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Background imageProtection Collection: Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Defending nest with eggs -New York-The most common

Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Defending nest with eggs -New York-The most common
CAN-3803 Canada Goose - Defending nest with eggs New York - USA Branta canadensis John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Background imageProtection Collection: Giant Water Bug - Male with Eggs on Back - Family Belostomatidae - Females lay their eggs

Giant Water Bug - Male with Eggs on Back - Family Belostomatidae - Females lay their eggs on the back of the male which
CAN-3769 Giant Water Bug - Male with Eggs on Back Females lay their eggs on the back of the male which carries them around until they hatch Family Belostomatidae John Cancalosi Please note that

Background imageProtection Collection: Roseate Tern - on nest with eggs

Roseate Tern - on nest with eggs
BS-303 Roseate Tern - on nest with eggs Sterna dougallii Bryan Sage Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Background imageProtection Collection: Ape: Mountain Gorillas - mother with infant in rain - Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa

Ape: Mountain Gorillas - mother with infant in rain - Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa
AW-6801 Ape: Mountain Gorillas - mother with infant in rain Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa Gorilla gorilla beringei Adrian Warren Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imageProtection Collection: Yellow Hammer - adult at nest with chicks

Yellow Hammer - adult at nest with chicks
BB-103 YELLOWHAMMER - adult and young at nest Emberiza citrinella Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Background imageProtection Collection: Ape: Mountain Gorillas - mother Amareba with newborn infant - Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa

Ape: Mountain Gorillas - mother Amareba with newborn infant - Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa
AW-6794 Ape: Mountain Gorillas - mother Amareba with newborn infant Virunga Volcanoes, Rwanda, Africa Gorilla gorilla beringei Adrian Warren Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Background imageProtection Collection: An Indo-Pacific sergeant (Abudefduf vaigiensis) guarding its eggs

An Indo-Pacific sergeant (Abudefduf vaigiensis) guarding its eggs (dark speckles on coral rock behind the fish)
AUS-651 Indo-Pacific sergeant guarding its eggs, dark speckles on the coral rock behind the fish. Richelieu Rock, Andaman Sea

Background imageProtection Collection: Orange anemonefish (Amphiprion sandaracinos) in Mertens sea anemone (Stichodactyla mertensii)

Orange anemonefish (Amphiprion sandaracinos) in Mertens sea anemone (Stichodactyla mertensii)
AUS-654 Orange anemonefish in Mertens sea anemone (Stichodactyla mertensi). Richelieu Rock, Andaman Sea, Thailand Amphiprion sandaracinos Dr David Wachenfeld / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note

Background imageProtection Collection: Caption The striking colours and markings of the mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus)

Caption The striking colours and markings of the mandarinfish (Synchiropus splendidus)
AUS-548 Mandarinfish, one of the most highly prized species for home aquariums. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, Queensland

Background imageProtection Collection: Sandhopper - protecting itself by kicking desert sand over its body

Sandhopper - protecting itself by kicking desert sand over its body, is as red as the sand of its habitat
AUS-472 Sandhopper - protecting itself by kicking desert sand over its body, is as red as the sand of its habitat. Outback Australia Urnisiella rubropunctata Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com

Background imageProtection Collection: Green tree or Weaver ants - attending larva of lycaenid Oak-blue butterfly (Arhopala sp. )

Green tree or Weaver ants - attending larva of lycaenid Oak-blue butterfly (Arhopala sp. )
AUS-391 Green tree or Weaver ants - attending larva of lycaenid Oak-blue butterfly (Arhopala sp.). Tropical Australia Oecophylla smaragdina virescens Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please

Background imageProtection Collection: Sugar ants - accompanying larvae of lycaenid butterfly (Ogyrus genoveva) up a tree to mistletoe

Sugar ants - accompanying larvae of lycaenid butterfly (Ogyrus genoveva) up a tree to mistletoe, their food plant
AUS-390 Sugar ants - accompanying larvae of lycaenid butterfly (Ogyrus genoveva) up a tree to mistletoe, their food plant. Australia-wide Camponotus sp

Background imageProtection Collection: Valentine ants - guarding pupa of Mangrove ant-blue butterfly (Acrodipsas illidgei)

Valentine ants - guarding pupa of Mangrove ant-blue butterfly (Acrodipsas illidgei) in exchange for sweet secretions
AUS-386 Valentine ants - guarding pupa of Mangrove ant-blue butterfly (Acrodipsas illidgei) in exchange for sweet secretions. Australia Crematogaster sp

Background imageProtection Collection: Sugar ants - guarding larvae and pupae of the butterfly Ogyrus genoveva in exchange for sweet

Sugar ants - guarding larvae and pupae of the butterfly Ogyrus genoveva in exchange for sweet secretions from
AUS-387 Sugar ants - guarding larvae and pupae of the butterfly Ogyrus genoveva in exchange for sweet secretions from the larvae

Background imageProtection Collection: Green tree or Weaver ant in attack mode: it will grip with mandibles

Green tree or Weaver ant in attack mode: it will grip with mandibles, and spray acid from an anal nozzle
AUS-396 Green tree or Weaver ant in attack mode: it will grip with mandibles, and spray acid from an anal nozzle. Australia Oecophylla smaragdina virescens Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape

Background imageProtection Collection: Mangrove ant-blue butterfly - that was guarded as a larva by Camponotus ants in exchange for sweet

Mangrove ant-blue butterfly - that was guarded as a larva by Camponotus ants in exchange for sweet secretions
AUS-389 Mangrove ant-blue butterfly - that was guarded as a larva by Camponotus ants in exchange for sweet secretions Australia Acrodipsas illidgei Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please

Background imageProtection Collection: Green tree or Weaver ants - milking honeydew from protege butterfly larva (Hypolycaena phorbas)

Green tree or Weaver ants - milking honeydew from protege butterfly larva (Hypolycaena phorbas)
AUS-394 Green tree or Weaver ants - milking honeydew from protege butterfly larva (Hypolycaena phorbas). Tropical Australia Oecophylla smaragdina virescens Densey Clyne / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape

Background imageProtection Collection: Smooth Anglefish, Phyllophryne scortea, unusual colour morph female with eggs, Stansbury

Smooth Anglefish, Phyllophryne scortea, unusual colour morph female with eggs, Stansbury, South Australia, Australia
AUS-1518 Smooth anglerfish - an unusual colour morph female with eggs. Stansbury, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia Phyllophryne scortea John Lewis / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that

Background imageProtection Collection: Tasmanian clingfish guarding eggs inside an old razor shell

Tasmanian clingfish guarding eggs inside an old razor shell
AUS-1507 Tasmanian clingfish guarding eggs inside an old razor shell. Port Hughes, South Australia Aspasmogaster tasmaniensis John Lewis / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for

Background imageProtection Collection: Southern Blue Ring Octopus, Hapalochlaena maculosa, a Female Blue Ring Octopus with eggs

Southern Blue Ring Octopus, Hapalochlaena maculosa, a Female Blue Ring Octopus with eggs, Edithburgh, South Australia
AUS-1488 Southern blue-ringed octopus, female with eggs. Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia Hapalochlaena maculosa John Lewis / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for

Background imageProtection Collection: Warty Prowfish Showing defense system: Venomous cloud expelled from vent near gills

Warty Prowfish Showing defense system: Venomous cloud expelled from vent near gills. Southern Australia
AU-5-BPB Warty PROWFISH - defence action. Expelling venemous cloud from vent near gills. Southern Australia Aetapcus maculatus Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imageProtection Collection: Leopard Flounder AU 20/KD Bothus panherinus - Camoflauge, Great Barrier Reef Australia © Kev

Leopard Flounder AU 20/KD Bothus panherinus - Camoflauge, Great Barrier Reef Australia © Kev Deacon ARDEA LONDON
AU-20-KD Leopard Flounder Great Barrier Reef Australia Bothus panherinus Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Background imageProtection Collection: sheltered - a small and tiny fungus grows on a dead tree trunk

sheltered - a small and tiny fungus grows on a dead tree trunk. It is sheltered by an autumn coloured beech leaf which
SAS-1223 sheltered - a small and tiny fungus grows on a dead tree trunk. It is sheltered by an autumn coloured beech leaf which has fallen from a tree in the forest Baden-Wuerttemberg

Background imageProtection Collection: Midwife Toad - male carrying eggs on back. Vaucluse - France

Midwife Toad - male carrying eggs on back. Vaucluse - France
WAT-14488 Midwife Toad - male carrying eggs on back Vaucluse - France M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageProtection Collection: Great White Shark VT 8195 Close-up of head with mouth open showing teeth	- South Australia

Great White Shark VT 8195 Close-up of head with mouth open showing teeth - South Australia Carcharodon carcharias
VT-8195 Great White / White / White Pointer SHARK - mouth open, close-up of head, and teeth, eye rolling back. South Australia Carcharodon carcharias Shows eyes rolling back into head

Background imageProtection Collection: Great White Shark VT 8174 Underwater, close up of head at shark cage - South Australia Carcharodon

Great White Shark VT 8174 Underwater, close up of head at shark cage - South Australia Carcharodon carcharias ©
VT-8174 Great White / White / White Pointer SHARK - close up of head by shark cage, South Australia Carcharodon carcharias Distribution: Worldwide

Background imageProtection Collection: White Rhinocerus VAN 2 Wallowing. KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, South Africa

White Rhinocerus VAN 2 Wallowing. KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, South Africa. Ceratotherium simum © Ingrid van den Berg
VAN-2 White / Square-lipped RHINOCEROS - Wallowing in mud KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, South Africa Ceratotherium simum Ingrid Van den Berg Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imageProtection Collection: Laysan Albatross - at nest with chick Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Hawaii

Laysan Albatross - at nest with chick Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Hawaii
TOM-555 Laysan ALBATROSS - at nest with chick Kilauea Point, NWR, Hawaii Diomedea immutabilis Tom & Pat Leeson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imageProtection Collection: Grizzly Bear - guarding a bull elk kill - autumn - Greater Yellowstone Area - Wyoming - USA _C3B8960

Grizzly Bear - guarding a bull elk kill - autumn - Greater Yellowstone Area - Wyoming - USA _C3B8960
TOM-1685 Grizzly Bear - guarding a bull elk kill - autumn Greater Yellowstone Area - Wyoming - USA Ursus arctos Tom & Pat Leeson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imageProtection Collection: Sea Otter - mother with immature (3 to 4 month old on left) pup - Monterey Bay - USA _C3A6994

Sea Otter - mother with immature (3 to 4 month old on left) pup - Monterey Bay - USA _C3A6994
TOM-1646 Sea Otter - mother with immature (3 to 4 month old on left) pup Monterey Bay - USA Enhydra lutris Tom & Pat Leeson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imageProtection Collection: Cougar TOM 162 Carrying young cub in mouth, aka Mountain Lion - USA Felis concolor © Tom & Pat

Cougar TOM 162 Carrying young cub in mouth, aka Mountain Lion - USA Felis concolor © Tom & Pat Leeson / ARDEA
TOM-162 Cougar / Mountain Lion / Puma Carrying young cub in mouth. May. USA Puma concolor Latin formerly Felis concolor Tom & Pat Leeson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imageProtection Collection: Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly Larva - four curled up on leaf UK

Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly Larva - four curled up on leaf UK
SPH-1701 Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly Larva - four curled up on leaf UK Aglais urticae Steve Hopkin Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imageProtection Collection: Lily Beetle larvae - in protective coat of faeces UK

Lily Beetle larvae - in protective coat of faeces UK
SPH-1167 Lily Beetle larvae - in protective coat of faeces UK Steve Hopkin Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageProtection Collection: Common Lizard SG 4107 Lizard spontaneously sheds tail as defense mechanism Lacerta vivipara ©

Common Lizard SG 4107 Lizard spontaneously sheds tail as defense mechanism Lacerta vivipara © ARDEA LONDON
SG-4107 Common / Viviparons LIZARD - with shed tail UK, Europe Lacerta vivipara Lizard spontaneously sheds tail as defence mechanism

Background imageProtection Collection: Blue Wildebeest - Newborn calf getting to its feet

Blue Wildebeest - Newborn calf getting to its feet
RS-172 Blue Wildebeest - Newborn calf getting to its feet Connochaetes taurinus Robyn Stewart Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageProtection Collection: Hazel Coppice - Deer fence Garston Wood, Dorset, UK

Hazel Coppice - Deer fence Garston Wood, Dorset, UK
ROG-9075 Hazel Coppice - Deer fence Garston Wood, Dorset, UK. Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageProtection Collection: Spotted ground-thrush

Spotted ground-thrush
PS-6454 Spotted ground-thrush Zoothera guttata Peter Steyn Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageProtection Collection: Black & White Illustration: Bombadier beetle defensive reaction to being chased by a carnivorous

Black & White Illustration: Bombadier beetle defensive reaction to being chased by a carnivorous beetle
PM-9712 Black & White Illustration: Bombadier beetle defensive reaction to being chased by a carnivorous beetle. From Furneaux 1911 Brachinus crepitans Pat Morris Please note that prints are for

Background imageProtection Collection: Grant's Gazelle - and new born

Grant's Gazelle - and new born
RS-5 GRANT'S GAZELLE - and new born Gazella granti Robyn Stewart Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageProtection Collection: Black-faced Spoonbill - adults with young

Black-faced Spoonbill - adults with young
MI-1097 Black-faced Spoonbill - adults with young Platalea minor Masahiro Iijima Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageProtection Collection: Black-faced Spoonbill - adult at nest with young

Black-faced Spoonbill - adult at nest with young
MI-1088 Black-faced Spoonbill - adult at nest with young Platalea minor Masahiro Iijima Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageProtection Collection: Fleischmann's Glass Frog - female with her fully developed eggs of tadpoles - San Cipriano Reserve

Fleischmann's Glass Frog - female with her fully developed eggs of tadpoles - San Cipriano Reserve - Cauca
MAR-713 Fleischmann's Glass Frog - female with her fully developed eggs of tadpoles San Cipriano Reserve - Cauca - Colombia Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni Thomas Marent Please note that prints

Background imageProtection Collection: Fleischmann's Glass Frog - female with her fully developed eggs of tadpoles - San Cipriano Reserve

Fleischmann's Glass Frog - female with her fully developed eggs of tadpoles - San Cipriano Reserve - Cauca
MAR-712 Fleischmann's Glass Frog - female with her fully developed eggs of tadpoles San Cipriano Reserve - Cauca - Colombia Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni Thomas Marent Please note that prints

Background imageProtection Collection: Midwife Toad with eggs - Switzerland

Midwife Toad with eggs - Switzerland
MAR-640 Midwife Toad with eggs Switzerland Alytes obstetricans Thomas Marent Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageProtection Collection: Bat-faced Toad - Amacayacu National Park - Colombia

Bat-faced Toad - Amacayacu National Park - Colombia
MAR-632 Bat-faced Toad Amacayacu National Park - Colombia Bufo typhonius Thomas Marent Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageProtection Collection: Treefrog - Los Llanos del Orinoco - Venezuela - camouflaged on a palm leaf

Treefrog - Los Llanos del Orinoco - Venezuela - camouflaged on a palm leaf
MAR-613 Treefrog - camouflaged on a palm leaf Los Llanos del Orinoco - Venezuela Thomas Marent Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Background imageProtection Collection: Northern Leaf-tailed Gecko - Lamington Nationalpark - Australia

Northern Leaf-tailed Gecko - Lamington Nationalpark - Australia
MAR-602 Northern Leaf-tailed Gecko Lamington Nationalpark - Australia Phyllurus cornutus Thomas Marent Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Background imageProtection Collection: Mossy Leaf-tailed Gecko / Southern Leaf-tailed Gecko - Andasibe Mantadia National Park - Madagascar

Mossy Leaf-tailed Gecko / Southern Leaf-tailed Gecko - Andasibe Mantadia National Park - Madagascar
MAR-601 Mossy Leaf-tailed Gecko / Southern Leaf-tailed Gecko Andasibe Mantadia National Park - Madagascar Uroplatus sikorae Thomas Marent Please note that prints are for personal display purposes



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