Nick Hawkins / Juvenile Pollock (Pollachius virens) school within the protective fronds of kelp near Port Joli, Nova Scotia, Canada. August

Floris van Breugel / Alkali fly (Ephydra hians) underwater in protective air bubble, Mono Lake, California, USA.

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) chick under the wing of protective parent, breeding colony, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, June.Finalist in the Portfolio Category...

Ingo Arndt / Buff tip moth (Phalera bucephala) protective web covering caterpillars and food plant, Hungary, June.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Cheesemaker holding a hard cheese, with equipment in the background. Triglav National Park, Slovenia, October 2014.

Jabruson / Hammer Headed bats (Hypsignathus monstrosus) in gloved hand - live mist net catch for blood sampling in search of the unknown reservoir host for Ebola virus. Ebola outbreaks in Mbomo in 2003 killed 12...

Jabruson / Long-tailed Pangolin (Uromanis tetradactyla) unfurling itself from protective posture, close up of scales, Lokoue Bai. Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jabruson / Long-tailed Pangolin (Uromanis tetradactyla) unfurling itself from protective posture, Lokoue Bai. Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Sue Daly / Koheru (Decapterus koheru) shoal swiming around diver, Cavalli Islands, New Zealand, February 2013. Model released.

Konrad Wothe / Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) carrying goslings, Bavaria, Germany

Staffan Widstrand / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) mobbed by possibly a Skua, Svalbard, Norway, July

Steven Kazlowski / Crew bleeds a full deckload of Pacific cod fish (Gadidae family) before putting them in salt water tanks, on the fishing trawler Western Dawn, Gulf of Alaska, USA. No release available.

Alex Hyde / Brittle Bladder / Common Fragile Fern (Cystopteris fragilis) growing in protective gryke in limestone pavement, Yorkshire Dales, UK. April.

Danny Green / Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) and cub. Finland, Europe, June.

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female 'Unyuk' carrying her daughter 'Ursula' aged 4 years on her back. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. Jun...

Anup Shah / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female 'Unyuk' cuddling her daughter 'Ursula', age 4 years. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. June 2010. Reha...

Fiona Rogers / Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) female 'Unyuk' holding her daughter 'Ursula' age 4. Camp Leakey, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia. June 2010. Rehabilitate...

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) baby being watched over by its mother. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Roland Seitre / Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) mother with baby. Captive. Medellin Zoo, Antioquia, Colombia.

Sergey Gorshkov / African elephant charging (Loxodonta africana) female with young calf, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Michael W. Richards / Baby Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) bath time with mother, Pench National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Michael W. Richards / Wide angle view of baby Indian elephant, domesticated (Elephas maximus indicus), just a few days old standing below mothe'rs legs, Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Scots pine sapling (Pinus sylvestris) with protective tree guard to prevent grazing by deer, part of Caledonian pine forest regeneration scheme, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, July 2011. Did you know? S...

Andy Rouse / Burchell's Zebra (Equus quagga) mother with new born foal. Masai Mara, Kenya.

Anup Shah / Cheetah female with cubs aged 1-3 months (Acinonyx jubatus) Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Lioness and cub aged 12-18 months (Panthera leo). Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Lioness (Panthera leo) trying to protect cubs from charging Cape buffalo herd (Syncerus caffer caffer), Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Simon Colmer / Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera) growing in protective cage near buildings, Sussex, UK, June 2010

Eric Baccega / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) mother with her 3-month cub, soon after emerging from their hibernation den. Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada, March.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / New planting of young sapling English Oak tree (Quercus robur) in protective plastic ‘collar', Feanedock Wood, The National Forest, Derbyshire, UK, November 2010.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / New planting of young sapling trees in protective plastic collars, Feanedock Wood, The National Forest, Derbyshire, UK, November 2010.

Mark Taylor / Young windmill-eared rabbit and matching guinea-pig.

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / New tree emerging from its protective collar / guard, The National Forest, Central England, UK, November 2010. Did you know? In recent years woodland cover in The National Forest has increased from 6%...

Alex Hyde / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) sequence showing protective nictitating membrane over eye. Captive bird, UK.

Jeff Rotman / Shark handler wearing chain mail suit feeding Caribbean Reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) Bahamas, Caribbean Sea. Model release Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Shark handler wearing chain mail suit holding Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) in hypnotic trance. Caribbean sea Model released.

Niall Benvie / Boy in protective white suit and mask in the wilds surrounded by green vegetation, using binoculars, Scotland, UK, Model released

Niall Benvie / Boy in protective white suit and mask in the wilds surrounded by green vegetation, using binoculars, Scotland, UK, Model released

Eric Baccega / Portrait of Lani hunters with painted faces, head-dressed, nose adornment and penis case / gourd, Baliem valley, West Papua, former Irian-Jaya, Indonesia, August 2002

Toby Roxburgh / Cleaning and processing of King scallops (Pecten genus) prior to auction at Brixham Harbour, Devon, England, UK, 2009.

Eric Baccega / Female Kodiak brown bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) fighting male to protect her cubs, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, July

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Eurasian brown bear (Ursus arctos) looking at camera in protective case, Suomussalmi, Finland, July 2008

Hiroya Minakuchi / Pink Anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) in Magnificent Sea Anemone (Heteractis magnifica) host tentacles, Celebes Sea

Norbert Wu / Clown Anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) among stinging tentacles of anemone, Komodo Island, Indonesia

John Waters / John Downer Prod / Black lemur uses millipede secretions to ward off mosquitos and as a happy drug (Resolution restriction - image digitised from film, 'Weird Nature' tv series)

Pete Oxford / Brazilian Three-banded Armadillo (Tolypeutes tricinctus) rolls into a protective ball when threatened, endemic to Cerrado and Caatinga habitats, Brazil

Norbert Wu / Flamingo Tongue Snail (Cyphoma gibbosum) feeding on Common Sea Fan (Gorgonia ventalina) showing deep purple tone where the Sea Fan has released protective compounds, Saba, Caribbean

Tim Fitzharris / Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) adult in protective stance standing on downed duck, North America

Juergen Freund / Toad by protective toadfence on roadside (Bufo bufo) Germany

Anup Shah / Baby African elephant walking with adult {Loxodonta africana}, Masai Mara GR, Kenya

John Downer / Remote camera in protective housing and bait used to film wild lion close up for BBC television series 'Lifesense'

Doug Allan / Southern elephant seal pair courtship {Mirounga leonina} Antarctica

Doug Allan / Southern elephant seal pair courtship {Mirounga leonina} Antarctica. NB Large difference in size of male and female.

Anup Shah / Female Chimpanzee 'Fanni' with offspring 'Fundi' (male, 17-months-old) and Fudge (male, 4-years-10-months-old) {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii}, Kasekela community, Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002

Anup Shah / Two-year-old male 'Fundi' holds on to mother 'Fanni' who is calling in answer to group call {Pan troglodytes schweinfurtheii}, Kasekela community, Gombe NP, Tanzania. 2002 *Not available for calendar...

TJ Rich / Newborn Common zebra foal and mother {Equus quagga} Masai Mara, Kenya

David Pike / Female Polar bear with very small cubs {Ursus maritimus} Canada

Tony Heald / African elephant baby in water {Loxodonta africana} with mother's protective trunk, Etosha NP, Namibia

Jeff Rotman / Great white shark with divers filming from protective cage. South Australia. Model released.

Adrian Davies / Compostable magazine wrapper, made from potato starch. UK. 2019.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Little girl under the protective hands of her grandmother, in a small village of Rajasthan, India. October 2018.

Ingo Arndt / Native trees in protective plastic shields for reforestation of native forest after forest fire, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Alex Hyde / Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus) held in researcher's protective glove at the Manu Learning Centre, CREES Foundation. Manu Biosphere Reserve, Amazonia, Peru. November.

Alex Mustard / A wide angle macro view of a Veined octopus ( Amphioctopus marginatus) stretching out from its protective den in an old clam shell. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.

David Fleetham / Diver hanging on a line at 15 feet for a decompression stop before surfacing. Kauai, Hawaii. March 2016. Model released.

David Fleetham / Diver photographing Anemonefish (Amphiprion percula) and Anemone (Actiniaria). Wakatobi, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Model released.

David Fleetham / Divers looking at Day octopus (Octopus cyanea). Hawaii. October 2017. Model released.

Karine Aigner / Blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) huddled together in a circle, protecting each other from a pack of four African wild dogs (Lycaon Pictus). Botswana.

Ashley Cooper / Passengers on Zodiaks off the Russian research vessel, AkademiK Sergey Vavilov an ice strengthened ship on an expedition cruise to Northern Svalbard in front of the Aalkefjellet, sea bird nesting clif...

Ashley Cooper / Passengers on Zodiaks off the Russian research vessel, AkademiK Sergey Vavilov an ice strengthened ship on an expedition cruise to Northern Svalbard in front of the Aalkefjellet, sea bird nesting clif...

Ashley Cooper / Passengers on Zodiaks off the Russian research vessel, AkademiK Sergey Vavilov an ice strengthened ship on an expedition cruise to Northern Svalbard, Norway, July.

Ashley Cooper / CFA fire fighters tackling a roadside fire near Shepperton, Victoria, Australia, probably started by a motorist throwing a cigarette out of the window. This image was taken during the drought which 15...

Ashley Cooper / Bees (Apis mellifera) around a queen cell in a beehive which has been infected with Varoa mites (Varroa destructor) Cockermouth, Cumbria, UK, June.

Ashley Cooper / Bee (Apis mellifera) with deformed wings as a result of attack by Varoa mites (Varroa destructor) in beehive, Cockermouth, Cumbria, UK, June.

Ashley Cooper / Technician using thermal imaging camera to check the thermal efficiency of a house, and where heat is lost from the house.

Tony Wu / Ama diver searching rocks for shellfish including Sea snail (Turbo sazae). Futo Harbour, Izu Peninsula, Honshu, Japan. June 2010.

Tony Wu / Ama diver searching rocks for shellfish including Sea snails (Turbo sazae) in decreasing visibility. Futo Harbour, Izu Peninsula, Honshu, Japan. June 2010.

Tony Wu / Ama diver searching for shellfish including Sea snails (Turbo sazae) amongst seaweed. Hose supplies diver with air and enables communication with husband at surface. Futo Harbour, Izu Peninsula, Honsh...

Tony Wu / Ama diver searching for shellfish including Sea snails (Turbo sazae) amongst seaweed. Hose supplies diver with air and enables communication with husband at surface. Futo Harbour, Izu Peninsula, Honsh...

Tony Wu / Ama diver searching for shellfish including Sea snails (Turbo sazae) amongst seaweed. Hose supplies diver with air and enables communication with husband at surface. Futo Harbour, Izu Peninsula, Honsh...

Tony Wu / Ama diver searching for amongst seaweed with basket almost full with Sea snails (Turbo sazae). The basket can be exchanged by her husband at the surface. Futo Harbour, Izu Peninsula, Honshu, Japan. Ju...

Tony Wu / Ama diver on boat. preparing to work in the ocean. Metal tool to pry shells from rocks, net to collect shells and hoses to supply air and facilitate communication. Futo Harbour, Izu Peninsula, Shizuok...

Tony Wu / Ama diver adjusting her mask and breathing hose before going into the ocean to work. Futo Harbour, Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. June 2010.

Tony Wu / Ama diver cleaning her face mask in preparation for going to work underwater. Futo Harbour, Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. June 2010.

Tony Wu / Ama diver putting on wetsuit in preparation for work underwater. Futo Harbour, Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. June 2010.

Tony Wu / Ama diver climbing aboard boat after spending two hours collecting seafood. Futo Harbour, Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. June 2010.

David Fleetham / Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis) surfacing, with nictitating membrane across it eye. Oahu, Hawaii.

Matthew Maran / Bee keeper in beekeepers suit examining combs of hive, Devon , England, UK, May 2014.

Matthew Maran / Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) planted with protective sleeve to prevent browsing, Devon, England, UK, July.

Floris van Breugel / Alkali fly (Ephydra hians) underwater in protective air bubble. Mono Lake, California, USA. June.

Paul Bertner / Froghopper (Cercopidae) nymph in cuckoospit froth, Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia

Paul Bertner / Moth pupa with fecal barricade, Mount Kinabalu National Park, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Paul Bertner / Moth pupa with fecal barricade, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Ingo Arndt / King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) adult adjusting egg balanced on its feet, King Edward Point, South Georgia Island, March

Ingo Arndt / Researchers wearing protective foot coverings to prevent contamination of the ice. (ISPOL (ICE Station Polarstern) Expedition 2004/2005 from Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany. The Icebrea...

Ingo Arndt / Saturniid moth caterpillar with protective spines {Arsenura batesii} Costa Rica, Central America