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

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

Takin habitat in an alpine meadow dotted with conifer trees

The bright red face of an African Spoonbill striding across a wetland island

Lush moss and epiphytes hang from a tree branch on a tropical island

Frigatebirds soar high over the ocean on gale force winds

The leathery scales on the flipper of an endangered green sea turtle

A fly rests on a grass stem dangerously close to a spider's web

A rare northern quoll

Wind formed sand patterns in sand dunes and desert grasses

A Bull Ant with jaws opened and antennae alert hunting on a sand dune

A small boy and his mother carry a huge basket of leaves and twigs on her back from her farm in the Himalaya mountains

A man in a straw sun hat watches the ocean from the beach shallows

A peacock (Pavo species) rests on the ledge of a temple