Brian Bevan / Pantaloon bee (Dasypoda hurtles) entering burrow with pollen, Bedfordshire, England, UK, August.

Tui De Roy / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) female digging nest, North coast, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos

Terry Whittaker / Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) feeding and digging in snow whilst hunting, blue colour morph, Hornstrandir Nature Reserve, Iceland, March.

Stephane Granzotto / Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) feeding in deep snow, digging to reach food, Rhone-Alpes, France, December.

Valeriy Maleev / Long-eared jerboa (Euchoreutes naso) digging, South Gobi Desert, Mongolia. June. Did you know that the Long-eared jerboa is the mammal with the largest ears in proportion to its body size?

Dave Bevan / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) digging out a mouse nest from under a raised bed, filmed at night using an infra red camera, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, January.

Luke Massey / Close-up of a Wild boar (Sus scrofa) piglet feeding, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, UK, May.

Philippe Clement / Juvenile European brown bear cub (Ursus arctos arctos) walking in deep snow in winter, Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany, January. Captive.

Sue Daly / Common lobster (Homarus gammarus) shovelling gravel out of a hole, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK, August.

Ingo Arndt / Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) digging their nests by night with stars during an arribada (mass nesting event) to lay eggs, Pacific Coast, Ostional, Costa Rica.

Ingo Arndt / Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) digging for clams on tidal flats, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.

Anup Shah / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) family herd feeding on loose soil for its minerals, with dramatic stormy skies behind, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.