Lacquered nails and planks seal the hull of Fateh al-Khair, the last surviving dhow of the pre-oil era. Marine ecologist

Lacquered nails and planks seal the hull of Fateh al-Khair, the last surviving dhow of the pre-oil era. Marine ecologistLacquered nails and planks seal the hull of Fateh al Khair, the last surviving dhow of the pre oil era. Sur, Ash Sharqiyah Region, Gulf of Oman, Sultanate of Oman.

A Zanzibar Red Colobus sleeping in a Coral Rag Forest canopy with her infant

Icy water from snowmelt rushes through a mountain gorge in the Himalaya

A pile of meat from dead Black Caimans for sale in an Amazon River town black market

A miniscule Black Wasp that invades Wattle trees rests on a finger

near Mitchell River National Park

Crowds of commuters cram into a train carriage at Ikebukuro Station

A critically endangered northern hairy-nosed wombat in a cage

near Meringie

Gates lead to the entrance of St Joseph's Cathedral Catholic Church

A Nile hippopotamus stretching its jaws as the sun sets over the horizon

A welcome sign in a tiny Outback town displays a dinosaur discovery

The delicate yellow petals of an Annual Yellowtop desert wild flower Simpson Desert Conservation Park