Discover Life's copyright policy & terms of use

The photographs, maps, and other images on Discover Life were generously contributed by their owners to promote education and the study, better management, and enjoyment of nature. These owners retain copyright with all rights reserved to their images.

If the link under an image on Discover Life is to this copyright policy, this page typically specifies the terms by which you may use the image. In some cases, this statement does not apply and you should contact the photographer/source for permission.

On non-commercial Websites
Unless otherwise stated in the copyright page of the source/contributing photographer (see copyright link associated with each image), you may link to Discover Life's images for non-commercial purposes if

  1. you credit each image individually with its copyright link or, if one does not exist, with the following HTML link:
    <a href="http://www.discoverlife.org"> Copyright owner's name / Discover Life </a>
  2. the above credit has a relative font size no smaller than one size below the majority of text on your page
  3. the resolution of the image on your site does not exceed 640 x 640 pixels
  4. your site is suitable for children and does not advocate hatred or crimes against others

In products that are NOT for commercial purposes
You may use our images in hard-copy publications, reports, and CD's that are not sold and are not used for commercial purposes if

  1. you credit each image individually with the following text:
    Copyright owner's name / www.discoverlife.org
  2. the above credit has a relative font size no smaller than one size below the majority of text on your page
  3. the resolution of the image does not exceed 640 x 640 pixels
  4. your publication is suitable for children and does not advocate hatred or crimes against others
  5. you do not use more than 20 such images in your product

In commerical products
If you wish to use our images commercially or for any other purpose not specified above, please contact the owner or AnthroPhoto for prices and/or permission.

Updated: 26 November, 2007