Gary K. Smith / Woodland floor with purple fungi Amethyst Deceiver (Laccaria amethystina), and fallen seed cases and fruit of Sweet Chestnut tree (Castanea savita) Norfolk, UK, October

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 years sitting on the forest floor feeding on fruit, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central Afri...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Tembo' aged 4 years feeding while sitting on the forest floor, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African R...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 years sitting on the forest floor feeding on fruit, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central Afri...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 years resting on back on the forest floor, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Repub...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 years resting on back on the forest floor, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Repub...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 years sitting on the forest floor, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Central African Republic. Dec...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) juvenile male 'Mobangi' aged 5 years feeding on fruit while sitting on the forest floor, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Centra...

Anup Shah / Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) dominant male silverback 'Makumba' aged 32 years resting on his back on the forest floor, Bai Hokou, Dzanga Sangha Special Dense Forest Reserve, Centr...

Tui De Roy / Volcan Alcedo giant tortoises (Chelonoidis nigra vandenburghi) wallowing in rain pools on caldera floor, possibly for thermoregulation or detering parasites, with sulphur fumaroles in background, Alce...

Andy Rouse / Manta ray (Manta birostris) swimming on ocean floor Coral Bay, Australia

Nick Garbutt / Flower of locally endemic Rafflesia (Rafflesia tengku-adlinii) flower diameter 22cm blooming on forest floor within lowland Dipterocarp rainforest, Maliau Basin, Sabah's 'Lost World', Borneo

Chadden Hunter / Brinicles (brine icicles or ice stalactites) forming under the ice, growing towards the sea floor, Ross Sea, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Taken on location for 'Winter' episode of the BBC Frozen Planet...

Petra Wegner / Border Collie puppy, 14 weeks, Australian red-white.

Sven Zacek / March Marigolds (Caltha palustris) in flower in wetland woodland floor. Estonia, Europe, May.

Nick Garbutt / Adult Violin Beetle (Mormolyce borneensis) on decaying leaf on the rain forest floor. Near Ginseng Camp in the heart of Maliau Basin - Sabah's 'Lost World'. Maliau Basin, Borneo.

Nick Garbutt / Large aerial pitchers of natural hybrid Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes stenophylla x Nepenthes veitchi). Montane mossy heath forest or 'kerangas', southern plateau, Maliau Basin, Sabah's 'Lost World', Borne...

Nick Garbutt / Adult Fossa (Crytoprocta ferox) female investigating automatic remote camera in leaf-litter. Kirindy Forest, western Madagascar, November.

Kirkendall-Spring / Rows of pine trees in Pine forest plantation along Highway 203, Applin County, Georgia, USA, November 2008

Sandesh Kadur / King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) cannibalism, male swallowing female on forest floor, Agumbe, Karnatka, India

Klaus Echle / Badger (Meles meles) standing on rock on forest floor. The Black Forest, Germany, May.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010. Photographer quote: 'Driving home for the dentist I saw the most amazing display of wood anemones. It w...

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) growing in profusion on woodland floor, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Andy Rouse / 2020VISION / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) piglet in woodland undergrowth, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK, March. Photographer quote: "Getting down and dirty with this wild boar piglet meant that I had to eat the fo...

Mark Taylor / Two ginger kittens rolling playfully on their sides.

Mark Taylor / Yorkshire Terrier, lying with chin on the floor.

Mark Taylor / Two ginger kittens lying on their sides.

Jane Burton / Black-and-white Border Collie bitch lying chin on floor with black-and-white kitten.

Florian Möllers / Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), female nesting in window box of a 4th floor flat, Berlin, Germany, June

Florian Möllers / Photographer Florian Mollers having breakfast beside a female Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) nesting in window box of a 4th floor flat, Berlin, Germany, June. Model released

Edwin Giesbers / Rafflesia (Rafflesia keithii) the worlds largest known flower, Gunung Gading National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Jane Burton / Portrait of young blonde haired girl, lying down with with two Golden Retriever puppies. Model released

Alex Hyde / Giant millipede {Aphistogoniulus sp} running across leaf litter on rainforest floor. Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Eastern Madagascar.

Edwin Giesbers / Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta / Endymion scriptum) flowering in beech wood, Hallerbos, Belgium, April, low angle shot

Edwin Giesbers / Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta / Endymion scriptum) flowering in Beech wood, Hallerbos, Belgium, April

Edwin Giesbers / Deep blue carpet of Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta / Endymion scriptum) flowering in Beech wood with Sycamore sapling, Hallerbos, Belgium, April

Nick Garbutt / Montane rainforest understorey along a stream with dominant Pandanus sp. Vohiparara, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. (digitally stitched image)

Laurent Geslin / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) foraging on floor of woodland, in autumn, France.

Jeff Wilson / Boy studying Koran inside Mosque, Lahore, Pakistan, 2006

Tim Laman / Praying mantis (Mantodea) green leaf mimic type walking along a mossy branch in lowland rainforest, Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Tim Laman / A rainforest tree with large buttresses. Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, Indonesia.

Alan Watson / View of the forest floor with twisted vines, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

Alan Watson / Moss-covered Oak trees (Quercus petraea) and boulders, Tomies Wood, Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Alan Watson / Heart-shaped patch of lungwort (Lobaria virens) on the moss-covered trunk of Oak tree (Quercus petraea) and Holly trees (Ilex aquifolium) temperate forest, Tomies Wood, Killarney National Park, County...

Alan Watson / Heart-shaped patch of lungwort (Lobaria virens) on the moss-covered trunk of Oak tree (Quercus petraea) and Holly trees (Ilex aquifolium) temperate forest, Tomies Wood, Killarney National Park, County...

Tim Laman / A young boy (model released) aged 9, hiking in the rainforest in Borneo. July 2007

Neil Lucas / Giant bamboo (Cathariostachys) view up into canopy from the forest floor, Kyoto, Japan, February 2008

Neil Lucas / Strangler fig tree (Ficus sp) in Danham Valley, Sabah, Borneo, September 2008

David Shale / Enteropneust worm / Acorn worm (Allapagus isidis) from the North Atlantic Ocean. Southern White variety. Feeds on sea floor sediment and has been observed swimming, new species, first recorded in J...

David Shale / Enteropneust worm / Acorn worm (Allapagus isidis) from the North Atlantic Ocean. Southern White variety. Feeds on sea floor sediment and has been observed swimming, new species, first recorded in J...

David Shale / Enteropneust worm / Acorn worm (Yoda purpurata) from the North Atlantic Ocean, southern Purple variety, feeds on sea floor sediment leaving behind variable wavy traces, Depth approx 2700m. new spec...

David Shale / Enteropneust worm / Acorn worm (Yoda purpurata) from the North Atlantic Ocean, southern Purple variety, feeds on sea floor sediment leaving behind variable wavy traces, Depth approx 2700m. new spec...

David Shale / Enteropneust worm / Acorn worm (tergivelum cinnabarinum) from the North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Pink variety, Feeds on sea floor sediment leaving behind characteristic spiral traces, depth approx 27...

David Shale / Enteropneust worm / Acorn worm (Tergivelum cinnabarinum) from the North Atlantic Ocean, Northern Pink variety, Feeds on sea floor sediment leaving behind characteristic spiral traces, depth approx 27...

Nick Garbutt / Adult male Fosa (Crytoprocta ferox) yawning, on deciduous forest floor. Kirindy Forest, western Madagaascar.

Nick Garbutt / Adult male Fosa (Crytoprocta ferox) on deciduous forest floor. Kirindy Forest, western Madagaascar.

Sue Flood / Luxury hotel room looking over the Pitons, Jade Mountain hotel, St Lucia, May 2007

David Tipling / Child looking out from behind tree trunk in woodland with a Bluebell cover, Norfolk, UK, May, model released

Wild Wonders of Europe / Relanzón / Laurisilva forest floor, with fungi growing on fallen tree, Tilos Natural Park, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, March 2009

Mark Bowler / Tropical rainforest habitat near the Yavari river, Peru

Wild Wonders of Europe / López / Sundew plants {Drosera sp} growing on the forest floor, Bog forest, Kemeri National Park, Latvia, June 2009

Mark Taylor / Tricolour Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy, lying with chin on floor.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Tønning / Bird egg on the forest floor, Echternach, Mullerthal, Luxembourg, May 2009 WWE BOOK PLATE. WWE OUTDOOR EXHIBITION

Wild Wonders of Europe / Biancarelli / European / Fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) amongst dead leaves on forest floor, 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, virgin forest, Plitvice Lakes 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

Pete Oxford / Galapagos Giant Tortoise (Geochelone elephantophus vandenburghi) near fumaroles, Alcedo Volcano crater floor, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands

Bruno D'Amicis / Squeaker frog (family Arthroleptidae) on rainforest floor, Kaffa Zone, Southern Ethiopia, East Africa December 2008

Nick Garbutt / Bornean horned frog (Megophrys nasuta) amongst leaf-litter on forest floor. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Nick Garbutt / Bornean horned frog (Megophrys nasuta) on forest floor. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Nick Garbutt / Lowland litter frog (Leptobrachium abbotti) amongst leaf-litter on forest floor. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Pete Oxford / Volcan Alcedo Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra vandenburghi), Alcedo Volcano crater floor, Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Michael Hutchinson / Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) carpeting floor of deciduous woodland with fern in foreground, North Somerset, UK

Hiroya Minakuchi / Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) foraging for fish hidden in ocean floor, Bahamas, Caribbean

Hiroya Minakuchi / Atlantic Spotted Dolphin (Stenella frontalis) foraging for fish hidden in ocean floor, Bahamas, Caribbean

Anup Shah / Aerial view of Ol Doinyo Lengai Crater (The Mountain of God) Rift Valley, Tanzania. Note- small cones on crater floor formed by previous eruptions of lava, still active.

Pete Oxford / Ring-tailed lemur on forest floor {Lemur catta} Berenty Private Reserve Madagascar

Kim Taylor / Pondskaters + their shadows on the floor of a shallow pool. Surrey, UK (Gerris lacustris)

PREMAPHOTOS / Leaf cutting ants returning to nest carrying pieces of leaf (Atta cephalotes) tropical rainforest, Costa Rica

Konrad Wothe / Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei) baby rolling on forest floor, Virunga National Park, Congo

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Moth, camouflaged against leaves on tropical rainforest floor, Colombia

Gerry Ellis / Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) highly poisonous mushrooms growing on forest floor, North America

Pete Oxford / Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) standing on buttress root on the forest floor in the Amazon rainforest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) standing on buttress root on the forest floor in the Amazon rainforest, Ecuador

Konrad Wothe / Edible Snail (Helix pomatia) crossing moss on floor of deciduous forest, Germany

Gerry Ellis / Cecropia (Cecropia sp) leaf atop lobster claw petals on tropical rainforest floor, Mexico

Norbert Wu / Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) being cleaned by reef fish, Hawaii

Jim Brandenburg / Timber Wolf (Canis lupus) resting on forest floor, Minnesota

Flip Nicklin / Brittle Star, Admiralty Inlet, Baffin Island, Canada

Norbert Wu / Spotted Ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei) deep sea fish, Monterey, California

Norbert Wu / Seagrass beds serve as sediment traps and nurseries, Palau

Fred Bavendam / Pacific Giant Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) scavenging on a dead Blue Dog (Squalus acanthias), Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada

Fred Bavendam / Pacific Giant Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) scurrying across the ocean floor as it forages for crabs, Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada

Mitsuaki Iwago / Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) male crossing the forest floor, Kangaroo Island, Australia