Solvin Zankl / Seeds of Water avens (Geum rivale), Europe. Water aven seeds have numerous hairs, which enable dispersal by wind, as well as a long hooked tail formed by the style, which readily attaches to mammal fu...

Alex Mustard / Paper nautilus (Argonauta hians) attaches onto a piece of plastic in open water at night. Anilao, Batangas marine protected area, Luzon, Philippines. Verde Island Passages, Tropical West Pacific Ocean...

Ingo Arndt / Jumping spider uses snail shell for shelter, attaches it to grass with web, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Jumping spider uses snail shell for shelter, attaches it to grass with web, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Jumping spider uses snail shell for shelter, attaches it to grass with web, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Jumping spider uses snail shell for shelter, attaches it to grass with web, Germany

Ingo Arndt / Jumping spider uses snail shell for shelter, attaches it to grass with web, Germany

Fred Bavendam / Spider Crab (Majidae) attaches pieces of algae to shell to provide camouflage, Edithburgh, Australia

Suzi Eszterhas / Researcher attaches radio tag to Western Sandpiper {Calidris mauri}, Don Edwards NWR, California, USA. Tags are attached with glue to bird's back and harmlessly fall off over time.

Solvin Zankl / Seed of Wood avens (Geum urbanum), Europe. A long hook, formed by the persisting style, readily attaches to mammal fur for dispersal.

Solvin Zankl / Seed of Water avens (Geum rivale), Europe. Water aven seeds have numerous hairs, which enable dispersal by wind, as well as a long hooked tail formed by the style, which readily attaches to mammal fur...

Solvin Zankl / Seeds of Water avens (Geum rivale), Europe. Water aven seeds have numerous hairs, which enable dispersal by wind, as well as a long hooked tail formed by the style, which readily attaches to mammal fu...

Norbert Wu / Devil Angler (Linophryne indica) fish, dwarf male attaches to large female and becomes a parasite

Doug Wechsler / Devils claw plant attaches itself to boot {Proboscidea parviflora} Baja, Mexico. Seed dispersal strategy

Jeff Vanuga / Group of people from Wyoming Game and Fish Department attaching a radio collar to a Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis) for research purposes, Wyoming USA. March, 2016.

Jeff Vanuga / Group of people from Wyoming Game and Fish Department attaching a radio collar to a Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis) for research purposes, Wyoming USA. March, 2016.

Charlie Hamilton-James / Conservationists and scientists attaching radio collar on a female, tuskless Elephant (Loxodonta africana) as part of a study about the evolution of tuskless elephants, Gorongosa National Park, Mozamb...

Charlie Hamilton-James / Conservationists and scientists attaching radio collar on a female, tuskless Elephant (Loxodonta africana) as part of a study about the evolution of tuskless elephants, Gorongosa National Park, Mozamb...

Charlie Hamilton-James / Two Bureau of Land Management workers attaching a GPRS tag onto a female Sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) at night, Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA. March, 2018.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Researchers fitting radio transmitter to juvenile Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) chick, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK. June.

Nick Upton / Weathered clay nest built by Heath potter wasp (Eumenes coarctatus) attached to Gorse bush (Ulex sp.) after emergence of wasp, Devon, UK. September.

Nick Upton / Two completed clay nests built by Heath potter wasp (Eumenes coarctatus) attached to Gorse bush (Ulex sp.), Devon, UK. September.

Nick Upton / Completed clay nest built by Heath potter wasp (Eumenes coarctatus), sealed, attached to Ling heather bush (Calluna vulgaris), Devon, UK. September.

Nick Upton / Completed clay nest built by Heath potter wasp (Eumenes coarctatus), sealed, attached to Ling heather bush (Calluna vulgaris), Devon, UK. September.

Nick Upton / Heath potter wasp (Eumenes coarctatus) about to stock clay nest pot attached to Gorse bush (Ulex sp.) with paralysed Pug moth (Eupithecia sp) caterpillar, Devon, UK. September.

Nick Upton / Heath potter wasp (Eumenes coarctatus) stocking clay nest pot attached to Gorse bush (Ulex sp.) with paralysed moth caterpillar, Devon, UK. September.

Nick Upton / Female Silvery leafcutter bee (Megachile leachella) returning to her burrow in coastal dunes with mass of pollen attached to the hairs under her abdomen to stick her brood cells with, Dorset, UK. July...

Shane Gross / Brooding anemone (Epiactis lisbethae) attached to Bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana), Browning Pass, Queen Charlotte Strait, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Shane Gross / Proliferating anemones (Epiactis prolifera) on Bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana), Browning Pass, Queen Charlotte Strait, British Columbia, Canada.

Tony Wu / Female Northern pygmy squid (Idiosepius paradoxus) attached to on a blade of eelgrass (Zostera marina), Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.