EditorialYoung banded langur, Presbytis femoralis. Near threatened. Handcoloured copperplate engraving and illustration by H. I. Tyroff from Johann Christian Daniel Schreber's Animal Illustrations after Nature, or Schreber's Fantastic Animals, Erlangen, Germany...
EditorialHawthorn flower fairy and children, Crataegus laevigata, in dress of leaves and branches, headdress of blossom, being threatened by secateurs and pruning shears. Handcoloured steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore ...
EditorialEuropean or garrulous roller, Coracia garrulus. Near threatened. Illustration copied from George Edwards. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from "The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine," Harrison, London, 1801.
EditorialOrnate hawk-eagle, Spizaetus ornatus, native to South America. Near threatened. (Described by Shaw as the narrow-crested falcon, Falco fastosus.) Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George ...
EditorialLongan tree, Dimocarpus longan, native to southeast Asia. Near threatened. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science," Florence, Italy, 1837. Engraved by Corsi, drawn by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and pu...
EditorialSumatran Green Pigeon, Treron oxyurus (Sharp-tailed vinago, Vinago oxyura), near threatened, native to Indonesia. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by Edward Lear from Prideaux John Selby's volume "Pigeons" in Sir Wil...
EditorialBlue-capped fruit dove, Ptilinopus monacha (Blue-capped turteline), near threatened, native to Indonesia. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by Edward Lear from Prideaux John Selby's volume "Pigeons" in Sir William Jar...
EditorialNicobar pigeon, Caloenas nicobarica, near threatened, native to the Nicobar Islands and Malaysia. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by Edward Lear from Prideaux John Selby's volume "Pigeons" in Sir William Jardine's "...
EditorialBox turtle, emyde close, Terrapene carolina. Near threatened. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science," Florence, Italy, 1837. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Stanghi, directed by Pierr...
EditorialAndean condor, Vultur gryphus, near threatened. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology," Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Massard, directed...
EditorialRhinoceros hornbill, Buceros rhinoceros, near threatened. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology," Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Massard...
EditorialLong-crested eagle, Lophaetus occipitalis, and grey-bellied hawk or goshawk, Accipiter poliogaster (near threatened). Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology," Paris, France, ...
EditorialRed bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra (near threatened), and Nias Hill myna, Gracula robusta. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology," Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illustration...
EditorialSloth bear, Ursus ursinus (vulnerable) and hog badger, Arctonyx collaris (near threatened). Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals," Paris, France, 1816. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, e...
EditorialCorn crake, Crex crex. Near threatened. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Edward Donovan from his own "Natural History of British Birds," London, 1794-1819. Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish amateur zoologist, writer, artist an...
EditorialIn 1952 locust swarms flying in from Saudi Arabia threatened Iran's harvest. In a unique cooperation, US- and Soviet pilots and specialists sprayed the infested areas and prevented a major catastrophe. In the early evening,locusts have arrived near Shiraz.
EditorialIn 1952 locust swarms flying in from Saudi Arabia threatened Iran's harvest. In a unique cooperation, US- and Soviet pilots and specialists sprayed the infested areas and prevented a major catastrophe. Soil infested with locusts' eggs.
EditorialIn 1952 locust swarms flying in from Saudi Arabia threatened Iran's harvest. In a unique cooperation, US- and Soviet pilots and specialists sprayed the infested areas and prevented a major catastrophe. Portrait of a locust.
EditorialIn 1952 locust swarms flying in from Saudi Arabia threatened Iran's harvest. In a unique cooperation, US- and Soviet pilots and specialists sprayed the infested areas and prevented a major catastrophe. In the early evening,locusts have arrived near Shiraz.
EditorialIn 1952 locust swarms flying in from Saudi Arabia threatened Iran's harvest. In a unique cooperation, US and Soviet pilots and specialists sprayed the infested areas. Locusts in the narrow, marshy valley of Dashte Arjan, the tribal region of the Kash...
EditorialIn 1952 locust swarms flying in from Saudi Arabia threatened Iran's harvest. In a unique cooperation, US- and Soviet pilots and specialists sprayed the infested areas and prevented a major catastrophe. Spraying nozzles of the ancient Stearman biplane.
EditorialIn 1952 locust swarms flying in from Saudi Arabia threatened Iran's harvest. In a unique cooperation, US and Soviet pilots and specialists sprayed the infested areas. Iranian boys next to the biplane Stearman.
EditorialIn 1952 locust swarms flying in from Saudi Arabia threatened Iran's harvest. In a unique cooperation, US and Soviet pilots and specialists sprayed the infested areas. Locusts have landed in a garden near Shiraz.
EditorialImperial eagle with two heads of Turks in its claws; on the outer wall of the charnel-house in Tulln, Lower Austria. During the 16th and 17th centuries Eastern Austria was constantly threatened by Turkish armies, hence the defiant memento of imperial v...