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  • Goldenrod Leaf Beetle Larva
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    Goldenrod Leaf Beetle Larva
    A Goldenrod Leaf Beetle larva (Trirhabda canadensis) is on a leaf in Markham, Ontario, Canada, on June 14, 2025. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)

     

  • Goldenrod Leaf Beetle Larva
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    Goldenrod Leaf Beetle Larva
    A Goldenrod Leaf Beetle larva (Trirhabda canadensis) is on a leaf in Markham, Ontario, Canada, on June 14, 2025. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)

     

  • Goldenrod Leaf Beetle Larva
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    Goldenrod Leaf Beetle Larva
    A Goldenrod Leaf Beetle larva (Trirhabda canadensis) is on a leaf in Markham, Ontario, Canada, on June 14, 2025. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)

     

  • Goldenrod Leaf Beetle Larva
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    Goldenrod Leaf Beetle Larva
    A Goldenrod Leaf Beetle larva (Trirhabda canadensis) is on a leaf in Markham, Ontario, Canada, on June 14, 2025. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)

     

  • Spider Wasps - Spider-hunting Wasps - Pompilidae - Ferocious Wasp - Animal India
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    Spider Wasps - Spider-hunting Wasps - Pompilidae - Ferocious Wasp - Animal India
    A spider wasp (family Pompilidae) is seen paralyzing a large huntsman spider and attempting to drag it up a wall., on June 17, 2025. Spider wasps--also known as spider-hunting wasps--paralyze spiders with their sting before laying eggs inside the spider's abdomen. The developing larvae feed on the still-living host, eventually consuming it entirely. (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto)

     

  • Spider Wasps - Spider-hunting Wasps - Pompilidae - Ferocious Wasp - Animal India
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    Spider Wasps - Spider-hunting Wasps - Pompilidae - Ferocious Wasp - Animal India
    A spider wasp (family Pompilidae) is seen paralyzing a large huntsman spider and attempting to drag it up a wall., on June 17, 2025. Spider wasps--also known as spider-hunting wasps--paralyze spiders with their sting before laying eggs inside the spider's abdomen. The developing larvae feed on the still-living host, eventually consuming it entirely. (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto)

     

  • Spider Wasps - Spider-hunting Wasps - Pompilidae - Ferocious Wasp - Animal India
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    Spider Wasps - Spider-hunting Wasps - Pompilidae - Ferocious Wasp - Animal India
    A spider wasp (family Pompilidae) is seen paralyzing a large huntsman spider and attempting to drag it up a wall., on June 17, 2025. Spider wasps--also known as spider-hunting wasps--paralyze spiders with their sting before laying eggs inside the spider's abdomen. The developing larvae feed on the still-living host, eventually consuming it entirely. (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto)

     

  • Spider Wasps - Spider-hunting Wasps - Pompilidae - Ferocious Wasp - Animal India
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    Spider Wasps - Spider-hunting Wasps - Pompilidae - Ferocious Wasp - Animal India
    A spider wasp (family Pompilidae) is seen paralyzing a large huntsman spider and attempting to drag it up a wall., on June 17, 2025. Spider wasps--also known as spider-hunting wasps--paralyze spiders with their sting before laying eggs inside the spider's abdomen. The developing larvae feed on the still-living host, eventually consuming it entirely. (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto)

     

  • Spider Wasps - Spider-hunting Wasps - Pompilidae - Ferocious Wasp - Animal India
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    Spider Wasps - Spider-hunting Wasps - Pompilidae - Ferocious Wasp - Animal India
    A spider wasp (family Pompilidae) is seen paralyzing a large huntsman spider and attempting to drag it up a wall., on June 17, 2025. Spider wasps--also known as spider-hunting wasps--paralyze spiders with their sting before laying eggs inside the spider's abdomen. The developing larvae feed on the still-living host, eventually consuming it entirely. (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto)

     

  • Spider Wasps - Spider-hunting Wasps - Pompilidae - Ferocious Wasp - Animal India
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    Spider Wasps - Spider-hunting Wasps - Pompilidae - Ferocious Wasp - Animal India
    A spider wasp (family Pompilidae) is seen paralyzing a large huntsman spider and attempting to drag it up a wall., on June 17, 2025. Spider wasps--also known as spider-hunting wasps--paralyze spiders with their sting before laying eggs inside the spider's abdomen. The developing larvae feed on the still-living host, eventually consuming it entirely. (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto)

     

  • Eastern Tent Caterpillar
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    Eastern Tent Caterpillar
    The eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum) is in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on June 6, 2026. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)

     

  • Daily Life-agriculture, Nepal
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    Daily Life-agriculture, Nepal
    An army of caterpillars is pictured in Dolakha district, Nepal, on May 22, 2025. (Photo by Subaas Shrestha/NurPhoto)

     

  • Why we should all dig into poo - all you need is a spoon
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    Why we should all dig into poo - all you need is a spoon
    Cowpats in a Cambridge meadow offer vital lessons in how a host of tiny creatures sustain our planet.

    Prof Ed Turner, curator of insects at Cambridge University, digs into one with a teaspoon. Rather like an episode of The Great British Bake Off, he is talking us through textures and ingredients.

    Cow dung contains 24 minerals - including nitrogen, potassium, sulphur, iron, magnesium, copper, cobalt and manganese - as well as a rich diversity of bacteria and fungi. "There is a whole suite of animals that feed on this," says Turner.

    This is a nursery for new life.

    Cows roam freely on Coe Fen, an area of meadowland to the east of the River Cam. Cow dung exploration with Edgar Turner in Cambridge.

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  • Why we should all dig into poo - all you need is a spoon
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    Why we should all dig into poo - all you need is a spoon
    Cowpats in a Cambridge meadow offer vital lessons in how a host of tiny creatures sustain our planet.

    Prof Ed Turner, curator of insects at Cambridge University, digs into one with a teaspoon. Rather like an episode of The Great British Bake Off, he is talking us through textures and ingredients.

    Cow dung contains 24 minerals - including nitrogen, potassium, sulphur, iron, magnesium, copper, cobalt and manganese - as well as a rich diversity of bacteria and fungi. "There is a whole suite of animals that feed on this," says Turner.

    This is a nursery for new life.

    A green-veined white, which likes damp areas such as fens. Cow dung is key to the ecosystem, with its nutrients feeding many different animal and plant species.

    Cow dung exploration with Edgar Turner in Cambridge.

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  • Why we should all dig into poo - all you need is a spoon
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    Why we should all dig into poo - all you need is a spoon
    Cowpats in a Cambridge meadow offer vital lessons in how a host of tiny creatures sustain our planet.

    Prof Ed Turner, curator of insects at Cambridge University, digs into one with a teaspoon. Rather like an episode of The Great British Bake Off, he is talking us through textures and ingredients.

    Cow dung contains 24 minerals - including nitrogen, potassium, sulphur, iron, magnesium, copper, cobalt and manganese - as well as a rich diversity of bacteria and fungi. "There is a whole suite of animals that feed on this," says Turner.

    This is a nursery for new life.

    A red admiral caterpillar is among the wildlife found enjoying the cowpats.

    Red admiral caterpillar inside the sweep net.
    Cow dung exploration with Edgar Turner in Cambridge.

    © Jill Mead / Guardian / eyevine

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  • Why we should all dig into poo - all you need is a spoon
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    Why we should all dig into poo - all you need is a spoon
    Cowpats in a Cambridge meadow offer vital lessons in how a host of tiny creatures sustain our planet.

    Prof Ed Turner, curator of insects at Cambridge University, digs into one with a teaspoon. Rather like an episode of The Great British Bake Off, he is talking us through textures and ingredients.

    Cow dung contains 24 minerals - including nitrogen, potassium, sulphur, iron, magnesium, copper, cobalt and manganese - as well as a rich diversity of bacteria and fungi. "There is a whole suite of animals that feed on this," says Turner.

    This is a nursery for new life.

    The best way to see whatÕs going on in a cowpat is by using a spoon.

    Dung beetle.
    Cow dung exploration with Edgar Turner in Cambridge.

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  • Why we should all dig into poo - all you need is a spoon
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    Why we should all dig into poo - all you need is a spoon
    Cowpats in a Cambridge meadow offer vital lessons in how a host of tiny creatures sustain our planet.

    Prof Ed Turner, curator of insects at Cambridge University, digs into one with a teaspoon. Rather like an episode of The Great British Bake Off, he is talking us through textures and ingredients.

    Cow dung contains 24 minerals - including nitrogen, potassium, sulphur, iron, magnesium, copper, cobalt and manganese - as well as a rich diversity of bacteria and fungi. "There is a whole suite of animals that feed on this," says Turner.

    This is a nursery for new life.

    A dung beetle larva in a cowpat. ÔThere is a whole suite of animals that feed on this,Õ says Prof Ed Turner.

    Dung beetle larvae in a cow pat.
    Cow dung exploration with Edgar Turner in Cambridge.

    © Jill Mead / Guardian / eyevine

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  • Why we should all dig into poo - all you need is a spoon
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    Why we should all dig into poo - all you need is a spoon
    Cowpats in a Cambridge meadow offer vital lessons in how a host of tiny creatures sustain our planet.

    Prof Ed Turner, curator of insects at Cambridge University, digs into one with a teaspoon. Rather like an episode of The Great British Bake Off, he is talking us through textures and ingredients.

    Cow dung contains 24 minerals - including nitrogen, potassium, sulphur, iron, magnesium, copper, cobalt and manganese - as well as a rich diversity of bacteria and fungi. "There is a whole suite of animals that feed on this," says Turner.

    This is a nursery for new life.

    Extricating dung beetle larvae from one of the cowpats.

    Dung beetle larvae in a cow pat.
    Cow dung exploration with Edgar Turner in Cambridge.

    © Jill Mead / Guardian / eyevine

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  • Why we should all dig into poo - all you need is a spoon
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    Why we should all dig into poo - all you need is a spoon
    Cowpats in a Cambridge meadow offer vital lessons in how a host of tiny creatures sustain our planet.

    Prof Ed Turner, curator of insects at Cambridge University, digs into one with a teaspoon. Rather like an episode of The Great British Bake Off, he is talking us through textures and ingredients.

    Cow dung contains 24 minerals - including nitrogen, potassium, sulphur, iron, magnesium, copper, cobalt and manganese - as well as a rich diversity of bacteria and fungi. "There is a whole suite of animals that feed on this," says Turner.

    Prof Ed Turner examines a cowpat on Coe Fen.
    This is a nursery for new life.

    Cow dung exploration with Edgar Turner in Cambridge.

    © Jill Mead / Guardian / eyevine

    Contact eyevine for more information about using this image:
    T: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709
    E: info@eyevine.com
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    (FOTO: DUKAS/EYEVINE)

    © Guardian / eyevine. All Rights Reserved.

     

  • London Zoo annual stocktake, UK - 03 Jan 2019
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    London Zoo annual stocktake, UK - 03 Jan 2019
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Nils Jorgensen/REX/Shutterstock (10045706av)
    Magnificent Flower Beetle and larvae
    London Zoo annual stocktake, UK - 03 Jan 2019
    Zookeepers at ZSL London Zoo count Magnificent Flower Beetle and larvae at the ZooÕs annual stocktake. Caring for more than 700 different species, ZSL London ZooÕs keepers face the challenging task of tallying up every mammal, bird, reptile, fish and invertebrate at the Zoo, counting everything from a troop of inquisitive squirrel monkeys to Critically Endangered Sumatran tigers and Bactrian camels.

    DUKAS/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK

     

  • London Zoo annual stocktake, UK - 03 Jan 2019
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    London Zoo annual stocktake, UK - 03 Jan 2019
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Nils Jorgensen/REX/Shutterstock (10045706as)
    Magnificent Flower Beetle and larvae
    London Zoo annual stocktake, UK - 03 Jan 2019
    Zookeepers at ZSL London Zoo count Magnificent Flower Beetle and larvae at the ZooÕs annual stocktake. Caring for more than 700 different species, ZSL London ZooÕs keepers face the challenging task of tallying up every mammal, bird, reptile, fish and invertebrate at the Zoo, counting everything from a troop of inquisitive squirrel monkeys to Critically Endangered Sumatran tigers and Bactrian camels.

    DUKAS/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK

     

  • London Zoo annual stocktake, UK - 03 Jan 2019
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    London Zoo annual stocktake, UK - 03 Jan 2019
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Nils Jorgensen/REX/Shutterstock (10045706at)
    Magnificent Flower Beetle and larvae
    London Zoo annual stocktake, UK - 03 Jan 2019
    Zookeepers at ZSL London Zoo count Magnificent Flower Beetle and larvae at the ZooÕs annual stocktake. Caring for more than 700 different species, ZSL London ZooÕs keepers face the challenging task of tallying up every mammal, bird, reptile, fish and invertebrate at the Zoo, counting everything from a troop of inquisitive squirrel monkeys to Critically Endangered Sumatran tigers and Bactrian camels.

    DUKAS/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK

     

  • London Zoo annual stocktake, UK - 03 Jan 2019
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    London Zoo annual stocktake, UK - 03 Jan 2019
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Nils Jorgensen/REX/Shutterstock (10045706au)
    Magnificent Flower Beetle and larvae
    London Zoo annual stocktake, UK - 03 Jan 2019
    Zookeepers at ZSL London Zoo count Magnificent Flower Beetle and larvae at the ZooÕs annual stocktake. Caring for more than 700 different species, ZSL London ZooÕs keepers face the challenging task of tallying up every mammal, bird, reptile, fish and invertebrate at the Zoo, counting everything from a troop of inquisitive squirrel monkeys to Critically Endangered Sumatran tigers and Bactrian camels.

    DUKAS/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK

     

  • London Zoo annual stocktake, UK - 03 Jan 2019
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    London Zoo annual stocktake, UK - 03 Jan 2019
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Nils Jorgensen/REX/Shutterstock (10045706ar)
    Magnificent Flower Beetle and larvae
    London Zoo annual stocktake, UK - 03 Jan 2019
    Zookeepers at ZSL London Zoo count Magnificent Flower Beetle and larvae at the ZooÕs annual stocktake. Caring for more than 700 different species, ZSL London ZooÕs keepers face the challenging task of tallying up every mammal, bird, reptile, fish and invertebrate at the Zoo, counting everything from a troop of inquisitive squirrel monkeys to Critically Endangered Sumatran tigers and Bactrian camels.

    DUKAS/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK

     

  • London Zoo annual stocktake, UK - 03 Jan 2019
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    London Zoo annual stocktake, UK - 03 Jan 2019
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Nils Jorgensen/REX/Shutterstock (10045706ao)
    Magnificent Flower Beetle and larvae
    London Zoo annual stocktake, UK - 03 Jan 2019
    Zookeepers at ZSL London Zoo count Magnificent Flower Beetle and larvae at the ZooÕs annual stocktake. Caring for more than 700 different species, ZSL London ZooÕs keepers face the challenging task of tallying up every mammal, bird, reptile, fish and invertebrate at the Zoo, counting everything from a troop of inquisitive squirrel monkeys to Critically Endangered Sumatran tigers and Bactrian camels.

    DUKAS/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK

     

  • NEWS - Jakarta: Mückenspray gegen Dengue-Fieber
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    NEWS - Jakarta: Mückenspray gegen Dengue-Fieber
    An employee of the Health Ministry sprays anti-mosquito fog in an attempt to control dengue fever at a neighborhood in Jakarta, Indonesia on November 26, 20016. Fogging is done in areas considered vulnerable larvae of aedes aegypti to eradicate the Aedes aegypti mosquito main source of transmission of the disease. *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field *** *** Local Caption *** 18972011
    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Jakarta: Mückenspray gegen Dengue-Fieber
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    NEWS - Jakarta: Mückenspray gegen Dengue-Fieber
    An employee of the Health Ministry sprays anti-mosquito fog in an attempt to control dengue fever at a neighborhood in Jakarta, Indonesia on November 26, 20016. Fogging is done in areas considered vulnerable larvae of aedes aegypti to eradicate the Aedes aegypti mosquito main source of transmission of the disease. *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field *** *** Local Caption *** 18972010
    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Jakarta: Mückenspray gegen Dengue-Fieber
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    NEWS - Jakarta: Mückenspray gegen Dengue-Fieber
    An employee of the Health Ministry sprays anti-mosquito fog in an attempt to control dengue fever at a neighborhood in Jakarta, Indonesia on November 26, 20016. Fogging is done in areas considered vulnerable larvae of aedes aegypti to eradicate the Aedes aegypti mosquito main source of transmission of the disease. *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field *** *** Local Caption *** 18972006
    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Jakarta: Mückenspray gegen Dengue-Fieber
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    NEWS - Jakarta: Mückenspray gegen Dengue-Fieber
    An employee of the Health Ministry sprays anti-mosquito fog in an attempt to control dengue fever at a neighborhood in Jakarta, Indonesia on November 26, 20016. Fogging is done in areas considered vulnerable larvae of aedes aegypti to eradicate the Aedes aegypti mosquito main source of transmission of the disease. *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field *** *** Local Caption *** 18972014
    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Jakarta: Mückenspray gegen Dengue-Fieber
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    NEWS - Jakarta: Mückenspray gegen Dengue-Fieber
    An employee of the Health Ministry sprays anti-mosquito fog in an attempt to control dengue fever at a neighborhood in Jakarta, Indonesia on November 26, 20016. Fogging is done in areas considered vulnerable larvae of aedes aegypti to eradicate the Aedes aegypti mosquito main source of transmission of the disease. *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field *** *** Local Caption *** 18972016
    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Südamerika kämpft gegen den Zika Virus
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    NEWS - Südamerika kämpft gegen den Zika Virus
    Jan. 29, 2016 - BrasLia, Brasil - Brazilian soldiers cleans rooftop drains at the Ministry of Defense to control in breeding of aedes aegypti mosquito during efforts to halt the outbreak of Zika virus January 29, 2016 in Braslia, Brazil (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Südamerika kämpft gegen den Zika Virus
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    NEWS - Südamerika kämpft gegen den Zika Virus
    Jan. 29, 2016 - BrasLia, Brasil - A member of the Brazilian health task force cleans drains at the Ministry of Defense to control in breeding of aedes aegypti mosquito during control efforts to halt the outbreak of Zika virus January 29, 2016 in Braslia, Brazil (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Südamerika kämpft gegen den Zika Virus
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    NEWS - Südamerika kämpft gegen den Zika Virus
    Jan. 29, 2016 - BrasLia, Brasil - Brazil President Dilma Rousseff greets sailors as they help clean up standing water at the Naval Headquarters to prevent breeding of aedes aegypti mosquitos during control efforts to halt the outbreak of Zika virus January 29, 2016 in Braslia, Brazil (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Südamerika kämpft gegen den Zika Virus
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    NEWS - Südamerika kämpft gegen den Zika Virus
    Jan. 29, 2016 - BrasLia, Brasil - Brazil President Dilma Rousseff watches as sailors clean out storm drains at the Naval Headquarters to prevent breeding of aedes aegypti mosquitos during control efforts to halt the outbreak of Zika virus January 29, 2016 in Braslia, Brazil (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Südamerika kämpft gegen den Zika Virus
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    NEWS - Südamerika kämpft gegen den Zika Virus
    Jan. 29, 2016 - BrasLia, DF, Brasil - Brazil Minister of Culture Juca Ferreira helps clean up storm drains where the aedes aegypti mosquitos breed in an effort to help control the outbreak of Zika virus January 29, 2016 in Braslia, Brazil (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Südamerika kämpft gegen den Zika Virus
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    NEWS - Südamerika kämpft gegen den Zika Virus
    Jan. 29, 2016 - BrasLia, DF, Brasil - Brazil Minister of Culture Juca Ferreira hands out information on the Zika virus during clean up efforts to help steam the outbreak of aedes aegypti mosquitos that carry the disease at the ministry January 29, 2016 in Braslia, Brazil (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Südamerika kämpft gegen den Zika Virus
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    NEWS - Südamerika kämpft gegen den Zika Virus
    Jan. 29, 2016 - CandangolNdia, Brasil - A member of the Brazilian health task force tests for signs of the aedes aegypti mosquito during control efforts to halt the outbreak of Zika virus January 29, 2016 in Candangolndia, Braslia, Brazil (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Südamerika kämpft gegen den Zika Virus
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    NEWS - Südamerika kämpft gegen den Zika Virus
    A member of the Brazilian government health task force examines aedes aegypti mosquito larvae during control efforts to halt the outbreak of Zika virus January 6, 2016 in Planaltina, Brazil.

    (FOTO: DUKAS/ACTIONPRESS) *** Local Caption *** 21143931

    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Südamerika kämpft gegen den Zika Virus
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    NEWS - Südamerika kämpft gegen den Zika Virus
    A member of the Brazilian health task force checks a water supply for signs of aedes aegypti mosquito larvae during control efforts to halt the outbreak of Zika virus January 6, 2016 in Planaltina, Brazil.

    (FOTO: DUKAS/ACTIONPRESS) *** Local Caption *** 21143932

    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - 'Aliens' unter Wasser
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    FEATURE - 'Aliens' unter Wasser
    MANDATORY CREDIT: Kei Nomiyama/REX Shutterstock. Only for use in story about Kei's Blackwater photo series. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Kei Nomiyama/REX Shutterstock (5440422i)
    This phyllosoma 'jellyfish-rider' is pictured riding on jellyfish and travelling freely. Phyllosoma is larvae of spiny and slipper lobsters associated with jellyfish. In the environments, ecological implication is still unclear. Their body is transparent like glass and very beautiful
    Blackwater: The marine life photography of Kei Nomiyama, Japan - Nov 2015
    FULL COPY: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/rmbq


    They look like creatures from another planet, but these weird specimens are all marine life captured by talented underwater photographer Kei Nomiyama.

    In his photo series Blackwater, the 36-year-old presents the amazing creatures discovered in the sea at night.

    His work includes the quirky sight of a 'jellyfish rider', a lobster larvae hitching a ride on a hapless jellyfish, and the Phronima Sedentaria, a species of amphipod crustacean, that Kei says reminds him of the sci-fi film 'Aliens'.

    Kei explains: "I live in Matsuyama city at Shikoku island, smallest of the four main islands in Japan. I mainly take these photos at Omi-island in Yamaguchi-prefecture. The Omi-island is located in the south of the main island of Japan and facing the Sea of Japan.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - 'Aliens' unter Wasser
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    FEATURE - 'Aliens' unter Wasser
    MANDATORY CREDIT: Kei Nomiyama/REX Shutterstock. Only for use in story about Kei's Blackwater photo series. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Kei Nomiyama/REX Shutterstock (5440422k)
    This phyllosoma 'jellyfish-rider' is pictured riding on jellyfish and travelling freely. Phyllosoma is larvae of spiny and slipper lobsters associated with jellyfish. In the environments, ecological implication is still unclear. Their body is transparent like glass and very beautiful
    Blackwater: The marine life photography of Kei Nomiyama, Japan - Nov 2015
    FULL COPY: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/rmbq


    They look like creatures from another planet, but these weird specimens are all marine life captured by talented underwater photographer Kei Nomiyama.

    In his photo series Blackwater, the 36-year-old presents the amazing creatures discovered in the sea at night.

    His work includes the quirky sight of a 'jellyfish rider', a lobster larvae hitching a ride on a hapless jellyfish, and the Phronima Sedentaria, a species of amphipod crustacean, that Kei says reminds him of the sci-fi film 'Aliens'.

    Kei explains: "I live in Matsuyama city at Shikoku island, smallest of the four main islands in Japan. I mainly take these photos at Omi-island in Yamaguchi-prefecture. The Omi-island is located in the south of the main island of Japan and facing the Sea of Japan.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - 'Aliens' unter Wasser
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    FEATURE - 'Aliens' unter Wasser
    MANDATORY CREDIT: Kei Nomiyama/REX Shutterstock. Only for use in story about Kei's Blackwater photo series. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Kei Nomiyama/REX Shutterstock (5440422j)
    This phyllosoma 'jellyfish-rider' is pictured riding on jellyfish and travelling freely. Phyllosoma is larvae of spiny and slipper lobsters associated with jellyfish. In the environments, ecological implication is still unclear. Their body is transparent like glass and very beautiful
    Blackwater: The marine life photography of Kei Nomiyama, Japan - Nov 2015
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    They look like creatures from another planet, but these weird specimens are all marine life captured by talented underwater photographer Kei Nomiyama.

    In his photo series Blackwater, the 36-year-old presents the amazing creatures discovered in the sea at night.

    His work includes the quirky sight of a 'jellyfish rider', a lobster larvae hitching a ride on a hapless jellyfish, and the Phronima Sedentaria, a species of amphipod crustacean, that Kei says reminds him of the sci-fi film 'Aliens'.

    Kei explains: "I live in Matsuyama city at Shikoku island, smallest of the four main islands in Japan. I mainly take these photos at Omi-island in Yamaguchi-prefecture. The Omi-island is located in the south of the main island of Japan and facing the Sea of Japan.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - 'Aliens' unter Wasser
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    FEATURE - 'Aliens' unter Wasser
    MANDATORY CREDIT: Kei Nomiyama/REX Shutterstock. Only for use in story about Kei's Blackwater photo series. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Kei Nomiyama/REX Shutterstock (5440422l)
    This phyllosoma 'jellyfish-rider' is pictured riding on jellyfish and travelling freely. Phyllosoma is larvae of spiny and slipper lobsters associated with jellyfish. In the environments, ecological implication is still unclear. Their body is transparent like glass and very beautiful
    Blackwater: The marine life photography of Kei Nomiyama, Japan - Nov 2015
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    They look like creatures from another planet, but these weird specimens are all marine life captured by talented underwater photographer Kei Nomiyama.

    In his photo series Blackwater, the 36-year-old presents the amazing creatures discovered in the sea at night.

    His work includes the quirky sight of a 'jellyfish rider', a lobster larvae hitching a ride on a hapless jellyfish, and the Phronima Sedentaria, a species of amphipod crustacean, that Kei says reminds him of the sci-fi film 'Aliens'.

    Kei explains: "I live in Matsuyama city at Shikoku island, smallest of the four main islands in Japan. I mainly take these photos at Omi-island in Yamaguchi-prefecture. The Omi-island is located in the south of the main island of Japan and facing the Sea of Japan.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

    (c) Dukas

     

  • NEWS - Südamerika kämpft gegen den Zika Virus
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    NEWS - Südamerika kämpft gegen den Zika Virus
    A aedes aegypti mosquito larvae in a glass container during control efforts to halt the outbreak of Zika virus by health workers April 8, 2015 in Samambaia, Bras’lia, Brazil. The aides aegypti mosquito carries both Zika and Dengue fever viruses.

    (FOTO: DUKAS/ACTIONPRESS) *** Local Caption *** 21143934

    (c) Dukas

     

  • 'Yuck! The Things People Eat' Food Project - Nov 2010
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    'Yuck! The Things People Eat' Food Project - Nov 2010
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    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Neil Setchfield / Rex Features ( 1244124n )

    Yuck! The Things People Eat
    One man has made it his mission to taste disgusting delicacies around the world.

    Neil Setchfield's 'Yuck! The Things People Eat' project has seen him try unusual foods ranging from fried songbird in Cambodia to pigs brain in the Philippines.

    The artfully photographed results of his brave culinary journey have been collected in a book of the same name.

    Neil explains: "A couple of years ago I was walking through a market in Cambodia when I came across a stall selling stir fried tarantulas. I took some photographs but they didn't really convey the reality of what was a huge bucket piled high with a crispy gelatinous mass of cooked black spiders. So I bought some, as you do, not really sure whether to eat or to photograph. In the end I did both - the spiders tasted mainly of the spicy sauce they were cooked in - but when I looked at them in all their gory detail through the camera with a macro lens I just knew I had a interesting project.

    "The reaction to the photographs was just as inspiring. Whilst everyone back in London went "YUCK!", when I showed them the pictures, in Cambodia the natural response was "YUM!". Whilst one nation was appalled the other was just peckish. And this became the entire premise of the project, how differing cultures react to different types of food.

    "But the spiders were just the beginning and now three years later I've eaten and photographed everything from wild grey squirrel in the north of England to roast guinea pig in Peru, from sheep's penis and black scorpion kebabs in China to kangaroos tail in Australia. And that's just a fraction of the whole.

    "What I've come to realise is that some people somewhere will eat every single bit of every creature they can catch and cook - and someti...
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    DUKAS/REX

     

  • Amazing close-up pictures show deadly beauty of mantises, Costa Brava, Spain - 07 Sep 2010
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    Amazing close-up pictures show deadly beauty of mantises, Costa Brava, Spain - 07 Sep 2010
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Jimmy Hoffman/Solent News / Rex Features ( 1224715e )
    A trio of tiny Empusa Mantis larvae march along the stem of a rose, passing a thorn
    Amazing close-up pictures show deadly beauty of mantises, Costa Brava, Spain - 07 Sep 2010
    With bulbous eyes and their strange stick-like bodies, these mantises look like creatures from another planet. Perched on the tiny stem of a plant, one insect enjoys a lunch of tiny yellow aphids. Another picture shows a mantis about to pounce on an unwitting butterfly and one incredible shot even shows the creatures in larvae form, not much bigger than a thorn. These incredible close-ups were snapped by wildlife enthusiast Jimmy Hoffman. The 50-year-old scours the vegetation around his home in the Costa Brava, Spain, looking for the insects. He said: "I've been interested in nature since I was a child and I've always had an eye for wildlife, especially insects. "Praying mantids are my favourite because of their special predatory behaviour, shapes and colours".
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

    DUKAS/REX

     

  • Silk production - from worm to catwalk, southern India - 2010
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    Silk production - from worm to catwalk, southern India - 2010
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Haydn West / Rex Features ( 1196132be )

    Silk production - from worm to catwalk, southern India - 2010
    SILK PRODUCTION - FROM WORM TO CATWALK

    For many silk - the Queen of all fabrics - spells luxury, elegance, class and comfort.

    But for hundreds of thousands of people in India it is something much more mundane but infinitely important - a vital life line.

    An estimated 700,000 people are involved in various sericulture (silk production) activities in India.

    Half of all the silk produced in India comes from the region of Karnataka where a sub-tropical climate allows for year-round production.

    In 2007-08 India exported more than GBP 400 million of raw silk, carpets and ready made garments.

    In 2007 alone it produced 18,320 metric tonnes of raw silk, making it the second a largest silk producer in the world.

    It is second only behind China, which produced 108,420 metric tonnes of raw silk in the same period.

    While the difference is vast, India's contribution is even more impressive considering that much of its production is done using outdated tools or by hand.

    Ultimately, however, poor technology and high production costs undermine the vital role played by sericulture in improving India's rural economy.

    The Worm

    The Silkworm Seed Production Centre in Mysore is run by Professor N.M. Biram Saheb.

    He explains that the Indian government pioneered the provision of disease free lays of eggs as a way of improving yields without increasing start-up costs

    The practice means that farmers are provided with a steady stream of healthy silkworm eggs.

    It is deep in the seed production centre where the 'work' of creating these eggs takes place - in darkened rooms where moths are laid out on newspaper in racks of plastic trays.

    Powerhouses of the silk industry they may be, but in reality they are pale weaklings whose only purpose is to mat...
    For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/EJXQVU

    DUKAS/REX

     

  • Silk production - from worm to catwalk, southern India - 2010
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    Silk production - from worm to catwalk, southern India - 2010
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Haydn West / Rex Features ( 1196132u )

    Silk production - from worm to catwalk, southern India - 2010
    SILK PRODUCTION - FROM WORM TO CATWALK

    For many silk - the Queen of all fabrics - spells luxury, elegance, class and comfort.

    But for hundreds of thousands of people in India it is something much more mundane but infinitely important - a vital life line.

    An estimated 700,000 people are involved in various sericulture (silk production) activities in India.

    Half of all the silk produced in India comes from the region of Karnataka where a sub-tropical climate allows for year-round production.

    In 2007-08 India exported more than GBP 400 million of raw silk, carpets and ready made garments.

    In 2007 alone it produced 18,320 metric tonnes of raw silk, making it the second a largest silk producer in the world.

    It is second only behind China, which produced 108,420 metric tonnes of raw silk in the same period.

    While the difference is vast, India's contribution is even more impressive considering that much of its production is done using outdated tools or by hand.

    Ultimately, however, poor technology and high production costs undermine the vital role played by sericulture in improving India's rural economy.

    The Worm

    The Silkworm Seed Production Centre in Mysore is run by Professor N.M. Biram Saheb.

    He explains that the Indian government pioneered the provision of disease free lays of eggs as a way of improving yields without increasing start-up costs

    The practice means that farmers are provided with a steady stream of healthy silkworm eggs.

    It is deep in the seed production centre where the 'work' of creating these eggs takes place - in darkened rooms where moths are laid out on newspaper in racks of plastic trays.

    Powerhouses of the silk industry they may be, but in reality they are pale weaklings whose only purpose is to mate...
    For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/EJXQVU

    DUKAS/REX

     

  • Silk production - from worm to catwalk, southern India - 2010
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    Silk production - from worm to catwalk, southern India - 2010
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Haydn West / Rex Features ( 1196132l )

    Silk production - from worm to catwalk, southern India - 2010
    SILK PRODUCTION - FROM WORM TO CATWALK

    For many silk - the Queen of all fabrics - spells luxury, elegance, class and comfort.

    But for hundreds of thousands of people in India it is something much more mundane but infinitely important - a vital life line.

    An estimated 700,000 people are involved in various sericulture (silk production) activities in India.

    Half of all the silk produced in India comes from the region of Karnataka where a sub-tropical climate allows for year-round production.

    In 2007-08 India exported more than GBP 400 million of raw silk, carpets and ready made garments.

    In 2007 alone it produced 18,320 metric tonnes of raw silk, making it the second a largest silk producer in the world.

    It is second only behind China, which produced 108,420 metric tonnes of raw silk in the same period.

    While the difference is vast, India's contribution is even more impressive considering that much of its production is done using outdated tools or by hand.

    Ultimately, however, poor technology and high production costs undermine the vital role played by sericulture in improving India's rural economy.

    The Worm

    The Silkworm Seed Production Centre in Mysore is run by Professor N.M. Biram Saheb.

    He explains that the Indian government pioneered the provision of disease free lays of eggs as a way of improving yields without increasing start-up costs

    The practice means that farmers are provided with a steady stream of healthy silkworm eggs.

    It is deep in the seed production centre where the 'work' of creating these eggs takes place - in darkened rooms where moths are laid out on newspaper in racks of plastic trays.

    Powerhouses of the silk industry they may be, but in reality they are pale weaklings whose only purpose is to mate...
    For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/EJXQVU

    DUKAS/REX