Sitting Monkey India has a diverse fauna, not least the monkeys, which often run through temples or along the road. This primate observed the tourists passing it in the Virupaksha temple in a quite relaxed mood.

Drinking Monkey The hand wash basins in the Indian temple town of Hampi are not exclusively available for people. In the heat of the afternoon, a monkey uses the same as a water source while curiously looking for my camera.

Koala In this picture, you can see arguably the laziest animal in the world. With a need to sleep of 21 hours a day, the koala is even more "lazy" than the sloth, which is why it is almost a rarity to see a specimen with open eyes like in this picture. The koala [...]

Sandhill Crane On the grounds of the Kennedy Space Centre on the east coast of Florida not far from Orlando, I spotted in the summer of 2015 not only countless rockets but also this Sandhill Crane. As we have been told, the wildlife poses a unique challenge to the scientists there, because before each [...]

Red Dragonfly In the hustle and bustle of everyday life we like to overlook the small, but often even more spectacular details. It took some time to get this dragonfly with its red-orange colour in front of the camera lens on a bench in the Everglades Florida’s but resulted eventually in a spectacular macro [...]

Chained Birds There may be some traditions that Westerners cannot or do not want to understand. At a bird market in the Chinese city of Nanjing (near Shanghai), I discovered these parakeets which were tied with cords.