A pair of Black Neck Cranes soar over the evergreen forests of Bhutan. Red sandstone rock

A pair of Black Neck Cranes soar over the evergreen forests of Bhutan. Red sandstone rockA pair of Black Neck Cranes soar over the evergreen forests of Bhutan. Phobjikha Conservation Area, Phobjika Valley, Phobjikha Valley, Gangteng Valley, Black Mountains, Bhutan.

The scaled head and reptilian lidless eye of a Boa Constrictor

A magnificent Banyan Tree trunk and leafy canopy

A lichen encrusted granite outcrop on a windswept coastline

A lake in the Rikugien Garden

A coral bommie encrusted with plate and staghorn corals and reef fish

floats in the inky blackness above a tropical reef at night

Two enormous white-trunked palm trees growing in a resort garden

An Australian fur seal leap diving through waves near the coast

the larger workers known as ‘majors’ adopted a soldier ant role guarding the perimeter

A tiny Graceful Honeyeater

from the Eocene period

A cold iridescent winter sky reflected among wave foam on the beach