Photo Credits and Links:

Thanks to NASA and the crew of Apollo 17 for the image of Earth from interplanetary space.

Special thanks to the following contributors of images for the phalanx array:

Marc Shargel of Lumigenic Media, for his clarion angelfish.

George Perina of Seapix-JAG Photo for the brilliant lorikeet and emerald boa.

Dr. David Manhart and the Texas A&M Bioinformatics Working Group's Vascular Plant Image Gallery for the closeup of Commelina erecta.

Bill Rudman of the Australian Museum's Sea Slug Forum for the Sagaminopteron ornatum in flight, as well as additional images of tropical nudibranchs.

Dr. David Haring of the Duke University Primate Center for the marvellous closeup of the blue-eyed lemur.

Stijn Ghesquiere and his Apple Snail Website for the gold-phase Pomacea bridgesi.

and Kevin Davidson of Sam's Tours of Palau for the nautilus.

 

Prior Biodiversity Images:

Many thanks to:

We're grateful to the Missouri Botanical Garden for permission to use this image of an azure poison-dart frog (Dendrobates azureus).

... Homosassa Springs Wildlife Park for this image of a Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus). And thanks to Jeff Tanner for making it happen!)

...The Academy of Natural Sciences for sharing their drawing of the newly discovered Chimaera panthera. (Artwork is © 1999 The Academy of Natural Sciences.)

...HawkWatch International for this Saw-Whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus).

...Jim Denny for permission to use his photo of an 'I'iwi (Vestiaria coccinea) from his Birds of Kauai site.
(For more information on the 'I'iwi, see TNC's Hawai'i Natural Heritage Program.)

...Bill Rudman of the Sea Slug Forum (part of the Australian Museum Online) for the image of Hypselodoris emma.