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I was reading Science online and saw this beautiful image credited to IS/TS - but shouldn't the photographer be credited as well?

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/06/scienceshot-the-brilliant-wings-.html

Nah, it's just that database bug where tineye seems to think TS stuff is on getty.

I have noticed in magazines that sometimes they give credit to the agency AND photographer and sometimes only the agency. I was curious which way it was headed. Or why sometimes one way, and sometimes the other, within the same magazine.

If from iStock, the terms and conditions state that if an image is used for editorial, both must be credited.

"4. Standard License Prohibitions
(a) Prohibited Uses. You may not do anything with the Content that is not expressly permitted in the preceding section or permitted by an Extended License. For greater certainty, the following are “Prohibited Uses” and you may not:
[snip 1-12]
13. use the Content for editorial purposes without including the following credit adjacent to the Content: “©iStockphoto.com/Artist’s Member Name]"

If from Thinkstock:
License Information
5. Credit and Intellectual Property.
[snip 5.1 - 5.2]
5.3 Photo Credit. All Licensed Material used in an editorial context, must include the following credit line adjacent to the Licensed Material: "[Photographer's Name]/[Collection Name]/Thinkstock" or as otherwise shown on the Thinkstock website. If Licensee omits the credit, an additional fee in an amount up to one hundred percent (100%) of the License Fee may be payable by Licensee, at Thinkstock’s sole discretion. The foregoing fee shall be in addition to any other rights or remedies that Thinkstock may have at law or in equity.

I had always thought images which were classified as editorial, not any image which was used in an editorial publication. Seems I'm wrong though.