Tui De Roy / Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) males migrating to breeding areas at the onset of warm season. Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, December.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Ling (Calluna vulgaris) and Bell Heather (Erica cinerea) blooming on heathland with sun rising through tree. Pig Bush, Beaulieu, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, August. Did you know?...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Pair of mating soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva) on Common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea), Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, August. Did you know? In some areas this insect is called the “bloodsuck...

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) the national flower of California naturalised areas of Europe, Italy, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

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...

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Urban Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cub climbing into litter bin, West London, UK, June. Did you know? Red foxes first colonised British cities in the 1940s and now their greatest population densities are f...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Greater sundew (Drosera anglica) growing in Sphagnum moss, Flow Country, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland, UK, July. Did you know? Carnivorous plants grow in ecologically difficult areas – their presen...

Joe Cornish / 2020VISION / View from summit of Sgorr Tuath, sandstone pinnacles, Assynt mountains, Highland, Scotland, UK, June 2011. 2020VISION Exhibition. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? Despite being one of the most nor...

Juergen Freund / A barge full of logs. Illegal timber is brought into Sarawak from Kalimantan by both land and sea. Illegal logging in protected areas involves a complex network of people from all walks of life. The i...

Danny Green / 2020VISION / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) dominant stag amongst bracken, Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, England, UK, October. Did you know? In the past red deer were predated by wolves and to a lesser extent, lynx an...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Sunset over Loch Laggan, Creag Meagaidh NNR, Highland, Scotland, UK, December 2010. Photographer quote: "I've got to admit I wasn't happy after a fruitless flat grey day in the hills. And then, as if...

SINCLAIR STAMMERS / Acellular Slime Mould, 'Many headed slime' (Physarum polycephalum) inhabits shady, cool, moist areas, such as decaying leaves and logs

Nick Garbutt / Close up of feathers of Male Malayan peacock pheasant (Polyplectron malacense) from primary lowland rainforest areas of Malaysia, Vulnerable species. Captive, Jurong Bird Park, Singapore..

Nick Garbutt / Giant snakehead / Toman (Channa micropeltes)Found in freshwater / flooded swamp areas. From SE Asia including Borneo. Captive, Singapore Zoo

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Giant anteater in grassland fire {Myremecophaga tridactyla} Emas NP, Brazil - composite image

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Yellow faced amazon parrots {Alipiopsitta xanthops} Emas NP, Cerrado, Goias, Brazil. Endangered species

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Common / Greater rhea {Rhea americana} Cerrado, Emas National Park, Goias, Brazil

Tui De Roy / Galapagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) pair diving in typical coastal feeding areas, Bartolome Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) eating pet food left out for it in suburban garden at twilight, Kent, UK, August, taken with camera trap. Did you know? Foxes first colonised British cities in the 1930-40s....

Wild Wonders of Europe / Bartocha / View of forest areas of the Leota Mountain range at dawn, Arges county, Carpathian Mountains, Romania, August, 2011

Andy Trowbridge / A fly fisherman (Paul van Klink) fishing for brown trout (Salmo trutta) on a small spring creek running through farmland. Here the fisherman is fishing 'blind', drifting a weighted nymph through likel...

Tui De Roy / Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) male migrating to breeding areas at the onset of warm season. Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, December.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Area of managed pine plantation woodland where tree has just been felled to improve habitat and create open areas within the forest, RSPB Abernethy Forest Reserve, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland,...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Area of managed pine plantation woodland where trees have been felled, pulled over and ring barked to improve habitat and create open areas within the forest, RSPB Abernethy Forest Reserve, Cairngorms...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Area of managed pine plantation woodland where trees have been felled, pulled over and ring barked to improve habitat and create open areas within the forest, RSPB Abernethy Forest Reserve, Cairngorms...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Area of managed pine plantation woodland where trees have been felled, pulled over and ring barked to improve habitat and create open areas within the forest, RSPB Abernethy Forest Reserve, Cairngorms...

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Aerial view of blocks of forestry plantation planted on blanket bog, with areas of selective felling, Forsinard, Caithness, Scotland, UK, May.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Aerial view of blocks of forestry plantation planted on blanket bog, with areas of selective felling, Forsinard, Caithness, Scotland, UK, May.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Aerial view of blocks of forestry plantation planted on blanket bog, with areas of selective felling, Forsinard, Caithness, Scotland, UK, May.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Aerial view of blocks of forestry plantation planted on blanket bog, with areas of selective felling, Forsinard, Caithness, Scotland, UK, May.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Aerial view of blocks of forestry plantation planted on blanket bog, with areas of selective felling, Forsinard, Caithness, Scotland, UK, May.

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Graffiti on wall at Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve, reflecting its past as a military firing range, Essex, England, UK, November. Did you know? These marshes are one of the oldest natural areas in Londo...

Roland Seitre / Quindio Wax Palms (Ceroxylon quindiuense) in high forested landscape - habitat and breeding areas of the yellow-eared parrot. Tolima, Colombia, 2010.

Roland Seitre / Quindio Wax Palms (Ceroxylon quindiuense) in high forested landscape - habitat and breeding areas of the yellow-eared parrot. Tolima, Colombia, 2010.

Roland Seitre / Quindio Wax Palms (Ceroxylon quindiuense) in high forested landscape - habitat and breeding areas of the Yellow-eared parrot. Tolima, Colombia, 2010.

Roland Seitre / Quindio Wax Palms (Ceroxylon quindiuense) in high forested landscape - habitat and breeding areas of the yellow-eared parrot. Tolima, Colombia, 2010.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Short plumose anemones (Metridium senile) on wall of a sealoch, this species favours areas of strong current, both white and orange forms, Loch Long, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, June

Roland Seitre / Roadsign warning drivers to drive slowly in koala areas. Kangaroo Island, South Australia.

Roland Seitre / Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) on grass plain. Emas National Park, Brazil, January 2007.

Roland Seitre / Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) carrying baby on its back. Emas National Park, Brazil, January 2007.

Roland Seitre / Road sign warning road-users to slow down in areas where Colobus Monkeys live. Ukunda, Diani Beach, Kenya.

Roland Seitre / Road sign warning drivers to watch their speed in areas inhabited by the Iberian / Spanish Lynx (Lynx pardina). Sierra Morena, Andalusia, Spain, June 2006.

Roland Seitre / Road sign warning drivers to watch their speed in areas inhabited by the Iberian / Spanish Lynx (Lynx pardina). Sierra Morena, Andalusia, Spain, June 2007.

Roland Seitre / Road sign warning drivers to watch their speed in areas inhabited by the Iberian / Spanish Lynx (Lynx pardina). Sierra Morena, Andalusia, Spain, June 2006.

David Woodfall / Destruction of countryside in green belt close to market town, for building of houses in flood plain, future Glasdir estate, Ruthin, Vale of Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales, UK. This is a highlighted area...

David Woodfall / Destruction of countryside in green belt close to market town, for building of houses in flood plain, future Glasdir estate, Ruthin, Vale of Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales, UK. This is a highlighted area...

David Woodfall / Oak tree felled in order to make way for building of houses in flood plain, future Glasdir estate, Ruthin, Vale of Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales, UK. This is a highlighted areas in UK at risk of floodin...

David Woodfall / Destruction of countryside in green belt close to market town, for building of houses in flood plain, future Glasdir estate, Ruthin, Vale of Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales, UK. This is a highlighted area...

David Woodfall / Destruction of countryside in green belt close to market town, for building of houses in flood plain, future Glasdir estate, Ruthin, Vale of Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales, UK. This is a highlighted area...

David Woodfall / Destruction of countryside in green belt close to market town, for building of houses in flood plain, Vale of Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales, UK. This is a highlighted areas in UK at risk of flooding and...

Sandesh Kadur / While mountain slopes are mostly used for plantations of coffee and tea, lowland areas are used to cultivate rice in paddy fields, which requires land that can retain water. Western Ghats, Karnataka,...

Sandesh Kadur / Panoramic view of tea plantations in the Western Ghats, Southern India. Vast areas of shola grassland habitat were destroyed and used for cultivation of tea to satisfy the British taste for this exot...

Andy Sands / Tachinid Fly (Prosena siberita), usually found in sandy areas where its larvae parasatise Euchlora beetles. Bedfordshire, England, UK, July.

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / French lavender (Lavandula stoechas) a scented bush that can cover large areas particularly on volcanic soils, Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) the national flower of California naturalised in areas of Europe, Italy, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / French lavender (Lavandula stoechas) a scented bush that can cover large areas particularly on volcanic soils, Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) the national flower of California naturalised in areas of Europe, Italy, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Paul Harcourt Davies / French lavender (Lavandula stoechas) a scented bush that can cover large areas particularly on volcanic soils, Italy, May. meetyourneighbours.net project

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Areas protected from Exmoor ponies relased at Street Heath for conservation grazing, Somerset Levels, UK, June 2011

Christian Ziegler / Erosion patterns in deforested areas, central Panama

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Pair of sibling Marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) chicks in nest after heavy rain. Sculthorpe Nature Reserve, Norfolk, UK, July 2010. Did you know? Although marsh harriers hunt rodents, their main pr...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Scattered Scots pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) beside the Dorback Burn, Dorback Estate, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, September 2011. Did you know? Only 1% of Scotland's ancient forest remain...

Georgette Douwma / Artificial reef / EcoReef designed by Mark Erdmann, with diver. Ceramic structures placed on areas bomb damaged in the 1970s, to encourage coral ecosystem regrowth. Bunaken National Park, North Sulawe...

Georgette Douwma / Artificial reef / EcoReef designed by Mark Erdmann, with diver. Ceramic structures placed on areas bomb damaged in the 1970s, to encourage coral ecosystem regrowth. Bunaken National Park, North Sulawe...

Georgette Douwma / Artificial reef / EcoReef designed by Mark Erdmann, with diver. Ceramic structures placed on areas bomb damaged in the 1970s, to encourage coral ecosystem regrowth. Bunaken National Park, North Sulawe...

Georgette Douwma / Artificial reef / EcoReef designed by Mark Erdmann, with diver. Ceramic structures placed on areas bomb damaged in the 1970s, to encourage coral ecosystem regrowth. Bunaken National Park, North Sulawe...

Pete Oxford / Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Hatchling Release Project. Nests in unsafe areas are dug up and eggs incubated until hatchlings are ready for release at this event. Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexi...

Juergen Freund / A barge full of logs. Illegal timber is brought into Sarawak from Kalimantan by both land and sea. Illegal logging in protected areas involves a complex network of people from all walks of life. The i...

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of coastal mangroves with salt fields in the areas where mangroves have been cleared, Palawan, Philippines, April 2010.

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of slash and burn areas on islands causing run-off of soil and siltation of the coastal reefs, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009.

Juergen Freund / Aerial view of slash and burn areas on island causing run-off of soil into the coastal reefs, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009.

Nick Upton / Unburnt and burnt areas of pine forests a year after a major forest fire within Corsica's National Park (Parc Naturel Regional de Corse). Near Aullene, Corsica, France, June 2010.

Juergen Freund / Rice drying beside rice paddies outside of Dili in the more mountainous areas, East Timor, August 2010.

Brent Stephenson / Native forest and stream in the Papehue Valley, Tahiti. This is one of the last remaining natural forest areas on the island. September 2009.

Nick Upton / Adiabatic clouds forming on the windward side of the 1900m high Bohinj Ridge Moutains in the Julian Alps, as rising air cools, with grasses and Dwarf pines (Pinus mugo) growing between areas of expose...

Nick Upton / Aerial view of Horsey Mere with Horsey Estate in the foreground and Horsey Mill to the right, and the North Sea in the background, The Broads National Park, Norfolk, UK, January 2011.

Florian Möllers / Rainforest of Budongo Forest Reserve and logged areas on both sides of the Royal Mile seen from Nyabyeya Hill at a cloudy sunrise. Budongo Forest Reserve, Masindi, Uganda, Africa. December 2006

Florian Möllers / Aerial view of rainforest of Budongo Forest Reserve and logged areas on both sides of the Royal Mile seen from Nyabyeya Hill at a cloudy sunrise. Budongo Forest Reserve, Masindi, Uganda, Africa. Decem...

Florian Möllers / Rainforest of Budongo Forest Reserve and logged areas on both sides of the Royal Mile seen from Nyabyeya Hill at a cloudy sunrise. Budongo Forest Reserve, Masindi, Uganda, Africa. December 2006

Bruno D'Amicis / LIPU/Birdlife International ornithologist Jacopo Cecere and a volounteer temporarily mark an adult Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) on the island of Linosa, Sicily. Marine Important Bird Areas...

Bruno D'Amicis / LIPU/Birdlife International ornithologist taking bill measures of a Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) in the breeding colony on the island of Linosa, Sicily. Marine Important Bird Areas project...

Bruno D'Amicis / A GPS transmitter is applied by LIPU/Birdlife International ornithologists on the back of an adult Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) in the breeding colony on the Island of Linosa, Sicily. Mari...

Bruno D'Amicis / LIPU/Birdlife International ornithologist Jacopo Cecere catching a Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) in the breeding colony on the island of Linosa, Sicily to apply a GPS transmitter. Marine Im...

Stephen Dalton / Yellow Crazy Ant (Anopolepsis gracilipes); an increasing environmental menace in Seychelles, Christmas Island and other areas around Indian Ocean. Seychelles, March.

Chien Lee / Footman Moth (Areas galactina), Gunung Penrissen, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Roger Powell / Common Gull (Larus canus) incubating on purpose built nesting platform. These "nestboxes" were originally placed to encourage gulls to nest near dwellings in order to harvest their eggs as food : but...

Roger Powell / Common Gull (Larus canus) incubating on purpose built nesting platform. These nestboxes were originally placed to encourage gulls to nest near dwellings in order to harvest their eggs as food : but th...

Paul Harcourt Davies / Broad-leaved helleborine (Epipactis helleborine) flowering. This is a widespread orchid of woodlands and also open areas such as sand dunes. Italy, Europe.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Broad-leaved helleborine (Epipactis helleborine) flowering. This is a widespread orchid of woodlands and also open areas such as sand dunes. Italy, Europe.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Broad-leaved helleborine (Epipactis helleborine) flowering. This is a widespread orchid of woodlands and also open areas such as sand dunes. Italy, Europe.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Moonwort (Botrychium lunaria) an unusual fern of high mountain and other limestone areas shown with frond and fruiting body, Umbria, Italy

Paul Harcourt Davies / Broad-leaved helleborine (Epipactis helleborine) flowering. This is a widespread orchid of woodlands and also open areas such as sand dunes. Italy, Europe.

Michele Westmorland / Beautiful beach areas of Grace Bay in Provodenciales, Turks and Caicos, Caribbean. June 2007.

Jeff Wilson / Portrait of Huli tribesman holding symbolic moon rock. He helped filmakers in the areas where Birds of Paradise were filmed for BBC Planet Earth, Jungles episode, 2005

Pete Oxford / Pantanal bulls crossing the flooded areas of the Pantanal. These bulls are only used for pulling ox carts and never go to market. The cowboys respect them as hard working animals and leave them to die...