David Perpinan / Group of Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) fighting to feed on a dead lamb. Cuenca, Spain, August.

David Perpinan / Group of Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) arriving and feeding on a dead lamb, Cuenca, Spain, August.

Dave Bevan / Female Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) shaping nest with her body and wings, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, May.

John Waters / Timelapse of the fruiting body of a Cage stink horn fungus (Clathrus ruber) opening, England, UK.

Ammonite / Buff-tailed bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) in nest, with mites on its body, France, May.

Franco Banfi,Franco Banfi / Spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) Rio Baia Bonita, Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Aflo / Composite image of tick showing how its body expands after feeding

Piotr Naskrecki / Millipede close up showing body segments and legs, Mamang River Forest Reserve, Ghana

Suzi Eszterhas / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) three to four month old cub peeking over mother's body while she is tranquilized by researchers, vulnerable, Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada

Piotr Naskrecki / Drops of repellant on the body of Millipede, Solomon Islands

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Glass Frog (Cochranella antisthenesi) transparent skin shows body filled with eggs, very rare and fragile frog, native to Central and South America

Norbert Wu / Viperfish (Chauliodus sloani) light organs in mouth and all along body, southeastern Pacific, deep sea

Mark Moffett / Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus orbicollis) recycles a dead rat by laying eggs near its body then feeding larvae bits of regurgitated carcass

Norbert Wu / Fangtooth (Anoplogaster cornuta) has bony, hard body, unlike most deep sea fish, San Diego, California

Norbert Wu / Fangtooth (Anoplogaster cornuta) has bony, hard body, unlike most deep sea fish, Eastern Pacific

Tim MacMillan / John Downer Pr / Multiple exposure study of jumping Bushbaby which can leap six times its body length (Resolution restriction - image digitised from film, 'Weird Nature' tv series)

Tim MacMillan / John Downer Pr / Multiple exposure study of jumping Bushbaby which can leap six times its body length (Resolution restriction - image digitised from film, 'Weird Nature' tv series)

Tim MacMillan / John Downer Pr / Multiflash image of Lesser bushbaby jumping, body vertical until it reaches apex, then it changes direction. (Resolution restriction due to image digitised from film - 'Weird Nature' BBC tv series).

Stephen Downer / John Downer P / Sidewinder rattlesnake corkscrews along sand, wave of contact points passes along body (Resolution restriction - image digitised from film, 'Weird Nature' tv series)

Tim MacMillan / John Downer Pr / Kuhl's gecko flying - every edge of body expanded into membrane that acts as a wing as it glides (Resolution restriction - image digitised from film, 'Weird Nature' tv series)

Morley Read / Glitter weevil (Compsus), showing iridescence created from photonic crystals within the body scales, Orellana Province, Ecuadorian Amazon. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Glitter weevil (Compsus), showing iridescence created from photonic crystals within the body scales, Orellana Province, Ecuadorian Amazon. (non-ex)

David Perpinan / Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) feeding on a dead lamb, Cuenca, Spain, August.

David Perpinan / Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) feeding on a dead lamb, Cuenca, Spain, August.

David Perpinan / Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) feeding on a dead lamb, Cuenca, Spain, August.

David Perpinan / Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) feeding on a dead lamb, Cuenca, Spain, August.

David Perpinan / Two Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) feeding on the remains of a dead lamb, Cuenca, Spain, August.

David Perpinan / Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) feeding on a dead lamb, Cuenca, Spain, August.

Kim Taylor / Braconid wasp (Braconidae) trying to lay an egg on a Lesser willow sawfly (Nematus pavidus) larva, which pushes the wasp away with its body. Controlled conditions.

Kim Taylor / Braconid wasp (Braconidae) trying to lay an egg on a Lesser willow sawfly (Nematus pavidus) larva, which pushes the wasp away with its body. Controlled conditions.

Kim Taylor / Braconid wasp (Braconidae) trying to lay an egg on a Lesser willow sawfly (Nematus pavidus) larva, which pushes the wasp away with its body. Controlled conditions.

Karine Aigner / African wild dog (lycaon pictus) pup standing with a stick in it's mouth facing the camera. Mana Pools, Zimbabwe

Vincent Grafhorst / Namib Sand Gecko (Palmatogecko rangei) raising body to escape heat from sand, Namibia

David Shale / Deep sea amphipod (Cystisoma) swimming, a deep sea species from the Mesopelagic zone. Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Body is totally transparent and the redness in the eye is the visual pigment in the retina.

David Shale / Deep sea amphipod (Cystisoma) swimming, a deep sea species from the Mesopelagic zone. Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Body is totally transparent and the redness in the eye is the visual pigment in the retina.

David Shale / Deep sea amphipod (Cystisoma) swimming, a deep sea species from the Mesopelagic zone. Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Body is totally transparent and the redness in the eye is the visual pigment in the retina.

David Shale / Deep sea amphipod (Cystisoma) swimming, a deep sea species from the Mesopelagic zone. Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Body is totally transparent and the redness in the eye is the visual pigment in the retina.

David Shale / Deep sea amphipod (Cystisoma) swimming, a deep sea species from the Mesopelagic zone. Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Body is totally transparent and the redness in the eye is the visual pigment in the retina.

Anup Shah / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) taking soil at a waterhole for its minerals, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Anup Shah / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) taking soil at a waterhole for its minerals, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) steaming as sun hits its wet body, Elkhorn Slough, Monterey Bay, California

Michael D. Kern / Kaleidoscope pattern formed from picture of Speckled Rattlesnake (Crotalus mitchellii) head and body. See original image number 01482822.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) male feeding from passionflower (Passiflora mixta), Papallacta, Ecuador, Andes, South America. January.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Mbuti pygmy initiation hunt, with two boys in traditional blue body paint and straw skirt. One boy is holding catch of Blue Duiker (Philantomba monticola). As well as using bows and arrows in this hun...

Suzi Eszterhas / Coyote (Canis latrans) biologist measuring body length of three week old wild pup, Chicago, Illinois

Suzi Eszterhas / Coyote (Canis latrans) biologist measuring body length of three week old wild pup, Chicago, Illinois

Suzi Eszterhas / Coyote (Canis latrans) biologists measuring body length of two week old wild pup, Chicago, Illinois

Philippe Clement / European jackdaw (Corvus monedula) mirror image composite of two birds in different threat postures, on the left - the forward-threat posture, with the bird holding its body horizontally and thrusting...

Chien Lee / Tent Caterpillar Moth (Lasiocampidae) caterpillar covered with empty cocoons of parasitic wasps which have emerged after feeding on its body, Mount Kinabalu National Park, Borneo, Malaysia

Piotr Naskrecki / Mantid (Liturgusa sp) female with parasitic nematode that has just emerged from her body, killing her in the process, Suriname

Pete Oxford / Painted Beauty (Batesia hypochlora) butterfly wings and body, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Piotr Naskrecki / Ground Agama (Agama aculeata) inflating its body to make itself more difficult to be swallow by a predator, South Africa

Colin Monteath / Nikau (Rhopalostylis sapida) palm fruiting body near Karamea, Kahurangi National Park, New Zealand

Michael Durham / A single leech illustrating body flexibility during locomotion, collected from a pond in central Texas

Mark Moffett / Ant (Dorymyrmex sp) workers climbing on a larger Harvester Ant (Pogonomyrmex maricopa) to lick her body clean, Portal, Arizona

Mark Moffett / Carpenter Ant (Camponotus cylindricus) has ruptured her body to spew a sticky yellow glue, which has killed both her and the larger worker of another Carpenter Ant (Camponotus sp), Brunei, Borneo, Mal...

Piotr Naskrecki / Millipede showing body segments and legs, Atewa Range, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Grasshopper (Eumastacidae) has bright, aposematic coloration that advertises the toxicity of its body, Atewa Range, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Earthstar (Geastrum sp) mushroom has a fruiting body resembling a star, periderm split open showing fruit, Atewa Range, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Gaudy Grasshopper (Pyrgomorphidae) has bright, aposematic coloration that advertises the toxicity of its body, Ajenjua Bepo Forest Reserve, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Millipede climbing, Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Millipede body and legs, Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Ghana

Piotr Naskrecki / Millipede body and legs, Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Ghana

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) bull roaring and raising his body on beach during breeding season, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) recovery effort, workers collecting Mao Mao's body after the May 12, 2008 earthquake and landslides, CCRCGP, Wolong, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) recovery effort, workers collect Mao Mao's body for burial after the May 12, 2008 earthquake and landslides, CCRCGP, Wolong, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) recovery effort, veterinarian, Wang Chengdog, and other workers collecting Mao Mao's body after the May 12, 2008 earthquake and landslides, CCRCGP, Wolong, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) recovery effort, veterinarian, Wang Chengdog, and other workers collecting Mao Mao's body after the May 12, 2008 earthquake and landslides, CCRCGP, Wolong, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) recovery effort, veterinarian, Wang Chengdog, digging to locate Mao Mao's body after the May 12, 2008 earthquake and landslides, CCRCGP, Wolong, China

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) recovery effort, veterinarian, Wang Chengdog, using hand-held reader to locate Mao Mao's body after the May 12, 2008 earthquake and landslides, CCRCGP, Wolong, Chi...

Katherine Feng / Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) enclosure excavated by workers to locate Mao Mao's body after the May 12, 2008 earthquake and landslides, CCRCGP, Wolong, China

Tim Fitzharris / Bighorn Lake, 71-mile long man-made body of water, Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Wyoming

Tim Fitzharris / Bighorn Lake, 71-mile long man-made body of water, Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Wyoming

Tim Fitzharris / Bighorn Lake, 71-mile long man-made body of water, Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Wyoming

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) in defensive body posture on honeycomb, Bee Station at the Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University of Wurzburg, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterfly drinking by using its proboscis to sip water from its body, USA

Pete Oxford / Emperor Goose (Anser canagicus) tucking face into body feathers to stay warm, Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, England

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) guard caste in defense and attack body posture, Bee Station at the Bavarian Julius-Maximilians-University of Wurzburg, Germany

Richard Du Toit / Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus) standing on a rock, summer, Augrabies Falls Park, South Africa

ZSSD / Orange-spotted Millipede (Anadenobolus arboreus gundlachi) detail of body segments and legs, native to Puerto Rico

ZSSD / Orange-spotted Millipede (Anadenobolus arboreus gundlachi) full body, native to Puerto Rico

Piotr Naskrecki / Namaqua Chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis) on Welwitchia (Welwitchia mirabilis) inflating body and darkening skin to warm up, Namib Desert, Namibia

Piotr Naskrecki / Hawk Moth (Sphingidae) caterpillar feeds on plants containing toxic secondary compounds, and advertises the distastefulness of its body with bright, aposematic coloration, Guyana

Piotr Naskrecki / Lubber Grasshopper (Callonotacris sp) has a bright, aposematic coloration that advertises the toxicity of its body, Guyana

Piotr Naskrecki / Namaqua Chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis) on Welwitchia (Welwitchia mirabilis) inflating body and darkening skin to warm up, Namib Desert, Namibia

Ingo Arndt / Common Prawn (Palaemon serratus) detail body length eight centimeters, Helgoland, Germany

Ingo Arndt / European Lobster (Homarus gammarus) juvenile outstretched body four centimeters long, Helgoland, Germany

Ingo Arndt / European Lobster (Homarus gammarus) juvenile outstretched body four centimeters long, Helgoland, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Dahlia Anemone (Utincina felina) body diameter approximately eight centimeters, North Sea, Helgoland, Germany, sequence 2 of 5

Ingo Arndt / Dahlia Anemone (Utincina felina) body diameter approximately eight centimeters, North Sea, Helgoland, Germany, sequence 1 of 5

Ingo Arndt / Dahlia Anemone (Utincina felina) body diameter approximately eight centimeters, North Sea, Helgoland, Germany, sequence 5 of 5