Heather Angel / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) sliding down slope on back after losing footing. Panda Breeding Centre, Wolong, Sichuan, China. January 1987.

Heather Angel / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) forages on pollen in Apple (Malus domestica) flower, collecting pollen in pollen basket. In garden, Surrey, England, UK. May.

Heather Angel / Northern white cheeked gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys) female standing in tree with baby aged two weeks. Parents captive bred and released. Wild Elephant Valley / Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China, 2...

Heather Angel / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) portrait, in falling snow. Captive bred, in enclosure, Panda Breeding Centre, Wolong, Sichuan Province, China. February 2008.

Heather Angel / Man using pole to propel bamboo raft on Lijang / Li River, Karst peaks beyond. At dawn, Lijiang River Scenic Zone, Yangshuo county, Guangxi, China.

David Fleetham / Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris), Three Sisters Spring, Crystal River, Florida, USA. National Wildlife Federation Photo Contest Grand Prize WINNER 2010.

Gavin Hellier / Aerial shot tracking round the Angel of the North sculpture, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, Eangland, UK, October 2017. Hellier

Tui De Roy / Crimson-rumped Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus haematopygus), Angel Paz Reserve, Andes, Ecuador

Oriol Alamany / Angel Glacier with morraine, Jasper National Park, Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada

Tui De Roy / Yellow breasted antipitta (Grallaria flavotincta) Angel Paz reserve, Mindo region, Andean cloud forest, Ecuador

Bertie Gregory / 2020VISION / Adult Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) perched on an angel gargoyle on the Houses of Parliament, preening, London, England, UK, September

Florian Möllers / Blackbird (Turdus merula) male perched on a gravestone, Berlin, Germany, June

David Shale / Midwater pteropod molluscs / Sea butterflies (Clione limacina) Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Atlantic Ocean

David Shale / Sea angel{Clione limacina} deepsea, from mid Atlantic ridge, caught between 50 - 200m at night

Luciano Candisani / French Angelfish (Pomacanthus paru) pair, Rocas Atoll, Brazil

Mark Brownlow / Angel Falls, world's tallest waterfall, southern Venezuela, South America November 2005, BBC Planet Earth

David Shale / (Cione limacina) sea angel, a pelagic pteropod mollusc from the mid-Atlantic, deep sea Atlantic ocean

Pete Oxford / Paramo wetland habitat with {Polylepis incana} trees. El Angel reserve, Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Paramo Flower (Espeletia pycnophylla) field, El Angel Reserve, northeastern Ecuador

Norbert Wu / Australian Ghost Shark (Callorhinchus milii) trunk-like snout detects prey in sea bottom, primitive fish relative to sharks, lives in the deep sea, New Zealand

Norbert Wu / Spotted Ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei) deep sea fish, Monterey, California

Flip Nicklin / Queen Angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) juvenile, Cocos Island, Costa Rica

Pete Oxford / Frailejones {Espeletia pycnophylla} - tall plants and {Espeletia sp.} - short plants. El Angel Ecological Reserve, 3700 m above sea level. Paramo habitat. Andes, NE Ecuador. Endemic plants to northern...

Pascal Kobeh / Queen angelfish or blue or golden angelfish (Holacanthus ciliaris) Cozumel Island, Yucatan peninsula, Mexico.

Nigel Cattlin / Dwarf daffodil (Narcissus triandrus 'Hawera'). Cultivated in garden. Berkshire, England, April

Sergio Hanquet / Angel shark (Squatina squatina) resting on sea floor. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Sergio Hanquet / Angel shark (Squatina squatina) resting on sea floor. Tenerife, Canary Islands.

Heather Angel / Common bee fly (Bombylius major) hovering whilst nectaring on Honesty (Lunaria annua), proboscis covered with pollen. Nature reserve, Surrey, England, UK. March.

Heather Angel / Butterflies and day flying moths feed from Loofah flower (Luffa cylindrica) and pick up pollen on their legs, underside of thorax and antennae, South Sichuan Bamboo Sea, China

Heather Angel / Black coral vine (Kennedia nigricans) flowers, pollinated by honeyeaters (flowers triggered by honeyeater, releasing the stamens, style and stigma), Western Australia Sequence 2 of 2

Heather Angel / Black coral vine (Kennedia nigricans) flowers, pollinated by honeyeaters (showing untriggered flowers), Western Australia Sequence 1 of 2

Heather Angel / Grand-flowered horned poppies (Glaucium grandiflorum) in southern Turkey, June.

Heather Angel / Red wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata) feeding on nectar of flame grevillea (Grevillea excelsior) Kings Park, Western Australia Botanic garden, Western Australia.

Heather Angel / Pollen release from cyclamen flower via sonication, which mimics buzz pollination. The structure of the cyclamen flower prevents the pollen getting wet.

Heather Angel / Chinese peacock butterfly (Papilio bianor) drinking nectar from a Hibiscus flower. To maintain position it flaps the wings which pick up pollen on their undersides from the stamens placed on the end o...

Heather Angel / Day gecko (Phelsuma sp.) with extended tongue lapping up nectar from crown of thorns (Euphorbia milii) flower, Madagascar

Heather Angel / Wasp walking around a Spanish love-in-a-mist (Nigella hispanica) flower to sip nectar from ring of blue nectaries, thorax and abdomen pick up pollen from downward facing anthers that swipe over the wa...

Heather Angel / Stigmas in female flowers of single Wax begonia (Begonia semperflorens group) mimic pollen laden stamens produced by male flowers but offer no reward to pollinators, which land on them and pollinate t...

Ingo Arndt / Sword-billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) male nectaring on Red floripontio (Brugmansia sanguinea) flower. Eastern Andean slope, Ecuador. October.

Mike Read / Angel's wings (Pleurocybella porrigens) fungi on Scot's pine (Pinus sylvestris) stump. Abernethy Forest RSPB Reserve, Strathspey, Highlands, Scotland, UK. October.

JIM CLARE / Black flowerpiercer (Diglossa humeralis) a nectar thief, piercing Angel's trumpet flower (Brugmansia sanguinea), Azuay, Andes, Ecuador.

JIM CLARE / Black flowerpiercer (Diglossa humeralis) a nectar thief, piercing Angel's trumpet flower (Brugmansia sanguinea) Azuay, Andes, Ecuador.

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Semicircle angelfish (Pomacanthus semicirculatus) juvenile, Kenting National Park, Hengchun Peninsula of Pingtung County, Taiwan

Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Herald's angelfish (Centropyge heraldi) Green Island, a small volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean, Taiwan

Heather Angel / Pere David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus) two stags boxing amongst herd of hinds. Captive bred in reserve after reintroduction from Woburn Abbey, England, UK. Dafeng Milu National Nature Reserve, J...

Heather Angel / Travertine terrace in karst landscape. Huanglong / Yellow Dragon Scenic World Heritage Site, south Minshan range, Sichuan Province, China. 2007.

Heather Angel / Bar headed geese (Anser indicus), four in flight, one calling. Coming in to land at breeding site, Qinghai Lake, Qinghai Province, China.

Heather Angel / Sesame (Sesamum indicum), green unripe pods. Sichuan Province, China.

Heather Angel / Sesame (Sesamum indicum) flowers and green unripe pods. Sichuan Province, China.

Heather Angel / Li River fisherman in bamboo hat on raft with cormorants trained to bring back fish. In early morning, Yangshuo, Guangxi, China. 2009.

Heather Angel / Broomrape (Pedicularis longiflora) in wet meadow amongst Horsetail (Equisetum sp). Maroon marks on flowers act as Nectar guides. Road from Barkham to Ruo Er Gai, Sichuan Province, China. July.

Heather Angel / Red poppywort (Meconopsis punicea), raindrops on flower and stem. Medicinal plant in Tibet. Balang Shan, Sichuan Province, China. June.

Heather Angel / Amur / Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) sitting on rock between trees in winter. Captive in tiger park. Heilongjiang Province, China. January 2010.

Heather Angel / Dead leaf / Orange oak leaf (Kallima inachus) butterflies feeding on sap on tree trunk. Mimic leaves with wings closed. Wild Elephant Valley, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China.

Heather Angel / Bamboo growing beside narrow mountain track. Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve, Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas, Yunnan Province, China. May 2009. Digitally stitched panorama.

Heather Angel / China nawab (Polyura narcaeus) butterfly drinking at thermal seep. Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve, Yunnan Province, China.

Heather Angel / Green Lotus Cave, 108 basins resembling Lotus leaves are present. Bai Shan Di Village, Xingping, Guangxi Province, China. 2007.

Heather Angel / Hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) nectaring on Loofah (Luffa sp) flower. Xinjiang, China.

Heather Angel / Brown headed gull (Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus) pair billing on water. Qinghai Lake, Qinghai Province, China. May.

Heather Angel / Chinese mantis (Tenodera sp) walking over sandy path. Carefree Valley, South Sichuan Bamboo Sea / Shunan Zhuhai National Park, Sichuan, China. August.

Heather Angel / Sichuan pepper (Zanthoxylum bungeanum) branch with fruit.Sichuan, China. July.

Heather Angel / Caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis), a rare traditional Chinese medicine sold to nourish yin and yang, for anti-aging and as natural viagra substitute- Dong Chong Xia Cho. Yunnan, China.

Heather Angel / Old tea terraces with scattered shade trees. Near Kunming, Yunnan, China. January 2007.

Heather Angel / Ornamental koi carp (Cyprinus carpio) group with open mouths at lake surface. Xishuangbanna Tropical and Flowers Garden, Jinghong, Yunnan, China.

Heather Angel / Painted lady butterflies (Vanessa cardui), three nectaring on potted Chrysanthemums (Chrysanthemum sp) in evening light. Urumqi Botanic Garden, Wushi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Septembe...

Heather Angel / Black veined white butterfly (Aporia hippia) nectaring on flowering shrub. Yuhu, Yunnan, China. June.

Heather Angel / Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) pair mating on lake. Shanghai Zoo, China.

Heather Angel / Slipper orchid (Cypripedium tibeticum), two flowers. Balangshan, Wolong, Sichuan Province, China. June.

Heather Angel / Rhododendron (Rhododendron souliei) and Leopard plant (Ligularia sp) on bank of river flowing through forest. South of Kangding, Sichuan Province, China. June.

Heather Angel / Lichens on leaf litter beneath Rhododendron (Rhododendron phaeochrysum) tree. Kangding Cuo, Sichuan Province, China.

Heather Angel / Primula (Primula sikkimensis), Himalayan cowslip (Primula secundiflora) and Crucifer (Brassicaceae) at edge of stream. Kanding, Sichuan Province, China.

Heather Angel / Flies feeding in Veitch's peony (Paeonia veitchii). Near Bamei, Sichuan Province, China.

Heather Angel / Regal lily (Lilium regale) with Crab spider (Thomisidae sp) waiting to predate insects. Near Maoxian, Min Valley, Sichuan Province, China.

Heather Angel / Wetland with areas of rice and Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) surrounded by peaks. View from Jade Dragon Peak. Puzhehei National Wetland Park, Yunnan Province, China, 2009.

Heather Angel / Wetland with cultivated areas of rice, Sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) and other crops. Peaks in background, view from Jade Dragon Peak. Puzhehei National Wetland Park, Yunnan Province, China, 2009.

Heather Angel / Sacred lotus ( Nelumbo nucifera) seeds removed from the enlarged receptacle. Seeds are combined with rice to form a porridge. Puzhehei, Puzhehei National Wetland Park, Yunnan Province, China. 2009.

Heather Angel / Dragonfly (Odonata) nymphs, sold live as food. Puzehai Lake, Puzhehei National Wetland Park, Yunnan, China. 2009.

Pascal Kobeh / Angel shark (Squatina squatina) buried in the sand, Canary Islands

Pascal Kobeh / Angel shark (Squatina squatina) burried in the sand, Canary Islands

Pascal Kobeh / Angel shark (Squatina squatina) swimming above the sandy bottom with divers in the background, Canary Islands

Pascal Kobeh / Angel shark (Squatina squatina) swimming above the reef, Canary Islands

Pascal Kobeh / Angel shark (Squatina squatina) laying on the sand, Canary Islands

Heather Angel / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) with full pollen baskets feeding on Balkan anemone (Anemone blanda). In garden. Surrey, England, UK. April.

Heather Angel / Spotted blister beetle (Ceroctis capensis) feeding on Gladiolus (Gladiolus alatus) petals. Cape Town, South Africa. September.

Heather Angel / Drone fly (Eristalis tenax) nectaring on Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis), pollen on body. Surrey, England, UK. February.

Heather Angel / Saxon wasp (Dolichovespula saxonica) and Common red soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) feeding on Broad leaved helleborine (Epipactis helleborine). Surrey, England, UK. August.

Heather Angel / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) extending proboscis to nectar on Common rue (Ruta graveolens). Green aphid (Aphidoidea) beneath flower. Surrey, England, UK. July.

Heather Angel / Parasitic wasp (Gasteruption assectator) nectaring on Common rue (Ruta graveolens). Surrey, England, UK. July.

Heather Angel / Blowfly (Calliphora sp) nectaring on Common rue (Ruta graveolens). Surrey, England, UK. July.

Heather Angel / Cambridge vagrant butterfly (Nepheronia thalassina) nectaring on Lantana (Lantana camara). Flowers turn from yellow to pink when no nectar is provided. In garden, Tanzania. Native to tropical Americas...

Heather Angel / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) nectaring on freshly opened yellow Lantana (Lantana camara) flowers. Flowers turn pink when nectar no longer provided. In garden, Tanzania. Native to tropical Americas.

Heather Angel / Solitary bee (Apoidea) feeding on Crocus (Crocus korolkowii), covered in pollen. Ansob Pass, Tajikistan. April.

Heather Angel / Bumblebee (Bombus sp) queen feeding on Crocus (Crocus korolkowii), covered in pollen. Ansob Pass, Tajikistan. April.

Heather Angel / Tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum) nectaring on Camellia 'St Ewe' (Camellia williamsii). Surrey, England, UK. March.

Heather Angel / Buff tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) feeding on Darwin's barberry (Berberis darwinii). Surrey, England, UK. November.

Heather Angel / Ivy bee (Colletes hederae) female collecting pollen from Ivy (Hedera helix). Surrey, England, UK. October.