natural history

Acacia Acacia nilotica tree showing typical flattened profile

Acacia sprig Acacia nilotica showing spines and paired leaflets and flower

Alder Alnus glutinosa tree

Trout swimming Salmo trutta seen from above on a sandy river bottom, demonstrating carangiform movement

Rudd Scardinius erythropthalmus

Samon Salmo salar with watery background

Samon Salmo salar hen fish showing silvery irridescence

Samon Salmo salar hen, cock, parr, and smolt stages with text

Samon Salmo salar parr with distinctive markings and red dots

Samon Salmo salar smolt showing silvery young fish

Sandbar shark Carcharhinus plumbeus

Sandtiger shark Carcharias Taurus

Seahorse family diagram showing pipefish, leafy seadragon, and other syngnathidae

Siamese fighting fish Betta splendens battling

Stone fish Synanceia verrucosa camoflauged with its background

Striped bass Morone saxatilis

Three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus male

Three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus male with background weed

Zebra shark Stegostoma fasciatum

Atlantic stingray Dasyatis sabina view from above and from below

Brown trout Salmo trutta from chalk stream (with red spots)

Brown trout Salmo trutta view from above showing swimming motion with background of weeds and pebbles

Common bream Abramis brama