Jurgen Freund / Scientist Susan Laurance leads the Daintree Drought Experiment in far north Queensland. The experiment combines the efforts of plant physiologists, ecologists, soil experts, climatologists and hydrolo...

Nuno Sa / Long snouted seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus) in captive breeding laboratory at University of Algarve, Portugal. June 2010. Overall winner of the Underwater Photographer of the Year competition 2015.

Solvin Zankl,Solvin Zankl / Giant deep-sea isopod (Bathynomus giganteus) Picture was taken in cooperation with the Zoological Museum University of Hamburg

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) perching in a tree with Glasgow University tower behind. Glasgow, Scotland, December.

Tim Laman / Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) male performing a peripheral display around his bower while holding a red plastic cap. James Cook University Campus, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, Sept 2009

Tim Laman / Great Bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis) male in his bower. The center of the bower avenue is decorated with green fruits. Located on the campus of James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australi...

Jurgen Freund / Large 2-cone plankton net behind research vessel (researchers from Central Queensland University, Rockhampton). Queensland, Australia

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) chains made to repair honeycomb, Bee Station at the Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University of Wurzburg, Germany

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) chains made to repair honeycomb, Bee Station at the Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University of Wurzburg, Germany

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) natural beehive, built in wooden hut in the garden of the Bee Station at the Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University of Wurzburg, Germany

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) worker sitting on honeycomb, Bee Station at the Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University of Wurzburg, Germany

Doug Gimesy / Faecal sample from Australia Sea Lions (Neophoca cinerea) that has been plated on Chromacult media - a selective differential media that makes E. coli visible by showing it as dark purple.?Macquarie U...

Doug Gimesy / Associate Professor Michelle Power from Macquarie University Department of Biological Science plates out a culture of E.coli taken from faecal samples from Antarctic marine life (Wedell seal - Leptony...

Doug Gimesy / Associate Professor Michelle Power from Macquarie University Department of Biological Science plates out a culture of E.coli taken from faecal samples from Antarctic marine life (Wedell seal - Leptony...

Doug Gimesy / Associate Professor Michelle Power from Macquarie University Department of Biological Science holds a culture of E. coli collected from Grey-headed Flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus). Macquarie...

Terry Whittaker / Dipper (Cinclus cinclus) pair food passing, perched on bicycle tyre dumped in river. Research from Manchester University has found rivers flowing through Greater Manchester to have the highest levels...

Terry Whittaker / Plastic litter left hanging in branches above River Tame, left behind by floodwaters. Research from Manchester University has found rivers flowing through Greater Manchester to have the highest levels...

Terry Whittaker / Plastic hanging from branch, degrading into River Mersey. Research conducted by Manchester University research has found rivers flowing through Greater Manchester to have the highest levels of micro p...

Terry Whittaker / Dipper (Cinclus cinclus) chick perched on branch covered with plastic litter deposited by floodwaters. Research conducted by Manchester University has found rivers flowing through Greater Manchester t...

Terry Whittaker / Dipper (Cinclus cinclus) with Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) for chicks in beak, perched on wheel of shopping trolley dumped in river. Research conducted by Manchester University has found rivers flowing th...

Terry Whittaker / Dipper (Cinclus cinclus) perched on bicycle wheel dumped in river. Manchester University research has found rivers flowing through Greater Manchester to have the highest levels of micro plastic contam...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Neseynya Serotetto, a Nenets woman, dressed in a traditional reindeer skin clothing. She has a university degree in cultural anthropology and now manages the Eagle Ethnic Camp at her home village of Y...

Sirachai Arunrugstichai / Egg case of Brownbanded bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium punctatum) with early-stage embryo visible inside. Handled by a staff at the captive breeding facility, Institute of Marine Science, Bhurapha Univer...

Edwin Giesbers / Film crew interviewing biologists following publication of research showing a 75% decline in insect biomass over 27 years. Research a collaboration between the Krefeld Entomological Society and Radbou...

Edwin Giesbers / Biologists from Radboud University and Entomological Society Krefeld examining insects trapped in malaise trap. Long-term monitoring has revealed a 75% decline in insect biomass over 27 years. Germany...

Edwin Giesbers / Biologists from Radboud University and Entomological Society Krefeld in discussion at field site. Long-term monitoring has revealed a 75% decline in insect biomass over 27 years. Germany, May 2019.

Edwin Giesbers / Biologists from Radboud University and Entomological Society Krefeld collecting specimens from malaise trap. Long-term monitoring has revealed a 75% decline in insect biomass over 27 years. Germany, M...

Edwin Giesbers / View through malaise trap to biologists from Radboud University and Entomological Society Krefeld collecting specimens. Long-term monitoring has revealed a 75% decline in insect biomass over 27 years....

Edwin Giesbers / View through malaise trap tobiologists from Radboud University and Entomological Society Krefeld collecting specimens. Long-term monitoring has revealed a 75% decline in insect biomass over 27 years....

Edwin Giesbers / Biologists from Entomological Society Krefeld and Radboud University with Insect specimens from malaise trap. Long-term monitoring has revealed a 75% decline in insect biomass over 27 years. Germany,...

Edwin Giesbers / Researchers sampling aquatic invertebrates in trial ditches exposed to thiacloprid, a neonicotinoid. Organisms found to be 2500 times more sensitive to the insecticide in the natural environment than...

Edwin Giesbers / Researchers sampling aquatic invertebrates in trial ditches exposed to thiacloprid, a neonicotinoid. Organisms found to be 2500 times more sensitive to the insecticide in the natural environment than...

Edwin Giesbers / Biologists conducting research into aquatic invertebrates from trial ditches exposed to thiacloprid, a neonicotinoid. Organisms found to be 2500 times more sensitive to the insecticide in the natural...

Edwin Giesbers / Ecotoxicologists sampling aquatic invertebrates in trial ditches exposed to thiacloprid, a neonicotinoid. Organisms found to be 2500 times more sensitive to the insecticide in the natural environment...

Edwin Giesbers / Ecotoxicologists sampling aquatic invertebrates in trial ditches exposed to thiacloprid, a neonicotinoid. Organisms found to be 2500 times more sensitive to the insecticide in the natural environment...

Edwin Giesbers / Ecotoxicologist conducting research into impact of thiacloprid, a neonicotinoid, on aquatic organisms. Organisms found to be 2500 times more sensitive to the insecticide in the natural environment tha...

Edwin Giesbers / Ecotoxicologist conducting research in laboratory into impact of thiacloprid, a neonicotinoid, on aquatic organisms. Organisms found to be 2500 times more sensitive to the insecticide in the natural e...

Edwin Giesbers / Ecotoxicologists conducting research in laboratory into impact of thiacloprid, a neonicotinoid, on aquatic organisms. Organisms found to be 2500 times more sensitive to the insecticide in the natural...

Edwin Giesbers / Ecotoxicologist conducting research in laboratory into impact of the neonicotinoid thiacloprid on aquatic organisms. Organisms found to be 2500 times more sensitive to the insecticide in the natural e...

Edwin Giesbers / Sample of Insects held by ecotoxicologist conducting research into impact of thiacloprid, a neonicotinoid. Organisms found to be 2500 times more sensitive to the insecticide in the natural environment...

Edwin Giesbers / Sample of Insects from emergence trap over trial ditch exposed to thiacloprid, a neonicotinoid. Organisms found to be 2500 times more sensitive to the insecticide in the natural environment than in a...

Edwin Giesbers / Ecotoxicologist sampling aquatic invertebrates from emergence trap over trial ditch exposed to thiacloprid, a neonicotinoid. Organisms found to be 2500 times more sensitive to the insecticide in the n...

Edwin Giesbers / Ecotoxicologists sampling aquatic invertebrates from trial ditches exposed to thiacloprid, a neonicotinoid. Organisms found to be 2500 times more sensitive to the insecticide in the natural environmen...

Edwin Giesbers / Ecotoxicologists sampling aquatic invertebrates from trial ditches exposed to thiacloprid, a neonicotinoid. Organisms found to be 2500 times more sensitive to the insecticide in the natural environmen...

Edwin Giesbers / Ecotoxicologists sampling aquatic invertebrates from trial ditches exposed to thiacloprid, a neonicotinoid. Organisms found to be 2500 times more sensitive to the insecticide in the natural environmen...

Edwin Giesbers / Ecotoxicologist holding Damselfly nymph from experiment looking at impact of neonicotinoid insecticide thiacloprid on aquatic invertebrates. The number of Blue-tailed dragonflies (Ischnura elegans) re...

Edwin Giesbers / Ecotoxicologists sampling aquatic invertebrates from trial ditches exposed to thiacloprid, a neonicotinoid. Organisms found to be 2500 times more sensitive to the insecticide in the natural environmen...

Edwin Giesbers / Biologists discussing research in office, lead authors of a paper evidencing a 75 percent drop in flying insect biomass in 27 years. Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. 2019.