Tui De Roy / Haast Tokoeka (Apterix australis) with Phil Tisch and Tansy Bliss, Department of Conservation Kiwi Recovery team affixing radio trnasmitter. Haast Kiwi Sanctuary, Westland, South Island, New Zealand.

Roland Seitre / Antoine Cadi, scientist, and assistant measure the shell of an African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys / Geochelone sulcata) Sahel desert, Ferlo North Reserve, Senegal, West Africa, Vulnerable species....

Mark Carwardine / Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) - darted and being prepared for translocation by rangers from the Kenya Wildlife Service, being measured Nairobi National Park, Kenya, Endangered / threatened spec...

Solvin Zankl / Seeds of Common storksbill (Erodium cicutarium), Europe. In dry conditions, the ripe seeds are ejected from the fruit. The seed tails are formed from the persisting style which consists of hygroscopic...

Juergen Freund / Scientific instruments to measure many elements related to rainforest treess including carbon dioxide exhaled, tree's water intake and flow, and growth rate.Daintree rainforest observatory, Queens...

Juergen Freund / Scientific instruments to measure many elements related to rainforest treess including carbon dioxide exhaled, tree's water intake and flow and growth rate. Daintree rainforest observatory, Queens...

Juergen Freund / Scientific instruments attached to trees to measure many different elements: carbon dioxide exhaled; tree's water intake and flow; growth rate. Daintree Rainforest Observatory, Queensland, Austral...

Juergen Freund / Scientific instruments attached to trees to measure many different elements: carbon dioxide exhaled; tree's water intake and flow; growth rate. Daintree Rainforest Observatory, Queensland, Austral...

Karine Aigner / Vials of blood from a Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus) in a centrifuge after being spun. The centrifuge separates the plasma (yellow) from the packed red blood cells (red). This research is to measu...

Ashley Cooper / Scientist taking measurements as part of a study to measure the speed of the Russelll Glacier near Kangerlussuag Greenland, July 2008

Ashley Cooper / Scientist taking measurements as part of a study to measure the speed of the Russelll Glacier near Kangerlussuag Greenland, July 2008

Ashley Cooper / Scientific experiment by scientists from Sydney University, Australia, in the Snowy mountains. The study is monitoring C02 exchange between the atmosphere and the soil on a grassland plot. February 20...