One Hundred Years of Solitude

A specimen of the Galápagos giant tortoise, thought to have been extinct for about a century, at the Galápagos National Park on Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean. Photo: Rodrigo Buendía/AFP/Getty Images.

Backstage

A river crocodile in the Vivarium del Caribe in Cartagena, Colombia. Photo: Ricardo Maldonado Rozo/EPA.

The Scream

A West African dwarf crocodile hatches from its egg in Royan, southwestern France. Photo: AFP/Mehdi Fedouach.

Eyes on the Goal

The eyes of a crocodile break the surface of the water at Wuppertal Zoo in Wuppertal, Germany. Photo: Federico Gambarini/AFP/Getty Images.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Puntarenas, Costa Rica: A butterfly flies into the jaws of a crocodile inhabiting the Tárcoles River. Photo: Jeffrey Arguedas/EPA.

The Importance of Not Being Arcovazzi

A colourful reptile holds up a twig as it is pictured looking like a warrior with a powerful stance. Photo: Anup Deodhar/Barcroft Images.

Giotto’s Circle

A lizard climbing up a flower stalk forms a circle with its own tail. Photo: Danny Young/Caters News Agency.

Kiki’s Delivery Service

A frog has been snapped with a terrapin hitching a ride on its head in Padang, Indonesia. Photo credit: Riau Images/Barcroft Images.