David Perpinan / Close-up of a carer feeding a Blue fronted amazon (Amazona aestiva), confiscated from illegal wildlife trade, Brazil.

Jeff Foott / Maple (Acer sp) leaves and needles in autumn, Acadia National Park, Maine

Ingo Arndt / "CTD" (instrument for collecting water samples from all water depths) at work 50 km from the ice floe base. ISPOL (ICE Station Polarstern) Expedition 2004/2005 from Alfred Wegener Institute; Bremerhav...

Jean E. Roche / Giant mirror in the shape of a woman emerging from river, a public sculpture by Rob Mullholland, Port Saint Louis du Rhone, Camargue, France, May 2013. Editorial Use only. Credit Jean Roche / Le Citro...

Jean E. Roche / Woman looking into giant 'funhouse' mirror in forest, public sculpture by Rob Mullholland, Port saint Louis du Rhone, Camargue, France, May 2013. Editorial Use only. Credit Jean Roche / Le Citron Jaun...

Cyril Ruoso / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) using tools to crack nuts, Gabon

Cyril Ruoso / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) using tools to crack nuts, Gabon

Cyril Ruoso / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) young using a leaf to drink, Gabon

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Woodpecker Finch (Camarhynchus pallidus) using tool to dislodge grub, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Woodpecker Finch (Camarhynchus pallidus) using tool to dislodge grub, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Robin Chittenden / Garmin being used to follow transect during bird survey work, Kelburn North Ayrshire Scotland UK June 2010

Bernard Castelein / Buddhist monk playing the Lawah (long trumpet) during afternoon pudja, Tso Kar, Ladakh, India, June 2010

Eric Baccega / Buriat shaman plays tambourine on Olkhon Island, Baikal lake, Siberia, Russia, June 2000

Albert Lleal / Microchip and needle used to inject sea turtles for marking and tracking data, Barcelona, Spain

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) adult with wingspan of 9 feet flying, critically endangered, bred in captivity, later released, and wearing radio transmitter, near Zion National Park, Utah

Pete Oxford / Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) stabilizes itself with its prehensile tail while using a heavy rock hammer to crack open palm nuts placed in small pits in the anvil rock surface, Cerrado habitat, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Brown Capuchin (Cebus apella) stabilizes itself with its prehensile tail while using a heavy rock hammer to crack open palm nuts placed in small pits in the anvil rock surface, Cerrado habitat, Brazil

Gerry Ellis / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) uses fishing tool to catch insects, Washington Park Zoo, Washington

Gerry Ellis / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) teaching, young male to use fishing tool, Washington Park Zoo

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) immature bird flying with transmitter attached, critically endangered extinct in wild and recently re-introduced, 9-10 foot wingspan, Marble Canyon, Arizona

Gerry Ellis / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) uses fishing tool, Washington Park Zoo

Gerry Ellis / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) uses fishing tool to feed on insects, Washington Park Zoo

Gerry Ellis / Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) teaching young male to use fishing tool, Washington Park Zoo

Francisco Marquez / Researcher collecting a blood sample from a Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) juvenile's leg during the ringing process, Fuente de Piedra lagoon, Malaga, Spain. August.

Suzi Eszterhas / North American beaver (Castor canadensis) orphaned kit feeding from syringe. Lindsay Wildlife Experience, Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California, USA. September 2015. Captive.

Duncan Murrell / Man of the Batak indigenous tribe playing a stringed instrument in the Batak Visitors Centre at Barangay Concepcion, Puerto Princesa, Palawan, the Philippines.

Jabruson Motion / Close-up of a vet preparing drug for darting a Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), part of a relocation programme, Sei Serdang, Prima, Batang Serangan, Langkat, North Sumatra, Indonesia, 2015.

Suzi Eszterhas / Cape Pangolin (Manis temminckii) with radio transmitter tracking device at night, Makgadikgadi Salt Pans, Botswana

David Perpinan / Carer feeding Blue fronted amazon (Amazona aestiva) chicks, confiscated from illegal wildlife trade, Brazil.

Francisco Marquez / Horse riders relaxing after rounding up mares and foals. Donana National Park, Spain. September 2014.

Francisco Marquez / Horse riders relaxing after rounding up mares and foals. Donana National Park, Spain. September 2014.

Eric Baccega / Female Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) under anaesthetic and undergoing an MRI scanner in the surgery station of the zoo, Zooparc Beauval, France, October 2017.

Eric Baccega / Chief veterinarian, Baptiste Mulot, performing MRI imaging on a female Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) under anaesthetic in the zoo surgery station, Zooparc Beauval, France, October 2017.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Carnival procession led by drummer, Eticoga, Orango Island, Bijagos UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Guinea Bissau, February 2015.

Ingo Arndt / Helicopter transporting "CTD" (instrument for collecting water samples from all water depths) to research site 50 km away from the ice floe base. ISPOL (ICE Station Polarstern) Expedition 2004/2005 fr...

Ingo Arndt / Helicopter taking off with instrument "bird" to measure ice thickness. ISPOL (ICE Station Polarstern) Expedition 2004/2005 from Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany. The Icebreaker Polarster...

Ingo Arndt / "CTD" (instrument for collecting water samples from all water depth) at work from icebreaker Polarstern. ISPOL (ICE Station Polarstern) Expedition 2004/2005 from Alfred Wegener Institute; Bremerhaven...

Ingo Arndt / Helicopter transporting instrument "bird" for measuring ice thickness. ISPOL (ICE Station Polarstern) Expedition 2004/2005 from Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany. The Icebreaker Polarster...

Ingo Arndt / "CTD" (instrument for collecting water samples from all water depth) at work 50 km from the ice floe base. ISPOL (ICE Station Polarstern) Expedition 2004/2005 from Alfred Wegener Institute; Bremerhave...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Hands of woman writing on clipboard. Recording fish counts as part of the Eddleston Water Project, where sections of river are being re-naturalised to improve biodiversity and reduce flooding. Peebles...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Veterinarian from The Royal Zoological Society Scotland / RZSS using a catheter to collect semen for genetic testing from a sedated Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris grampia). Inside RZSS mobile vet...

Jaymi Heimbuch / Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris) named Jack, a scent detection dog with Conservation Canines, having gps placed on him by handler, Washington

Jaymi Heimbuch / Domestic Dog (Canis familiaris) named Jack, a scent detection dog with Conservation Canines, and field technician Heath Smith logging GPS data, Washington

Daniel Heuclin / Reticulated python (Python reticulata) and Monitor (Varanus) skin drums, Siberut Island, Sumatra. July 2016.

Jim Brandenburg / Red Pine (Pinus resinosa) needles with raindrops, Minnesota

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) collar and gps data on computer, Santa Cruz Puma Project, Santa Cruz Mountains, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) biologists, Justine Alyssa Smith and Chris Wilmers, taking blood from sub-adult male for analysis during collaring, Santa Cruz Puma Project, Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, Cal...

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) tracking points displayed on gps with location of airplane used for aerial telemetry, Santa Cruz Puma Project, Santa Cruz Mountains, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) biologist, Paul Houghtaling, and pilot Mark Dedon, tracking mountain lions from airplane using telemetry, Santa Cruz Puma Project, Santa Cruz Mountains, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) biologist, Paul Houghtaling, tracking mountain lions from airplane using telemetry, Santa Cruz Puma Project, Santa Cruz Mountains, California

Suzi Eszterhas / Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) four week old orphaned young drinking milk, WildCare, San Rafael, California

Pete Oxford / Aliba Village log-drum., Ao Naga Headhunting Tribe. Mokokchung district, Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Aliba Village log-drum, Ao Naga Headhunting Tribe. Mokokchung district, Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Tuensang village log drum. Chang Naga Tribe. Tuensang district. Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Konyak Naga man crouching by Hongphoi Village Log drum. Mon district. Nagaland, North East India, October 2014.

Chien Lee / Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis) with radio collar, California

Suzi Eszterhas / Chinese Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) three month old orphaned baby sleeping, Taipei Zoo, Taipei, Taiwan

Suzi Eszterhas / Chinese Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) biologist, Hsuan yi Lo, tending to twelve day old orphaned baby, Taipei Zoo, Taipei, Taiwan

Suzi Eszterhas / Chinese Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) twelve day old orphaned baby sleeping, Taipei Zoo, Taipei, Taiwan

Suzi Eszterhas / Chinese Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) twelve day old orphaned baby sleeping, Taipei Zoo, Taipei, Taiwan

Richard Herrmann / Cobble rock which was used to create stone tools, San Jeronimo Island, Baja California, Mexico

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Local musicians practising. Singkawang, West Kalimantan, Indonesia Borneo. June 2010.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Local musicians practising. Singkawang, West Kalimantan, Indonesia Borneo. June 2010.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Local musician practicing. Singkawang, West Kalimantan, Indonesia Borneo. June 2010.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Local musicians practising. Singkawang, West Kalimantan, Indonesia Borneo. June 2010.

Donald M. Jones / Blue Grouse (Dendragapus obscurus) male feeding on conifer needles, North America

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Famadihana, traditional funeral ceremony of the Merina and Betsileo ethnic groups where the dead are exhumed every seven years, a joyous festival with dancing and musicians. Antsirabe, Madagascar, Feb...

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Famadihana, traditional funeral ceremony of the Merina and Betsileo ethnic groups where the dead are exhumed every seven years, a joyous festival with dancing and musicians. Antsirabe, Madagascar, Feb...

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Men in village playing on home made four string guitars on road to Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo, March 2012.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Group of local people outside village on road to Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo, March 2012.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Men in village playing on home made four string guitars on road to Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo, March 2012.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Village drum in Mongo village, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa, November 2011.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Village drum in Mongo village, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa, November 2011.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Village drum used to gather people for announcements, Mbuti Pygmy village, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa, January 2012.

Bernard Castelein / Young Buddhist monk watching dance rehearsals one day before the Torgya festival. Galdan Namge Lhatse Monastery,Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India. January 2014.

Bernard Castelein / Buddhist monks playing long trumpets (Lawa) during Torgya festival. Galdan Namge Lhatse Monastery, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India. January 2014.

Bernard Castelein / Buddhist monks playing long trumpets (Lawa) during Torgya festival. Galdan Namge Lhatse Monastery, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India. January 2014.

Bernard Castelein / Buddhist monks playing long trumpets (Lawa) during Torgya festival. Galdan Namge Lhatse Monastery, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India. January 2014.

Bernard Castelein / Buddhist monk playing trumpet during Torgya festival. Galdan Namge Lhatse Monastery, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India. January 2014.

Bernard Castelein / Buddhist monks playing long trumpets (Lawa) during Torgya festival. Galdan Namge Lhatse Monastery, Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India. January 2014.

Ingo Arndt / Migratory Locust (Locusta migratoria) pesticide equipment for control operation being prepared by FAO personnel, Tsiroanomandidy, Madagascar

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / In the evening of the first day of the Chukchi 'Festival of the Young Reindeer', Tamara plays her family's sacred drum in their Yaranga (tent). The Chukchi believe that the sounds of the drum calms th...

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / In the evening of the first day of the Chukchi 'Festival of the Young Reindeer', Tamara plays her family's sacred drum in their Yaranga (tent). The Chukchi believe that the sounds of the drum calms th...

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Drum on ground being played by a traditional healer during an early morning baptism, Durban beach, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, August 2009.

Robin Chittenden / Boy looking at leaf through magnifying glass, Norwich, UK, November 2013. Model released.

David Tipling / Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) hunter Rick Halcott luring down Snow Geese with decoys and whistle, Nebraska, USA, April.

Donald M. Jones / Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) with a radio collar, Alberta, Canada

Donald M. Jones / Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) radio-collared female eating a sculpin fish, McDonald Creek, Glacier National Park, Montana

Jean E. Roche / Giant mirror in the shape of a person, a public sculpture by Rob Mullholland, Port Saint Louis du Rhone, Camargue, France, May 2013. Editorial Use only. Credit Jean Roche / Le Citron Jaune / Mullholla...

Jean E. Roche / Giant mirror in the shape of a person, a public sculpture by Rob Mullholland, Port Saint Louis du Rhone, Camargue, France, May 2013. Editorial Use only. Credit Jean Roche / Le Citron Jaune / Mullholla...

Jean E. Roche / Man (assistant to the artist) looking into giant mirror in the shape of a person, a public sculpture by Rob Mullholland, Port Saint Louis du Rhone, Camargue, France, May 2013. Editorial Use only. Cred...

Jean E. Roche / Giant mirror in the shape of a woman emerging from river, a public sculpture by Rob Mullholland, Port Saint Louis du Rhone, Camargue, France, May 2013. Editorial Use only. Credit Jean Roche / Le Citro...

Jean E. Roche / Man looking into giant 'funhouse' mirror in forest, public sculpture by Rob Mullholland, Port saint Louis du Rhone, Camargue, France, May 2013. Editorial Use only. Credit Jean Roche / Le Citron Jaune...

Jean E. Roche / Woman looking into giant 'funhouse' mirror in forest, public sculpture by Rob Mullholland, Port saint Louis du Rhone, Camargue, France, May 2013. Editorial Use only. Credit Jean Roche / Le Citron Jaun...

Duncan Usher / Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) radio-tagged individual landing on lake, Lake Kerkini, Greece

Tom Marshall / Licenced Wildlife Trust vaccinator preparing badger bovine TB vaccine in the field wearing PPE. Cheshire, England, UK, May 2013.