Jack Dykinga / Shore Acres State Park with sandstone bluffs being pounded by tidal shifting surf, creating waterfalls over concretions in the stone. Oregon

Gerrit Vyn / Western grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) in breeding (alternate) plumage, Malheur County, Oregon, USA September

Kirkendall-Spring / Wizard Island in Crater Lake, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA, September 2010

Floris van Breugel / Warm sunlight after a snowstorm reveals intricate patterns in the 'Painted Hills' caused by slowly eroding rich fossil beds, in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon, USA. December 2009

Floris van Breugel / Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) grove at twilight under a heavy snowfall, Deschutes National Forest, Oregon, USA. December 2009

Floris van Breugel / Twilight descends on photographer's mountain camp with light inside tent, in Oregons highest mountain forest on Drake Peak at 8,500 feet. Oregon, USA, January 2010.

Floris van Breugel / Ponderosa Pine trees (Pinus ponderosa) coated in frost, during heavy snowfall, Deschutes National Forest, Oregon, USA, December 2009

Michael Durham / Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora) near Circle Creek along coast, Oregon

Jack Dykinga / Snow covered coniferous trees beside Campers Lake, Willamette National Forest, Oregon, USA

Michael Durham / Bald-faced Hornet (Dolichovespula maculata) flying, western Oregon

Kirkendall-Spring / Tidal pool and rocks on the shore of Cape Lookout State Park, Oregon, USA

Kirkendall-Spring / Coquille River Lighthouse at Bullards Beach NP, Bandon, Oregon, USA

Kirkendall-Spring / Sea surf against sandstone cliffs and rock formationa on the shore at Cape Kiwanda State Park, Oregon, USA

Kirkendall-Spring / Covered bridge in Sandy Creek, Oregon, USA

Kirkendall-Spring / Toketee Falls in the North Umpqua River Valley, Umpqua National Forest, Oregon, USA

Kirkendall-Spring / Sea stack studded beach, Bandon, Oregon, USA

Kirkendall-Spring / Waterfall down cliff onto beach, Cape Lookout State Park, Oregon, USA

Michael Durham / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) uncovers a young Elk (Cervus elephus nelsoni) calf that it killed and covered with debris earlier, Wallowa County, Oregon * tags and tracking collar on cat were digitally...

Michael Durham / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) worker collecting nectar from Red Clover (Trifolium pratense) flowers, note the pollen baskets on the legs, northwest Oregon

Michael Durham / Bumblebee (Bombus morrisoni) queen, flying toward Sweet Pea flowers in the Deschutes National Forest, Oregon

Michael Durham / Silver-haired Bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans) illustrating wing movement during flight, Rogue River National Forest, Oregon, digital composite

Michael Durham / Western Long-eared Myotis (Myotis evotis) about to drink from a man-made guzzler, high-desert transition zone in the Deschutes National Forest, Oregon

Michael Durham / California Darner (Rhionaeschna californica) dragonfly, photographed with a high-speed camera, coastal mountains, Oregon

Michael Durham / Yuma Myotis (Myotis yumanensis) bat, female pursuing a moth on the wing, Oregon

Michael Durham / Yuma Myotis (Myotis yumanensis) bat, male capturing a forest moth, Oregon

Michael Durham / Western Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus hesperus) bat flying over desert scrub, near Pine Creek in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Clarno Unit, Oregon, this is the smallest bat found north of Me...

Michael Durham / Western Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus hesperus) bat chases a moth over desert scrub, near Pine Creek in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Clarno Unit, Oregon

Michael Durham / Eight-spotted Skimmer (Libellula forensis) dragonfly male flying, photographed with a high-speed camera system in the coastal mountains of Oregon, near Florence

Michael Durham / Two-striped Grasshopper (Melanoplus bivittatus) adult female jumping, Deschutes National Forest, Oregon

Michael Durham / Bumblebee (Bombus huntii) flying toward the camera after collecting nectar from a Rhododendron flower, northeast Oregon

Michael Durham / Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) flock flying over the Oregon coast

Michael Durham / Pacific Chorus Frog (Pseudacris regilla) jumping into pond, Oregon

Michael Durham / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) flying hovering over pink flowers, Sauvie Island, Oregon

Michael Durham / Douglas Fir Glow-worm (Pterotus obscuripennis) displaying bioluminescence at night, Tillamook State Forest, Oregon

Michael Durham / Pronghorn Antelope (Antilocapra americana) female, left, and male on grassland, Oregon

Tim Fitzharris / Incoming waves at Bandon Beach, Oregon

Michael Durham / Wild Puma (Cougar, Mountain lion) photographed with motion sensing camera at night. Oregon USA

Michael Durham / Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) jumping as an evasive behavior, Forest Park, Oregon

Michael Durham / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) flying, Sauvie Island, Oregon

Michael Durham / Douglas fir glow worm {Pterotus obscuripennis} glowing at night Oregon USA

Thomas Mangelsen / Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis) in old growth forest, southwest Oregon

Gerry Ellis / Jaguar (Panthera onca) fur, close-up of patterned detail, Washington Park Zoo, Portland, Oregon

Gerry Ellis / Rough-skinned Newt (Taricha granulosa) portrait, Siskiyou National Forest, Oregon

Gerry Ellis / Still Creek in spring, temperate rainforest, Mt Hood National Forest, Oregon

Gerry Ellis / Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) group, Washington Park Zoo, Portland, Oregon, endemic to Madagascar

Tim Fitzharris / Multnomah Falls cascading through temperate rainforest, Columbia River Gorge near Portland, Oregon

Gerry Ellis / African Lion (Panthera leo) male, portrait, Washington Park Zoo, Portland, Oregon

Gerry Ellis / African Lion (Panthera leo) male, Washington Park Zoo, Portland, Oregon

LYNN M. STONE / Ochre seastar {Pisaster ochraceus} Oregon coast, USA

LYNN M. STONE / Logging in Suislaw National Forest, Oregon, USA

Kirkendall-Spring / Cliffs at Cape Kiwanda State Park, Oregon, USA, June 2012

Kirkendall-Spring / Yaquina Head Lighthouse perched on a bluff above the Pacific Ocean in Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area near Newport, Oregon, USA, June 2012

Kirkendall-Spring / The Coquille River Lighthouse in Bullards Beach State Park, with dark clouds, Bandon, Oregon, USA, June 2012

Kirkendall-Spring / Rock formations at Shore Acres State Park near Charleston, Oregon, USA, June 2012

Kirkendall-Spring / Bandon beach from Face Rock Viewpoint at sunset Oregon, USA, June 2012

Kirkendall-Spring / South side of Cape Blanco, Cape Blanco State Park, Oregon, USA, June 2012

Kirkendall-Spring / Cape Blanco Light on a bluff above the Pacific Ocean in Cape Blanco State Park, Oregon, USA, June 2012

Kirkendall-Spring / The Strolling Pond with a Moon Bridge, Japanese Garden in Portland's Washington Park, Oregon, USA, June

Kirkendall-Spring / Cape Blanco Light on a bluff above the Pacific Ocean in Cape Blanco State Park, Oregon, USA, June 2012

Kirkendall-Spring / Lighthouse with light on at Heceta Head, Oregon, USA, June 2011

Kirkendall-Spring / Rocky shoreline and Cape Arago Lighthouse near Sunset Bay State Park, Oregon, USA, May 2011

Kirkendall-Spring / Crashing surf along the cliffs at Sunset Bay State Park, Oregon, USA, May 2011

Kirkendall-Spring / Middle North Falls in Silver Falls State Park, Oregon, USA, May 2011

Kirkendall-Spring / Upper Horsetail (Pony Falls), Columbia River George National Scenic Area, Oregon, USA, November 2010

Kirkendall-Spring / Triple Falls, Columbia River George National Scenic Area, Oregon, USA, November 2010

Kirkendall-Spring / Cascades below Wahkeena Falls, Columbia River George National Scenic Area, Oregon, USA, November 2010

Tim Fitzharris / Eroded river valley, Goosenecks of San Juan River, Goosenecks State Park, Utah

Mark Carwardine / Keiko, Killer whale star of Free Willy, fed by handler, Oregon, USA {Orcinus orca}

Floris van Breugel / Woman rappels down from ascent of the climb 'Birds in a Rut' near Smith Rock, eastern Oregon, USA. September 2012. Model released

Floris van Breugel / A field of Teasel, an invasive species, Eastern Oregon, USA, September

Floris van Breugel / Photographer Floris van Breugel asbeiling down a waterfall in Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, USA. May 2011. Model released

Floris van Breugel / Waterfall seen through a window of fresh spring growth in Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, USA. May

Jack Dykinga / Lupins (Lupinus polyphyllus) and Oregon White Oak (Quercus garryana) covering Bald Hills in the Redwoods National and State Park. California. May

Jack Dykinga / Shore Acres State Park with sandstone bluffs being pounded by tidal shifting surf, creating waterfalls over concretions in the stone. Oregon

Mark Taylor / Panoramic view of Crater Lake, Oregon, USA.

Mark Taylor / Mountain hemlocks (Tsuga mertensiana) and Crater Lake, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA

Tim Fitzharris / Seastacks, Lone Ranch Beach, Oregon

Roland Seitre / Darby Morrell, Information officer, with photographs used as evidence in court cases brought by the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, Oregon, USA

Roland Seitre / Analysis of a Shahtoosh made from fine wool of the endangered Tibetan Antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii) at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, Oregon, USA

Roland Seitre / Comparative DNA analysis at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, Oregon, USA

Roland Seitre / Traditional chinese medicines for analysis at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, Oregon, USA

Roland Seitre / Carved hornbill bill for examination at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, Oregon, USA

Roland Seitre / Tropical feather products for examination at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, Oregon, USA

Roland Seitre / Deatil of Macaw feather product for examination at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, Oregon, USA

Roland Seitre / Macaw feather products for examination at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, Oregon, USA

Roland Seitre / Indian artefact feather products for examination at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, Oregon, USA

Roland Seitre / Pepper Trail, ornithologist, examining dead bird at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, Oregon, USA

Roland Seitre / Cookie Sims, mammalogist, examining jewelry made from Indian bear claws at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, Oregon, USA

Roland Seitre / Cookie Sims, mammalogist, examining jewelry made from Indian bear claws at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, Oregon, USA

Roland Seitre / Barry Baker, herpatologist, identifying reptile skin of Texan boots at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, Oregon, USA, to discover whether they are made from animals that ar...

Roland Seitre / Barry Baker, herpatologist, analysing turtleshell artefacts and samples of turtle shell at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, Oregon, USA

Roland Seitre / Richard Stroud carrying out a post mortem on an American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) to discover cause of death at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, Oregon, USA

Roland Seitre / Richard Stroud carrying out a post mortem on an American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) to discover cause of death at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, Oregon, USA

Roland Seitre / Examination of fingerprints on a confiscated turtle shell at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, Oregon, USA

Roland Seitre / Andrew Reinholtz of the fingerprints service examining turtle shell at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, Oregon, USA

Roland Seitre / Andrew Reinholtz of the fingerprints service examining turtle shell at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, Oregon, USA