Robin Chittenden / Garmin being used to follow transect during bird survey work, Kelburn North Ayrshire Scotland UK June 2010

Bernard Castelein / Buddhist monk playing the Lawah (long trumpet) during afternoon pudja, Tso Kar, Ladakh, India, June 2010

Eric Baccega / Buriat shaman plays tambourine on Olkhon Island, Baikal lake, Siberia, Russia, June 2000

Albert Lleal / Microchip and needle used to inject sea turtles for marking and tracking data, Barcelona, Spain

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) adult with wingspan of 9 feet flying, critically endangered, bred in captivity, later released, and wearing radio transmitter, near Zion National Park, Utah

Pete Oxford / Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) stabilizes itself with its prehensile tail while using a heavy rock hammer to crack open palm nuts placed in small pits in the anvil rock surface, Cerrado habitat, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) stabilizes itself with its prehensile tail while using a heavy rock hammer to crack open palm nuts placed in small pits in the anvil rock surface, Cerrado habitat, Brazil

Gerry Ellis / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) uses fishing tool to catch insects, Washington Park Zoo, Washington

Gerry Ellis / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) teaching, young male to use fishing tool, Washington Park Zoo

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) immature bird flying with transmitter attached, critically endangered extinct in wild and recently re-introduced, 9-10 foot wingspan, Marble Canyon, Arizona

Gerry Ellis / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) uses fishing tool, Washington Park Zoo

Gerry Ellis / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) uses fishing tool to feed on insects, Washington Park Zoo

Gerry Ellis / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) teaching young male to use fishing tool, Washington Park Zoo

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) baby or bub is cared for by Claudia Barton, volunteer wildlife carer at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia October 2012

Juergen Freund / Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) baby or bub is cared for by Claudia Barton, volunteer wildlife carer at Tolga Bat Hospital, North Queensland, Australia October 2012

Christian Ziegler / Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) walking up branch, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Christian Ziegler / White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) with telemetry transmitter, this bird has been relocated from Washington to New Jersey to learn about bird migration, New Jersey

Christian Ziegler / White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) being fitted with telemetry transmitter, this bird has been relocated from Washington to New Jersey to learn about bird migration, New Jersey

Pete Oxford / Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) sedated for transportation with veterinarian Gavin Shaw removing horn tip, Great Fish River Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Pete Oxford / Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) being microchipped before transport to new reserve, Great Fish River Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Pete Oxford / White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) sedated for transportation with veterinarian Andre Uys inserting micro chip into horn, South Africa

Stephen Belcher / Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) researchers fitting radio transmitter to bird, Codfish Island, New Zealand

Pete Oxford / Tortoise carapace used by Shuar Indian as percussion instrument, Coca, Amazon, Ecuador

Kevin Schafer / Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) harvest, central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Suzi Eszterhas / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) researcher Tim Tinker holding captured otter in net for time depth recorder implanting, Big Sur, California

Suzi Eszterhas / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) captured in net by researchers for implanting a time depth recorder, blood sampling and flipper tagging, Big Sur, California

Suzi Eszterhas / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) captured in net by researchers for implanting a time depth recorder, blood sampling and flipper tagging, Big Sur, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) three year old male with wing tags, Pinnacles National Park, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) three year old male with wing tagstag, Pinnacles National Park, California

Christian Ziegler / Radio transmitter on the back of a bat used by scientists to record its movements, Smithsonian Tropical Research Station, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Radio transmitter used by scientists to record bat movements, Smithsonian Tropical Research Station, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Christian Ziegler / Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) with tracking collar climbing down branch, Smithsonian Tropical Research Station, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Richard Du Toit / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) with radio collar walking by alert Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) herd, Kalahari, Northern Cape, South Africa

Kevin Schafer / Torrey Pine (Pinus torreyana) cone, Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands National Park, California

Suzi Eszterhas / Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) with transmitter, Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary, Costa Rica

Pete Oxford / Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris) seedling showing long needles, Georgia

Michael Quinton / Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) alpha wearing tracking collar leading pack, Denali National Park, Alaska

Luciano Candisani / Antillean Manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) with radio monitoring system in coastal shallow waters, Brazil

Luciano Candisani / Antillean Manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) carrying a radio transmiter in coastal shallow waters, Brazil

Donald M. Jones / California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus), tagged with radio transmitter, South Rim of Grand Canyon, Arizona

Daniel Heuclin / Montpellier snake (Malpolon monspessulanus) close up, with jaw open using metal instrument, to show venomous fangs. Captive, Morocco.

Aflo / Domestic dog 'playing' piano

Piper Mackay / A young Embra Indian father holds his son while playing the flute, Soberania NP, rainforest, Panama, November 2008

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Pine (Pinus sp) spring growth, Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Pine (Pinus sp) spring growth, Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, California

Luciano Candisani / Black-striped Capuchin (Sapajus libidinosus) using rock to crack open nuts while juvenile watches, Piaui State, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Spanish Lynx (Lynx pardinus) male, one year old, with GPS tracking collar and European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) he has just caught, jumping over fence, Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Andalusia,...

Pete Oxford / Spanish Lynx (Lynx pardinus) researcher, Leonardo Fernandez Pena, radio tracking, Donana National Park, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain

Pete Oxford / Spanish Lynx (Lynx pardinus) researcher, Leonardo Fernandez Pena, radio tracking cats, Donana National Park, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain

Pete Oxford / Spanish Lynx (Lynx pardinus) male, one year old, with GPS tracking collar, Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Andalusia, Spain

Pete Oxford / Spanish Lynx (Lynx pardinus) male, one year old, with GPS tracking collar, Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Andalusia, Spain

Pete Oxford / Spanish Lynx (Lynx pardinus) male, one year old, with GPS tracking collar, Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Andalusia, Spain

Pete Oxford / Spanish Lynx (Lynx pardinus) male, one year old, with GPS tracking collar, Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Andalusia, Spain

Pete Oxford / Spanish Lynx (Lynx pardinus) male, one year old, with GPS tracking collar, Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Andalusia, Spain

Pete Oxford / Spanish Lynx (Lynx pardinus) male, one year old, with GPS tracking collar, Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Andalusia, Spain

Pete Oxford / Spanish Lynx (Lynx pardinus) male, one year old, with GPS tracking collar, Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Andalusia, Spain

Pete Oxford / Spanish Lynx (Lynx pardinus) female and one year old male offspring, with GPS tracking collar, playing, Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Andalusia, Spain

Pete Oxford / Spanish Lynx (Lynx pardinus) female and one year old male offspring, with GPS tracking collar, playing, Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Andalusia, Spain

Pete Oxford / Spanish Lynx (Lynx pardinus) female and one year old male offspring, with GPS tracking collar, playing, Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Andalusia, Spain

Pete Oxford / Spanish Lynx (Lynx pardinus) female and one year old male offspring with GPS tracking collar, Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Andalusia, Spain

Pete Oxford / Spanish Lynx (Lynx pardinus) male, one year old, with GPS tracking collar, Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Andalusia, Spain

Pete Oxford / Spanish Lynx (Lynx pardinus) researcher radio tracking animals, Sierra de Andujar Natural Park, Andalusia, Spain

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) with radio collar, Denali National Park, Alaska

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Xiang Xiang, the first captive raised panda to be released into the wild in pre-release enclosure, Wolong Nature Reserve, endangered, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) researcher Liu Bing radio tracking Xiang Xiang, the first captive raised panda released into the wild, Wolong Nature Reserve, endangered, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) researcher Liu Bing radio tracking Xiang Xiang, the first captive raised panda to be released into the wild, Wolong Nature Reserve, endangered, China

Kevin Schafer / Jeffrey Pine (Pinus jeffreyi) with cones, eastern Sierra Nevada, California

Donald M. Jones / Pronghorn Antelope (Antilocapra americana) buck with a radio collar, eastern Montana

Donald M. Jones / American Elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) cow with radio-collar and ear tag, western Alberta, Canada

Donald M. Jones / Desert Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) radio-collered ram, southern Nevada

Sebastian Kennerknecht / California Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus) with radio transmitter, Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline, California

Piotr Naskrecki / Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) pair mating, with the larger female carrying white ID tag and radio transmitter, Bowers Beach, Delaware

Pete Oxford / Satellite tag loaded into spear gun for tagging a shark, Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Satellite tag for tagging sharks, Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Scalloped Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna lewini) tag placed on dorsal fin, Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) with researchers attaching a satellite tracking device, Hood Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) satellite tracking device, Hood Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Michele Westmorland / Village children performing in music and dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are famous for their pan pipes an...

Michele Westmorland / Village children performing in music and dance performance on Santa Ana Island, Solomon Islands. Santa Ana has a mixture of Melanesian and Polynesian traditions. They are famous for their pan pipes an...

Tui De Roy / Woodpecker Finch (Camarhynchus pallidus) using stem as tool to extract grub, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Piper (Avelino Morales Cataña) with vulture bone flute playing during the Good Friday celebrations. La Merced, Pichincha Province. Andes, Ecuador

Luciano Candisani / Amazonian Manatee (Trichechus inunguis) hunting equipment, illegal activity still practiced for sustenance, Rio Negro, Amazon, Brazil

Ingo Arndt / Common Seal (Phoca vitulina) with radio transmitter on its back, North Sea, Helgoland, Germany

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) juvenile wearing a radio transmitter sitting on rocky cliff in autumn, one of a few born in the wild in Grand Canyon near Zion National Park, Utah

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) juvenile flying, autumn, critically endangered, bred in captivity and released wearing radio transmitters, they are the largest bird in North America with a...

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) adult spreading wings, critically endangered, bred in captivity and released wearing radio transmitters, they are the largest bird in North America with a 9...

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) group of adults and juveniles, critically endangered, bred in captivity, later released wearing radio transmitters, interacting on rocky cliff in autumn, ne...

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) adult flying, critically endangered, bred in captivity, later released wearing radio transmitter, near Zion National Park, Utah

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) group of adults and juveniles, critically endangered, bred in captivity, later released wearing radio transmitters, interacting on rocky cliff in autumn, ne...

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) immature bird taking flight, 9-10 ft winspan with radio transmitter attached, critically endangered, extinct in the wild and recently re-introduced, Arizona

Pete Oxford / Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) researcher attaching radio collar in cloud forest and paramo habitat, Andes, Ecuador

Flip Nicklin / Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) researchers attaching radio transmitter to individual, Svalbard, Norway

Bernard Castelein / Portrait of Nepalese monk playing 'Geling' (short trumpet) Lo-Manthang, Upper Mustang, Nepal.

Suzi Eszterhas / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) researcher Nick Lunn collects blood sample from an anesthetized adult female, vulnerable, Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada

Christian Ziegler / Six species of butterfly and two species of moth, all members of the (Heliconius ismenius) batesian mimicry ring, the (Heliconius ismenius clarescens) in the middle is considered the original model of...

Michael Durham / California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) note the radio transmitter on the foreground wing, and a GPS transmitter with a solar charger on the other wing, Big Sur, California