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The biodiversity on Earth is stunning! Estimates of the current number of species on Earth varies from 2 millions to 10^12. What ever is the case it is a fact that about 1.6 million species has been described and they are truly beautiful and keep our planet in balance if they are allowed to live and evolve. Evolution has formed a tremendous variety of organisms, big and small. Here are photos of some of them...

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  • Amphibians
    Amphibians
    185 images
    Images of Amphibians, vertebrates that live both in water and on land as part of their life cycle, such as the frogs...
  • Anemones, Corals, Jellyfish and allies
    Anemones, Corals, Jellyfish and allies
    73 images
    Anemones, Corals, Jellyfish and other beautiful stinging animals belong in this class. many more images to come here...
  • Birds
    Birds
    2996 images
    Maginficen birds from all over the World. The dinosaurs never died out, they live on as today's birds...
  • Centipedes and Millipedes
    Centipedes and Millipedes
    67 images
    Creeping Arthropods in the Class Diplopoda are found in this gallery.
  • Crustacea
    Crustacea
    113 images
    The Crustacea is a subphylum of the Phylum Arthropoda and contains more than 67,000 described species, from microscopic planctonic animals to bottom dwelling giants.
  • Fishes
    Fishes
    475 images
    Images of colorful fishes from various biotopes, marine and fresh water species. Many photos are obtaines in aquariums...
  • Fungi (lichens)
    Fungi (lichens)
    69 images
  • Fungi (mushrooms)
    Fungi (mushrooms)
    100 images
  • Insects
    Insects
    365 images
    Insecta is the most numerous class of animals we have. About 75% of all living species we have described are insects. Consequently no matter how many photos I add, only a few of them can be shown here...
  • Mammals
    Mammals
    1775 images
    In this gallery you find images of carnivores, hoofed animals, rodents, marsupials, monkies, whales and insect eaters - in other words "the Mammals"...
  • Microphotos
    Microphotos
    44 images
    Here are images taken through a microscope or binocular lens to reveal a hidden world...
  • Microscopic Algae
    Microscopic Algae
    62 images
  • Microscopic Animals
    Microscopic Animals
    73 images
  • Molluscs
    Molluscs
    38 images
    Clams, snails and Squid/Octopusses are the major class of Mollusca, you will find images here. Many more to come soon...
  • Other invertebrates
    Other invertebrates
    6 images
    Here are the invertebrates that do not fit in in other categories.
  • Plants (European)
    Plants (European)
    208 images
    Photos of plants, ,plant-habitats and close up of flowers photographed in Europe.
  • Plants (other than European)
    Plants (other than European)
    269 images
    Images of plants from countries outside Europe, habitats as well as close up photos of flowers. The gallery contains images of both flowering and non-flowering plants...
  • Reptiles
    Reptiles
    356 images
    Iamges of reptiles; crocodilles, lizards, snakes, turtles and their allies...
  • Slime mold (Mycetozoa)
    Slime mold (Mycetozoa)
    10 images
  • Spiders and allies
    Spiders and allies
    122 images
    Photos of spiders, scorpions, tics and other invertebrates in the Class Arachnida come in this gallery...
  • Tunicates
    Tunicates
    69 images
  • Worms
    Worms
    93 images
    "Worms" is a collectiv word for many creeping, elongated or tube-dwelling organisms that have occupied all biotops on Earth, including many parasitic forms that live in or on other organisms. Some of them are shown here and many more will come...
  • ZZZ-Admin use only
    ZZZ-Admin use only
    1 image

Alf J. Nilsen Natural History images

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