Jabruson / Dying African forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis), shot and wounded by poachers, near Lokoue Bai. Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Nigel Cattlin / Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) seedlings grown in light on left and without light on right, etiolated chlorotic and weak.

Mark Taylor / Silver tabby kitten, Blaze, age 11 days.

Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) female, Huan huan, giving birth to her second twin (at 22h32) which she is holding in her mouth. Her first twin, born 15 minutes before, is on the ground in this i...

Tony Wu / Female olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) recovering at the surface after being cut free from entanglement in a very large ghost fishing net in the Indian Ocean. After we cut the lines and re...

Nick Upton / Weak, injured, Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup 'Jenga', carried to British Divers Marine Life Rescue treatment facility in a crate, before its transfer to the Cornish Seal Sanctuary, Cornwall, UK,...

Nick Upton / British Divers Marine Life Rescue animal medics Michelle Clement and Rachel Shorland carrying a very weak, injured, grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Jenga', in a bag after rescuing it from a beach,...

Nick Upton / British Divers Marine Life Rescue animal medics Michelle Clement and Rachel Shorland carry a very weak, injured, grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Jenga', in a bag after rescuing it from Black Rock...

Nick Upton / Rachel Shorland and Michelle Clement, British Divers Marine Life Rescue animal medics, giving rehydration fluids to a very weak, injured, Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Jenga', washed up on a bea...

Nick Upton / Rachel Shorland and Michelle Clement, British Divers Marine Life Rescue animal medics, giving rehydration fluids to a very weak, injured, Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Jenga', washed up on a bea...

Nick Upton / Rachel Shorland and Michelle Clement, British Divers Marine Life Rescue animal medics, giving rehydration fluids to a very weak, injured, Grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Jenga', washed up on a bea...

Nick Upton / British Divers Marine Life Rescue animal medic Michelle Clement taking the temperature of a very weak, injured, grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) 'Jenga', washed up on a beach, Widemouth Bay, Cornwal...

Denis-Huot / Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) with baby just after birth, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.

Markus Varesvuo / Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) in weak winter sunlight, winter plumage, Utsjoki, Lapland, Finland, March 2003

Denis-Huot / African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) kneeling in mud and rain. Aberdares National Park, Kenya.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Weak Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) being carried on herder's sled. Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia, February.

Brent Stephenson / Weak-shelled Shore Crabs (Grapsus tenuicrustatus) on the reef edge with waves breaking. Tahanea, Tuamotus, French Polynesia, November.

Brent Stephenson / Weak-shelled Shore Crabs (Grapsus tenuicrustatus) on a wave platform. Puamau, Hiva Oa, Marquesas, French Polynesia, November.

Orsolya Haarberg / Winter landscape with snow-covered trees in forest and weak winter sun, Riisitunturi National Park, Lapland, Finland, February 2007

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nenets woman feeding boiled fish to young, weak Reindeer / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus). Yamal, Siberia, Russia, 1993.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Nenets woman feeding boiled fish to young weak Reindeer / Caribou calf (Rangifer tarandus) at winter camp. Yamal, Siberia, Russia, 1996.

Roy Mangersnes / Weak Aurora borealis over Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svaldbard, Norway, March 2009

Andy Rouse / Male Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) watching for a weak Gazelle, Musiara Marsh, Masai Mara, Kenya (non-ex)

Anup Shah / Orang utan {Pongo abelii} female drinking with weak baby Gunung Leuser NP Sumatra Indonesia. Edita has stolen Forester from Suma.

Anup Shah / Female Sumatran Orang utan 'Edita' with weak male baby 'Forester', stolen from another mother 'Suma' (Pongo abelii) Gunung Leuser NP, Sumatra Indonesia. Edita had recently lost her own baby.

Hermann Brehm / Lorry crossing weak road bridge over wetlands in the Pantanal, Brazil

TJ Rich / Newborn baby wildebeest trying to stand {Connochaetes taurinus} Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Dave Watts / Tasmanian race of Short beaked echidna {Tachyglossus aculeatus}, a monotreme, native to Australia and Tasmania. Echidnas locate their prey by detecting weak electrical fields around the snout, they al...

Nigel Cattlin / European Spindle tree (Euonymus europaeus) flowering plant, Berkshire, England, UK, June

Jabruson Motion / Eastern mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei) climbing up small branch. The animal stops climbing the branch, when it realises it is too heavy for it and the branch bends over. Virunga Nationa...

Robin Chittenden / Wigeon (Anas penelope) suffering from avian flu, resting on beach, Norfolk, UK. October, 2022.

Roland Seitre / Australian raven (Corvus coronoides) with weak and wet Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) prey trying to escape. Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.

Roland Seitre / Australian raven (Corvus coronoides) hunting weak Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) in water, Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.

Nigel Cattlin / Barley (Hordeum vulgare) seeds, comparison of shrivelled weak and wasted seed from a diseased crop to plump healthy seed.

Nigel Cattlin / Wheat (Triticum aestivum) seeds, comparison of shrivelled weak and wasted seed from a diseased crop to plump healthy seed.

Robin Chittenden / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) checking out weak Guillemot (Uria aalge), Norfolk, UK. October.

Robin Chittenden / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) checking out weak Guillemot (Uria aalge), Norfolk, UK. October.

Robin Chittenden / Sick and weak Guillemot (Uria aalge) moribund on beach, Blakeney Point, Norfolk, UK. October.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Olga Serotetto, a Nenets woman, feeds boiled fish to weak young reindeer. Yamal Peninsula, Siberia, Russia. 1996.

Nigel Cattlin / Weak, weedy, ripe wheat crop caused by a hot, dry summer with no rain causing stunted crop with poorly filled grains, Berkshire, UK, September.

Nigel Cattlin / Wilting and necrosis caused by boron deficiency, Bo, on a sugar beet plant in Champagne Region, France, Septrember

Nigel Cattlin / Wilting and necrosis caused by boron deficiency, Bo, on a sugar beet crop in Champagne Region, France, Septrember

Nigel Cattlin / Alternaria leaf spot (Alternaria tenuis) necrosis and leaf curling on sugar beet leaves, France, September

Nigel Cattlin / Alternaria leaf spot (Alternaria tenuis) necrosis and leaf curling on sugar beet leaves, France, September

Nigel Cattlin / Alternaria leaf spot (Alternaria tenuis) necrosis and leaf curling on sugar beet leaves, France, September

Nigel Cattlin / Focus (patch) infection of damage by a root knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) in a soybean crop, Florida, USA

Andy Sands / Adder (Vipera berus) male newly emerged from hibernation basking in weak spring sunshine, London, England, UK, February.

Andy Sands / Adder (Vipera berus) male, newly emerged from hibernation basking in weak spring sunshine, London, England, UK, March Focus Stacked.

Nigel Cattlin / Stunted commercial daffodil plant (Narcissus sp.) infected by basal rot (Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. narcissi) in a crop, Lincolnshire, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / Stunted commercial daffodil plant (Narcissus sp.) infected by basal rot (Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. narcissi) in a crop, Lincolnshire, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / A weak dying Common oak tree (Quercus robur) in early spring with bare branches in a stags horn shape, Berkshire, April