shapovalov lead the pack at the offset mark in race 6 during the Princess Sofia Regatta, Olympic Classes and Dragons Racing in Palma Majorca, Spa...

Rick Tomlinson / Dragon 682 708 "Rumours" 719 "Fuzzy Duck VI" during Skandia Cowes Week, Solent, UK, day 2, August 5, 2007.

Rick Tomlinson / Dragon 682 708 "Rumours" during Skandia Cowes Week, UK, day 2, August 5, 2007.

Rick Tomlinson / International Dragon Class start off the Royal Yacht Squadron during Skandia Cowes Week, Solent, UK, day 1 July 29, 2006.

Rick Tomlinson / Finn Class "CAN41" with Christopher Cook during the Princess Sofia Regatta, Olympic Classes and Dragons Racing in Palma Majorca, Spain, 2007. "CAN41" finished 10th overall.

Rick Tomlinson / Djuice Dragons battles towards Hobart on leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race.

Rick Tomlinson / Djuice dragons in tough conditions leaving Cape Town South Africa during the Volvo Ocean Race 2001-2002.

Rick Tomlinson / Skipper Knut Frostad of "Djuice Dragons" during the Volvo Ocean Race, 2001-2002.

Rick Tomlinson / Tornado "GBR415" with Leo Farrow and Richard Heasman during the Princess Sofia Regatta, Olympic Classes and Dragons Racing in Palma Majorca, Spain, 2007. 2007 Princess Sofia Regatta, Olympic Clas...

Rick Tomlinson / 49er "IRL25" with Russell McGovern and Matt McGovern for Ireland during the Princess Sofia Regatta, Olympic Classes and Dragons Racing in Palma Majorca, Spain, 2007.

Robert Valentic / Eastern water dragon, breeding male (Intellagama leseurii) Queensland, Australia

Robert Valentic / Boyds forest dragon male (Lophosaurus / Hypsilurus boydii) Queensland, Australia

Conrad Maufe / Komodo dragons {Varanus komodoensis} feeding on Buffalo Rinca Island, Komodo Is.