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01135097
Sand / Ghost crab {Ocypode sp.} excavating burrow, Africa.

01135096
Sand / Ghost crab {Ocypode sp.} excavating burrow, Africa.

01135095
Fiddler crabs {Uca tangeri} feeding in mud at low tide. Africa.

01135094
Fiddler crab {Uca tangeri} male feeding. Sierra Leone, Africa.

01135093
Bantam eggs. UK.

01135092
Raindrops falling into still water.

01135091
12 stage digital composite of raindrop hitting the water surface.

01135090
Common / Garden snail {Helix aspersa} portrait. UK.

01135089
Common / Garden snail {Helix aspersa} portrait. UK.

01135088
Sand hoppers {Orchestia gammarella} fleeing the oncoming tide. UK.

01135087
Sand hopper {Orchestia gammarella} on a rock. UK.

01135086
Digital composite - Greenfinch {Carduelis chloris} male flying, Captive UK.

01135085
Digital composite - Bullfinch {Pyrrhula pyrrhula} male in flight. Captive, UK.

01135084
Meadow spider {Lycosa amentata} female with offspring. UK.

01135083
Digital composite Blackbird {Turdus merula} drinking at bird bath Captive. UK.

01135082
Garden peas {Pisum sativum} in a pod. UK.

01135081
Horseshoe / King crab {Limulus polyphemus} on beach, Florida, USA.

01135080
Apple making a splash as it hits water.

01135079
European river otter {Lutra lutra} eating an eel, Captive. UK.

01135078
Slow worm {Anguis fragilis} coiled up. Captive, UK.

01135077
Sheep tick {Ixodes ricinus} on the forehead of a Border Collie, UK.

01135076
Cockerel / Rooster {Gallus gallus domesticus} crowing. Captive, UK.

01135075
Bank vole {Clethrionomys glareolus} portrait in snow. UK.

01135074
Four Fantail goldfish {Carassius auratus}. UK.

01135073
Two Great pond snails {Lymnaea stagnalis}. UK.

01135072
Grey heron {Ardea cinerea} swallowing a goldfish. Captive. UK.

01135071
Orange making a splash as it hits water.

01135070
Chimpanzee {Pan troglodytes} portrait. Captive.

01135069
Pair of Little owls {Athene noctua}. Captive.

01135068
Golden hamster {Mesocricetus auratus} female with infants. Captive.

01135067
Golden hamster {Mesocricetus auratus} 15 day old infants. Captive.

01135066
{Euphorbia sp.) spines. Namibia.

01135065
{Euphorbia sp.) spines. Namibia.

01135064
Sun spider {Solifugae sp.} portrait. Captive.

01135063
Corn snake {Elaphe guttata}. Red colour variant. Captive.

01135062
Banana slug {Ariolomax columbianus} portrait. Captive.

01135061
White striped gecko {Gekko vittatus} raising toe tips in readiness to run. Captive.

01135060
Common / Eurasian swift {Apus apus} clinging to wall surface. Captive.

01135059
Common / Eurasian swift {Apus apus} in flight. Captive.

01135058
Horned viper {Cerastes cerastes} portrait. Captive.

01135057
Western diamondback rattlesnake {Crotalus atrox} portrait. Captive.

01135056
A jet of water eventually breaking up into water droplets. UK.

01135055
Sparrowhawk {Accipiter nisus} foot and talon. Captive, UK.

01135054
Gould's zebra / Peaceful dove {Geopelia placida} feeding, Australia.

01135053
Domestic hen's egg {Gallus gallus domesticus} , showing embyro after 72 hours, UK.

01135052
Bullfinch {Pyrrhula pyrrhula} nest with 4 day old chicks, UK.

01135051
Blue tongued skink {Tiliqua scincoides} portrait. Captive, UK.

01135050
Great grey slug {Limax maximus} portrait, UK.

01135049
Great crested grebe {Podiceps cristatus} courtship display, UK.

01135048
Barn swallow {Hirundo rustica} drinking on the wing. Digitally enhanced.

01135047
Barn swallow {Hirundo rustica} drinking on the wing. Digitally enhanced.

01135046
Barn swallow {Hirundo rustica} drinking on the wing. Digitally enhanced.

01135045
Barn swallow {Hirundo rustica} drinking on the wing. Digitally enhanced.

01135044
Brown rat {Rattus norvegicus} standing on a rock in water. Captive, UK.

01135043
Muskrat {Ondatra zibethicus} swimming, USA.

01135042
Great tit nest {Parus major} nets with young chicks. Captive, UK.

01135041
Brown rat {Rattus norvegicus} mother carrying nest material. Captive, UK.

01135040
Brown rat {Rattus norvegicus} mother carrying new-born infant. Captive, UK.

01135039
Yellow-necked mouse {Apodemus flavicollis} jumping. Multiple exposure. Captive, UK.

01135038
House mouse {Mus musculus} mother carrying new-born infant. Captive, UK.

01135037
Archerfish {Toxotes chatareus} jetting water to catch spider prey. Captive.

01135036
Silhouette of English oak tree {Quercus robur} at sunset, UK.

01135035
White Rock dove / Feral pigeon {Columba livia} in flight, UK.

01135034
White Rock dove / Feral pigeon {Columba livia} in flight, UK.

01135033
White Rock dove / Feral pigeon {Columba livia} in flight, UK.

01135032
White Rock dove / Feral pigeon {Columba livia} in flight, UK.

01135031
English oak tree {Quercus robur} in winter, UK.

01135030
Timelapse of setting sun at the autumn equinox, UK.

01135029
Timelapse of setting sun at the spring equinox, UK.

01135028
English oak {Quercus robur} cross-section showing xylem tubules, UK.

01135027
Growth rings of a Douglas fir tree {Pseudotsuga menziesii}, UK.

01135026
Blue tits {Parus caeruleus} on a bird feeder. UK.

01135025
Blue tit {Parus caeruleus} drinking cream from milk bottle top. UK.

01135024
Mistle thrush {Turdus viscivorus} adult feeding chicks in nest. UK.

01135022
Great tit {Parus major} nest with 9 day old chicks. Captive, UK.

01135021
Great tit {Parus major} nest with 5 day old chicks. Captive, UK.

01135020
Great tit {Parus major} nest with 3 day old chicks. Captive, UK.

01135019
Great tit {Parus major} nest 11 day old chicks. Captive, UK.

01135018
Great tit {Parus major} nest with 1 day old chicks. Captive, UK.

01135017
Digital composite - Two fruit bats {Megachiroptera sp.} in flight. Captive, UK.

01135016
Fruit bat {Megachiroptera sp.} in flight. Captive.

01135015
Harvest mice {Micromys minutus} on wheat. Captive, UK.

01135014
Brazilian salmon tarantula {Lasiodora parahybana}, giant salmon-pink bird eater. Captive.

01135013
Common shore crab {Carcinus maenas} sloughing. Captive, UK.

01135012
Male Fiddler crab {Uca annulipes} + discarded skin + pale regenerated leg. Captive.

01135011
Discarded skin (slough) of male Fiddler crab {Uca annulipes} Captive.

01135010
Two Fiddler crab {Uca annulipes} males fighting. Captive.

01135009
Edible crab {Cancer pagurus} sloughing. Captive, UK.

01135008
Edible crab {Cancer pagurus} sloughing. Captive, UK.

01135007
Golden hampster {Mesocricetus auratus} 3 day old infant suckling. Captive. UK.

01135006
Flooding on the streets of Queenstown, New Zealand.

01135005
Flooding on the streets of Queenstown, New Zealand.

01135004
Fiddler crab {Uca sp.}. Captive.

01135003
Fiddler crab {Uca sp.} male in water. Captive.

01135002
Southern flying squirrel {Glaucomys volans} landing on tree trunk. Captive.

01135001
Southern flying squirrel {Glaucomys volans} landing. Multiple exposure. Captive. UK.

01135000
Whiskered bat {Myotis mystacinus} hibernating in a cave, UK.

01134999
Amoeba proteus among pond debris, UK.

01134998
Adder {Vipera berus} portrait. Captive, UK.

01134997
American darter / Anhinga {Anhinga anhinga} fishing in shallow water, USA.

01134996
Obelia {Obelia sp.}, UK.

01134995
Whistling rat (Parotomys brantsii) female suckling young outside burrow. South Africa.

01134994
Whistling rat (Parotomys brantsii) female suckling babies outside burrow. South Africa

01134993
Whistling rat (Parotomys brantsii) feeding outside of burrow. South Africa

01134992
Whistling Rat {Parotomys brantsii} emerging from burrow. South Africa

01134991
Striped marlin {Tetrapturus audax} breaching, Indian Ocean. Digitally enhanced

01134990
Water mite {Hydrachna sp.}, UK.

01134989
Marine planktonic copepods {Calanus sp.}, UK.

01134988
Green hydra {Hydra viridissima} budding. UK.

01134987
Common hydra {Hydra vulgaris} budding. UK.

01134986
Water flea {Daphnia sp.} in a water droplet hanging from a head of grass. UK.

01134985
Protozoan {Stentor sp.} floating colony of two species. UK.

01134984
Common hydra {Hydra vulgaris} capturing a water flea {Daphnia sp.}. UK.

01134983
Marine planktonic copepod {Calanus sp.}. Captive. UK.

01134982
Freshwater copepod {Cyclops sp.} female with eggs. UK.

01134981
Freshwater copepods {Diaptomus sp.}. UK.

01134980
Common shore crab {Carcinus maenas} first stage larva. UK.

01134979
Water flea {Daphnia sp.} with winter eggs. UK.

01134978
Freshwater shrimp {Gammarus pulex} with young emerging from pouch. Captive, UK.

01134977
Freshwater shrimp {Gammarus pulex} with young emerging from pouch. Captive, UK.

01134976
Water flea {Daphnia magna} portrait. Captive, UK.

01134975
Lake District landscape in autumn, UK.

01134974
Lake District landscape in autumn, UK.

01134973
English / Pedunculate oak {Quercus robur} in autumn, UK.

01134972
Pika {Ochotona princeps} portrait. North America.

01134971
Water fleas {Daphnia magna}. Captive, UK.

01134970
The Pyramids of Giza, Eygpt.

01134969
Dew covered spiders web, UK.

01134968
Water droplet landing in still water showing hemispherical depression.

01134965
Filamentous freshwater green algae {Spirogyra sp.} UK.

01134964
Microscopic algae / Green disco balls {Volvox sp.} colonies. 15x magnification. UK.

01134963
Microscopic algae / Green disco balls {Volvox sp.} colonies, 40x magnification. UK.

01134962
Earthworm {Lumbricus terrestris} portrait, Captive. UK.

01134961
Earthworm {Lumbricus terrestris} portrait, Captive. UK.

01134960
Digital composite Common / European swift {Apus apus} adult clinging to a building, UK.

01134959
Honey bee {Apis mellifera} queen surrounded by workers as she lays eggs, UK.

01134958
Aurora Borealis showing radial effect.

01134957
Aurora Borealis.

01134956
Goldfish {Carassius auratus} portrait, Captive. UK.

01134955
Brine shrimp {Artemia salina} portrait, UK.

01134954
Brine shrimp {Artemia salina} portrait, UK.

01134953
Brine shrimp {Artemia salina} portrait, UK.

01134952
Pill woodlouse {Armadillidium cinerum} portrait, UK.

01134951
Spotted flycatcher {Muscicapa striata} adult feeding chicks, UK.

01134950
Digital composite. Spotted flycatcher {Muscicapa striata} pair feeding chicks, UK.

01134949
Orange landing in water, UK.

01134948
Australian / Tasman gannet {Morus serrator} in flight, Australia.

01134947
Atlantic salmon {Salmo salar} jumping up a waterfall in Scotland, UK.

01134946
Water droplet landing in water showing a hemispheric depression.

01134945
Water droplet landing in water showing a hemispheric depression.

01134943
English / Pedunculate oak {Quercus robor} saplings with roots exposed, UK.

01134942
Sycamore {Acer pseudoplatanus} sapling, UK.

01134941
Green winged macaw {Ara chloroptera} in flight. Captive. UK.

01134940
Green winged macaw {Ara chloroptera} on perch with wings spread. Captive. UK.

01134939
Sheep tick {Ixodes ricinus} attached to a domestic dog, UK.

01134938
Sheep tick {Ixodes ricinus} attached to a domestic dog, UK.

01134937
Engorged sheep tick {Ixodes ricinus}, UK.

01134936
Blue winged kookaburra {Dacelo leachii} growing up sequence from chick hatching to adult. Digital composite

01134935
Red eared turtle / terrapin {Pseudemys scripta elegans} getting air. Captive.

01134934
Common shore crab {Carcinus maenas} female carrying eggs. Captive UK.

01134933
Great tit {Parus major} nest with eight eggs. UK.

01134932
Great tit {Parus major} nest with eight eggs. UK.

01134931
Two newborn Moorhen {Gallinula chloropus} chicks in nest. UK. Captive.

01134930
River / Brown trout {Salmo trutta} eggs and alevins (fry). Captive. UK.

01134929
River / Brown trout {Salmo trutta} eggs. Embryos visible. Captive. UK.

01134928
Hands applying pressure to strongest part of hen's egg - resists crushing.

01134927
Archer fish / Archerfish {Toxotes chatereus} jetting water to catch spider prey, Captive.

01134926
Digital composite - Blue and yellow macaw {Ara ararauna} landing on a perch. Captive.

01134925
Atlantic salmon {Salmo salar} jumping up a waterfall. Scotland, UK.

01134924
Digital composite - Great spotted woodpecker {Psittacus erithacus} male feeding chick.

01134923
Grey squirrel {Psittacus erithacus} jumping, UK. Captive

01134922
Digital composite. African grey parrot {Psittacus erithacus}. Captive

01134921
Sheep tick {Ixodes ricinus} female dies after laying a clutch of eggs, UK.

01134920
Brown rat {Rattus norvegicus} running on wall, UK.

01134919
Round worms {Toxocara canis} from the gut of a domestic dog, UK.

01134918
Round worms {Toxocara canis} from the gut of a domestic dog, UK.

01134917
Bladder wrack seaweed {Fucus vesiculosus}. Cromarty Firth, Scotland, UK

01134916
Lake Malawi cichlids {Psuedotropheus johanni), Male + female (male is blue). Captive.

01134915
Lake Nyasa golden cichlids {Melanochromis auratus), Male above female. Captive.

01134914
Humphead cichlid {Cyphotilapia frontosa). Captive

01134913
East African lake cichlids {Labidochromis coeruleus). Captive.

01134912
Two baby Ostriches {Struthio camelus). Captive.

01134911
Digital composite - Sequence showing an Ostrich {Struthio camelus) hatching.

01134910
Ostrich {Struthio camelus} egg compared to a domestic hens egg. UK.

01134909
Young Tubifex worms {Tubificidae sp.}. UK.

01134908
Sheep tick {Ixodes ricinus} attached to skin of a domestic dog. UK.

01134907
Brine shrimp {Artemia salina} eggs + hatchling larvae. Captive.

01134906
Brine shrimp {Artemia salina} male showing claspers. Captive.

01134905
Siamese fighting fish {Betta splendens} male. Phantom variety. Captive.

01134904
Siamese fighting fish {Betta splendens} male and female courtship. Captive.

01134903
Siamese fighting fish {Betta splendens} males in aggressive display. Captive.

01134902
Venus flower basket sponge {Euplectella aspergillum} skeleton.

01134901
Digital composite - white chested emerald hummingbird {Amazilia chionopectus} male.

01134900
Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) watching European rabbits , UK. Digital composite

01134899
Water droplet falling onto surface of still water.

01134898
Digital composite - Sequence of water droplet falling onto water surface.

01134897
Tawny owl {Strix aluco} in flight. Captive. UK.

01134896
Archer fish {Toxotes chatareus} jetting water to catch a fly on vegetation above. Captive.

01134895
Archer fish {Toxotes chatareus} leaping for spider. Captive.

01134894
Archer fish {Toxotes chatareus} leaping for spider. Captive.

01134893
Digital comopsite - Common pipistrelles {Pipistrellus pipistrellus}. UK. Flying around ??????

01134892
Blackbird {Turdus merula} nest with three eggs. Captive, UK.

01134891
Robin {Erithacus rubecula} nest with five eggs. Captive, UK

01134890
White lipped snail {Cepaea hortensis} portrait. Captive, UK

01134889
Common / Garden snail {Helix aspersa} portrait. Captive, UK.

01134888
White spotted octopus {Octopus macropus} swimming. Captive, UK.

01134887
Australian pelican {Pelecanus conspicillatus} feet.

01134886
Deep winter snow in a village in Nova Scotia, Canada.

01134885
Red-eared turtle / terrapin {Pseudemys scripta elegans} getting air. Captive UK.

01134884
Sand dollar {Echinarachnius parma} in the sand. Vancover Island. Canada.

01134883
Digital composite. Little grebe {Tachybaptus ruficollis} chasing stickleback.

01134882
Digital composite - Rock dove / Feral pigeon {Columba livia} embryo development in ?????

01134881
Sami woman in traditional dress feeding reindeer. Scandanavia.

01134880
Digital composite - Four Red-throated bee-eates {Merops bulocki} perching.

01134879
Viviparous lizard {Lacerta vivipara} eating a Meadow spider. Captive, UK.

01134878
Asian / Man's musk shrew {Suncus murinus}. Captive, Malaysia

01134877
Red piranah {Serrasalmus nattereri} portrait. Captive, UK

01134876
House mouse {Mus musculus} portrait. Captive, UK.

01134875
House mouse {Mus musculus} portrait. Captive, UK.

01134874
White-haired cycad {Encephalartos friderici-guilielmi}.

01134873
Sea bass {Dicentrarchus labrax} portrait. Captive.

01134872
Digital Composite - Three Whoopers swans {Cygnus cygnus} flying at sunset. UK.

01134871
Panoramic of Scottish highlands. UK.

01134870
Balloon fish {Diodon holocanthus}, inflated in self-defence. Captive.

01134869
Balloon fish {Diodon holocanthus} inflated in self-defence. Captive.

01134868
White spotted octopus {Octopus macropus} swimming. Captive. UK.

01134865
Golden seahorse {Hippocampus kuda} portraits. Captive. UK.

01134864
Hedge sparrow / Dunnock {Prunella modularis} nest with five eggs. UK.

01134863
Tiger rump doppleganger spider {Cyclosternum fasciasta}. Captive. UK.

01134862
Sunrise over the sea with seagulls, UK.

01134861
Halo around the sun with gravestones + lighthouse in the foreground, Lundy Island, UK.

01134860
Blue sky and clouds with sunbeams.

01134859
Tiger leech {Haemadipsa picta} on leaf. Borneo.

01134858
Millipede {Polydesmus complanatus}. Captive. UK.

01134857
Orb-web Spider (Areneidae) showing stabilmentum. North Australia.

01134856
Jackson's Chameleon (Chamaeleo jacksoni) catching fly with its tongue. Captive

01134855
Jackson's Chameleon (Chamaeleo jacksoni) catching fly with its tongue. Captive

01134854
Jackson's Chameleon (Chamaeleo jacksoni) catching fly with its tongue. Captive

01134853
Jackson's Chameleon (Chamaeleo jacksoni) catching fly with its tongue. Captive

01134852
Brent Geese (Branta bernicla) flying past the moon. Digital composite, UK

01134851
Hedgehog carrying newborn to new nest (Erinaceus europaeus) captive, UK.

01134850
Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus) flying against Aurora borealis at sunrise, Finland. Digital composite

01134849
Mudskipper {Periophthalmus barbarus} captive

01134848
Mudskipper {Periophthalmus barbarus} captive

01134847
Mudskipper display (Periophthalmus barbarus) raised dorsal fin. Captive.

01134846
Mudskipper {Periophthalmus barbarus} captive

01134845
Mudskipper {Periophthalmus barbarus} captive

01134844
Nectar-eating bat feeds at orchid flower. Digital composite, West Indies.

01134843
White-necked Jacobin female at Hibiscus flower, Digital composite, West Indies

01134842
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) seeds blowing in the wind. Digital composite, UK.

01134841
Pohutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa), cabbage trees (Cordyline indivisa) and tree ferns. New Zealand.

01134840
Natterer's Bat (Myotis nattereri) drinking from a woodland pool. Surrey, UK.

01134839
Natterer's Bat (Myotis nattereri) drinking from a woodland pool. Surrey, UK.

01134838
Natterer's Bat (Myotis nattereri) drinking from a woodland pool. Surrey, UK.

01134837
Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum) captive.

01134836
White-necked Jacobin male feeding at Hibiscus flower. Digital composite, Trinidad.

01134835
Daddy-long-legs Spider (Pholcus phalangioides). UK.

01134834
Coal Tit {Parus ater} flying in to take a caterpillar from a twig. UK. Digital composite.

01134833
Volcanic lava flowing over road. Hawaii.

01134831
Solidified volcanic lava on a road. Hawaii.

01134830
Chambered / Pearly Nautilus (Nautilus pompilius) shells. Indo-Pacific.

01134829
Eclectus Parrot chicks (Eclectus roratus), newly hatched beside eggs, sequence 1/4

01134828
Eclectus Parrot chicks, down feathers growing, 2-wks-old, sequence 2/4

01134827
Eclectus Parrot chicks covered in down, 3-wks-old sequence 3/4.

01134826
Young Eclectus Parrots, female left, male right, 12-wks-old, sequence 4/4

01134824
Small water drop forms a spike when it strikes the surface of a still pool.

01134823
Bullfinch nest with five eggs {Pyrrhula pyrrhula} UK.

01134822
Horned Viper crossing sand (Cerastes cerastes) captive.

01134821
Fruit bat (unidentified) in flight. Captive.

01134820
Barn Owl (Tyto alba) taking off. Captive, UK.

01134819
Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) leaping from a roof tile. Captive, UK.

01134818
Barges on flooded River Wey, Guildford. Surrey, UK.

01134817
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) landing, captive, UK.

01134816
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) hovering before landing, captive, UK.

01134815
River Wey flooding over bridge, Guildford. Surrey, UK.