June Gallery

Coloured Engraving of a dodo

Engraving of a dodo, an extinct, flightless bird, related to the pigeon. The size of a swan, it was heavily-built and clumsy. Two species were known with certainty: the common dodo Raphus cucullatus from Mauritius, which became extinct between 1665 and 1670, and the Rodriguez solitaire Pezophaps solitaria from the neighbouring island of Rodriguez, which died out around 1761. The dodo's numbers quickly dwindled following the arrival of humans to these isolated habitats. All but defenceless, they were ill-equipped to cope with the new hunters & the competition from other introduced species. Copper engraving from Historia Naturalis Brasiliae, W. Piso & G. Marcgrave, 1658

© DR JEREMY BURGESS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Bottlenosed Dolphin - Leaping out of water

TOM-773 Bottlenosed Dolphin - Leaping out of water Tursiops truncatus Tom & Pat Leeson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

© Tom & Pat Leeson / ardea.com

Action, Agility, Atlantic Ocean, Blue, Bottle Nose, Colour, Cute, Dolphin, Happy, Indian Ocean, Jumping, Leaping, Mammal, Marine, Marine Mammal, Movement, Pacific Ocean, Playing, Power, Single, Strength, Tropical, Wild Life, World Wide