Miles Barton / Dubai harbour and city with skyscrapers under construction, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 2010

Miles Barton / Panamanian Golden Frog (Atelopus ziteki) Panama, Featured in BBC NHU series 'Life in Cold Blood'. Species now extinct in the wild

Miles Barton / Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus ziteki) reacting to the image of a frog on a video monitor. Experiment carried out to reveal the purpose of the frog's waving behaviour - to attract mates and deter ri...

Miles Barton / Border terrier (Canis familiaris) puppy with a girl in a hammock. Model released

Miles Barton / Green ringtailed possum {Pseudocheirus archeri} Queensland Australia

Miles Barton / Gelada baboons, harem male with female + young {Theropithecus gelada}, Simien Mtns, Ethiopia,

Miles Barton / Japanese macaque carrying young in snow {Macaca fuscata} Japan

Miles Barton / Sir David Attenborough holding Shingleback skink (Trachydosaurus rugosus / Tiliqua rugosa) on location for BBC series 'Life of Birds', Australia. 1997

Miles Barton / Rainbow lorikeet in tree. Australia

Miles Barton / Close up of sleeping Japanese macaque being groomed, Japan

Miles Barton / Japanese Macaque {Macaca fuscata} washing sweet potato in water. Koshima Island, Japan

Miles Barton / Portrait of 'Tokiwa', the first macaque to get into the hot spring, Japan. Photographed while filming for A Monkey for All Seasons.

Miles Barton / Carrion crow waits for traffic to stop at red lights before placing walnut on road. Japan

Miles Barton / Prairie voles mating {Microtus ochrogaster} captive. After mating for up to 40 hours both

Miles Barton / Domestic dog, Border terrier, female

Miles Barton / Wet forest from Mt Managana Rd, Bruny National Park, Tasmania, Australia, April 2010

Miles Barton / Mount Wellington (Wellington Park), near Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. 1270 metres above sea level, April 2010

Miles Barton / Mount Wellington (Wellington Park), near Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. 1270 metres above sea level, April 2010

Miles Barton / Mount Wellington (Wellington Park), near Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. 1270 metres above sea level, April 2010

Miles Barton / Bird hide and lagoons of Ras Al Khor bird reserve, with Dubai skyline in the background, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 2010

Miles Barton / Lagoons of Ras Al Khor bird reserve, with Greater flamingos (Phoenocopterus ruber) in the foreground and Dubai skyline in the background, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 2010

Miles Barton / Desert hyacinth (Cistanche tubulosa) parasitic plant with underground tuber, flowering in desert, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Boiled stem traditionally used to cure diarrhoea. Believed to be aphrodis...

Miles Barton / Desert hyacinth (Cistanche tubulosa) parasitic plant with underground tuber, flowering in desert, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Boiled stem traditionally used to cure diarrhoea. Believed to be aphrodis...

Miles Barton / Desert hyacinth (Cistanche tubulosa) parasitic plant with underground tuber, flowering in desert, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Boiled stem traditionally used to cure diarrhoea. Believed to be aphrodis...

Miles Barton / Burg Al Arab hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 2010

Miles Barton / Traditional freight-carrying dhows loading up along Dubai creek, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 2010

Miles Barton / Traditional freight-carrying dhows loading up along Dubai creek, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 2010

Miles Barton / Dubai harbour and city with skyscrapers under construction, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 2010

Miles Barton / Sir David Attenborough with Argus monitor (Varanus panoptes rubidus) standing on its hind legs when approached, Western Australia. November 2006, on location filming for BBC NHU series 'Life in Cold B...

Miles Barton / Sir David Attenborough observing Galapagos Giant tortoises (Geochelone nigra) mating in the shade of a tree, midday, Alcedo Crater, Isabela Is, Galapagos, May 2006, on location for filming for BBC NHU...

Miles Barton / Sir David Attenborough observing a male Oustalet's chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti) the largest chameleon in the world, Montagne D'Ambre, Madagascar, on location for filming of BBC NHU series 'Life in C...

Miles Barton / Wall lizard (Podarcis lilfordi) on Dead Horse Arum (Helicodiceros / Dracunculus muscivorus) flower, Aire Islet, Menorca, April The arum attracts insects by producing a carrion-like smell and luring t...

Miles Barton / Dead Horse Arum (Helicodiceros / Dracunculus muscivorus) flower, Aire Islet, Menorca / Minorca, April

Miles Barton / Habitat of Panamanian Golden Frog now extinct in the wild. Frog needs clear, fast flowing mountain streams for tadpoles to grow up in. Development and road building destroys or silts up the streams, C...

Miles Barton / Filming Panamanian Golden Frog (Atelopus ziteki)reacting to the model of a waving frog. Experiment carried out to reveal the purpose of the frog's waving behaviour – to attract mates and deter rivals....

Miles Barton / Panamanian Golden Frog (Atelopus ziteki) reacting to the model of a waving frog. Experiment carried out to reveal the purpose of the frog's waving behaviour – to attract mates and deter rivals. Featur...

Miles Barton / David Attenborough observing an Argus monitor lizard (Varanus panoptes rubidus) Western Australia, November 2006, on location for BBC NHU series 'Life in Cold Blood' This species of monitor rears up...

Miles Barton / David Attenborough observing an Argus monitor lizard (Varanus panoptes rubidus) Western Australia, November 2006, on location for BBC NHU series 'Life in Cold Blood' This species of monitor rears up...

Miles Barton / David Attenborough observing a Oustalet's chameleon (Furcifer oustaleti), Northern Madagascar, January 2007, on location for BBC NHU series 'Life in Cold Blood'

Miles Barton / Common reeds {Phragmites australis} West Hay reedbeds, Somerset Levels, UK

Miles Barton / Common reeds {Phragmites australis} West Hay reedbeds, Somerset Levels, UK

Miles Barton / Dalmation algroides (Algyroides nigropunctatus) Male, Corfu, Greece

Miles Barton / Male Balkan green lizard {Lacerta trilineata} Corfu

Miles Barton / Mother Border terrier (colour Grizzle) with 5 week puppy playing with wood, UK

Miles Barton / Dalmation algroides (Algyroides nigropunctatus) Female. Corfu, Greece

Miles Barton / Border terrier (Canis familiaris) puppy

Miles Barton / Border terrier (Canis familiaris) mother and puppy chewing a piece of wood, with two other puppies nearby

Miles Barton / Border terrier (Canis familiaris) mother with three puppies suckling, outdoors