High Quality Stock Photos of "protected areas"

Hikers walking up to Tresviso, a small village in Picos de Europa National Park by historic Urdon path from La Hermida Gorges Penarrubia Cantabria, Spain

817-421250 - Hikers walking up to Tresviso, a small village in Picos de Europa National Park by historic Urdon path from La Hermida Gorges Penarrubia Cantabria, Spain

Hikers walking down from Tresviso, a small village in Picos de Europa National Park by historic Urdon path to La Hermida Gorges Penarrubia Cantabria, Spain

817-421252 - Hikers walking down from Tresviso, a small village in Picos de Europa National Park by historic Urdon path to La Hermida Gorges Penarrubia Cantabria, Spain

817-421249 - Hikers walking up to Tresviso, a small village in Picos de Europa National Park by historic Urdon path from La Hermida Gorges Penarrubia Cantabria, Spain

817-419528 - Visitors with butterflies perched on fingers, Niagara Butterfly Conservatory, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

Kunstmuseum Muelheim an der Ruhr, art museum, in the Alte Post building, former postal building, listed building, Synagogenplatz square, Muelheim an der Ruhr, Ruhr Area, Germany, Europe, PublicGround

832-50381 - Kunstmuseum Muelheim an der Ruhr, art museum, in the Alte Post building, former postal building, listed building, Synagogenplatz square, Muelheim an der Ruhr, Ruhr Area, Germany, Europe, PublicGround

Kunstmuseum Muelheim an der Ruhr, art museum, in the Alte Post building, former postal building, Synagogenplatz square, Muelheim an der Ruhr, Ruhr Area, Germany, Europe, PublicGround

832-50383 - Kunstmuseum Muelheim an der Ruhr, art museum, in the Alte Post building, former postal building, Synagogenplatz square, Muelheim an der Ruhr, Ruhr Area, Germany, Europe, PublicGround

Panoramic view from Alstrom Point of Lake Powell with Gunsight Butte and Navajo Mountain, houseboats, Bigwater, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Arizona, Utah, United States of America, USA

832-58181 - Panoramic view from Alstrom Point of Lake Powell with Gunsight Butte and Navajo Mountain, houseboats, Bigwater, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Arizona, Utah, United States of America, USA

832-58180 - Panoramic view from Alstrom Point of Lake Powell with Gunsight Butte and Navajo Mountain, houseboats, Bigwater, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Arizona, Utah, United States of America, USA

Synagogenplatz square, Kunstmuseum Muelheim an der Ruhr, art museum, in the Alte Post building, former postal building, listed building, Muelheim an der Ruhr, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe, PublicGround

832-50384 - Synagogenplatz square, Kunstmuseum Muelheim an der Ruhr, art museum, in the Alte Post building, former postal building, listed building, Muelheim an der Ruhr, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe, PublicGround

Ordesa Valley, declarated World Heritage by UNESCO, and belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Torla Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-415420 - Ordesa Valley, declarated World Heritage by UNESCO, and belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Torla Huesca province Aragon Spain

Bellos river in Anisclo Valley, canyon belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Fanlo Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-415406 - Bellos river in Anisclo Valley, canyon belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Fanlo Huesca province Aragon Spain

Yaga river along the canyon of Escuain Valley, belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Escuain village Puertolas Escalona Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-415415 - Yaga river along the canyon of Escuain Valley, belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Escuain village Puertolas Escalona Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-415411 - Canyon of Anisclo Valley, belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Fanlo Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-415408 - Canyon of Anisclo Valley, belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Fanlo Huesca province Aragon Spain

Yaga river along the canyon of Escuain Valley, belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Revilla village Tella-Sin Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-415416 - Yaga river along the canyon of Escuain Valley, belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Revilla village Tella-Sin Huesca province Aragon Spain

Hikers resting in a viewpoint of Anisclo Valley, canyon belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Fanlo Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-415405 - Hikers resting in a viewpoint of Anisclo Valley, canyon belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Fanlo Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-413130 - Griffon vulture Gyps fulvus protecting his chick on the nest in Arribes del Duero National Park Salamanca Spain

Adult griffon vulture Gyps fulvus perched on a cliff in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Torla Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-413133 - Adult griffon vulture Gyps fulvus perched on a cliff in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Torla Huesca province Aragon Spain

Hikers walking on San Urbez Bridge above Bellos river, in Anisclo Valley, canyon belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Fanlo Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-411620 - Hikers walking on San Urbez Bridge above Bellos river, in Anisclo Valley, canyon belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Fanlo Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-415410 - Hikers walking on San Urbez Bridge above Bellos river, in Anisclo Valley, canyon belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Fanlo Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-416220 - Painted Stork Keoladeo Ghana National Park previously Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary Bharatpur Rajasthan India

Canyon of Escuain Valley, belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Escuain village Puertolas Escalona Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-415414 - Canyon of Escuain Valley, belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Escuain village Puertolas Escalona Huesca province Aragon Spain

Hikers walking in Anisclo Valley, canyon belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Fanlo Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-415403 - Hikers walking in Anisclo Valley, canyon belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Fanlo Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-413134 - Adult griffon vulture Gyps fulvus perched on a cliff in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Torla Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-413131 - Adult griffon vulture Gyps fulvus perched on a cliff in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Torla Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-415407 - Bellos river in Anisclo Valley, canyon belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Fanlo Huesca province Aragon Spain

Detail of a rocky buttress in Ordesa Valley, declarated World Heritage by UNESCO, and belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Torla Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-415423 - Detail of a rocky buttress in Ordesa Valley, declarated World Heritage by UNESCO, and belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Torla Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-415413 - Canyon of Escuain Valley, belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Escuain village Puertolas Escalona Huesca province Aragon Spain

El Gallinero spur in Ordesa Valley, declarated World Heritage by UNESCO, and belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Torla Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-415418 - El Gallinero spur in Ordesa Valley, declarated World Heritage by UNESCO, and belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Torla Huesca province Aragon Spain

San Urbez chapel in Anisclo Valley, canyon belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Fanlo Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-415409 - San Urbez chapel in Anisclo Valley, canyon belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Fanlo Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-413129 - Griffon vulture Gyps fulvus flying in Monfrague National Park Caceres Spain

817-413132 - Adult griffon vulture Gyps fulvus perched on a cliff in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Torla Huesca province Aragon Spain

Tozal del Mallo in Ordesa Valley, declarated World Heritage by UNESCO, and belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Torla Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-415422 - Tozal del Mallo in Ordesa Valley, declarated World Heritage by UNESCO, and belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Torla Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-415421 - Tozal del Mallo in Ordesa Valley, declarated World Heritage by UNESCO, and belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Torla Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-415424 - Detail of a rocky buttress in Ordesa Valley, declarated World Heritage by UNESCO, and belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Torla Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-415417 - El Gallinero spur in Ordesa Valley, declarated World Heritage by UNESCO, and belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Torla Huesca province Aragon Spain

Vio church near to canyon of Anisclo Valley, belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Fanlo Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-415412 - Vio church near to canyon of Anisclo Valley, belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Fanlo Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-415419 - El Gallinero spur in Ordesa Valley, declarated World Heritage by UNESCO, and belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Torla Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-415404 - Canyon of Anisclo Valley, belonging to Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Fanlo Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-409881 - Hikers walking to Pena Negra cirque in Sierra de Bejar Natural Park Becedas avila province Castilla y Leon Spain

817-409882 - Hikers walking to Pena Negra cirque in Sierra de Bejar Natural Park Becedas avila province Castilla y Leon Spain

817-406004 - Hikers resting in the chestnut grove of El Tiemblo, in Iruelas Valley Natural Park avila province Castilla y Leon Spain

Adult lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus or bearded vulture of more than seven years old, in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Torla Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-406853 - Adult lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus or bearded vulture of more than seven years old, in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Torla Huesca province Aragon Spain

817-406852 - Adult lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus or bearded vulture of more than seven years old, in Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park Pyrenees Torla Huesca province Aragon Spain

1116-2321 - Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California, Usa

832-35310 - Winter beech forest in Planavy, Bile Karpaty, White Carpathian Mountains, protected landscape area, Moravia, Czech Republic, Europe

832-29950 - American Bison, Buffalo (Bison bison), herd, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

Winter beech forest, Javorina national wilderness area, Bile Karpaty, White Carpathian Mountains, protected landscape area, Moravia, Czech Republic, Europe

832-35311 - Winter beech forest, Javorina national wilderness area, Bile Karpaty, White Carpathian Mountains, protected landscape area, Moravia, Czech Republic, Europe

832-20499 - Zebras (Equus) drinking from a waterhole, Okaukuejo, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

832-28166 - Mountaingorillas (Gorilla beringei), Virunga National Park, Zaire, Africa

832-28192 - Mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei), foraging, Virunga Nationalpark, Zaire

832-36020 - Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

832-35086 - Bushbuck, Tragelaphus scriptus, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique, Africa

832-35092 - Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Macropus giganteus, Maria Island National Park, Tasmania, Australia

Winter snow splendour on Kamzicnik, Hrubý Jeseník mountain range, protected landscape area, Northern Moravia, Czech Republic, Central Europe

832-35254 - Winter snow splendour on Kamzicnik, Hrubý Jeseník mountain range, protected landscape area, Northern Moravia, Czech Republic, Central Europe

832-35087 - Bushbuck, Tragelaphus scriptus, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique, Africa

Young Indian men bathing in the river flaunting the Environmental rules beside them. Next to the HQ in Mudumalai Wildlife sanctuary/National park/tiger reserve/ biosphere reserve in Tamil Nadu India. more info: conflicts arise where villages are allowed to develop inside protected areas. There is still a lot of wildlife here but a sizable settlement is appearing around the visitor centre with large scale use of the river as laundry, rubbish dump etc. If laws are not enforced they have no value.

1061-8 - Young Indian men bathing in the river flaunting the Environmental rules beside them. Next to the HQ in Mudumalai Wildlife sanctuary/National park/tiger reserve/ biosphere reserve in Tamil Nadu India. more info: conflicts arise where villages are allowed to develop inside protected areas. There is still a lot of wildlife here but a sizable settlement is appearing around the visitor centre with large scale use of the river as laundry, rubbish dump etc. If laws are not enforced they have no value.

Silver drummer (kyphosus sydneyanus) silvery grey colour, feeding on brown seaweed, wild, day, schools, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: other name common buffalo bream, dark tail and a distinctive dark line that looks a little like a moustache below the eye, occur in large schools. Distribution more widespread throughout Australia.

1022-79 - Silver drummer (kyphosus sydneyanus) silvery grey colour, feeding on brown seaweed, wild, day, schools, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: other name common buffalo bream, dark tail and a distinctive dark line that looks a little like a moustache below the eye, occur in large schools. Distribution more widespread throughout Australia.

Western buffalo bream (kyphosus cornelii) silvery brown colour, feeding on seaweed, schools, wild, day, silvery brown colour, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: other name buff bream, lacks the dark edging on the tail fin and dark line under the eye. Restricted to WA as name suggests.

1022-86 - Western buffalo bream (kyphosus cornelii) silvery brown colour, feeding on seaweed, schools, wild, day, silvery brown colour, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: other name buff bream, lacks the dark edging on the tail fin and dark line under the eye. Restricted to WA as name suggests.

1022-91 - Silver drummer (kyphosus sydneyanus) silvery grey colour, feeding on brown seaweed, wild, day, schools, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: other name common buffalo bream, dark tail and a distinctive dark line that looks a little like a moustache below the eye, occur in large schools. Distribution more widespread throughout Australia.

Horseshoe leatherjacket (meuschenia hippocrepis), wild, day, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean.

1022-78 - Horseshoe leatherjacket (meuschenia hippocrepis), wild, day, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean.

1022-87 - Western buffalo bream (kyphosus cornelii) silvery brown colour, feeding on seaweed, schools, wild, day, silvery brown colour, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: other name buff bream, lacks the dark edging on the tail fin and dark line under the eye. Restricted to WA as name suggests.

1072-55 - Butterflyfish in coral reef, Rash Mohammed, Red Sea

cray pot, wild, day, Western Australian rock lobster (panulirus cygnus), marine protected area, free-diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: checking pots for crayfish, catch and release if to small or females with eggs.

1022-94 - cray pot, wild, day, Western Australian rock lobster (panulirus cygnus), marine protected area, free-diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: checking pots for crayfish, catch and release if to small or females with eggs.

footballer sweep (neatypus obliquus) diagonal yellow bands are edged in black and stand out against the silvery-blue body, wild, day, marine protected area, reef, in small schools diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: other name stripey, eating green algae as they sweep over the reef.

1022-84 - footballer sweep (neatypus obliquus) diagonal yellow bands are edged in black and stand out against the silvery-blue body, wild, day, marine protected area, reef, in small schools diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: other name stripey, eating green algae as they sweep over the reef.

bengal sergeant (abudefduf bengalensis) wild, day, marine protected area, diving off Coral Bay, Ningaloo reef, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: has rounded, white-edged tail lobes.

1022-82 - bengal sergeant (abudefduf bengalensis) wild, day, marine protected area, diving off Coral Bay, Ningaloo reef, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: has rounded, white-edged tail lobes.

1072-54 - anthias in coral reef, Rash Mohammed, Red Sea

Southern blue devil (paraplesiops meleagris), wild, day, solitary, bottom dwelling specie, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean.

1022-76 - Southern blue devil (paraplesiops meleagris), wild, day, solitary, bottom dwelling specie, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean.

1022-85 - Southern blue devil (paraplesiops meleagris), wild, day, solitary, bottom dwelling specie, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Indian Ocean.

tallfin batfish (platax teira), juvenile, wild, day, marine protected area, diving off Coral Bay, Ningaloo reef, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: with 3 dark bars, very long dorsal, anal and pelvic fins, feed on plankton from water column.

1022-81 - tallfin batfish (platax teira), juvenile, wild, day, marine protected area, diving off Coral Bay, Ningaloo reef, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: with 3 dark bars, very long dorsal, anal and pelvic fins, feed on plankton from water column.

western king wrasse (coris auricularis), male, dark pink colour with reddish-brown band running around boby and blue-green colouration over the head, wild, day, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, reef edges, sand, seagrass, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: social structure where dominant male, usually the biggest in the area, will have a harem of females. When the male dies or is absent for any length of time the largest female will change sex and dominate the group.

1022-83 - western king wrasse (coris auricularis), male, dark pink colour with reddish-brown band running around boby and blue-green colouration over the head, wild, day, marine protected area, diving off Rottnest Island, reef edges, sand, seagrass, Western Australia, Indian Ocean. MORE INFO: social structure where dominant male, usually the biggest in the area, will have a harem of females. When the male dies or is absent for any length of time the largest female will change sex and dominate the group.

Jourdan's turban (turbo jourdani) large gastropod shell, reddish-brown, Rottnest Island reef, wild, day, marine protected area, free-diving off, cool temperate waters of Western Australia. MORE INFO: Marine plant common kelp, a dominant feature of the underwater landscape. Protected areas are covered in lush growth of diverse algae, also red algea are here.

1022-80 - Jourdan's turban (turbo jourdani) large gastropod shell, reddish-brown, Rottnest Island reef, wild, day, marine protected area, free-diving off, cool temperate waters of Western Australia. MORE INFO: Marine plant common kelp, a dominant feature of the underwater landscape. Protected areas are covered in lush growth of diverse algae, also red algea are here.

965-312 - Bengal Tiger (Panthera Tigris Tigris), wild, two 12 month old cubs, critically endangered. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, India

965-4 - Bengal Tiger (Panthera Tigris Tigris) wild sub-adult male, critically endangered. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, India.

965-270 - Bengal Tiger (Panthera Tigris Tigris), wild, 12 month old cub, critically endangered. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, India

965-220 - Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) wild adult male, critically endangered. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve. India.

965-266 - Common Langur Monkey, Gray Langur Monkey, Hanuman Monkey (Semnopithicus Entellus), wild. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, India

965-223 - Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) wild adult male, critically endangered. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve. India.

915-996 - Three-cliffs Bay, Gower, Wales, UK, Europegower (rr)

915-926 - Tower Point near Marloes, Wales, UK. (rr)

965-53 - African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) wild adult female with juvenile. Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

965-286 - Bengal Tiger (Panthera Tigris Tigris), wild, two 12 month old cubs, critically endangered. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, India

965-195 - Common Langur Monkey (Semnopithecus entellus) wild adult female with juvenile. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, India

965-51 - African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) wild adults. Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

965-11 - Bengal Tigers (Panthera Tigris Tigris) wild sub-adult males, critically endangered. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, India.

915-789 - Coasteering, St. Non's Bay, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, Europe

965-313 - Bengal Tiger (Panthera Tigris Tigris), wild, adult female, critically endangered. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, India

965-3 - Bengal Tiger (Panthera Tigris Tigris) wild adult female, critically endangered. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, India.

965-316 - Bengal Tiger (Panthera Tigris Tigris), wild, two 12 month old cubs, critically endangered. Bandhavgaarh Tiger Reserve

965-62 - African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) wild adult female and juvenile. Amboseli National Park, Kenya.

965-243 - Bengal Tiger (Panthera Tigris Tigris), wild, 12 month old cub, critically endangered. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, India

965-245 - Bengal Tiger (Panthera Tigris Tigris), wild, 12 month old cub, critically endangered. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, India

965-274 - Bengal Tiger (Panthera Tigris Tigris), wild, 12 month old cub, critically endangered. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, India

921-994 - Stick-insect , Phasmatidea, Phamida, Borneo, Sarawak, Gunung Mulu NP, Malaysia

965-306 - Bengal Tiger (Panthera Tigris Tigris), wild, adult female with 12 month old cub, critically endangered. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, India

965-236 - Bengal Tigers (Panthera tigris tigris) wild adult female and cub, critically endangered, Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, India.

965-216 - Bengal Tigers (Panthera tigris tigris), wild adult males, critically endangered. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, India.

965-299 - Bengal Tiger (Panthera Tigris Tigris), wild, 12 month old cub, critically endangered. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, India

965-29 - Bengal Tiger (Panthera Tigris Tigris) wild sub-adult male, critically endangered. Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, India.

921-995 - Large Red Millipede, Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia