Fabio Pupin / Onager (Equus hemionus), Negev desert, Israel, April.

Avi Meir / Houbara Bustard (Chlamydotis undulata) male dislplaying, Negev, Israel

Avi Meir/ BIA / Trumpeter Finch (Bucanetes githagineus) female drinking at waterhole, Negev, Israel

Avi Meir/ BIA / Masked Dove (Oena capensis) male, Negev, Israel

Chris Gomersall / Black kites (Milvus migrans) gathering at a landfill site. Negev desert, Israel. January.

Chris Gomersall / Murmuration of common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) surrounded by black kites (Milvus migrans). Negev desert, Israel. January.

Chris Gomersall / Pre-roost gathering of common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) on an electricity pylon. Negev Desert, Israel. January 2016. Honorable mention in the Garden and Urban Birds Category of the Bird Photographe...

MYN / Gil Wizen / Arabian horned viper (Cerastes cerastes) from Shivta sand dunes, Western Negev Desert, Israel. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Gil Wizen / Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) adult in solitary phase. Western Negev Desert, Israel. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Gil Wizen / Arabian horned viper (Cerastes cerastes). June 2015, Shivta sand dunes, Western Negev Desert, Israel. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Gil Wizen / White widow spider (Latrodectus pallidus) Negev Desert, Israel. Focus-stacked and cropped. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Gil Wizen / Beetle (Anthia sexmaculata) Negev Desert, Israel. Focus-stacked and cropped. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Gil Wizen / Awl-headed snake (Lytorhynchus diadema), Shivta, Western Negev Desert, Israel. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Gil Wizen / Giant mantis nymph (Eremoplana infelix) Shivta, Western Negev Desert, Israel. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Avi Meir / Trumpeter Finch (Bucanetes githagineus) male, Negev, Israel

Avi Meir / Trumpeter Finch (Bucanetes githagineus) female, Negev, Israel

MYN / Gil Wizen / Israeli scorpion (Buthus israelis) from the Negev Desert, Israel, July. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Larva of thread-wing lacewing (Dielocroce hebraea) These insects are found only inside desert caves, usually buried in the fine dust on the cave's floor waiting for unsuspecting soft-bodied prey insec...

MYN / Gil Wizen / Cocoon of thread-wing lacewing (Dielocroce hebraea) Negev Desert, Israel, June. Meetyourneighbours.net project. Taken with digital focus stacking.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Larva of thread-wing lacewing (Dielocroce hebraea) found only inside desert caves, usually buried in the fine dust, Negev Desert, Israel, June. Meetyourneighbours.net project. Taken with digital focus...

MYN / Gil Wizen / Scorpion (Nebo hierichonticus) Negev Desert, Israel, March. Meetyourneighbours.net project. Taken with digital focus stacking.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Israel pillar tail scorpion (Orthochirus scrobiculosus negebensis) Negev Desert, Israel, May. Meetyourneighbours.net project. Taken with digital focus stacking.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Egyptian Green Scorpion (Buthacus leptochelys nitzani) Western Negev Desert, Israel, July. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Desert stick mantis (Tarachodes sp.) baby, 1mm long. Negev Desert, Israel, July. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

Cyril Ruoso / Addax (Addax nasomaculatus) resting, Negev Desert, Israel

Stephen Dalton / Desert Isopod (Isopoda) foraging in the Negev Desert, Israel

Barrie Britton / Fennec fox (Fennecus zerda) Negev Desert, Israel

PREMAPHOTOS / Caterpillar larva of Bagworm moth (Psychidae) in its case in the Negev Desert, Israel

Nigel Bean / Aerial view of Paran Valley where Eilat-Beersheva Road crosses the Negev Desert, Israel.

Nigel Bean / Saker falcon on pylon, Western Negev, Israel.

Avi Meir/ BIA / Houbara Bustard (Chlamydotis undulata) female, Nitzana, Negev, Israel

Avi Meir/ BIA / Houbara Bustard (Chlamydotis undulata) male displaying, Nitzana, Negev, Israel

Avi Meir / Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina) landing, Negev, Israel

Premaphotos / Mites {Acari} group assembling on a flower in the Negev Desert in springtime, Israel

Gil Wizen / Horned desert viper (Cerastes cerastes) in sand dunes, head portrait, Northern Negev desert, Israel.

Gil Wizen / Desert black widow (Latrodectus revivensis) on its web, preying on Wedge-snouted skink (Sphenops sepsoides) in the desert, Western Negev Desert, Israel.

Fabio Pupin / Onager (Equus hemionus), group walking in dry environment, Negev desert, Israel, April

Fabio Pupin / Onager, (Equus hemionus), male standing in dry ladscape, Negev desert, Israel, April

Fabio Pupin / Onager, (Equus hemionus), male standing in dry ladscape, Negev desert, Israel, April

Fabio Pupin / Onager (Equus hemionus), male standing in dry steppe, Negev desert, Israel, April

Fabio Pupin / Onager (Equus hemionus), male trotting in rocky environment, Negev desert, Israel, April

Fabio Pupin / Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana), female standing among vegetation, Negev desert, Israel, April

Fabio Pupin / Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana), young male feeding on vegetation, Negev desert, Israel, April

Fabio Pupin / Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana), young male standing among vegetation, Negev desert, Israel, April

Fabio Pupin / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes), peeking from a hole in rocks, Negev desert, Israel, May.

Fabio Pupin / Onager (Equus hemionus), female and young in dry rocky environment, Negev desert, Israel, May.

Fabio Pupin / Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana), young male walking on gravel, Negev desert, Israel, April

Fabio Pupin / Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana), female walking in dry environment, Negev desert, Israel, April

Fabio Pupin / Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana), female and young, Negev desert, Israel, April

Fabio Pupin / Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana), old male walking on a rock, Negev desert, Israel, April

Fabio Pupin / Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana), male standing on a rock, Negev desert, Israel, April

Fabio Pupin / Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana), male standing in dry environment, Negev desert, Israel, April

Fabio Pupin / Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana), male standing in dry environment, Negev desert, Israel, April

Fabio Pupin / Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana), male walking in dry environment, Negev desert, Israel, April

Fabio Pupin / Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana), male crossing a traverse, Negev desert, Israel, April

Fabio Pupin / Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana), close-up of a male head among vegetation, Negev desert, Israel, April

Fabio Pupin / Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana), close-up of a male horns among vegetation, Negev desert, Israel, April

Fabio Pupin / Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana), male standing in dry environment, Negev desert, Israel, April

Fabio Pupin / Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana), male resting on a slope, Negev desert, Israel, April

Fabio Pupin / Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana), male walking in dry environment, Negev desert, Israel, April

Fabio Pupin / Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana), male standing close to bush, female in background, Negev desert, Israel, April

Avi Meir/ BIA / Crowned Sandgrouse (Pterocles coronatus) female drinking, Negev, Israel

Avi Meir/ BIA / Eurasian Thick-knee (Burhinus oedicnemus) drinking, Negev, Israel