This website mostly features images taken by Michael Patrikeev. Michael is a professional biologist, zoologist, and wildlife photographer with over 20 years of experience. He has studied and photographed natural wonders of the world in ten countries on three continents. His images were used to illustrate various publications, field guides and websites (see below):

Field Guide to Insects of North America. Kaufman Focus Guides. Houghton Mifflin, 2007.

Peterson’s Field Guide to Mammals of North America. Houghton Mifflin, 2006.

Atlas of Mammals of Hamilton. Hamilton Conservation Authority. 2005.

The Birds of Azerbaijan. Pensoft, 2004.

Mammals of North America. Kaufman Focus Guides. Houghton Mifflin, 2004.

Reptiles and Amphibians of Algonquin Provincial Park. Friends of Algonquin Park, 2003.

ROM Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Ontario. Royal Ontario Museum, 2002.

Texas Ornithological Bulletin (journal)

Ontario Birds (journal)

Texas Birds Annual (magazine)

ON Nature (magazine)

Ontario Snakes. Federation of Ontario Naturalists, 1997 (poster).

Grassland Fauna of Ontario, and Grassland Flora of Ontario. OMNR, 2001 (posters).

Websites:

NatureServe