Nigel Cattlin / Symptoms of Neck blast (Magnaporthe grisea) on Rice (Oryza sativa) plants in ear, Luzon, Philippines

Ingo Arndt / Bark beetle (Scolytinae) galleries in dead spruce tree (Picea abies), Bayerischer Wald / Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany., June.

Alex Hyde / Low angle view of Porcelain fungus (Oudemansiella mucida) growing on a dead Beech tree (Fagus sylvatica). Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. November.

Shattil & Rozinski,Shattil & Rozinski / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) playing with a dead squirrel in a garden Denver, Colorado, USA, July.

Alex Hyde / Dead leaf mantis (Deroplatys dessicata) hanging upside down from twig, photographed against a white background, orginating from South East Asia. Captive.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Common / Red sunstar (Crossaster papposus) amongst Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) on a rocky reef, beneath kelp. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, June.

Orsolya Haarberg / Fallen tree in Scots pine forest, Reisa NP, Nordreisa, Troms, Norway, August 2006

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Autumn colour and dead tree trunks reflecting in water. Paratunka River Valley, Kamchatka, Siberia, Russia, 1999.

Floris van Breugel / Ancient Bristlecone Pine trees (Pinus Longaeva) in morning sunlight, White Mountains, California, USA July 2007

Stephen Dalton / Frost on dead reeds, UK

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Dead Pine trees at night on Stuoc peak, Durmitor NP, Montenegro, October 2008

Laurie Campbell / Wych Elm (Ulmus glabra) dead trees in mist at dawn, Berwickshire, Scotland, July

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Bladder campion (Silene vulgaris) with seed heads, and an Eschers blue butterfly (Polyommatus escheri) Stenje region, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009, dead insects and plants placed direc...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Italian rye grass (Lolium multiflorum) and Silver studded blue butterfly (Plebejus argus) Stenje region, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009, dead insects and plants placed directly on scanne...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Round headed club rush (Scirpus holoschoenus) with Heath fritillary butterfly (Melitaea athalia) and Niobe fritillary butterfly (Argynnis niobe var eris) Stenje region, Galicica National Park, Macedon...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Rose campion / catchfly (Lychnis coronaria) in flower with an Eschers blue butterfly (Polyommatus escheri) and Silver-studded blue butterfly (Plebejus argus) Stenje region, Galicica National Park, Mac...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Water bent grass (Agrostis semiverticillata) and Eschers blue butterfly (Polyommatus escheri) Stenje region, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009, dead insects and plants placed directly on sc...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Nipplewort (Lapsana communis) in flower with Eschers blue butterfly (Polyommatus escheri) and Silver-studded blue (Plebejus argus) Stenje region, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009, dead ins...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitlan / Mallow leaved bindweed (Convolvulus althaeoides) in flower with an Eschers blue butterfly (Polyommatus escheri) Stenje region, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009, dead insects and plants pla...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Wall barley (Hordeum murinum) and an Escher's blue butterfly (Polyommatus escheri) Stenje region, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009, dead insects and plants placed directly on scanner

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Golden oat grass (Trisetum flavescens) and Silver studded blue butterfly (Plebejus argus) Stenje region, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009, dead insects and plants placed directly on scanne...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / European feather grass (Stipa pennata) with Eschers blue butterfly (Polyommatus escheri) and Silver studded blue butterfly (Plebejus argus) Stenje region, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009,...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Large blue alkanet (Anchusa azurea) in flower with an Escher's blue butterfly (Polyommatus escheri) Stenje region, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009, dead insects and plants placed directl...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / European feather grass (Stipa pennata) with Heath fritillary butterfly (Melitaea athalia) Stenje region, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009, dead insects and plants placed directly on scanne...

Nick Garbutt / Female Leopard (Panthera pardus) feeding on a wildebeest kill dragged into a tree, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Jack Dykinga / California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) flowering between the "ribs" of a dead Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) Barry M. Goldwater Range, Arizona, USA

Wild Wonders of Europe / López / Aerial view of Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) colony in dead trees, Kemeri National Park, Latvia, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Müller / Bosinian pine (Pinus leucodermis) dead trunk, Pollino National Park, Basilicata, Italy, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Radisics / Dead Pine trees with moon shining, Stuoc peak, Durmitor NP, Montenegro, October 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / Horse's hoof / Tinder fungus (Fomes fomentarius) growing on dead tree, Morske Oko Reserve, Vihorlat Mountains, Western Carpathians, Eastern Slovakia, Europe, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) in tree with dead bird, wings out stretched, Flatanger, Norway, November 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Ruiz / Bracket fungus (Phellinus igniarius ?) on fallen dead tree trunk beside Krinice River, Kyov, Ceske Svycarsko / Bohemian Switzerland National Park, Czech Republic, September 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Zacek / Siberian jay (Perisoreus infaustus) by hole in dead tree trunk, Korouma, Posio, Finland, February 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Zacek / Black woodpecker (Dryocopos martius) on dead tree trunk, Korouma, Posio, Finland, February 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Zacek / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) on dead tree trunk, Korouma, Posio, Finland, February 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Biancarelli / Dead Spruce (Picea abies) trunk covered in fallen beech leaves on the forest floor, Corkova Uvala, virgin forest, Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia, October 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Biancarelli / Foam and dead leaves in motion on the water surface of a pool with Beech (Fagus sp) leaves hanging down from above, Plitvice National Park, Croatia, October 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Biancarelli / Dead Spruce (Picea abies) trunk covered in fallen beech leaves on the forest floor, Corkova Uvala, the virgin forest, Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia, October 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Siberian forest with standing and fallen dead tree, Oulanka, Finland, September 2008

Jouan & Rius / Silhouette of dead trees at sunset, Murray riverland, South Australia, Australia

Jack Dykinga / California Poppies (Eschscholtzia californica) and flowering Spurge (Euphorbia sp) with a Cholla Cactus (Opuntia cholla) skeleton, Tres Virgenes, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Central America

Jose B. Ruiz / Dead Holm oak trees {Quercus ilex} in lake, at night with star trails in sky, Caceres, Extremadura, Spain

David Noton / Petrified trees, Deadvlei, Namib-Naukluft NP. Namib desert, Namibia, Africa

Tony Phelps / Grass snake female feigning death - defensive behaviour, UK

Jabruson / Giant groundsel {Senecio keniensis} with dead leaves protecting plant against cold at high altitudes, Mountains of the Moon, Virunga NP, Dem Rep of Congo

Jorma Luhta / Aurora borealis bow prior to storm. Northern Finland, winter 2002

Jorma Luhta / Aurora borealis lights in night sky and full moon. Northern Finland, January, winter 2002

Jorma Luhta / Green aurora borealis colours in night sky, Lapland, northern Finland, winter. Greeen is the most commonly seen colour in Auroras.

Jorma Luhta / Aurora borealis colours in night sky, northern Finland, September 2001. Red corona at beginning of storm

Sergio Hanquet / Tower of jewels (Echium wildpretii) plants charred by forest fire, amongst rocks. Ifonche, Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands, 2012.

David Fleetham / Spotlight parrotfish (Sparisoma viride) terminal male phase, scraping algae off dead coral with beak-like fused teeth. Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean.

Doug Perrine / Lava erupted from Fissure 8 of the Kilauea Volcano flowing through agricultural plots. Kapoho, Puna District, Hawaii. Plants on the windward side of the lava river remain live and green, while vegetat...

Michel Roggo / Dead wood and aquatic plants in a clear stream of the Pantanal, Brazil. Photographed for The Freshwater Project

Will Watson / Dead Ivy (Hedera helix) on Poplar (Poplus sp.) tree, The Weir Garden, National Trust, Kenchester, Hereforshire, England, UK, October

Charlie Summers / Baobab tree (Adansonia digitata) damaged by elephants, Ruaha National Park, Tanzania.

Ingo Arndt / Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) colony with nests in dead trees, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, May

Ingo Arndt / Dead tree under Milky Way galaxy, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA, September 2010

Ingo Arndt / Common cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) sitting in dead tree, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Strangler fig tree (Ficus microcarpa) view up dead host tree inside strangling air roots, Tropical Rainforest, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory

David Pattyn / Globe Thistle (Echinops ritro), dead in winter landscape with Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) silhouet behind, Gran Paradiso national park, Italian Alps, Italy, January

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Tangled dead boughs of veteran Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris), Rothiemurchus Forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, September.

Nick Upton / Dried skeletons and flowering spike of Mount Teide bugloss (Echium wildpretii) flower spikes in the Las Canadas caldera, Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands, May.

Nick Upton / Dried skeletons of Mount Teide bugloss / Tower of jewels / Red Tajinaste (Echium wildpretii) flower spikes in the Las Canadas caldera below Mount Teide, Teide National Park, Tenerife, Canary Islands,...

Paul D Stewart / Composite of original line drawings from Darwin's 'Variation in Animals and Plants under Domestication' 1868. The ancestral form, the rock pigeon hangs up dead to the left while some of the many varie...

Pal Hermansen / Sea campion (Silene uniflora) white flowers growing on black volcanic rocks, Snaefellsnes, Iceland, June

Alex Hyde / Pine forest with dead tree in foreground. Nordtirol, Austrian Alps. July.

Andres M. Dominguez / Fly caught on Portugese sundew (Drosophyllum lusitanicum) an insectivorous plant, Los Alcornocales Natural Park, southern Spain, November.

Colin Varndell / Blue-tailed damselfly (Ishnura elegans) trapped by insectivorous Oblong-leaved sundew (Drosera intermedia) leaves. Dorset, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Red dead nettle (Lamium purpureum) growing on a roadside verge, Bath and Northeast Somerset, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Low angle view of a dense stand of Yellow archangel (Lamium galeobdolum) flowering in a woodland clearing, GWT Lower Woods reserve, Gloucestershire, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Dense stand of Yellow archangel (Lamium galeobdolum) flowering in a woodland clearing, GWT Lower Woods reserve, Gloucestershire, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Dense stand of Yellow archangel (Lamium galeobdolum) flowering in a woodland clearing, GWT Lower Woods reserve, Gloucestershire, UK, May.

Erlend Haarberg / Fallen Scot Pine tree (Pinus sylvetris) on the coast of Sunnylvsfjorden. Norway, May.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Woodland manager using a chainsaw to ring bark a pine tree in order to create standing dead wood habitat for wildlife, Abernethy Forest RSPB Reserve, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, September...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Woodland manager felling a pine tree to create fallen dead wood habitat for wildlife, Abernethy Forest RSPB Reserve, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, September.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Woodland manager using a chainsaw to ring bark a pine tree in order to create standing dead wood habitat for wildlife, Abernethy Forest RSPB Reserve, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, September...

Alex Hyde / Close up of a veteran English Oak tree (Quercus robur), showing area of dead wood that is an imporant habitat for a huge range of invertebrates. Derbyshire, UK. September.

Alex Hyde / Close up of a veteran English Oak tree (Quercus robur), showing area of dead wood that is an imporant habitat for a huge range of invertebrates including web of funnel web spider. Derbyshire, UK. Sept...

Sandra Bartocha / Dead English oak (Quercus robur) trees in a restored nature area, Anklamer Stadtbruch, Germany, April 2012.

Sandra Bartocha / Dead English oak (Quercus robur) trees in a restored nature area, Anklamer Stadtbruch, Germany, April 2012.

Nick Upton / Birch bracket fungus / polypore (Piptoporus betulinus) growing from dead silver birch tree, Gloucestershire, UK, October.

Markus Varesvuo / Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) searching for food on Birch tree trunk in snow, bracket fungus (Piptoperus betulinus) indicates tree is dead / dying, Finland

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Dead Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) tree trunk resting on lichen covered rock, Stora Sjofallet National Park, Greater Laponia Rewilding Area, Lapland, Norrbotten, Sweden, June.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Dead Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) trunk on ground, Stora Sjofallet National Park, Greater Laponia Rewilding Area, Lapland, Norrbotten, Sweden, June.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Young Hazel (Corylus avellana) leaves in spring, with a dead leaf from the previous year, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, April.

Loic Poidevin / Lesser Flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor) caught in tree and dead from exhaustion, Nakuru Lake NP, Kenya.

Radomir Jakubowski / Dead dew covered grass, Rondane National Park, Norway, September.

Stephen Dalton / Hoverfly (Myathropa florea) Sussex, England, UK, August.

Stephen Dalton / Hoverfly (Myathropa florea) male feeding on hogweed. Sussex, England, UK, July.

Will Watson / Dead veteran Pedunculate Oak (Quercus robur), with bark damaged by horse, Upton-upton-Severn, Worcestershire, England, UK, October.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Dead trees in Deadvlei clay pan, Sossusvlei. Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia, September 2013.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Dead trees in Deadvlei clay pan, Sossusvlei. Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia, September 2013.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Dead trees in Deadvlei clay pan, Sossusvlei. Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia, September 2013.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Dead trees in Deadvlei clay pan, Sossusvlei. Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia, September 2013.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Dead trees in Deadvlei clay pan, Sossusvlei. Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia, September 2013.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Dead trees in Deadvlei clay pan, Sossusvlei. Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia, September 2013.