animals

Spotted hyena Crocuta crocuta with leg bone of giraffe

Green woodpecker Picus viridis anting for parasite removal

Greater Spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major seeking food.  Using its beak to pry under areas of bark, the woodpecker looks for small insects.

Digestive system of bird using domestic chicken, in diagram format, with close up of gizzard

Bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis fighting, using his horns to charge at a mating rival.

White Admiral butterfly Limenitis camilla with outstretched wings.  This butterfly is a velvety brown with distinctive white markings, crossed with deep brown-black veins.

Breast feather of Cockerel, showing orange colour and area of green glittering iridescence.

British earthstar Geastrum britannicum showing the rare fungus at different stages in it’s life cycle

Holly Parachute fungus Marasmius hudsonii.  Illustration shows this tiny delicate fungus growing on dead and damp Holly leaves.

Kingfisher Alcedo atthis, an animal used by humans for biomimicry. Illustration from the cover of “30 animals that made us smarter” by Partick Aryee.  This illustration cannot be re-used in any other book titles.

Kingfisher Alcedo atthis, an animal used by humans for biomimicry. Illustration from the cover of “30 animals that made us smarter” by Partick Aryee.  This illustration cannot be re-used in any other book titles.

Egyptian Rousette Bat Rousettus aegyptiacus, an animal used by humans for biomimicry. Illustration from the cover of “30 animals that made us smarter” by Partick Aryee.  This illustration cannot be re-used in any other book titles.

Egyptian Rousette Bat Rousettus aegyptiacus, an animal used by humans for biomimicry. Illustration from the cover of “30 animals that made us smarter” by Partick Aryee.  This illustration cannot be re-used in any other book titles.

Illustration of the Carribean reef octopus which shows cryptic colouration. Illustration from the cover of “30 animals that made us smarter” by Partick Aryee.  Illustration cannot be re-used in any other book titles.

Illustration of the Carribean reef octopus which shows cryptic colouration. Illustration from the cover of “30 animals that made us smarter” by Partick Aryee.  Illustration cannot be re-used in any other book titles.

Illustration from the cover of “30 animals that made us smarter” by Partick Aryee.  Illustration cannot be re-used in any other book titles.

Illustration from the cover of “30 animals that made us smarter” by Partick Aryee.  Illustration cannot be re-used in any other book titles.

Yellow headed amazon parrot Amazona oratrix on perch with red epaulettes

Woodstock water meadow view with wildlife pond in foreground; seen with otter, kingfisher, and Peacock butterfly

Woodpecker skull with hyoid horns diagram, viewed in profile

Woodpecker skull with hyoid horns view from above diagram

White Admiral Limenitis camilla butterflies with view of upper and lower wing, feeding on blackberry flowers

Short tail or Field vole Microtus agrestis with grasses behind

North Devon, or Red Devon Cow Bos taurus